Seminars & Public Lectures
As part of its programmes, The Institute of Ismaili Studies sponsors conferences and seminars dealing with various facets of Islamic studies and themes of concern to contemporary Muslim societies. They are open to students and staff of the Institute, invited audiences from other institutions of learning, and occasionally to members of the general public. In addition, Institute faculty, staff and students are actively involved in numerous external conferences and seminars and are often invited to give public lectures at universities and organisations on their research and publications. A selection of these events is listed below.
Conferences, Workshops and Special Events
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Workshop: Fragmentation and Compilation, May 2012
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Conference: The Qur'an and Adab Traditions, April 2012
- The Bible and the Qur'an in Ismaili Sources, July 2011
- Workshop: Approaches to the Qur’an in sub-Saharan Africa, May 2011
- Workshop: Theories and Methods in Qur’an Commentaries, 2009
- Workshop: Tajikistan: Birth and Rebirth, 2009
- Alumni Workshop, 2005
- Conference: The Word of God; The Art of Man - The Qur’an and its Creative Expressions, 2003
- Film Festival: Religion and Tradition in Contemporary Cinema, 2002
- Conference: Iranian Studies, 2002
- Workshop for ITREB Personnel, 2001
- Conference: Perspectives in Islamic Studies, 1998
- Conference: Intellectual Traditions in Islam, 1994
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Conference: Islam in the Contemporary World, 1990
IIS Lecture Series
- Department of Academic Research and Publications Seminar Series, 1998-2007
- Graduate Studies Lecture Series, 1999-2005
- Perspectives on Qur’anic Studies Seminar Series, 2003
- Helen Boyle 2002 Abrahamic Initiative Lectures, 2002
- “Muslim Pluralism: Historical and Contemporary Encounters with the Internal Others” Seminar Series, 2002
- Civil Society in Comparative Muslim Contexts Seminar Series, 2000-2001
- Project Tajikistan Annual Seminar Series, 2000-2002
- Orientalism and the Study of Islam Seminar Series, 1983
A Selection of IIS Participation at External Events
- Cultural Responses to the Qur’an, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), San Francisco, November 2011
- Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America (MESA) Annual Meetings, 2010
- The Meaning of the Word: Lexicology and Tafsir, A pre-conference workshop, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), Atlanta, 2010
- The Third World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), 2010
- Qur'an commentaries: sources, methods and hermeneutics, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), 2008
- Qur'anic Studies Unit organises annual workshops in collaboration with American Academy of Religion (AAR), Chicago, 2008-2009
- Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America (MESA) Annual Meetings, 2000-2003
- People of the Prophet's House: Art, Architecture and Shi‘ism in the Islamic World, 2009
- British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Annual Meeting, 2001
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