Categories : Field-specific (academic)

Peasant Uprisings in Astarabad: the Siyāh Pūshān (wearers of black), the Sayyids, and the Safavid State

‘Western seminary’: On transnational Shiite higher education in Britain

What would Prophet Muhammad do?

Exploring the Meaning & Application of
Human Dignity in Islam

International Roundtable Symposium
July 16th – 17th 2016
Imam Hasan Centre, Sydney, Australia

https://www.imamhasancentre.com.au/conferences/

Speakers:
Shaykh Arif Abdulhussain (Al-Mahdi Institute, UK)
Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina (George Mason University, Virginia)
Professor Aasim Padela (University of Chicago)
Professor Liyakat Takim (McMaster University, Canada)
Shaykh Dr. Mansour Leghaei (Ehawza: International School of Islamic Theology – via skype)
Dr. Jan Ali (University of Western Sydney)
Dr. Majid Daneshgar (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Mahmoud Pargoo (Australian Catholic University, Sydney)
Dr. Imranali Panjwani (Imam Hasan Centre)

– Should human dignity be a bedrock principle in Muslim jurisprudential (fiqhi) and ethical (akhlaqi) discourses?

– Are attempts to conceive of human dignity from the Qur’an & Sunnah anachronistic and/or a Eurocentric reflection of the philosophical justifications used in Western scholarship?

– What would a conception of Islamic human dignity look like and how could it be applied to current socio-political issues?

Attendance is free but registration is required. Please register by e-mailing Dr. Imranali Panjwani at: Imranali.Panjwani@imamhasancentre.com.au or by completing the online registration form on our homepage:https://www.imamhasancentre.com.au/

Conference venue: Imam Hasan Centre, 165 Annangrove Road, Annangrove, NSW 2156. Tel: +61 2 9679 0855. More information about the symposium and centre can be found here: https://www.imamhasancentre.com.au/conferences/

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SEMINAIRE ‘SOCIETES, POLITIQUES ET CULTURES DU MONDE IRANIEN’
SEANCE DU 12 MAI 2016, 17h-19h (Attention changement de date)

Ulrich Marzolph, Professeur à l’Université de Göttingen.
« An Early Document of Twelver Shii Visual Culture: The Niebuhr Scroll »

The Niebuhr scroll is a unique historical document for the history of Twelver Shii visual culture. The scroll was acquired in 1765 by Carsten Niebuhr, German traveller in the service of the Danish king, at the sanctuary of Emam Hosein in Karbala. It is today preserved in the Ethnographic Collection of the National Museum of Denmark. About two meters in length, the scroll depicts a visual journey that starts at the common Muslim places of worship in Mecca and Medina, continues to the sanctuaries of the Emams and the martyrs of Karbala in Iraq, and ends at the sanctuary of Emam Reza in the Iranian city of Mashhad. Embedded in the tradition of pilgrimage certificates, the scroll combines the visual documentation of the Twelver Shii sanctuaries with a marginal text that emphasizes the journey’s spiritual dimension. The earliest document of its kind, the Niebuhr scroll is followed by closely similar documents known from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Studied together, these documents shed light on the development of a specific aspect of Twelver Shii visual culture over the past three centuries.

Lieu (Attention changement de lieu et de salle): INALCO, Salle 5.05 (5e étage), 65 Rue des Grands Moulins, 75013, Paris.

Organisateurs: Matteo De Chiara (INaLCO), Denis Hermann (CNRS), Fabrizio Speziale (Paris 3 – CNRS), Julien Thorez (CNRS).

SHI’I STUDIES CONFERENCE: 7-8 MAY 2016

The Formative Period of Shi’i Thought: Debates and Discussions | Hartford Seminary

See also: http://www.hartsem.edu/event/is-my-kind-uncle-doomed-debates-on-the-salvation-of-abu-talib/

A Concise Numerical Guide for the Perplexed Shiite: Al-Barqī’s (d. 274/888 or 280/894) Kitāb al-Aškāl wa-l-qarāʾin

Mohammad Ali AMIR-MOEZZI : « La Nuit du Qadr (Coran, sourate 97) dans le shi’isme ancien (Aspects de l’imamologie duodécimaine XV) », Mélanges de l’Institut Dominicain d’Etudes Orientales 31 (2016), pp. 181-204.

Received on Sunday, 10 April, 2016 –
Regretfully Professor Manoochehr Sotoode, very close friend of the late Iraj Afshar, passed away at the age of 103, yesterday.

Prof. M.J. Yahaghi Director of center of Excellence for Ferdowsi Studies Faculty of Letters & Humanities, Ferdowsi University, Azadi Sq. University Campus Mashhad IRAN Tel: +98-511-8796837 (office) ==: +98-511-88830910 (home) ==: +98-511-8796837 (fax)
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Historic Shi’i Chair Celebrated at Inauguration Banquet