Events
Next Event
Two Opposing Pictures of the Imam in Contemporary Shiʿi Theology
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
7 September 2026
Other Upcoming Events
A Re-Evaluation of the Shiʿi Approaches to the Textual History of the Qurʾan
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
21 September 2026
What Makes Premodern State-Building Shiʿi?
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
19 October 2026
Past Events
Revisiting Shah Ismaʿil I’s Legacy and Rethinking Safavid Messianism
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
15 June 2026
Revisiting the ʿAlids: Reflections on the Study of Kinship and Authority in Early Islam
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
2 June 2026
Shiʿism and Myth: Terminology and its Burdens
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
11 May 2026
Shii Studies Seminar VI: Adam Ramadhan
29 April 2026
Shii Studies Seminar V: Mahdyar Shirazi
25 March 2026
Is Shiʿite Law Special? Sort of, Kinda, Jein
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
2 March 2026
Shii Studies Seminar IV: Abid Zaidi
18 February 2026
Reconstructing Early Shiʿi Hadith Sources: Methodological Reflections, Critical Assessment, and Digital Prospects
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
2 February 2026
Shii Studies Seminar III: Zahra Azhar
21 January 2026
Making Shiʿism “Matter”: Bringing Material and Sensory Cultures to the Study of Shiʿism
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
12 January 2026
Shii Studies Seminar II: Mahboobeh Hami
15 December 2025
The Study of the Shiʿi Marjaʿiyya: From Above, From Below, and the Networks In-Between
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
10 December 2025
Some Notes on the Academic Study of Shiʿi Islam
Reflections on Shiʿi Studies Lecture Series
4 November 2025
Shii Studies Seminar I: Natalie Kontny-Wendt & Ebrahim Mansoor
20 October 2025
Inaugural Event: Meet & Greet
1 October 2025