Max Weber Fellow
Department of Law
Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies
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Dima Hussain completed her PhD in Law at the European University Institute. Her research interests include living law and non-state legal systems, tribal justice and Shari’a, the concept of indigenous law, gender dynamics in societal legality, and the codification of law.As a Max Weber Fellow, she continues to explore the relationship between state and non-state law, particularly Sharia and tribal legal systems, and the impact of codification and central state pressures during and after the colonial Mandate era in the Arab region. She is also developing a research project documenting tribal women’s narratives about transformations in tribal history and culture over recent decades. This project aims to integrate women’s perspectives into the broader discourses on tribal justice, challenging the traditional gender hierarchies.Previously, Dima was a CIVICA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Central European University, where she researched the historical relationship between tribal justice and Islamic law in Syria and their contemporary interconnection. She is also a Scientific Collaborator with the Center for Legal History and Legal Anthropology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and an Associate Researcher with the Mediterranean Platform at Luiss University.