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Ismaili Tajik men gathered around ritual fire in Xinjiang
  • 16 Sep 2026
  • IHTLS

Ismailis of China: history, culture and tradition

This hybrid lecture explores the social history and cultural life of the Ismaili Tajiks in Xinjiang. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and oral histories, Dr Amier Saidula examines how ritual practice, storytelling and vernacular knowledge sustain religious heritage and collective identity amid historical change.

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  • 25 Oct 2024
  • Talks and Lectures

The Prince, the Widow, the Hermit - and their Tree of Life

Professor Michael Barry explores眩he motifs of 12th-century Persian poetry of Niz璽mi, the 14th-century Tuscan poetry of Dante and more, weaving the narratives together into a message that transcends time.
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  • 24 Oct 2024
  • IHTLS
  • Lecture series

The Concept of Sympathy in Greek Heritage

Dr Maria De Cillis explores notions of sympathy in the Classical, Fatimid, and Renaissance eras in the latest Islamic History and Thought lecture.
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  • 21 Oct 2024
  • Conference

Listening in Many Tongues

Join the South Asian Studies Unit as they explore ideas of translation in conversation, such as those concentrating on Ismaili and Sufi studies in Persian and South Asian vernaculars.
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A Wealthy Arab, from the wall of Devashtichs palace dated to the 7th Century CE, Panjakent (modern-day Tajikistan)
  • 02 Oct 2024
  • IHTLS
  • Lecture series

The Early Ismaili Da尪wa in Central Asia: Ab贖 Man廜贖r al-Mtur蘋d蘋 (d. 333/944) as Eyewitness

Rodrigo Adem, PhD, explores the work of Ab贖 Man廜贖r al-Mtur蘋d蘋 (d. 933/944) and his reception of Ismaili thought.
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  • 25 Sep 2024
  • Conference

IIS/AKU-ISMC Graduate Conference: Challenges in Muslim Societies

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  • 17 Sep 2024
  • Talks and Lectures

Faith vs the pursuit of rational inquiry: an Ismaili scientists perspective

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  • 06 Aug 2024
  • AIHLS

Agricultural and administrative reforms in Ottoman Syria

This Arabic-language lecture explores the impact of Ottoman reforms on the city of Salamiyya and its Ismaili population, focusing on 19 C agricultural reforms and the city's official recognition.
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  • 08 Jul 2024
  • Talks and Lectures

Beyond Sectarianism - panel discussion

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  • 05 Jul 2024
  • AIHLS

The Ismaili Fortresses of the Intellect

Professor Na癟eur Seddiki explores the development of Ismaili intellectual institutions through the Fatimid and Alamut periods.
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  • 26 Jun 2024
  • IHTLS
  • Lecture series

Time for Atoms

Dr David Bennett navigates cause and effect from cosmology to physicality in scientific and Islamic thought.
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  • 11 Jun 2024
  • Talks and Lectures

Spirituality - the Inner and Outer Landscape

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  • 29 May 2024
  • Talks and Lectures

Theologies of Truth and Salvation in Catholic Christianity and Ashari Islam

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