Academic Article: Mathematics vs. Physics: Ibn al-Haytham’s Geometrical Conception of Space and the Refutation of Aristotle’s Physical Definition of Place by Dr Nader El-Bizri

News story on IIS Scholar Presents Paper at Conference on Islamic Philosophy

News story on Alumni Chapter Group Meetings and Elections

November 2009

News story on IIS Scholar Presents Paper at BASR Conference

October 2009

News story on IIS Scholar Investigates Perceptions of Youth in Northern Pakistan

News story on IIS Publishes an Account of Imam-Caliph al-Mu'izz's Reign

News story on the First Edition of Nasirian Ethics in Tajik Language

News story on Scholar Presents at International Symposium, Göttingen

August 2009

News story on The Summer Programme on Islam 2009

News story on IIS Scholar Interviewed on BBC World Service

Lifelong Learning Article: Sufis, Shahs, and Shi‘is: Shrines of the Safavids, 1500-1650 CE by Dr Sheila Canby

Reading lists on the Approaches to the Study of Islam , General Works on Islam and Muslims , History , Modern Period , Shi'i Islam , Intellectual Traditions in Islam , Qur'an and its Interpretation , Law in Muslim Context , Muslim Rituals and Practices , Arts and Architecture in the Muslim World , Muslim Contributions to Science and Civil Society in a Muslim Context .

New Academic Publication: Towards a Shiʿi Mediterranean Empire: Fatimid Egypt and the Founding of Cairo (Synopsis, Table of Contents and Bibliography)

Encyclopaedia Contribution: Ismaili Historiography by Dr Farhad Daftary

Encyclopaedia Contribution: Ismaili Studies by Dr Farhad Daftary

Lifelong Learning Article: Medicine and Pharmacy under the Fatimids by Dr Sami Hamarneh

Lifelong Learning Article: Why Study Islamic Thought in the Twentieth Century (Introduction) by Dr Suha Taji-Farouki and Dr Basheer Nafi

Reading Guide on Word of God, Art of Man: The Qur'an and its Creative Expressions (PDF)

News story on Launch of The Ikhwan al-Safa’ and their Rasa’il

News story on Distinguished Historian Professor K. K. Aziz Passes Away

Lifelong Learning Article: A Reflection on Art and Architecture by Professor Ricardo L Castro

Lifelong Learning Article: Between Anxiety and Hope: Education in Troubled Times by Dr Shiraz Thobani

Lifelong Learning Article: Light Upon Light: Inside Ottawa's Spectacular New Landmark - The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat by Professor Karim H. Karim

Lifelong Learning Article: Citizenship in Muslim-Majority States by Professor Karim H. Karim

News story on Muslim Heritage Series Inaugurated by the IIS

Encyclopaedia Contribution: Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani by Dr Farhad Daftary

Lifelong Learning Article: What is Islamic Art by Minaz Kerawala

New Academic Publication: A Companion to the Muslim World (Synopsis, Introduction and Table of Contents

News story on IIS Publishes Shahrastani’s Esoteric Commentary on Qur’an

New Academic Publication: Keys to the Arcana: Shahrastani’s Esoteric Commentary on the Qur’an (Synopsis, Table of Contents)

News story on Two Research Associate join IIS’ Qur’anic Studies Unit

Encyclopaedia Contribution: Hasan Sabbah by Dr Farhard Daftary

Encyclopaedia Contribution: Hasan II by Dr Farhad Daftary

Glossary Terms Added: Mamluks , Mufti , Faqih , Sultanate , Zands , Sasanians , Mughals

Glossary Terms Added: Zawiyah , Khaniqa , Ribat , Masjid , Sayyid , Sharif , Amir

News story on Omid Safi speaks on ‘The ethics of reform’

News story on Reza Nejad Introduces Spatial Genealogy of the Ashura Ritual

June 2009

News story on In Memory of Peter Willey, Authority on Medieval Ismaili Castles

Encyclopaedia Contribution: Dawr by Dr Farhad Daftary

Academic Article: Shahrastani’s ‘Mafatih al-asrar’ by Dr Toby Mayer

News story on Professor Schoeberlein Presents Paper on Post-Soviet Islam

Interview with Dr Sayyad Jalal Badakhchani on Nasir al-Din Tusi's Sayr wa Suluk

May 2009

News story on IIS Scholar Speaking at a Conference in Cairo

News story on Book Launch – An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries

List of IIS Publications Translated: By Language and Title

Glossary Terms Added: Ayatollah , Al-Shahada , Sira , Ottomans and Mujtahid

Encyclopaedia Contribution: Ismaili History by Dr Farhad Daftary

Academic Article: Creation in Time in Islamic Thought with Special Reference to Al-Ghazali by Professor Eric Ormsby

Glossary Terms Added: Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim , Bayt al-Hikma , Bibi , Farman and Jama‘at Khana

April 2009

News story on IIS Seminar Discusses The Role of Ethics in International Conflicts

News story on IIS Co-sponsoring a Conference on Art, Architecture and Shi‘ism

Academic Article: The Dilemma of Islam as School Knowledge in Muslim Education by Dr Shiraz Thobani

News story on IIS Launching Two Publications in Dubai

News story on Dr Karen Bauer Presents Paper on "Tafsir and its Audience"

News story on IIS Scholar Addresses Muslim Perspectives on Bioethics

Lifelong Learning Article: Family Mediation in the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim Community - Institutional Structures, Training and Practice by Mohamed Keshavjee

March 2009

News story on IIS Students Visiting Spain as Part of their Course

Lifelong Learning Article: Religion and State in a Pluralist Nation: Policy Challenges in Contemporary Canadian Society by Professor Karim H. Karim and Ms Faiza Hirji

News story on IIS Publishing an Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries

New Academic Publication: An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries - Vol. 1: On the Nature of the Divine (Synopsis, Table of Contents and Introduction)

Conference on 'People of the Prophet's House: Art, Architecture and Shi‘ism in the Islamic World'

February 2009

News story on IIS Publishing Work on Khutbas of Fatimid Caliphs

New Academic Publication: Orations of the Fatimid Caliph - Festival Sermons of the Ismaili Imams (Synopsis, Table of Contents and Bibliography)

Application form for Ph.D. Scholarship

News story on IIS Co-sponsoring a Workshop in Chicago on Tafsir

News story on IIS Scholar Presenting a Paper at a Conference on Fatimids

News story on The IIS Relocates to New Premises