First Annual Conference 2015
Conference Highlights
Explore the full lineup of sessions
09-May-15
Panel: Shi‘ism and Modern Education
Talk : 1
Speaker: Mohammad Mesbahi, The Islamic College, London, UK
Topic: Why would Adherents to Islam Study Theological Studies to Obtain a Secular Qualification?
Talk: 2
Speaker: Khurshid Sana Khan, London, UK
Topic: Religious Authority of the Imam and Educational Choices of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Isma‘ilis in Karachi, Pakistan
Talk: 3
Speaker: Liyakat Takim, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Topic: The Study of Shi‘ite Islam in North American Universities
Panel: Approaches towards Shi‘ism in the Western Academy
Talk: 1
Speaker: Seyfeddin Kara, University of Durham, Durham, UK
Topic: An Evaluation of the Approach of the Western Academia to the Shi‘a Sources Related to the History of the Text of the Qur’an
Talk: 2
Speaker: Hossein Kalbasi Ashtari, ‘Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
Topic: Can Contemporary Shi‘ite Studies be released from the Hegemony of Orientalism? A Case Study of Professor Henry Corbin
Talk: 3
Speaker: Ismail Poonawala, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Topic: The Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa’ and Western Scholarship – A Critical Evaluation of S. M. Stern and Wilferd Madelung’s Contributions
Panel: Shi‘ism and Traditional Studies
Talk: 1
Speaker: Isa Jahangir, The Islamic College, London, UK
Topic: The Salihiyyah School in Qazvin and Shi‘i Religious Authority (with an emphasis on scholars from the Baraghani family)
Talk: 2
Speaker: Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
Topic: Philosophy and Shi‘ism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Panel: Shi‘ism, Anthropology, and Ritual Practice
Talk: 1
Speaker: Mohammad Reza Hashemitaba, Rice University, USA
Topic: Anthropology, Shi‘ism, and Shi‘i Studies: An Overview of Entanglements, Contributions, and Possibilities
Talk: 2
Speaker: Thomas Brandt Fibiger, Aarhus University, Denmark
Topic: Marja‘iyyah from Below. Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religious Authority.
Talk: 3
Speaker: Samer El-Karanshawy, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Doha, Qatar
Topic: Texts, Interpretation, and Commemorating Imam Husayn
Panel: Shi‘ism in a Minority Environment
Talk: 1
Speaker: Siti Sarah Muwahidah, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Topic: For the Love of Ahl-Bayt: Transcending Sunni-Shi‘i Sectarian Allegiance
Talk: 2
Speaker: Shereen Yousuf, DePaul University, Chicago, USA
Topic: The Right to Offence, the Right to Shiaphobia
Talk: 3
Speaker: Abdülkadir Yeler, Istanbul, Turkey
Topic: Institutionalization of Shi‘ism in Turkey and Current Problems
