Dr Fares Gillon

Area of Focus

Ismaili Thought; Fatimid History; Fatimid Thought; Shi'i Islam; Islamic Philosophy; Qur'anic Exegesis; Heterodoxy in Islam; Nusayrism; Late Antique Neoplatonism.

Current Research and Forthcoming Projects:

• Convening the Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series, which invites Islamicists of other international academic institutions to present and discuss their research. 
• Monograph on the Kitab al-Kashf, attributed to Ja'far b. Mansur al-Yaman, with Introduction, English annotated translation and Commentary.