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The department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite you to an online conversation with Dr Lloyd Ridgeon on Thu, 18 November 2021, 17:00 – 18:00 GMT. We will discuss his new book, Hijab: Three Modern Iranian Seminarian Perspectives.
The event is free but you need to register via the link below:
https://hijabbooklaunch.eventbrite.co.uk
Dr Lloyd Ridgeon’s book addresses the differences of opinion among seminarians on the hijab in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It focuses on three representative thinkers: Murtaza Mutahhari who held veiling to be compulsory, Ahmad Qabil who argued for the desirability of the hijab, and Muhsin Kadivar who considers it neither necessary nor desirable.
Join Lloyd in conversation with Professor Nacim Pak Shiraz, Personal Chair of Cinema and Iran at the University of Edinburgh, to discuss the book and its themes.

Posted in: Field-specific (academic), Iran

November 05, 2021
by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘The Qizilbāsh and their Shah’ – G Aldous

‘The Qizilbāsh and their Shah: The Preservation of Royal Prerogative during the Early Reign of Shah Ṭahmāsp’
G. Aldous
JRAS, 2021

Posted in: Field-specific (academic), Iran

November 04, 2021
by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘Shi’i Political Activism in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon’ – M Kalantari

The Clergy and the Modern Middle East
Shi’i Political Activism in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon
M Kalantari
Bloomsbury, 2021

Posted in: Field-specific (academic), Iran, Iraq, Leb

October 28, 2021
by Andrew Newman
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Shii News – ‘Dynamic Quietism and the Consolidation of the ḥawza ʿilmīyya of Qum during the Pahlavi Era’ – M Mesbahi

‘Dynamic Quietism and the Consolidation of the ḥawza ʿilmīyya of Qum during the Pahlavi Era’
Mohammed Mesbahi,
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies,
20 October, 2021

Posted in: Field-specific (academic), Great Britain, Iran, Iraq, North America, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey