Events

  • 21 Oct - 22 Oct 2024
  • Aga Khan Centre
  • Conference
  • South Asian Studies

Listening in Many Tongues

Join the South Asian Studies Unit as they explore ideas of translation in conversation, such as those concentrating on Ismaili and Sufi studies in Persian and South Asian vernaculars.

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  • 06 Jun 2014
  • London
  • Talks and Lectures

Live webcast by Professor Abbas Hamdani

A DARP Occasional Lecture - “The Imam Speaks about His Shi‘a”; Epistle 48 of the Rasaʾil Ikhwan al-Safaʾ by Professor Abbas Hamdani (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

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  • 22 May 2014
  • London
  • Talks and Lectures

Live webcast of Central Asian Studies Lecture on Lost Enlightenment

Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia’s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane, provides a comprehensive picture of the great era of enlightenment that occurred in Central Asia, ca. 800-1200 CE.

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  • 15 May 2014
  • The Institute of Ismaili Studies
  • Talks and Lectures

Live webcast of Qur’anic Studies Lecture on Qur’ans of the Umayyads

This lecture will deal with the dramatic changes that the Qur’anic codex underwent during the Umayyad period (660–750 C.E.), on the basis of a selection of mostly unpublished manuscript materials.

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  • 30 Apr 2014
  • The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Live webcast of DARP Occasional Lecture on early Mongol-Nizari Relations

Early Mongol-Nizari Contacts in Northern Persia and the Diwan-i Qa’imiyyat Dr Miklos Sarkozy will present his paper examining the relations between the Nizari Ismaili state and the Mongol Empire from the time of the arrival of the Mongols to Northern Iran in 1220 CE until nearly 1240 CE.

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  • 28 Apr 2014
  • London
  • Talks and Lectures

IIS Organises Lecture on Islam in Late Antiquity

The Qur’anic Studies Unit at the IIS inaugurated its Book Review Lecture Series with a lecture by Professor Aziz al-Azmeh on 3 February 2014. The lecture was based on Professor Al-Azmeh’s latest book, The Emergence of Islam in Late Antiquity: Allah and His People (Cambridge, 2014).

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  • 19 Oct 2013
  • London
  • Graduation

Live Webcast of Graduation Ceremony – GPISH Class of 2013

The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to announce the Graduation Ceremony taking place at The Ismaili Centre, London on 19th October 2013 at 14:00 UTC/GMT.

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  • 06 Apr 2013
  • The Ismaili Centre, London
  • Graduation

Live webcast of the STEP Cohort IV Graduation Celebration

The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to announce the graduation celebration for the STEP Cohort IV students. Venue: Social Hall, The Ismaili Centre, 1 Cromwell Gardens, SW7 2SL, London Date: 6th April, 2013

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  • 13 Oct 2012
  • Ismaili Centre, London

GPISH Graduation Ceremony 2012

The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to announce the graduation celebration for the GPISH Class of 2012.

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  • 31 Mar 2012
  • The Ismaili Centre, London
  • Graduation

Live webcast of the STEP Cohort III Graduation Celebration

The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to announce the graduation celebration for the STEP Cohort III students. Date: 31st March, 2012 Time: 2:30 pm

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  • 16 Nov 2006
  • Aga Khan Centre
  • Conference

Devotional Expressions of South Asian Muslims Conference

The confluence between Muslim and Indic traditions in South Asia has given rise to a rich variety of devotional, artistic and literary forms of expression from medieval times to the present day.

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