Dr Amier Saidula

Senior Research Associate
Biography Research Publications Teaching Talks

Free Will and Predestination in Ibn Arabi's Thought 

  • Chair Panel: Philosophical and Theological Debates related to Ismaili Doctrines for the IIS International Conference Islamic Traditions in ‘Greater Khurāsān’: Ismailis, Sufis and Sunnis (24-27 February 2021) Chair for the Institute of Ismaili Studies Second PhD Seminar (November 2020)
  • Guest Speaker at the 10th International Colloquium for the Societé Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabes et Islamiques SIHSPAI (Science, Philosophy and Kalām in Islamic Civilization: The Old and the New). Paper to be presented: Kalām and Falsafa in al-Kirmānī’s Discourse: an Ismaili Insight on the Intellect, Soul and the Human Acquisition of Salvation. (Naples, 9-11 September 2019).
  • Book Launch and Lecture: Salvation and Destiny in Islam: Sketching Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirmānī’s Views on the qaḍāʾ wa’l-qadar Debate (13 May 2019), The Aga Khan Centre, London. Guest Speaker at the Muhiddin Ibn ʿArabi Society (MIAS LATINA): Presented paper: “Immutabilità e Perfezione nell’Unicità dell'Esistenza: Un’Analisi Comparativa tra Sufismo e Neoplatonismo Con accenni alla Teoria Ismailita”. Turin, Sala dei Lettori (22-23 September 2018).
  • Guest Speaker at the 34th International Symposium for the Muhiddin Ibn ʿArabi Society: Presented paper: ‘Free Will and Predestination in Ibn ʿArabī's Thought. Between Philosophy and Mysticism’, SOAS (06/05/2017).
  • Conference paper: BRAIS (British Association for Islamic Studies): Presented paper: ‘Al-Kirmānī’s Perspective on Spiritual Assistance and the Accomplishment of Prophethood in the Story of Moses and Shuʿayb’, University of Chester (11-13/04/2017) Chair of the panel on Sufi-Ismaili Relationships for the Conference ‘Intellectual Interactions in the Islamic World: The Ismaili Tread’ (Convenor. O. Mir-Kasimov), The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 19-21 October 2016.
  • Participation to the Workshop 'Introduction to Arabic Manuscript Studies' (Led by Prof Adam Gacek), The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 4-8 April, 2016.
  • Conference paper: ‘Discussions on Love and Providence in Avicenna and al-Kirmani’, International Conference of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Venice, Italy, 13-14 June, 2016.
  • Lecture ‘Al-Kirmani's Philosophy’ for ITREB, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, October, 2012. Presented paper: ‘Ibn Sina and al-Kirmani on God, Creation, Emanation and Origination’, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, July 2011.
  • Conference Co-ordinator. Collaboration for the organisation of the conference “The Ontology of the Soul in Medieval Arabic Thought” held at SOAS in September 2010.
  • Presentation of paper (Al-Kirmānī’s Contribution to Intellectual Cosmopolitanism in the Fatimid Age) to the IIS Conference: Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics, and Religion, organised by the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 6-9 December 2021.