Hartford Seminary announces an opening for a Shi‘i scholar with a distinguished record that includes an academic doctorate, religious training and lived religious commitments to occupy the newly endowed Imam Ali Chair for Shi‘i Studies and...
Read More »Hartford Online Course: Introduction to Shiʻa Islam
This course provides a historical study of the development of Shiʿi Islam against the backdrop of key events such the succession crisis and Occultation (Ghayba), and the formation of Shiʿi states such as the Buwayhids, Safavids, Qajars and...
Read More »Hartford Seminary Establishes First Shia Chair in North America
The first academic chair in North America dedicated to Shi’i studies has been established at Hartford Seminary.
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