In the 50th anniversary of establishment of the first Shia Specialized Library in Europe by Prof. Abdul Javad Falatouri, Iranian philosophy scholar and founder of Hamburg Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Cologne University of Germany hosted the...
Read More »Call for Papers: Muslims in Interwar Europe
The “Muslims in Interwar Europe and European Trans-cultural History” concluding conference shall invite speakers to place the position of Muslims in interwar Europe in a wider historical context by focusing on the religious, political, intellectual and social roles played by...
Read More »Shi’i Studies Group Symposium: Sectarian Identity and Community Formation in Islam
The annual symposium aims to strengthen the field of Shiʿi Studies by bringing together a group of both senior and early-career scholars to present research and to cultivate an...
Read More »Call for Papers: The Sixth Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies
Following British Association for Islamic Studies BRAIS’s successful conferences in Edinburgh (2014), London (2015 and 2016), Chester (2017) and Exeter (2018), the organisers invite proposals for...
Read More »Islamic Laws of the Will According to the Rulings of Ayatollah Sistani Released
This booklet describes the Islamic laws related to the will (al-wasiyyah), which are among the most important issues that Muslims must understand and implement, because they are...
Read More »Job Opening: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Law and Learning in Shiite Islam
The full-time posts are available on a fixed term basis from 1st April 2019 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period of 2 years in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, College of...
Read More »Tadwīn al-Ḥadīth: Introduction and Preliminary Discussions
The following is a lightly-edited selection from baḥth al-khārij (advanced jurisprudence) lectures of Sayyid Aḥmad Madadī, a respected jurist and student of Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-Khūʾī and SayyidʿAlī al-Sīstānī. He resides and teaches in the holy city of...
Read More »Call for Articles: Beyond Karbala, New Approaches to Shīʿi Materiality
The edited volume "Beyond Karbala: New Approaches to Shiʿi Materiality" (working title) seeks out to explore materially expressed Shiism, with a renewed focus on non-ʿAshūrāʾ rituals, practices and objects...
Read More »Ghadir and the meaning of “Mawla” in the Light of Sunni Sources
At the event of Ghadir, is it sensible that "mawla" means “friend” and “helper”? Supposing it to be true, did Muslims fulfill the obligation of help and friendship after the demise of the holy Prophet?
Read More »Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Researcher, Qur’anic Commentary: An Integrative Paradigm
This is an opportunity for an outstanding scholar to join the research project Qur’anic Commentary: An Integrative Paradigm (QuCIP), funded by the European Research Council and directed by...
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