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Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor’s US visit advanced IIS's mission through academic talks, community dialogue and training, deepening engagement with Ismaili thought, history and practice.

IIS joined scholars in Paris to celebrate Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi's four decades of groundbreaking research with the presentation of De la lettre à l’esprit, a two-volume Festschrift.

IIS Associate Professor Dr Karen Bauer completed a lecture tour across the United States and Canada, presenting new research on the Qur'an, gender, ethics, and moral reasoning to academic and community audiences.

IIS pays tribute to Dr Abdulaziz Sachedina, whose decades of scholarship profoundly informed Shi‘i studies, Islamic ethics and the intellectual traditions of Muslim societies.

IIS Director and ISCU conducted a heritage-focused mission in Pakistan, meeting communities and institutions to strengthen efforts in preserving manuscripts, archives and oral histories.

Celebrating the creative achievements of our global alumni community, IIS highlights the powerful role of music in shaping cultural understanding and shared heritage.

Living Islam, the new book by Ali S. Asani, offers an engaging exploration of Muslim lived experience through art, culture and everyday devotion.

Dr Maria De Cillis begins a visiting professorship in Naples, delivering a six-part lecture series on Shi‘i Islam and contributing to wider academic events.

Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi has been elected a Foreign Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy’s most prestigious scholarly institution, recognising his outstanding contributions to Islamic thought and Shiʿi studies.

Through its participation in History Day 2025, ISCU highlights the rich heritage collections of IIS and fosters engagement among students, researchers, and the public with the Institute’s manuscripts, archives, and oral history materials.

Dr Najam Abbas joins the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Policy Studies, strengthening IIS’s global academic partnerships and advancing interdisciplinary policy research.

Dr Farhad Daftary’s new book, Ismaili Sources, Studies, History and Traditions, is now available from Brill, offering fresh insights into Ismaili thought and history.