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  • 14 Jul 2022
  • IHTLS
  • Lecture series

Pre-Existence: a Myth and its Implications in Imami-Shiʿi Thought

The notion that events bearing far-reaching consequences for the human condition took place prior to the creation of the world and of man has been a central theme in the Islamic literary tradition. This lecture seeks to demonstrate how the raw materials of this notion in Imami-Shiʿi thought were addressed, creatively interpreted and elaborated upon by thinkers of two periods: the Buwayhid (945-1055 CE) and Safavid (1501-1722 CE).
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  • 09 Jun 2022
  • Webinar

A Fatimid Text on the Necessity of the Imamate: The Book of Interim Times and Planetary Conjunctions (Kitāb al-Fatarāt wa-l-qirānāt)

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  • 26 May 2022
  • Book launch

Book launch: “Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran”

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  • 28 Apr 2022

Soul’s Imaginal Motion in Abū Ya‘qūb al-Sijistānī’s (fl. 10th CE) Kitāb al-Maqālīd and Risālah al-Bāhirah

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A cover of the documentary 'Voices from the Roof of the world'
  • 22 Apr 2022
  • Webinar

Documentary Screening and Discussion on Climate Anxiety

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  • 25 Mar 2022
  • Talks and Lectures

"The Proper Name" by Professor Faisal Devji

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  • 17 Mar 2022
  • Book launch

Command and Creation: A Shi'i Cosmological Treatise - Book Launch

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  • 03 Mar 2022
  • Book launch

Ismaili Festivals: Stories of Celebration Book Launch

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  • 03 Feb 2022
  • Talks and Lectures

The Metaphysical Dimension of the Prophet in Avicenna’s Thought

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Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq.
  • 16 Dec 2021
  • Talks and Lectures

Pilgrimages of the Heart: Remote Ziyara and the Articulation of Interiority in Twelver Shi'i Devotion - Online Lecture

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  • 06 Dec 2021
  • Conference

Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics, and Religion

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  • 08 Nov 2021
  • Book launch

An Anthology of Qur’anic Commentaries, Volume II: On Women

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