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Ziyana Govindji reads The King and the Mouse, a fable from Kalila wa Dimna adapted by Professor Zayn Kassam. A trapped flock, a loyal mouse, and a king who puts his people first.

Listening in Many Tongues brought scholars from the UK, Europe and South Asia to IIS for a two-day conference on translation and multilingual textual production in early modern South Asia. Watch the keynote and panels.

Watch the recording of the recent book launch of A Practical Guide to Critical Religion, where leading scholars discuss how religion is defined, classified and contested.

Naureen Ali reflects on her journey to IIS, her work cataloguing the Ismaili Special Collections, and the care behind preserving manuscripts, photographs, and objects that carry centuries of stories.

Professor Masooda Bano examines female education in Muslim countries, from the politics of representation to the practical barriers behind low participation, in this Voices of Contemporary Islamic Thought lecture.

Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor reflects on his journey to IIS, his scholarship in Ismaili philosophy, and the enduring relationship between faith, intellect, and community service.

This webinar explores Islam and human rights through the idea of the “myth of discord”, moving beyond assumptions of incompatibility toward dialogue, interpretation and shared ethical concern.

A Voices of Contemporary Islamic Thought webinar exploring how education, ethical reflection and collective agency can help communities respond to climate change, health inequity and other interconnected global crises.

This IHTLS lecture by Dr Mohammad Amin Mansouri explores the intellectual relationship between Aziz Nasafi’s writings and Nizari Ismaili thought in the Persian Mongol world, examining monism, metaphysical unity, and cross-sectarian exchange in medieval Islamic intellectual history.

This lecture by Professor William Rory Dickson explores key ideas in Sufi philosophy through the thought of Ibn ʿArabi, focusing on unity, perception and the nature of reality.

In this episode of The Voices of History, seven elders from Syria, Iran, India, East Africa, and northern Pakistan reflect on the memories that shaped their childhoods.

Dr Dagikhudo Dagiev reflects on his journey from Soviet-era Tajikistan to pioneering scholarship in Central Asian Ismaili studies, and what 25 years at IIS has meant to him.