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23rd November 2021
The exhibition follows the pioneering Russian scholar of Islam, Wladimir Ivanow (1886-1970), across the Muslim world.
4th November 2021
We are very pleased to announce the publication of a landmark anthology that explores a critical and contentious theme: women in the Qur’an and Qur’anic interpretation.
4th November 2021
Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics, and Religion will run online on 6-9 December 2021.
4th November 2021
In this interview the authors of An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries, Vol. 2: On Women discuss their groundbreaking new book and the social urgency of its theme.
29th September 2021
The acquisitions of a photo album from Soviet Tajikistan and three rare coins, including a Nizari copper coin possibly struck at Alamut, enhance the unique collections.
29th September 2021
STEP student Anusha Hudda shares her experience of living with her peers from around the world in Victoria Hall.
18th August 2021
GPISH (2018) alumna Semina Halani received a scholarship from Harvard University to attend a four-week Institute of World Literature Summer Programme in July.
17th August 2021
WTEP (1994) alumna Nazneen Lakhani attended the G7 Summit as a Hindi Interpreter in June. Here she gives an insight into her experience, which included working with India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi.
12th August 2021
Professor Ali Asani, who teaches on the GPISH programme and is a member of the IIS’s Board of Governors, has been awarded the Harvard University 2021 Alpha Iota Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
11th August 2021
Professor Nacim Pak-Shiraz, who was appointed alongside five other leading figures in arts, business and culture, also serves on the IIS’s Board of Governors.