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Registration is now open for the Third International Ismaili Studies Conference.
This year, ISC2021 will be held virtually on Zoom from Friday, August 6 to Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Register at bit.ly/ismailistudiesconference

This year’s ISC includes:

* Keynote Address by Prof. Karim H. Karim on Friday, August 6 at 1:00pm (EST).
* Scholarly panels on Ismaili history and historiography, esoteric exegesis, devotional literature, contemporary Ismaili theological reflection, and modern Ismaili leadership, identity, and religiosity.
* the announcement of the (inaugural) 2021 Karim and Rosemin Karim Prize;
* a concluding Scholars Roundtable featuring senior scholars of Ismaili Studies.

Speakers include: Paul Walker, Ismail Poonawala, Ali Asani, David Hollenberg, Tazim Kassam, Mushegh Asatryan, Karim H. Karim, Shin Nomoto and many more.

View full program: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/geesteswetenschappen/pdfs/ismaili-studies-conference-2021-program-final.pdf

‘The Ottoman Chancery’s Role in Diplomacy with Iran’
S. Güngörürler
Itinerario, 2020, Vol.44 (3), p.572-590

‘Solidarity theologies and the (re)definition of ethnoreligious identities: the case of the Alevis of Turkey and Alawites of Syria’
N. Sandal
BJMES, 48/3 (2021)

‘The Historical Roles of Jihād in Sunnī-Shīʿī Relations’
D. Stewart,
The Journal of the Middle East and Africa Volume 12, 2021 – Issue 2

The special issue of MIDEO (Mélanges de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales) on the topic of ‘Iǧtihād and taqlīd in Sunni and Shiite Islam’ is now out.

The papers in English and French are freely available online through OpenEdition Journals.

It is with deep sadness that the Institute for Ismaili Studies (IIS) announces the untimely loss of Dr Janis Esots, colleague and esteemed scholar.

An obituary can be found here:

https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/in-memoriam-janis-esots

New issue of Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies (Volume: 3 Issue:1 June 2021) has been published. Our journal is open access and a non-profit academic organization. You can access the articles from the link.
The article submitting of new issue (Volume:3 Issue: 2 December 2021) has been started.

‘Ṣadrā’s Use of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s al-Mabāḥith al-mashriqiyya in the Asfār‘
C. Bonmariage
Oriens, 2020

Online Book Launch: Essays on Shi‘ism and Iran by Hamid Algar
Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM GMT (London time)
Join at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81492642552?pwd=VmRQRnc5U0RoU1g1NS9kd1dxZ3JLdz09
Meeting ID: 814 9264 2552
Passcode: 337916

‘”Indian Money”, Intra-Shīʿī Polemics, and the Bohra and Khoja Pilgrimage Infrastructure in Iraq’s Shrine Cities, 1897–1932’
M. O’Sullivan
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2021