The 34th Annual Meeting of the Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America (MESA)

The Institute of Ismaili Studies is participating in the 34th Annual Meeting of the Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America (MESA), one of the world's leading academic organizations promoting research on the Middle East and the Muslim world (see also Previous IIS participation at MESA) Panel:

• “Representations of Ismailism”
  • Chair: Professor Azim Nanji, Director, The Institute of Ismaili Studies 
  • Panelists: Ismaili Studies: Historical Precedents and Modern Developments Dr Farhad Daftary, Head, Department of Academic Research and Publications, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
• Worlds Apart? An Andalusian in Search of Knowledge, All the Way to Fatimid Cairo
  • Professor Sumaiya A Hamdani, Assistant Professor of History, George Mason University, Previously Visiting Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies (1998 to 1999)
• Nasir Khusraw: A Thousand Years of Passion
  • Dr Alice C Hunsberger, Visiting Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
  • Discussant Professor Abbas Hamdani, Professor of Middle Eastern History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The Institute also has representation on two other panels.

• Panel: “Defining Orthodoxy and the Internal Other” A Representation of Shi‘i Thought
  • • • • Dr Arzina R Lalani, Visiting Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Panel:
• “Stories and Lives: Memoirs, Narratives and Poetry” Internet Lives,
  • Stories From Sana’a Rizwan Mawani, Alumnus, Class of 2000, The Institute of Ismaili Studies