Categories : Field-specific (academic)

Constructing a Worldview

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De-centring Shiʿi Islam

In the introduction to this special issue, we make the case for ‘de-centring’ the study of Shiʿi Islam, conceptually, spatially and sociologically. After first noting the essentialization of Shiʿi identity within the contemporary public sphere, we question its spatialization within the modern world of nation-states and area studies, and contrast the physical and human geography of Shiʿi Islam.

Articles by M Clarke, P Bruckmayr, M Leichtman et al., E Szanto, R Mauriello

Workshop: Sectarianism in the Middle East – Think Tank

Sectarian conflict and polarisation has become a key feature of Middle East politics in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings of 2011. This workshop looked at some of the key drivers of this, such as the troubled legacy of foreign intervention, state failure, regional rivalries between Saudi Arabia, Iran and others, ruling strategies of authoritarian regimes as well as the spread of identity and sect-based political movements.

Shi’i Doctrine, Mu’tazili Theology

Examines the critical turn that shaped Imami Shi'ism in the 10th and 11th centuries 　 God is not free to act; He is bound by human ethics. To be just, He must create an individual of perfect intellect and infallible morality. People are obligated to

The Intricacies of Capturing the Holdings of a Mosque Library in Yemen: The Library of the Shrine of Imām al-Hādī, Ṣaʿda

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Local Aristocrats in a Time of Critical Dynastic Change

Two Notable Families of Tabriz Facing the New Ṣafavid Order [DYNTRAN Working Paper 26, July 2017] by Daniel ZAKRZEWSKI The Ṣafavid conquest of Tabriz in 906/1501 marks a watershed in the history of Iran and the Islamic Middle East. By taking control of the city the young Ismāʿīl earned the right to proclaim himself king …

Tribes and Politics in Yemen | Hurst Publishers

‘The most detailed and comprehensive analysis to date of the Houthi conflict in Yemen, providing critical insights into the rise of the Houthis as a national movement and how a local conflict metastasized into a regional one.

Cyberculture and Sectarianism in Indonesia: The Rise of Shia Media and Anti-Shia Online Movements | Ida | Jurnal Komunikasi Islam

Cyberculture and Sectarianism in Indonesia: The Rise of Shia Media and Anti-Shia Online Movements

Elite Persuasion and Religious Extremism: A Study Among Sunni and Shia
Muslims in Northern India
Kunaal Sharma
2017 Columbia University PhD dissertation

https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/download/fedora_content/download/ac:zgmsbcc2jc/content/Sharma_columbia_0054D_14255.pdf

Journée d’études franco-allemandes sur le chiisme contemporain | École Pratique des Hautes Études

Journée organisée par Constance Arminjon (EPHE) et Rainer Brunner (CNRS). Paris, en Sorbonne.