• 13 Jun 2025
  • AIHLS
  • Lecture series

The Multiple Dimensions of Feminist Muslim Women’s Approaches to the Qur’an

This presentation will tackle a gender-sensitive perspective using a holistic and multi-dimensional approach to the Qur'anic vision and discourse, focusing on justice, equity, and beauty.

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  • 03 Jul 2025
  • IHTLS
  • Lecture series

“But none sought out my secrets from inside”

In this talk, Professor Mojaddedi examines Rumi's writings both to situate him within the Sufi tradition and to highlight what that implies about the wider Islamic context which has too often been underappreciated.
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  • 26 Jun 2025
  • IHTLS
  • Lecture series

The abolition of the Ottoman caliphate in 1924: debates, controversies, and implications

Elisa Giunchi and Nicola Melis address some of the controversies preceding and following the decision to abolish the Ottoman caliphate in 1924, its perception, and wider implications.
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  • 20 May 2025
  • Conference

Devotion to the Prophet’s Family in Islamic Thought and Practice

The IIS will host a conference on the theme of devotional practices on 20-22 May 2025 at the Aga Khan Centre and online via Zoom.
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  • 19 May 2025
  • IHTLS

Religion That Matters: Shiʿi Materiality Beyond Karbala

In this presentation, Fouad Gehad Marei, co-editor of Religion That Matters: Shiʿi Materiality Beyond Karbala (Brill, 2024) will introduce and discuss the recently published edited volume.
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  • 30 Apr 2025
  • Screening

'The Professional' screening and discussion

Join filmmaker Masoud Taheri and IIS scholars for a screening of the film ‘The Professional’ and a discussion on the life and work of Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi.
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Conceptual photograph by Dr Shahzad Bashir
  • 24 Apr 2025
  • IHTLS

Conceptual Photography and the Craft of Reading Islamic Historical Texts

Dr Shahzad Bashir explores anamorphism in concept-driven photography and its impact on perceptions of history.
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  • 23 Apr 2025
  • Book launch

Ismailis in Iran book launch

Join author Shayesteh Ghofrani at the Ismaili Centre London on 23 April 2025, as she shares her experiences and her research that led to this exciting new book.
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  • 10 Apr 2025
  • Book launch
  • Talks and Lectures

Reconsidering verses on women in the Qur’an

Dr Karen Bauer and Professor Feras Hamza will be presenting their two recent publications at DLT in the SOAS Main Building on 10 April.
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11th Century map of Sicily
  • 09 Apr 2025
  • Talks and Lectures

Muslim Sicily: Encounters and Legacy - Panel Discussion

Join Dr Nuha Alshaar, Dr Shainool Jiwa, and Dr Delia Cortese as they discuss the history and legacy of the Muslims including the Fatimids and their Stalwarts the Kalbids in Sicily on 9 April at 17.00 GMT.
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  • 05 Apr 2025
  • Graduation

IIS Graduation 2025

Celebrate with us via livestream, starting at 14.00 BST on 5 April 2025.
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Muharram sermon in Surat, India 2014.
  • 20 Mar 2025
  • Talks and Lectures

Articulating Authority in a Shi‘a Isma'ili Community: A Case of Da’udi Bohras of South Asia, 1789-1965

Vineet Gupta explores historical junctures where modernity has transformed the virtues of authority among the Da’udi Bohras. This online lecture will take place on 20 March 2025.
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Illustration from Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, Bodelain Library, Folio 150a.
  • 14 Mar 2025
  • AIHLS

Issues in Theology and Ethics: A Contemporary Approach

Mariam al-Attar explores the implicit ontological and epistemological assumptions in jurisprudential discourse in the next Arabic and Islamic History Lecture.
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