The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Group Symposium Call for Papers (CFP): “But by the love you bear my kin”: Devotion (Walāya) and Shiʿi Islam Abstract Submission Deadline: October 31, 2019 Symposium Date: April 3-4, 2020 The Shiʿi Studies Group at the University of Chicago will host its 2020 annual symposium on the theme of walāya-the call of devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt that is at the core of Shiʿi beliefs.