South Asian Studies Unit

Established in 2020, South Asian Studies Unit at the IIS is an interdisciplinary unit promoting scholarship on the history, culture and traditions of Muslims in South Asia with particular reference to Shi‘i Islam and its Ismaili traditions. The South Asian Studies Unit particularly seeks to further scholarly understanding of the history, literature, heritage, and identity of Satpanth communities in their wider contexts in order to promote critical thinking in the field of South Asian Ismaili studies.

Our publications

IIS publishes works by its own scholars as well as from the academic community outside the Institute. The promotion of modern scholarship on the Ismailis and their intellectual and cultural heritage is an important part of the Institute’s mandate.