PhD Seminar

www.iis.ac.ukThe Institute of Ismaili Studies was established in 1977 with the object of promoting scholarship and learning of Muslim cultures and societies, historical as well as contemporary, and a better understanding of their relationship with other societies and faiths.The Institute’s programmes encourage a perspective that is not confined to the theological and religious heritage of Islam, but seeks to explore the relationship of religious ideas to broader dimensions of society and culture. The programmes thus encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the materials of Islamic history and thought.Within the Islamic tradition, the Institute’s programmes seek to promote research on those areas which have had relatively little attention devoted to them in scholarship to date. These include the intellectual and literary expressions of Shi‘ism in general, and Ismailism in particular.

The Institute of Ismaili Studies

This seminar aims to showcase the research of it's PhD Scholarship students and young Ismaili scholars.

The Institute of Ismaili Studies, Aga Khan Centre

The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased announce the second PhD Seminar. Since 1997 the IIS has granted 48 Doctoral Scholarships. Out of these 33 of the recipients have already graduated. This seminar aims to bring together most of the IIS Doctoral Scholarship recipients who are still graduate students.  The objective is three-fold:Presenting: allow the speakers to present their own work in its most up-to-date form;Mingling: a chance for all of them to discuss each other’s work and to engage with each other, thus forming a feeling of the IIS PhD “community”; andConnecting, in two ways: creating a space where the PhD students can hear about the IIS’s vision and current priorities; and giving a chance to talk about future career plans.  To attend in person or view the live webcast, please register below.<h2>Seminar Schedule</h2><h3>Friday, 29 November</h3>9:00-9:30       Welcome Remarks, Seminar Objectives and Overview (Omar Alí-de-Unzaga)9:30-10:30     Keynote Address (Farid Panjwani, UCL Institute of Education)10:30-10:40   Director’s Welcome (Farhad Daftary)10:40-11:00   Coffee Break<h3>11:00- 13:00  PANEL I</h3>Chair: Farhad DaftaryThe ʿUlamāʾ of Qayrawān in the Early Fāṭimid Period (909-974): The Consolidation of the Scholarly Community through the Transmission of Texts and Biographical Dictionaries (Aslisho Qurboniev, University of Cambridge)An Annotated English Translation of Nāṣir-i Khusraw&#x27;s Khwān al-Ikhwān with an Analytical Comm (Rahim Gholami, University of Exeter)Manifesto for the Ẓuhūr of the Imam—Ḥikāyat-i Sayyid-i Nāṣir-i Khusraw, an Early Nizari Doctrinal Treatise dated before the Declaration of the Qiyāmat-i Qiyāmāt (Shiraz Hajiani, University of Chicago)Revelation in Islam: Qurʾānic, Sunni, and Shiʿi Ismaili Perspectives (Khalil Andani, Harvard University) (via Skype)13:00-14:00   Lunch <h3>14:00-15:30   PANEL II   </h3>Chair: Maria de CillisComparative Analysis of Wilāya/Walāya in the Formative Period of Shiʿism and Sufism (Shayesteh Ghofrani, University of Exeter)The Safavid Context of Ḥadīth Compilation: A Diachronic and Synchronic Analysis of Shīʿī Ḥadīth Literature (Zarangez Karimova, University of Exeter)A History of the Development of Rindī from the 11th Century to the 14th Century in Persian Literature and its Significance on Ethics in Islam. (Rafiq Ajani, University of Exeter)15:30-16:00   Break<h3>16:00-17:00 PANEL III</h3>Chair: Shainool JiwaEmbodied Empiricism and the Respectability of Labor at the Madrasa Tibbiya, 1889-1930 (Sabrina Datoo, University of Chicago)Exploring the Variant Perceptions of the Human Body Among Muslim Communities and its Influence on their Approaches Towards Organ Transplantation (Qurratulain Faheem, University of Sussex)17:00-17:20   IIS’s Continuing Education Programmes; the IIS Alumni network (Shiraz Kabani)17:20-17:40   Opportunities with the Department of Graduate Studies (Laila Halani)17:40- 18:00  Professional Development: Tips and Tricks (Liz Geary)<h2>Saturday, 30 November</h2>9:00-10:00     Keynote Address (Nacim Pak-Shiraz, University of Edinburgh)10:00-10:20   IIS Vision and Strategy (Zauhar Meghji, Member of the IIS Board of Governors)10:20-12:00   Open Forum and Panel: The IIS Scholarships with Omar Alí-de-Unzaga and Nacim Pak-Shiraz (Please note that this is a closed session and will not be webcast or open to attend)12:00-13:00   Lunch           <h3></h3><h3>13:00-14:30 PANEL IV</h3>Chair: Hakim ElnazarovThe Ottomans and the Ismaʿilis (1887-1920): Imperial Perceptions of an Inter-Imperial Community (Amaan Merali, University of Oxford) (Please note that this paper will not be webcast)Continuity and Change in the Thought and Praxis of Salafi-Jihadism: the case of al-Nusra Front in Syria (Azzam Al-Kassir, Birkbeck College)Sociolinguistic Study of Wakhi in Urban Areas (Nahida Ahmed, SOAS)14:30-15:00   Break<h3>15:00-16:30 PANEL V</h3>Chair: Daryoush Mohammed PoorHistoricising Perceptions of the West in Pakistan’s Public Discourse (Muhammad Dost Khan, Royal Holloway) (via Skype)Towards an Integral Anthropology of Islam and Muslims: Re-envisioning Islamic and Ismaili Studies in light of the Anthropology of Identity Processes (Sadiq Habib, SOAS)Abode of Peace: Islam, Empire, and the Khoja diaspora,1866 – 1972 (Taushif Kara, University of Cambridge)16:30-17:00   Break          17:00-17:20   The PhD Student Experience (Fayaz Alibhai, University of Edinburgh)17:20-18:20   General Discussion (Omar Alí-de-Unzaga) (Please note that this is a closed session and will not be webcast or open to attend)          18:20              Closing Remarks

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