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Eirik Hovden is a Research Professor in Arabic, Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen. He leads the Trond Mohn Foundation-funded CanCode project (2020-2024) on Islamic legal canonization and codification.
- PhD in Islamic legal studies (2012)
- Research focus: Zaydi Yemeni legal traditions (900–1800 CE)
- Specializes in waqf law, imamate theory, manuscript analysis
- Teaches Arabic textual analysis (ARA111, ARA112, ARA211)
His research explores the agency of jurists in Islamic legal evolution, particularly through marginal commentaries and doctrinal shifts in pre-modern Zaydi law. Publications include Waqf in Zaydī Yemen (Brill 2019) and co-edited volumes on medieval Eurasian communities.
Recent 2024 articles analyze the Landslov global context, Zaydi sharīʿa rule depictions, and imamate appointment theories. Conference presentations span Leiden, Paris, and Bergen manuscript forums.
Current supervision includes two PhD students. Collaborations include Christian Mauder (Berlin), Alexandros Tsakos (Bergen), and Ebrahim Mansoor (co-author on Zaydi fiqh history).
