Events
3rd February 2022 to 3rd February 2022
The prophet has a major metaphysical function. This is a fundamental thesis of Avicenna’s prophetology, and one of the main theses that will be explored in this lecture.
16th December 2021 to 16th December 2021
The practice of remote ziyāra, whereby a devotee visits an imām’s tomb not through physical pilgrimage but by reciting a pilgrimage litany, appears in the earliest Twelver literature on ziyāra.
6th December 2021 to 9th December 2021
This international conference aims to progress the field of Fatimid studies, encouraging participation from established and early career scholars specialising in Fatimid lands across Bilad al-Sham, Egypt, Ifriqiya, Sicily, and other areas across the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and the Indian Ocean.
8th November 2021 to 8th November 2021
Join us for the launch of this long-awaited and highly anticipated volume "On Women", the second in An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries.
28th October 2021 to 28th October 2021
This lecture examines Ismāʿīlī revolts in the 9th-10th c. CE against the wider backdrop of other rural insurgencies.
30th September 2021 to 30th September 2021
This paper focuses on the Alawi Bohra community in Vadodara, Gujarat, and their khizānat al-kutub, or treasury of books.
30th September 2021 to 30th September 2021
This paper focuses on the Alawi Bohra community in Vadodara, Gujarat, and their khizānat al-kutub, or treasury of books.
17th June 2021 to 17th June 2021
This lecture will present how the authors of literary sources of history constructed their narratives of scholarly apostasy in accordance with their own sectarian and political affiliations - and the juridical procedure at play.
22nd April 2021 to 22nd April 2021
To understand the formation of Twelver Shiʿism, we must understand the ways in which the authority of the traditional four agents and other community leaders was contested.
