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Dr Maria De Cillis begins a visiting professorship in Naples, delivering a six-part lecture series on Shi‘i Islam and contributing to wider academic events.

Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi has been elected a Foreign Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy’s most prestigious scholarly institution, recognising his outstanding contributions to Islamic thought and Shiʿi studies.

Through its participation in History Day 2025, ISCU highlights the rich heritage collections of IIS and fosters engagement among students, researchers, and the public with the Institute’s manuscripts, archives, and oral history materials.

Dr Najam Abbas joins the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Policy Studies, strengthening IIS’s global academic partnerships and advancing interdisciplinary policy research.

Dr Farhad Daftary’s new book, Ismaili Sources, Studies, History and Traditions, is now available from Brill, offering fresh insights into Ismaili thought and history.

Faheem Hussain represents IIS at the 2025 conference on History Teaching in Europe, sharing insights from the STEP programme in Strasbourg.

The inaugural Ginān Studies Conference explored devotional traditions and global scholarship, featuring panels, keynotes, and live performances.

The Institute of Ismaili Studies mourns the passing of Vazir Anil Ishani (1937–2025), a pioneering leader whose legal and institutional contributions shaped the community and its global institutions for more than five decades.

IIS researchers presented research papers, chaired sessions, and delivered book talks across themes including philosophy, cosmology, poetry, Sufism, and Ismaili history.