The Third International Ismaili Studies Conference: Histories, Philosophies and Communities is being convened by Dr. Khalil…
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Registration is open for the Third International Ismaili Studies Conference: Histories, Philosophies and Communities convened by…
The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium is an endeavor of the Shiʿi Studies Group,…
At some point close to or immediately after the advent of the Fatimids in North…
MESA’s 48th annual meeting will commence in Washington, DC at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel…
The Islamicate Studies Symposium (ISS) is occasioned by the fortieth anniversary of the publication of…
Over fifty years ago, Marshall Hodgson (1922-1968), Professor of Islamic Studies, Chair of the University…
The scope of Ismaili studies encompasses some 1400 years of Islamicate histories, thought, practices, demographies…
North America’s first Ismaili Studies Conference will take place on October 16 and 17 at…
MESA’s 48th annual meeting will commence in Washington, DC at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel…
As part of its goal to advance learning, facilitate communication and promote cooperation, The Middle…
It has been noted by several authors that classical Greek philosophers operated under the fundamental…
The recovery of Fatimid-era works produced by the Ismaili da’wa substantially improved our understanding of…
By Professor Paul E Walker Ultimately one must ask how the first being, the source…
Thursday, April 19, 2012 – 3:00 PM 10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA The recovery of Fatimid-era…
Ismaili Doctrinal Works from the Fatimid Period: How Much Have We Now Recovered? By Paul…
The Institute sponsored a panel on ‘The Bible and the Qur’an in Ismaili Sources’ at…
In his new book “Caliph of Cairo” (AUC Press, 2009), Paul E. Walker, a historian…
Maqriziana XII. Evaluating the Sources for the Fatimid Period: Ibn al-Maʾmūn al-Baṭāʾiḥī’s History and Its…
Contents Hidden Imams and Mahdis in Ismaili History by Farhad Daftary Kawn al-‘Alam: The cosmogony…
This book explores broad-ranging themes relating to memory, memorization, memorializing or commemorating in a variety…
The latest IIS publication, Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs: Festival Sermons of the Ismaili Imams…
By Paul Walker The Fatimid empire was a highly sophisticated and cosmopolitan regime that flourished…
Founded in 1977 by H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan, the Institute functions today as a…