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THE CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC & WEST ASIAN STUDIES (CIWAS)

Application Deadline: June 15, 2017

Applications are invited for eight studentships to be awarded for a Masters by Research Programme in Islamic and West Asian Studies. These studentships are attached to the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies (CIWAS) at Royal Holloway, University of London.

We welcome, in particular, proposals that focus on under-researched Islamic approaches, such as that of the Twelver Shiites.

Please email Sandra.Halperin@rhul.ac.uk with any questions.

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Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, UK

27th April 2017:
Dr Mansur Ali (Cardiff University)
“Shifting discourse in the Muslim organ donation debate: reports of finding”

Register to attend at:
http://almahdi.edu/register

Nobuaki Kondo Book Launch Islamic Law and Society in Iran

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Encyclopaedia Islamica | Brill

The 16 volume Encyclopaedia Islamica is due to become one of the major comprehensive reference works on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature is the attention given to aspects of Islamic heritage-particularly Shiʿism-which makes it complementary to other encyclopaedias.

Introduction to Jurisprudential Maxims

Jurisprudential maxims (You can order your copy online al-qawa’id al-fiqhiyyah) play an important role in determining one’s legal duty in particular situations. When applied, these maxims – such as the ‘Maxim of Purity’, the ‘Maxim of No Harm’, and the ‘The Maxim of Averting Hardship’ – help define the course of action one should take in a given scenario.

La Banque sans intérêt en Islam – Karthala

L’institution phare de la finance islamique – la banque sans intérêt – interroge, intrigue et fascine tant le grand public que le milieu de la recherche. Mais s’il est partout bien question de finance islamique, rares sont les sources francophones de première main disponibles sur le sujet.

Live Public Webinar: The Portrayal of Women in Shi’ism in Western Academic Literature

A discussion of women in Islam is one of the most contentious and politicised subjects in contemporary studies of Islam and has been intimately tied with questions of “West versus East” and the colonialist project. It remains a flash point for perceived civilisational conflict in the media today.

CISS Research Series Paper 1: Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Yazdī – Life and Activities of a Faqīh through a Turbulent Age by Leila Chamankhah

Here you can read all the latest news on Shi’a Muslim studies and Muslim research from the Centre for Islamic Shi’a Studies (CISS).

Call for Papers – The Shīʿah Institute’s Annual Symposium 2017 – The Shi’ah Institute

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