Sixth Annual Conference on Shi‘i Studies13 March 2021 |
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Panel: Theology and Philosophy Chaired by Hamid Tehrani, The Islamic College, London, UK |
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Questioning the concept of ghulat | Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky, USA |
Al-Insan al-Kamil and the Virtuous City | Polina Aniftou, University of Lancaster, Cyprus |
Philosophical Determinism according to Sheikh Ghulam Rida Fayyadi | Shiraz Husain Agha, Independent researcher, Iran |
The Quran vs. the Theory of Evolution: A Critical Assessment of the Contrasting Views of Two Prominent Shi‘a Scholars of the 20th Century: Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaee and Dr Yadollah Sahabi | Ali Paya, The Islamic College, London, UK |
Panel: Shi‘ism in Iraq and the Middle East Chaired by Amir Dastmalchian, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK |
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The Edicts of Marājiʿ and the Concerns of Iraqi Youth Today | Sophia Butt, University of Birmingham, UK |
Shi‘i Educational Traditions and Systems in Early Modern Iraq and Iran | Zackery Heern, Idaho State University, USA |
Shi‘a Muslim Feminism: Alternative Voices of Resistance from Iraq and Kuwait | Hossein Nazari, University of Tehran, Iran
Zeinab Mehanna, Al-Mustafa University, Iran |
Panel: The Qur’an and Islamic Law Chaired by Amina Inloes, The Islamic College, London, UK |
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The Legal Purport of “Refraining from Seeking Clarification” | Aun Hasan Ali, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Hadi Qazwini, University of Southern California, USA |
Shi‘i Exegesis in the Tenth Century: Ayyashi’s Tafsir as a Literary Genre | Liyakat Takim, McMaster University, Canada |
Gender Justice in Islam: An Evaluation of Ziba Mir-Hosseini’s Religious Epistemology by Examining her Interpretation of Qur’an 4:34 | Tim Orr, Indiana University, Purdue University Columbus, USA |
Panel: Contemporary Issues Chaired by Amir Dastmalchian, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK |
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The Islamic economy according to Mūsā al-Ṣadr: The avant-gardist thoughts of an original Shi‘i reformist cleric | Tristan Hillion-Launey, EHESS, France |
The Role of Faith in Enhancing Environmental Practices in Khoja Shi‘a Faith Communities | Makbul Rahim, Middlesex University, London, UK
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Panel: Ritual Practice Chaired by Muhammad Zakaria, The Islamic College, London, UK |
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Traditional Contact against Media Hegemony: The Importance and the Functions of the Ziarat-e Arbaeen in the Shi‘a World | Mohammad Samiei, University of Tehran, Iran |
Performing Past, Narrating Today: Ta‘ziyeh as a Historiographic Intervention in Shia Islam | Mohammadreza Mashhadi Ayvaz, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
Panel: Crossing Confessional Boundaries Chaired by Hamid Tehrani, The Islamic College, London, UK |
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Iranian Traders in Istanbul During the Late Ottoman Period: Commercial and Religious Reflections | Abdulkadir Yeler, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey |
Shahid Thani’s Use of Non-Shi‘i Sources with a Focus on Islamic Ethics and Mysticism | Hamed Aleyamin, University of Tehran, Iran |
Contemporary Shi‘i Engagement with the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Tradition | David Coolidge, Graduate Theological Union, California, USA |