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Religion That Matters: Shiʿi Materiality Beyond Karbala

In this presentation, Fouad Gehad Marei, co-editor of Religion That Matters: Shiʿi Materiality Beyond Karbala (Brill, 2024) will introduce and discuss the recently published edited volume.
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Conceptual Photography and the Craft of Reading Islamic Historical Texts

Dr Shahzad Bashir explores anamorphism in concept-driven photography and its impact on perceptions of history.
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al-Sijistānī Explains the Qāʾim: who, when, what

Paul E Walker explores al-Sijistani's "Ladder to Salvation" and how it shifted Ismaili doctrine regarding the Qa'im in the next Islamic History and Thought Lecture.
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The Four Books of Shiʿi Hadith: From Inception to Consolidation

Dr Amin Ehteshámi explores The Four Books, a collection of Shiʿi Hadith in the latest Islamic History and Thought lecture on 21 November.
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The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism

Dr Toby Matthiesen outlines centuries of Sunni-Shiʿi relations focussing on the connections between the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.
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The Concept of Sympathy in Greek Heritage

Dr Maria De Cillis explores notions of sympathy in the Classical, Fatimid, and Renaissance eras in the latest Islamic History and Thought lecture.
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The Early Ismaili Daʿwa in Central Asia: Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī (d. 333/944) as Eyewitness

Rodrigo Adem, PhD, explores the work of Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī (d. 933/944) and his reception of Ismaili thought.
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Time for Atoms

Dr David Bennett navigates cause and effect from cosmology to physicality in scientific and Islamic thought.
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Yusuf fleeing the Advances of Zulaikha'' by Bihzad, folio from a ''Bustan'' of Sa'di. Herat, 1488. Darl al-Kutub, Adab farisi 22, f. 52b
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Between Zulaykha and Joseph

This lecture explores hitherto unpublished sources of esoteric literature surrounding the story of Zulaykha and Joseph in Surat Yusuf.
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Thinking and Believing: al-Jāḥiẓ on Religious Knowledge

This talk presents an overview of the intellectual project of al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 868-9) as an introduction to the worldview of the Epistemists, while touching on their rise and fall as a theological trend.
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The poet al-Sayyid al-Himyari and the Literary Development of the Epic Character of Imam Ali b. Abi Talib

Delve into the literary development of the epic character of Imam Ali by the poet Al-Sayyid Al-Himyari. Join us for insightful discussions
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Spiritual Education and the “Imaginary Master” in Ibn ʿArabī’s K. al-Ajwiba al-ʿarabiyya

Explore the concept of spiritual education and the imaginary master in Ibn Arabi's works. Join us for profound insights into Sufi philosophy.
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The Exoteric Tradition of the Fatimids: Sources, Reception, and Interpretation

This talk will address the historicity of these sources, how they ended up in North Africa, and what factors dictated the selection and interpretation of their material for Ismaili law and belief systems.
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Pre-Existence: a Myth and its Implications in Imami-Shiʿi Thought

Explore the concept of pre-existence in Imami Shiʿi thought through multimedia resources. Delve into theological perspectives.
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A Fatimid Text on the Necessity of the Imamate: The Book of Interim Times and Planetary Conjunctions

This lecture discusses the contents and context of The Book of Interim Times and Planetary Conjunctions as well as the state of current scholarship on it.
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Soul's Imaginal Motion in Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani's Kitab al-Maqalid and Risalah al-Bahirah

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The Metaphysical Dimension of the Prophet in Avicenna's Thought

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Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq.
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Pilgrimages of the Heart: Remote Ziyara and the Articulation of Interiority in Twelver Shi'i Devotion

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Ismaili revolts in their wider historical context (9th-10th c. CE)

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A Neo-Fatimid Treasury of Books: Arabic Manuscripts among the Alawi Bohras of Baroda - Lecture Recording

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Scholars, Apostasy and States in Medieval Islam: Historiographical and Juridical Issues

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Agents of the Hidden Imam: Forging Twelver Shi'ism (850-950 CE) | IIS

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The Druzes, from Ismaili Esotericism to the Formation of a Doctrinal School of Law

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The Revival of Twelver Shi’i Tafsīr in Early Modern and Modern Times

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