In previous years, the Institute has participated at MESA by sponsoring the following panels:
1998
Panel: “Ismaili and Zaydi Projections of Symbolic Religious Identity”
Chair/Discussant
Dr Paul E. Walker, Independent Scholar
Panelists
Towards Sobriety: Nasir-i Khusraw’s Construction of Identity Professor Zayn Kassam, Pomona College Visiting Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 1998 to 1999
Nasir-i Khusraw’s Journey of the Soul: The Pilgrimage as an Expression of Ismaili Identity Dr Alice C Hunsberger, Visiting Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies 1998 to 2000
‘Ali’s sword Dhu’l-Fiqar as Icon in Ottoman Egypt Professor Jane Hathaway, Ohio State University
The Projection of Religious Identity Among Contemporary Ismaili Muslims Professor Tazim R Kassam, Colorado College
Bohra Architecture and the Restoration of Fatimid Culture Professor Paula Sanders, Rice University
1996
Panel: “Nasir-i Khusraw in Poetry and Prose”
Chair
Professor Ismail Poonawala, University of California, Los Angeles
Panelists
Nasir-i Khusraw on the Interpretation (ta‘wil) of the Qur'an Dr Latimah S Peerwani
Symbolic Interpretation (ta‘wil) in Nasir-i KhusrawProfessor Zayn Kassam, Pomona College Visiting Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 1998 to 1999
The Ethical Philosophy of Nasir-i Khusraw Dr Faquir M Hunzai, Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Nasir-i Khusraw’s Isma‘ili Poetics Dr Julie Scott Meisami, University of Oxford
Nasir-i Khusraw: Practicing What He Preached Dr Alice C Hunsberger, Hunter College Visiting Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies 1998 to 2000
Making The New Edition of the Divan Dr Mehdi Mohaqqeq, McGill University/Tehran
Discussant
Dr Paul E. Walker, Independent Scholar s