Kristen A. Stilt is an

Islamic studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

scholar who focuses on law and society in both historical and contemporary contexts. She wrote ''Islamic Law in Action: Authority, Discretion, and Everyday Experiences in Mamluk Egypt''.Kristen Stilt, Islamic Law in Action: Authority, Discretion, and Everyday Experiences in Mamluk Egypt,

Education

Stilt earned a JD from the University of Texas School of Law. Stilt earned a PhD in History and Middle Eastern Studies from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Career

In 2013, Stilt was awarded a

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for her work in

constitutional law Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a State (polity), state, namely, the executive (government), executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as th ...

. Currently, Stilt is a Director of the Islamic Legal Studies Programs at

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

. In the past, Stilt has won

Fulbright The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

and Fulbright-Hays awards.

Works

*Stilt, Kristen A. "Contextualizing Constitutional Islam: The Malaysian Experience," 13 Int'l J. Const. L. 407 (2015). *Stilt, Kristen A. "Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes: the Case of Egypt" in Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes 111 (Tom Ginsburg & Alberto Simper eds., University of Chicago Press, 2013). *Stilt, Kristen A. Islamic Law in Action: Authority, Discretion, and Everyday Experiences in Mamluk Egypt (Oxford University Press 2011) .

References

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