Churchill College, University of Cambridge, 14-20 August 1994
One of the major features of the transformation of Islam into one of the great civilisations of the world was its vigorous intellectual and literary life which found expression in diverse schools of thought and communities of interpretation. To generate discussion on the nature and significance of this development, the Institute organised a one-week seminar in the summer of 1994, attended by leading scholars and specialists in Islamic studies from around the world. The key papers presented during the seminar have been published in Intellectual Traditions in Islam, edited by Farhad Daftary (published by I.B.Tauris in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2000)
Dr. Aziz Esmail, Dean, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
The Encounter of Cultures in the Formative Period of Islam
Professor Hugh Kennedy, Professor of Middle Eastern History, University of St. Andrews
Intellectual Life in the First Four Centuries of Islam
Professor Hugh Kennedy, Professor of Middle Eastern History, University of St. Andrews
Scientific and Philosophical Inquiry: Achievements and Reactions in Muslim History
Dr. Oliver Leaman, Professor of Philosophy, Liverpool John Moores University
Communities of Interpretation in Islam: Diversity and Debate
Professor Josef van Ess, Professor in Islamic Studies, University of Tübingen
The Limits of Islamic Orthodoxy
Dr. Norman Calder, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Manchester
Islamic Law: The Forms and the Message
Dr. Norman Calder, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Manchester
Tradition and Creativity in the Formation of Islamic Law
Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Reason, Tradition and Authority in Shi'i Law
Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Intellectual Life Among the Ismailis: An Overview
Dr. Farhad Daftary, Head, Department of Academic Research and Publications, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Nasir Khusraw and Fatimid Thought
Dr. Alice Hunsberger, Assistant Professor in Religion and Philosophy, Hunter College, City University of New York
Reason and Mystical Experience in Sufism
Professor Annemarie Schimmel, Professor (Emeritus) of Indo-Muslim Culture, Harvard University
Intellectual Trends in Shi'i Thought: Formative Period
Dr. Ian K. Howard, Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Edinburgh
Intellectual Trends in Shi'i Thought: Safawid Period
Dr. John Cooper, E. G. Browne Lecturer in Persian Studies, University of Cambridge
Intellectual Trends in Shi'i Thought: Contemporary Period
Dr. John Cooper, E. G. Browne Lecturer in Persian Studies, University of Cambridge
Intellectual Life in Colonial and Post-Colonial Muslim World
Professor Mohammed Arkoun, Professor of Islamic Thought, Sorbonne University And Senior Research Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Artistic Creativity, Tradition and Religion in the Arts of Islam
Professor Ernst J. Grube, Islamic Arts Foundation, New York
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture: Architecture for a Changing World
Mr. Hasan Khan, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Aiglemont
Expressions of Muslim Identity in the West: Architecture as a Case Study
Mr. Hasan Khan, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Aiglemont
Higher Education in Contemporary Muslim Society
Dr. Zaki Badawi, Principal, Muslim College, London
Arab Women Writers
Dr. Fadia Faqir
State, Society and Pluralism in Contemporary Islam
Professor Mohammed Arkoun, Professor of Islamic Thought, Sorbonne University And Senior Research Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
