The Department of Mysticism and Spirituality at Al-Mahdi Institute invites applications for a Visiting Research Fellowship to spend up to three months at the institute....
Read More »The Beginnings of Shīʿī Studies in Germany
Rudolf Strothmann (b. 1877, d. 1960) played a pioneering role in the scholarly exploration of Shīʿī Islam in Western, especially German, scholarship. Between 1910 and 1923, he published many pathbreaking studies on the Zaydiyya, consulting primarily the recently purchased collections of Yemeni Zaydī manuscripts in....
Read More »International Intensive Academic Course on Shiʿi Theology
Hikmat International Institute in association with the University of Exeter and Tehran University will be organizing an intensive academic course on Shiʿi Theology from August 1 to 23, 2023. The course will be offered online on the Zoom platform and English will be the language of...
Read More »Book: Reason, Esotericism, and Authority in Shiʿi Islam
This volume advances the critical study of exegetical, doctrinal, and political authority in Shiʿi Islam...
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