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An interview with Abdulaziz Sachedina on His Life and Scholarship – Maydan

The following interview with Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina was conducted in 2016 and presented here after his editorial interventions for purposes of accuracy. We hope that scholars of all age cohorts will benefit from this interview on Professor Sachedina’s life and scholarship. Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu (AT): Thank you, Professor Sachedina for agreeing to speak to Maydan.

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Shi’i Studies

£10.00 – £25.00 THE ISLAMIC COLLEGE Proceedings of the First Three Annual International Conferences on Shi’i Studies (2015, 2016, and 2017) The Annual International Conference on Shi’i Studies is organised by the Research and Publications Department of The Islamic College, London.

Iremam – Colloque

Comité scientifique : Denise Aigle (directrice d’études émérite, EPHE/UMR Orient et Méditerranée) Mohammad-Ali Amir-Moezzi (directeur d’études, EPHE/LEM) Michele Bernardini (professeur, Universita’ Degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale) Anna Caiozzo (professeur, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne/Ausonius) Guy Le Thiec (professeur, AMU/TELEMME) Yannick Lintz (conservateur, directrice du Département des Arts de l’Islam au Louvre) Yves Porter (professeur, AMU/LA3M) Maria Szuppe (directrice de recherches, CNRS/Mondes iranien et indien)

Call for Papers

The 6th annual AMI Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop on:

‘The Past, Present and Future of Shīʿī Ijtihād’
To be held on 5th – 6th July 2018 at Al-Mahdi Institute

The Al-Mahdi Institute (AMI) is delighted to invite applications for scholars and post-graduates to present their research at the 6th Annual Contemporary Fiqhi Workshop.

The Fiqhī Workshop at AMI is a scholarly gathering, bringing together a diverse group of leading international scholars from different dispositions concerned with grass roots challenges faced by Muslims in the contemporary world. Central to the aims of the workshop series is to allow a free and open space for diverse critical engagement with the Muslim tradition in light of contemporary concerns. For details on previous workshops and research activities at Al-Mahdi Institute, please refer to the following link.. http://almahdi.edu/research/workshops

The usual workshop format is 20-25 minute presentations followed by ample space for questions and discussion amongst participants, with papers from scholars spread over the two days.

Applicants wishing to present at the workshop are requested to submit:

– Contact information and a brief biography.
– Tentative title
– An Abstract of 300-500 words

The deadline for the submission of proposals is 30th April 2018. Successful applicants will be notified by 7th May 2018.

Accepted applicants from within the E.U. will be supported for their travel, accommodation and hospitality during the workshop, with a further limited number of travel bursaries available for those applying from outside the E.U.

Proposals and queries should be sent by e-mail to: Muhammed Reza Tajri at tajrim@almahdi.edu

We are pleased to announce that on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the first Shi’a library in Europe by the late Prof Abdul-Djawad Falatouri, our second conference of Shi’a Studies will take place on 19-20 October 2018 in Berlin. The general topic of the conference is “Islamic Sciences, Ethics, and Art in Shi’a World: The Case of Medīna (the City of the Prophet)”
We welcome abstracts (ca. 300 words) for half an hour presentations that fit in any of the following subtopics:

1. The relationship between the Shi’a and Medīna
2. Shi’a schools in Medina in the first centuries of Islam
3. The relationship between Shi’a Imams and the pilgrims, the temporary residents, and the inhabitants of Medīna
4. Transmission of scientific, philosophical, theological, and juridical thought by the pilgrims of the Prophet’s Mosque
5. The heritage of Shi’a identity in Medīna: the Case of the al-Baqi’ Cemetery
6. The arts among the inhabitants of Medīna: literature and architecture

Languages of the conference: English, German, and Arabic
Secretariat: Iran House in Berlin
Deadline: 01.06.2018

Please send your abstracts to iranhaus@irankultur.com
Travel grants will be available to the authors of accepted abstracts.

Best regards,
Iran House in Berlin

Mystical Messianisms in the 13th Century: Sa’d al-Dīn Ḥamūyeh and ‘Azīz-i Dīn Nasafī

There is a significant gap in the scholarly literature at present, both in terms of critical editions of Sa’d al-Dīn Ḥamūyeh’s (d. 1253 CE) works and publications on his thought.

Australian Journal of Islamic Studies

The Australian Journal of Islamic Studies is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the scholarly study of Islam.

Muharram in 19th Century India and Singapore

This paper will focus several examples of such representation: several examples of art works from India in the British Library collections; the ‘Muharram processional scroll’ painting from around 1840 Madras now in the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore; and the Syair Tabut, a 146-quatrain Malay narrative poem from 1864 Singapore, and read these instances of aesthetic presentation in the context of contested claims to authentic religiosity and indeed the right of individuals and groups to practice their religion as they saw fit.

DYNTRAN Symposium: Paris 2018

Symposium of the DYNTRAN Project (ANR-DFG): Dynamics of Transmission: Families, Authority and Knowledge in the Early Modern Middle East (15th-17th centuries) 7-9 March 2018 Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 Maison de la Recherche, 4 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris Salle Athéna Following the three previous workshops held in Marburg (2015), Cairo (2016) and Naples …

Interactions between Twelver Shiites and Christians: history, theology, literature

International conference with the participation of Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware) and Francis Richard (CNRS, Paris), in Paris, France, Wednesday, April 11, through Friday, April 13, 2018 The interactions and exchanges between Twelver Shiites and Christians, Catholics as well as Protestants, have rarely been studied in detail.However, there were intensive mutual contacts, as indicated by numerous travelogues, missionary reports, theological and polemical works, diplomatic correspondence, etc.