Shii News – Online Lecture Series Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shiʿism

The fall programme of the lecture series on Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shiʿism is now out.
We will begin on Wednesday, September 23, with a lecture by Ed Hayes and Leone Pecorini Goodall entitled:
Non-Fatimid Epigraphic Depictions of the Alid Family
As usual, we will convene at 15:30 CET on Zoom.
If you would like to attend, please register for the lecture here.
The rest of the fall programme is as follows:
October 7th, 15:30 CET
Bernard O’Kane, American University in Cairo
“The Name of ʿAlī in Architectural Inscriptions”
November 25th, 15:30 CET
Lyla Halsted, Davidson College
“Invoking the Imams: Tracing Medieval Islamic Amuletic and Talismanic Practices to Early Shiʿi Sources”
December 2026 (date TBC)
May Farhat, Lebanese American University
Title TBC

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