‘The Historical Roles of Jihād in Sunnī-Shīʿī Relations’
D. Stewart,
The Journal of the Middle East and Africa Volume 12, 2021 – Issue 2

It is with deep sadness that the Institute for Ismaili Studies (IIS) announces the untimely loss of Dr Janis Esots, colleague and esteemed scholar.

An obituary can be found here:

https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/in-memoriam-janis-esots

‘Ṣadrā’s Use of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s al-Mabāḥith al-mashriqiyya in the Asfār‘
C. Bonmariage
Oriens, 2020

Online Book Launch: Essays on Shi‘ism and Iran by Hamid Algar
Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM GMT (London time)
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‘”Indian Money”, Intra-Shīʿī Polemics, and the Bohra and Khoja Pilgrimage Infrastructure in Iraq’s Shrine Cities, 1897–1932’
M. O’Sullivan
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2021

Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages,
Religion, Gender, and Belonging
Edited by Yafa Shanneik, Annelies Moors
Rutgers University Press, 2021
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‘Could we use blood donation campaigns as social policy tools?: British Shi’i ritual of giving blood’
M. Hashemi,
Identities, Global Studies in Culture and Power, 2020

‘US-funded media spreads bizarre conspiracy theory about Shi’a Muslims
The charges against the al-Khoe’i Foundation were so wild that the State Department had to step in and disavow the story.’

Responsible Statecraft, June 14, 2021

ONLINE Lecture: “Living the Love of the Imams in Twelver Shi’a Islam in Iran. Objects and Materials as a Vehicle for Devotion”, by Sepideh Parsapajouh (CNRS-CéSor/EHESS), Orient-Institut Istanbul, 16 June 2021, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm TRT

Based on field research, the lecturer will address the issue of religious materiality in the life of some Iranians Imamite Shi’a groups on three levels: in their daily lives; in the ceremonies and particular rituals on annual occasions, and finally in pious visits (ziyârat).

Please register your name and academic affiliation at events@oiist.net.
Information: https://www.oiist.org/veranstaltungen

‘Legacies of Islamic Ecumenicism:
Taqrib, Shi’a-Sunni Relations, and Globalized Politics in the Middle East’
Weatherhead Center, 2021
M. Sagha, ed.
https://shiism.wcfia.harvard.edu/publications/legacies-islamic-ecumenicismtaqrib-shia-sunni-relations-and?