Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship Programme

Farhan Feroz Ali was awarded the IIS Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London.

Thesis: Translating echoes divine, or socio-sensorial experiences at Bhitshah’s shrine.

Abid Ali was awarded the IIS Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Historical and Cultural Studies of Religion at the Graduate Theological Union Berkeley.

Thesis: Religious literacy and social cohesion in Gilgit, Pakistan: Encountering the mainstream secondary religious education teachers’ narratives.

Anika Kabani was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Oxford.

Thesis: Negotiating Muslimness: Humanitarian Legal Regimes and the Shaping of the Muslim Subject.

Abdul Wahid Khan was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford.

Thesis: The Blessings of the Commons for the Local Community (and More-than-Humans) of Chitral, Pakistan: An Apocalypse of a Culturalscape and Muslims’ Approaches to Climate Change.

Uzair Ibrahim was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.

Thesis: Amid Worlds Seen and Unseen: A Genealogy of History, Tradition, and Memory in South Asian Shīʿī Islam

This thesis will build on his MA, situating the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his family within the broader intellectual history of Islamic occult and metaphysical thought.

Imran Visram was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a DPhil in Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford.

Thesis: Preservation and Migration of the Indo-Ismaili Ginān Tradition

This thesis to investigate how the emergence and global spread of new technologies has affected the preservation and generational transmission of the ginans.

Karam Alkatlabe was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Architecture at Cambridge University.

Thesis: Rebuilding Syria: What is the Future of Housing and Informal Settlements in Post-war Damascus in light of the Current Reconstruction Process?

This research will focus on proposing tentative solutions to rebuild the housing structure of Damascus.

Qurratulain Faheem was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Sussex.

Thesis: Exploring the Variant Perceptions of the Human Body in Muslim Diverse Communities and its Impact on their Approaches Towards Organ Transplantation

This research will explore the various actors and institutions which Muslim communities form their perceptions towards a biomedical ethical phenomenon, such as organ transplantation; and the diversity of perceptions and approaches found among Muslim communities.