国产视频

• 19 Apr 2023
• Aga Khan Centre and online (Zoom)
• Book launch
• Qur鈥檃nic Studies

Book launch: The Emergence of Shi鈥榠 Sufism: Sul峁�膩n 士Al墨 Sh膩h Gun膩b膩d墨 and His Commentary on the Qur鈥檃n

Join us at the launch event at the Aga Khan Centre, London, with author Dr Alessandro Cancian (IIS) in conversation with Dr Omar Ali-De Unzaga (IIS), Professor Sajjad Rizvi (University of Exeter) and Professor Walid Saleh (University of Toronto).

• 01 Apr 2023
• Graduation

STEP and GPISH Graduation Ceremony 2023

Join us for the live webcast of the 2023 graduation ceremony for GPISH 2023 and STEP C13.

• 08 Dec 2022
• Aga Khan Centre and online

The poet al-Sayyid al-Himyari and the Literary Development of the Epic Character of Imam Ali b. Abi Talib

In the literary traditions of Islamic literatures, Imam Ali b. Abi Talib has become the protagonist of narrative events that make him the heroic prototype of the struggle between Good and Evil. This lecture will try to trace the origins of this heroic model focusing on some verses dedicated to the first Shiite Imam by the poet al-Sayyid al-Himyari.

• 21 Nov - 23 Nov 2022
• Aga Khan Centre and online
• Conference

Ismaili Studies Conference: The State of the Field

This conference will take stock of the field of Ismaili studies in terms of a broad range of themes from history, literature, philosophy and the intellectual traditions of Ismailis, to topics on contemporary Ismailism.

• 29 Oct 2022
• Online

STEP and GPISH Graduation Ceremony 2022

Please join us for the live webcast of the 2022 graduation ceremony for GPISH 2022, STEP C11, and STEP C12, taking place on鈥疭aturday鈥�29 October 2022鈥痑t the Ismaili Centre, London. 

• 27 Oct 2022
• Online (Zoom)
• Talks and Lectures

Spiritual Education and the 鈥淚maginary Master鈥� in Ibn 士Arab墨鈥檚 K. al-Ajwiba al-士arabiyya

This lecture will propose a brief overview of Ibn 士Arab墨鈥檚 treatise K. al-Ajwiba al-士arabiyya, its originality, and the principles of spiritual education that are defined in it.

• 18 Oct 2022
• Aga Khan Centre and online
• Book launch

Book launch: "Texts, Scribes and Transmission: Manuscript Cultures of the Ismaili Communities and Beyond"

• 29 Sep 2022
• Online
• Ismaili History

The Exoteric Tradition of the Fatimids: Sources, Reception, and Interpretation

Al-Qadi al-Nu士man, the most prolific Fatimid jurist, was tasked with the responsibility of compiling literature that would serve as an authoritative point of reference in the burgeoning Ismaili state. It is evident that he had to have recourse to earlier hadith collections. This talk will address the historicity of these sources, how they ended up in North Africa, and what factors dictated the selection and interpretation of their material for Ismaili law and belief systems.

• 22 Jul 2022
• Aga Khan Centre and Online
• Conference

Mu鈥檛azilism and the Qur鈥檃n Conference

This conference will focus on the influence of Mu`tazilism on all aspects of the Qur鈥檃n, its status, interpretation, and relationship to the Prophet. The speakers will address Mu`tazilite thought and the influence it had on Islamic theology in other schools.

• 14 Jul 2022
• Aga Khan Centre and Online

Pre-Existence: a Myth and its Implications in Imami-Shi士i Thought

The notion that events bearing far-reaching consequences for the human condition took place prior to the creation of the world and of man has been a central theme in the Islamic literary tradition. This lecture seeks to demonstrate how the raw materials of this notion in Imami-Shi士i thought were addressed, creatively interpreted and elaborated upon by thinkers of two periods: the Buwayhid (945-1055 CE) and Safavid (1501-1722 CE).