Conferences, Workshops and Speeches
| “Islam in the Contemporary World” Conference, 1990 St Catherine’s College St Catherine’s College, Oxford, 18-28 August 1990 This residential seminar was organised by the Institute to address the broad challenges and choices offered by modernity to the Muslim world in general and the Ismaili community in particular. Lasting ten days, the seminar was designed to encourage questions and stimulate informed thinking on a broad range of issues significant to contemporary Islam, ranging from scripture, rationality and esoterism to the arts, human rights and economics. The audience was invited to participate actively in exploring ways and means of engaging creatively and critically with the modern world that are true to the Islamic tradition on the one hand, as well as adaptive to changing circumstances on the other. Keynote Speech Muslim Communities in Historical Perspective Prof. William Graham, Professor of Religion, Harvard University Scripture, Faith and Practice in Islam: a Comparative Perspective Prof. William Graham, Professor of Religion, Harvard University The Rational Tradition in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Prof. Muhsin Mahdi, James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic, Harvard University The Esoteric Tradition in Islam: Sh i‘i and Sunni Forms Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Professor of Religion, George Washington University Religion and Modernity Dr. Aziz Esmail, Dean, The Institute of Ismaili Studies The Image of Islam in the West Prof. Azim Nanji, Professor of Religion, University of Florida Islam Yesterday and Tomorrow Prof. Mohammed Arkoun, Professor of Islamic Thought, University of Paris, Sorbonne Modernist Muslims in Indo-Pakistan Dr. K. K. Aziz, Visiting Professor, The Institute of Ismaili Studies The Span and Scope of the Sufi Tariqas Today Dr. Rafique Keshavjee, Associate Dean, The Institute of Ismaili Studies The Concept of State and Human Rights in Islam Mr. S. S. Pirzada, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, Pakistan The Arts in Islam Prof. Oleg Grabar, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Harvard University The Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Toward a Methodology for a Vision Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, Technical Department, Africa Region, World Bank Economic Challenges and Some Muslim Responses Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, Technical Department, Africa Region, World Bank Islam in Indonesia: Religion and Cultural Diversity Dr. Nasir Tamara, Director of Research and Publicaions, SUMMA, Exellentia Institute, Jakarta Mapping Ismailism: a Survey of the Evolution of Ismailism Prof. Azim Nanji, Professor of Religion, University of Florida The Contribution of Ismailism to Islam Prof. Mohammed Arkoun, Professor of Islamic Thought, Sorbonne University Religious Life and Conceptions: Dr. Rafique H. Keshavjee, Associate Dean, The Institute of Ismaili Studies The Social and Constitutional Evolution of the Ismailis Mr. Zaher Ahmed, Chairman, IPS Kenya Self-understanding and Self-presentation among Ismailis Today Mr. Shams Vellani, Executive Officer, The Institute of Ismaili Studies The Imamat Institutions Today: Overview and a Look at the Horizon Gerald Wilkinson, Head, Information Department, Aiglemont Mohammed Keshavjee, Information Officer, Aiglemont Panel Discussion on Ismaili Thought Prof. Ali Asani, Associate Professor of Indo-Muslim Thought, Harvard University Dr. Jalal Badakchani, Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Dr. Faqir M. Hunzai, Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Panel Discussion on the Contemporary Muslim World Prof. Mohammed Artkoun, Professor of Islamic Thought, Sorbonne University Prof. Housang Chahabi, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University Dr. Aziz Esmail, Dean, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Dr. Ahmet Evin, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Aiglemont Prof. Bruce Lawrence, Professor of the History of Religions, Duke University Dr. Iftikhar Malik, Senior Fellow, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University Prof. Azim Nanji, Professor of Religion, University of Florida Prof. Fred Stambouli, Department of Sociology, Tunis University |
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