US’ YALE UNIVERSITY CREATES CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES
New Haven, 25 Dzulqa’dah 1436/ 9 September 2015 (MINA) – Yale University President Peter Salovey and Yale Law School Dean Robert C. Post announced today a $10 million gift to create the Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School.
This generous gift is from Abdallah S. Kamel, chief executive of the Dallah Albaraka Group, LLC, a banking and real estate enterprise based in Saudi Arabia, Yale Law School quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.
“Mr. Kamel’s extraordinary generosity will open up exciting new opportunities for Yale Law School and for the entire university,” said President Salovey.
The Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization will enhance research opportunities for our students and other scholars and enable us to disseminate knowledge and insights for the benefit of scholars and leaders all over the world.”
The center will bring prominent scholars of Islam to the Yale campus for public lectures, seminar discussions, visiting fellowships, and visiting professorships, attracting students from the Law School and other schools at the university to its lectures and other opportunities for collaboration.
“The creation of this center reflects the growing interest at Yale and other academic institutions in a deeper understanding of Islamic law, history, and culture,” said Dean Post.
“Islamic law has a long and proud tradition, which encompasses great intellectual achievements.
It is also a subject of immense contemporary importance. There is a tremendous need for an interdisciplinary center to support scholarship in the field. The Abdallah S. Kamel Center meets this need.”
The gift to establish the Center stems from an earlier gift to support the Dallah Albaraka Lectures on Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School.
Under the direction of Law School Sterling Professors Owen Fiss and Anthony T. Kronman, the center will consist of the following components: A lecture series on Islamic law and civilization, Research fellowships for fellows in residence at the Law School, Visiting professorships, Student fellowships for advanced studies, Professorship in Islamic Law.
“The Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School will benefit the entire world.
It will enable our students and faculty to form lasting connections with scholars and experts in the Middle East and elsewhere,” Dean Post noted. “It will make a vital contribution to the study of law at Yale and beyond.” (T/Imt/R03)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
