Dr Maria De Cillis
Associate Professor and Shiʿi Studies Head (Interim)
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Department of Academic Research Shi'i Studies -
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Monograph
- The Notion of Sympathy across Ismailism and Italian renaissance. (Forthcoming, 2025).
- Salvation and Destiny in Islam: The Shiʿi Ismaili Perspective of Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirm�nī. I. B. Tauris in collaboration with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, (London, 2018). 296pp.
- , (Routledge, London and New York, 2014).
This monograph has been translated into Arabic as: Bayna al-ḥurriyya al-ins�niyya wa’l-qadar al-ilahiyya fi’l-fikr al-isl�miyya. Translated by Muḥammad Sal�ḥ (The National Centre for Translation, Cairo, 2019).
Co-edited volume
- (M.A. Amir-Moezzi, M. De Cillis, D. De Smet, O. Mir-Kasimov, eds.), Brepols, (Turnhout, 2016). 857pp.
- “The Aristotelian Concept of Quinta Essentia and its Perception in Shiʿi Islam�, in Mélanges d’études shi’ites et islamologiques offertes au Professeur Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi / Shi’i and other Islamic Studies in Honour of Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Bibliothèque de l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Brepols in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies (Turnhout), forthcoming, 2024.
- “Intellectual Import of the Ismaili »åÄåʿī²õ in Central Asia: Al-KirmÄ�nÄ«, al-SijistÄ�nÄ« and al-RÄ�zÄ« on Nature and the significance of their discussions in the Fatimid Contextâ€� in D. Dagiev (ed.), Tajiks: History, Religion, Culture and People. Routledge (London and New York), forthcoming, 2025.
- “Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirm�nī and Muʿtazilism: An Enquiry into an Opaque Relationship�, in Raison et quête de la sagesse Hommage à Christian Jambet, Brepols, (Turnhout, 2020), pp. 229-257.
- A Preliminary Study on the Significance of ²Ï²¹á¸�Ä�ʾÌý²¹²Ô»åÌý²Ï²¹»å²¹°ùÌýin the Eighth Chapter of al-KirmÄ�nī’s KitÄ�b al-RiyÄ�á¸�â€� in Esotérisme shi’ite, ses racines et ses prolongements: ShiÊ¿i Esotericism: Its Roots and Developments, Amir-Moezzi, De Cillis, De Smet, Mir-Kasimov, eds., Brepols, (Turnhout, 2016), pp. 345-368.
- “Al-Kirm�nī’s Perspective on Spiritual Assistance and the Accomplishment of Prophethood in the Story of Moses and Shuʿayb�. (Forthcoming).
- “â€�. Rivista Fondazione Oasis.ÌýCristiani e Musulmani nel Mondo Globale 13:26 (2017), pp. 33-41. (Refereed Journal) In Italian. Translated into English as “Muslims and Free Willâ€� in Christians and Muslims in the Global World, 13:26 (2017).
- “Avicenna on Matter, Matter’s Disobedience and Evil: Reconciling Metaphysical Stances and ²Ï³Ü°ù’a²Ôic Perspectivesâ€�, Transcendent Philosophy 12 (2011), pp. 147-168. (Refereed Journal) The above article has been edited and published on the IIS website in 2013
Book reviews
- Özgür Koca Islam, Causality, and Freedom. From the Medieval to the Modern Era (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Pp. 287. in the Religious Studies Journal, CUP, forthcoming, 2021.
- Seyfeddin Kara, In Search of Ali ibn Abi Talib’s Codex: History and Traditions of the Earliest Copy of the ²Ï³Ü°ù’a²ÔMuslims believe that the Holy ²Ï³Ü°ù’a²Ô contains divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammed received in Mecca and Medina over a period of 23 years in the early 7th century CE. More. The Review of Qur’anic Research, the online companion to the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA).Ìý(14 July 2019)
Article reviews
- “Sins and Sinners in the Ismaili Thought: Some Examples�. Reviewed for Studi Magrebini, Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale (2021).
- “The Esoteric Meaning of the Sin of Adam in the Manuscript Tradition of the ¸é²¹²õÄåʾil IḫwÄ�n al-á¹¢afÄ�ʾâ€�. Reviewed for Studi Magrebini, Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale (2021).
- “Divine and Celestial Knowledge in relation to Determinism in the Philosophy of Avicennaâ€�. Reviewed for The Toronto Journal of TheologyÌý(2020).
- “Comparisons in Muslim Anti-Christian Writings in Christian Iberia and Exileâ€�. Reviewed for Entangled Religions – Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and TransferÌý(2020).
- ‘Free Will, Predestination, and Acquisition’ for the Dictionary of Islamic Bioethics, Oxford University Press (Forthcoming).
- ‘ḤamÄ«d al-DÄ«n al-KirmÄ�nī’ for the ±õ±õ³§ÌýEncyclopaedia of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam JaÊ¿far al-á¹¢Ä�diq (d. 765), as his successor.Ìý(¹ó´Ç°ù³Ù³ó³¦´Ç³¾¾±²Ô²µ).
Encyclopaedia Entries for the Biographical Dictionary of Islamic Civilisation and Culture, Mustafa Shah and Abdel Haleem, ed. (I. B. Tauris, 2022).
- AbÅ« Ya’lÄ� Ibn al-FarrÄ�
- AbÅ«’l-Mu’Ä«n al-NasafÄ«
- Ish�q ibn Hunayn
- Abū Ish�q al-Isfar�yīnī
- Izz al-Dawla Ibn Kammūna
- Ja’far al-BarmakÄ«
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- “Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani” for the Encyclopaedia of the Ismailis (51³Ô¹ÏÍø, London 2022).
- (Co-Translation).ÌýThe Proof of God. An English Translation with an Introduction from the French of Amir-Moezzi’s La Preuve de Dieu. (With O. Mir-Kasimov). B. Tauris in collaboration with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, (London, 2023). 392pp.
- Translation from the French of the Introductory paper by Prof M. Yahia featuring in The Study of Shi‘i Islam. History, Theology and Law, F. Daftary and G. Miskinzoda, ed., I.B. Tauris and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, (London, 2014), pp. 253-270.