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Papers Presented at the First International Conference on Shi'i Studies 9 May 2015
| Shi‘ism and Modern Education (9:10-10:30) | |
| Mohammad Mesbahi The Islamic College, UK | Why Would Adherents to Islam Study Theological Studies to Obtain a Secular Qualification? |
| Khurshid Sana Khan Khurshid Sana Khan UK | Religious Authority of the Imam and Educational Choices of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Isma‘ilis in Karachi, Pakistan |
| Liyakat Takim McMaster University, Canada | The Study of Shi’ite Islam in North American Universities |
| Approaches towards Shi’ism in the Western Academy (10:45-12:05 ) | |
| Seyfeddin Kara University of Durham, UK | An Evaluation of the Approach of the Western Academia to the Shi’a Sources Related to the History of the Text of the Qur’an |
| Hossein Kalbasi Ashtari Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran; presentation via Skype | Can Contemporary Shii’ite Studies Be Released from the Hegemony of Orientalism? A Case Study of Professor Henry Corbin |
| Ismail Poonawala University of California, Los Angeles, USA | The Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safaʾ and Western Scholarship – A Critical Evaluation of S. M. Stern and Wilferd Madelung’s Contributions |
| Shi‘ism and traditional studies (12:05-1:00) | |
| Isa Jahangir The Islamic College, UK | The Salihiyyah School in Qazvin and Shi’i Religious Authority (With Emphasis on Scholars of the Baraghani Family) |
| Oliver Leaman University of Kentucky, USA | Philosophy and Shi’ism: Two Sides of the Same Coin? |
| Shi‘ism, Anthropology, and Ritual Practice (2:00-3:20) | |
| Mohammad Reza Hashemitaba Rice University, USA | Anthropology, Shi‘ism, and Shi‘i Studies: An Overview of Entanglements, Contributions, and Possibilities |
| Thomas Brandt Fibiger Aarhus University, Denmark | Marja‘iyyah from Below. Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religious Authority. (Focusing on the Meaning and Perception of the marja‘iyyahamong lay Shi’a Muslims in Kuwait.) |
| Samer El-Karanshawy Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Qatar | Texts, Interpretation and Commemorating Imam Husayn |
| Shi‘ism in a Minority Environment (3:40-5:00) | |
| Siti Sarah Muwahidah Emory University, Atlanta, USA | For the Love of Ahl-Bayt: Transcending Sunni-Shi’i Sectarian Allegiance |
| Shereen Yousuf DePaul University, Chicago, USA | The Right to Offence, the Right to Shi’aphobia |
| Abdülkadir Yeler Istanbul, Turkey | Institutionalization of Shi’ism in Turkey and Current Problems |
| Closing address by Dr. M. A. Shomali, Director of the Hawzah at the Islamic College (5:00-5:30) | |
| Sponsored by: The Islamic College, London, UK in conjunction with the Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies | |