We are delighted to announce that on April 30th, 2023, the Shi’a Research Institute hosted its inaugural academic event, an Exploratory Workshop dealing with “The current state and future horizons in Shiʿi Studies”.
This event was held at the University of Toronto’s Wycliffe College.
The workshop brought together esteemed scholars and leading professors of Religious Studies and Islamic Studies from various universities in Europe and North America.
The event was a resounding success and provided us with a clear understanding of the current state of the field. SRI plans to chart its course into the future using what we have learned during this event.
This workshop was moderated by:
Sajjad Rizvi, University of Exeter
Vinay Khetia, Shi’a Research Institute
The esteemed panel and their presentations include:
Najam Haider, Columbia University
– Early History and Hadith
Karen Ruffle, University of Toronto
– Material Culture and Experience
Yafa Shanneik, Lund University
– Gender and Rituals
Nebil Husayn, University of Miami
– Classical History and Texts
Seyfeddin Kara, University of Toronto
– Study of the Qur’an and Hadith
Tahera Qutbuddin, University of Chicago
– Ismaili Thought and Literature
Liyakat Takim, McMaster University
– Jurisprudence and Modernism
Aun Hasan Ali, University of Colorado Boulder
– Law and Jurisprudence and Shi’i Learned Traditions
Oliver Scharbrodt, Lund University
– Shi’i Transnationalism
Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad, Florida International University
– Manuscript Culture and Philosophy
Cyrus Zargar, University of Central Florida
– Literature, Mysticism and Ethics
Eliza Tasbihi, McGill University
– Mysticism and Manuscripts
Thank you to all who attended and supported us in our mission to advance research and understanding of Shi’a Islam.
We are delighted to announce that on April 30th, 2023, the Shi’a Research Institute hosted its inaugural academic event, an Exploratory Workshop dealing with “The current state and future horizions in Shiʿi Studies”.
This event was held at the University of Toronto’s Wycliffe College.
The workshop brought together esteemed scholars and leading professors of Religious Studies and Islamic Studies from various universities in Europe and North America.
The event was a resounding success and provided us with a clear understanding of the current state of the field. SRI plans to chart its course into the future using what we have learned during this event.
This workshop was moderated by:
Sajjad Rizvi, University of Exeter
Vinay Khetia, Shi’a Research Institute
The esteemed panel and their presentations include:
Najam Haider, Columbia University
– Early History and Hadith
Karen Ruffle, University of Toronto
– Material Culture and Experience
Yafa Shanneik, Lund University
– Gender and Rituals
Nebil Husayn, University of Miami
– Classical History and Texts
Seyfeddin Kara, University of Toronto
– Study of the Qur’an and Hadith
Tahera Qutbuddin, University of Chicago
– Ismaili Thought and Literature
Liyakat Takim, McMaster University
– Jurisprudence and Modernism
Aun Hasan Ali, University of Colorado Boulder
– Law and Jurisprudence and Shi’i Learned Traditions
Oliver Scharbrodt, Lund University
– Shi’i Transnationalism
Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad, Florida International University
– Manuscript Culture and Philosophy
Cyrus Zargar, University of Central Florida
– Literature, Mysticism and Ethics
Eliza Tasbihi, McGill University
– Mysticism and Manuscripts
Thank you to all who attended and supported us in our mission to advance research and understanding of Shi’a Islam.