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Shii News – Zoom: ‘ʿAzīz Nasafī and Ismailism’ – M A Mansouri (22.4.26, 5 – 6.30 UK time)

ʿAzīz Nasafī and Ismailism

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Shii News – Online: The Emamzadeh Yahya Project (18.2.26, 15.30 CET)

The first lecture of 2026 in our online series, “Material Culture, Art, and Architecture of Pre-Safavid Shīʿism” will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, February 18th at 15:30 CET:

The Emamzadeh Yahya Project: Reflections on an Interdisciplinary and Independent Research Initiative and Online Exhibition

with Keelan Overton

If you would like to attend, please register here: https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/register/MGNA8u2HT3Ca1RG5ubxtXA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the meeting.

To stay updated on upcoming events, learn more about our broader project, “Embodied Imamate: Mapping the Development of the Early Shīʿi Community 700–900 CE,” or watch recordings of previous lectures in this series, please visit our YouTube channel (Embodied Imamate) and our website: https://embodiedimamate.hcommons.org/.

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Shii News – ‘Ashura as Submission and Rebellion’ – K Tani

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Shii News – ‘Shaping the Dawn of Islam in Germany (1983-1989)’ – J C Gümmer

Shaping the Dawn of Islam in Germany (1983-1989): Al-Fadschr, the Twelver Shiite Magazine of the Islamic Center Hamburg
Oriento Moderno

https://brill.com/view/journals/ormo/105/1-2/article-p183_7.xml

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Shii News – ‘Ali Shariati’s Views on the Hijab’ – K Murayama

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Shii News – ‘Imāmī Thought in Iran during the Ilkhanid Period’ (H Ansari and S Schmidtke)

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Shii News – ‘Aga Khan or Ayatullah: the choice for the Khojas in the nineteenth century’ – K Rajani

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Shii News – Online: ‘The End of Akhbarism and the Beginnings of Usulism’ – R Gleave (London, 12.12.25, 6pm UK time)

Monthly Talk: The Beginnings of Modern Shiʿism

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Shii News – ‘Mīrzā Āqāsī’s political thought in Qajar Iran’ – D Hermann

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Shii News – ONLINE Lecture ‘The Non-Execution of Divinely Ordained Penalties’ – B Khodadadi, 13.11.25, 16:00 – 17:20 CET)

Symposium

Capacity is limited to 100 participants. Please register at your earliest convenience.

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