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"Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi'ism"
Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)
10:45AM–11:00AM EDT | Welcome & Opening Remarks
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Ali Asani, Chair, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs. Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University.
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Payam Mohseni, Project Director, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs. Lecturer, Department of Government, Harvard University; Lecturer, Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School.
10:45AM–11:00AM EDT | Keynote Address
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"Shi'ism: Unity and Diversity"
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies, George Washington University.
12:45PM–2:15PM EDT | Panel 1: Approaching Intra-Shi’a Dialogue
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"Leading the Knowledge Society Once More: Prospects for Intrafaith Collaboration"
Zahra Jamal, Associate Director, Rice University's Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance. -
Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, Associate, Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs. Director-General and Chief Imam, Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society.
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"Four Classical Arabic Books for a Zaydi-Imami Conversation"
Scott Lucas, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Arizona. -
"The Bektashi Tekke in America and the Place of Bektashism on the Sunni-Shi'a Spectrum"
Eliton Pasaj, Bektashi Community of America.
Huseyin Abiva, Bektashi Community of America.
Moderator:
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Payam Mohseni, Project Director, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs. Lecturer, Department of Government, Harvard University; Lecturer, Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School.
For more information on the symposium and to view the full schedule, please visit the symposium website.
