The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam (Zoom)

Date: 

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location: 

Online Only

"The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

2:00PM - 3:30PM EDT | Panel 4: Comparative Approaches towards Shi’a Theology and Philosophy

  • "Ismaili and Sufi Doctrines of Messianic Age, 4th-7th/10th-13th Centuries"
    Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, Institute of Ismaili Studies.
  • "Paradigms of Ethics in the Twelver Shii Tradition: A Schematic Approach"
    Nicholas Boylston, Seattle University.
  • "Islamic Theology in Thirty Topics: A Zaydi contribution to Islamic thought"
    Scott Lucas, University of Arizona.
  • "Survival and Loss: the Preservation and Recovery of the Arabic Legacy of Ismaili (Fatimid) Shiism in Modern Times"
    Paul Walker, University of Chicago.
  • Moderator: Gurdofarid Miskinzoda, Institute of Ismaili Studies.

For more information, please visit the symposium website.

Contact:

Payam Mohseni
pmohseni@fas.harvard.edu

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