Workshop for Alumni
24th - 30th June 2005
| Programme | ||
| Day 1 | Fri. 24th June 2005 | |
| 10.00 am – 11.00 am | Registration & Welcome | |
| 11.00 am – 11.45 am | Preliminary Remarks & Introductions | |
| 11.45 am – 12.00 pm | Welcome by Professor Azim Nanji Director, IIS |
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| 12.00 pm – 1.15 pm | Lecture: Encountering Islam by Dr Alnoor Dhanani Head, Department of Graduate Studies, IIS |
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| 1.15 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch | |
| 2.15 pm – 3.30 pm | Discussion/Q & A: Encountering Islam | |
| 3.45 pm – 4.00 pm | Health Break | |
| 4.00 pm – 5.15 pm | Lecture: Introduction to the Study of Religion by Dr Paul-Francois Tremlett Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Religions, SOAS |
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| 5.15 pm – 5.30 pm | Health Break | |
| 5.30 pm – 6.30 pm | Group Work/Discussion: Introduction to the Study of Religion | |
| 8.00 pm – 10.30 pm (at Centre Space, The Ismaili Centre) |
Lecture and Discussion/Q&A: Understanding the Holy Qur’an by Professor Hanna Kassis Professor Emeritus, Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia |
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| Day 2 | Sat. 25th June 2005 | |
| 9.00 am – 10.15 am | Lecture: Islam, Democracy and Civil Society by Dr Amyn Sajoo Visiting Fellow, Cambridge University and Lecturer, Simon Fraser University |
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| 10.15 am – 10.30 am | Health Break | |
| 10.30 am – 11.30 am | Discussion/Q&A: Islam, Democracy and Civil Society | |
| 11.45 am – 12.00 pm | Health Break | |
| 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm | Lecture: Muslims and the Media by Dr Karim H Karim Visiting Research Fellow, IIS |
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| 1.00 pm – 1.45 pm | Lunch (at the IIS) | |
| 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm | Discussion/Q&A: Muslims and the Media | |
| 3.15 pm – 3.30 pm | Health Break | |
| 3.30 pm – 4.45 pm | Lecture: Art & Architecture in Muslim Societies by Professor Gulzar Haider Dean, School of Architecture and Design, Beaconhouse National University |
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| 4.45 pm – 5.00 pm | Health Break | |
| 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm | Discussion/Q & A: Art and Architecture in Muslim Societies | |
| 8.00 pm – 10.00 pm (at the IIS) |
Evening Programme / Presentation: Cairo’s al-Azhar Park by Alykhan Allidina EO, Council for the UAE |
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| Day 3 | Sun. 26th June 2005 | |
| 9.00 am – 10.00 am | Lecture: Imamat in Muslim Discourse by Dr Arzina Lalani Research Associate, IIS |
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| 10.00 am – 10.15 am | Health Break | |
| 10.15 am – 11.30 pm | Discussion/Q & A: Imamat in Muslim discourse | |
| 11.45 pm - 12.00 pm | Health Break | |
| 12.00 pm – 1.15 pm | Lecture: Authority & Community by Farouk Mitha Lecturer, University of Victoria |
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| 1.15 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch | |
| 2.15 pm – 3.15 pm | Discussion / Q&A: Authority & Community | |
| 3.30 pm – 3.45 pm | Health Break | |
| 3.45 pm – 5.00 pm | Lecture: Al-Ghazali and the Ismailis: Re-reading the Debate by Farouk Mitha |
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| 5.00 pm – 5.15 pm | Health Break | |
| 5.15 pm – 6.30 pm | Discussion/Q&A: Al-Ghazali and the Ismailis: Re-reading the Debate | |
| Day 4 | Mon. 27th June 2005 | |
| 9.00 am – 10.30am | Lecture: The Use of the Qur’an by the Ikhwan al-Safa’ by Dr Omar Ali de Unzaga Academic Coordinator, Qur’anic Studies Project and Research Associate, DARP, IIS |
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| 10.30 am – 10.45 am | Health Break | |
| 10.45 am – 12.15 pm | Group Work/Discussion: The Use of the Qur’an by the Ikhwan al-Safa’ | |
| 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm | Lecture: Muslim Religious Education: Prospects and Challenges by Dr Shiraz Thobani Research Associate, IIS |
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| 2.30 pm – 2.45 pm | Health Break | |
| 2.45 pm – 3.45 pm | Discussion / Q&A: Muslim Religious Education: Prospects and Challenges | |
| 4.00 pm – 4.15 pm | Health Break | |
| 4.15 pm – 6.15 pm | Lecture and Discussion/Q&A: Ethics in Islam: Conceptual Developments and Contemporary Issues by Professor Azim Nanji Director, IIS |
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| 6.30 pm – 6. 45 pm | Group Photograph | |
| Day 5 | Tue. 28th June 2005 | |
| 9.00 am – 10.45 am | Lecture and Discussion/Q&A: Interpreting Ismaili History by Dr Farhad Daftary Associate Director, and Head, DARP, IIS |
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| 10.45 am – 11.00 am | Health Break | |
| 11.00 am – 12.30 pm | Lecture: Exploring the Role and Diversity of Devotional Literature in Islam: Satpanth Ismailism Dr Tazim Kassam Associate Professor of Religion and Islamic Studies, Syracuse University |
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| 12.45 pm – 1.45 pm | Lunch | |
| 1.45 pm – 3.00 pm | Discussion/Q&A: Exploring the Role and Diversity of Devotional Literature in Islam | |
| 3.00 pm – 3.15 pm | Health Break | |
| 3.15 pm – 4.45 pm | Lecture: Modern Muslim Thought by Dr Naeem Khalid Course Convenor, Development Studies Dept, SOAS and Course Convenor, Islam Media and Conflict Analysis and Politics, Birkbeck College |
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| 4.45 pm – 5.00 pm | Health Break | |
| 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm | Discussion/Q & A: Modern Muslim Thought | |
| Day 6 | Wed. 29th June 2005 | |
| 9.00 am – 10.30 am | Lecture: From Manhattan to Baghdad: The Metamorphoses of Reason by Professor Mohammed Arkoun Senior Research Fellow and Governor, IIS |
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| 10.30 am – 10.45 am | Health Break | |
| 10.45 am – 12.15 pm | Discussion/Q&A: From Manhattan to Baghdad: The Metamorphoses of Reason | |
| 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30 pm – 3.15 pm | Lecture and Discussion/Q&A: Women & Islam by Dr Tazim Kassam |
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| 3.15 pm – 3.30 pm | Health Break | |
| 3.30 pm - 5.00 pm | Lecture and Discussion/Q&A: Muslims as Minorities by Professor Azim Nanji |
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| 5.15 pm – 6.15 pm | Presentation and Q & A: An Introduction to the IIS Library and its Collections by Alnoor Merchant Acting Head, IIS Library and Keeper, Ismaili Collections, IIS |
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| 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm | Farewell Dinner | |
| Day 7 | Thu. 30th June 2005 | |
| 10.30 am – 12.00 pm | Alumni Relations at the IIS by Selina Kassam Ramji Communications and Alumni Relations Officer, IIS |
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| 12.15 pm – 1.15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm | Keynote Address by Dr Aziz Esmail Governor, IIS |
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| 2.30 pm – 2.45 pm | Health Break | |
| 2.45 pm – 3.45 pm | Q&A (Open Forum) with Dr Aziz Esmail | |
| 3.45 pm – 4.00 pm | Health Break | |
| 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm | (cont.) Q&A (Open Forum) with Dr Aziz Esmail | |
| 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm | Evaluation & Closing Remarks | |
