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‘Black or White: The Turbanization of Shi’i Islam’
Liyakat Takim, The Muslim World, 108/3, July 2018,
Pages 548-563:

Abstract:
The Turban has been worn by Muslims since the early period of Islamic history. This paper examines the significance of the turban in Twelver Shi‘ism. It argues that the turban and its color have been used to enhance the social and religious status of the descendants (sayyids) of the Prophet Muhammad. The paper also discusses the importance attached to the method of tying the turban and demonstrates how social pressure forced scholars to abandon a practice established by the Prophet and Imams. It will also argue that the method of trying the turban was used as an ideological tool among Shi‘i scholars.
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The Idea of Iran: The Safavid Era – Saturday 27 October 2018, SOAS

9.45am, Saturday 27 October 2018 Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, Read more) The Centre for Iranian Studies, the Department of Religions & Philosophies, School of History, Religions & Philosophies, SOAS and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge remain deeply grateful to the Soudavar Memorial Foundation for their continued support for this series.SOAS University of London Russell Square WC1H 0XG

Asnad.org Digital Persian Archives: Home

The Project aims at facilitating access to the growing number of available Persian historical deeds and documents, both published and unpublished. It shall allow work on archival material with the help of incorporated facsimiles without recourse to the original – often remote – place of publication or storage.

The Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam project (ww.lawalisi.eu an ERC advanced award) at the University of Exeter is recruiting three postdoctoral research fellows:

ONE one-year fixed term post focussing on early Islamic legal developments (up until 15th century, with a focus on Imami Shii law) with a preference for those working in the areas of legal theory/legal doctrine OR Fatwas/Fiqh. Closing date 17th October 2018. Job description and details here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BMW153/postdoctoral-research-fellow
TWO two-year fixed term posts focussing on classical and postclassical Islamic legal developments (15th century to the modern period, with a focus on Imami Shii law) with a preference for those working in the area of legal educational institutions OR law/politics. Closing date 18th October 2018. Job description and details are here:

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BML029/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-islamic-studies

Note: the TWO two-year fellowships were previously advertised – the closing date has been extended to 18th October.

For questions, email Prof Rob Gleave, R.Gleave@exeter.ac.uk

کتاب “مطالعات حدیثی و زبان شناسی تاریخی” منتشر شد

محمدحسن احمدی از انتشار کتاب جدید خود در حوزه حدیث پژوهی با عنوان “مطالعات حدیثی و زبان شناسی تاریخی” خبر داد و به ارائه توضیحاتی در زمینه محتوای کتاب پرداخت.

See also: http://zabanshenasitarikhi.ir/

The Renaissance of Shiʿi Islam in the 15th-17th Centuries: Facets of Thought and Practice | The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Introduction The 15th century marked the renaissance of the Ismaili and Twelver Shiʿi traditions after centuries of marginalization. It was with the commencement of the imamate of Mustanṣir biʾllāh II around 868/1463- 1464, that the Anjudān revival of the Nizārī Ismailis began.

The Law, Authority and Learning in Imami Shiite Islam (lawalisi) project is offering two postdoctoral fellowship positions, focussing on the late classical period (from 15th to late 19th/early 20th Century) in Shii legal thought and practice. The job descriptions and further details are here:
https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=621831Mb0r&WVID=3817591jNg&LANG=USA

Salvation and Destiny in Islam: The Shiʿi Ismaili Perspective of Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirmānī | The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Maria De Cillis is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, where she is also the Managing Editor of the Shiʿi Heritage Series . Dr De Cillis completed her undergraduate studies in the field of Languages and Literatures (English and Arabic) graduating from the Università degli Studi di Napoli – L’Orientale in Naples, Italy in 2001 ( cum laude ).

Seyfeddin Kara
In Search of Ali ibn Abi Talib’s Codex:
History and Traditions of the Earliest Copy of the Qur’an
With a Foreword by James Piscatori

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Hardcover, 292 pages
ISBN: 978-3-959940-54-2
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Articles for Edited Book “Beyond Karbala, New Approaches to Shīʿi Materiality”

This call for papers invites submissions focusing on materially expressed Shiism, with a renewed focus on non-ʿAshūrāʾ rituals, practices and objects.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 August 2018. Information: https://bit.ly/2n4aKzi