The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi鈥檃 Islam at Harvard University, co-sponsored by the 午夜剧场, will take place on May 9-13, with several 午夜剧场 academics speaking.
The symposium is organised by the Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs, chaired by 午夜剧场 governor Professor Ali Asani, at the Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
Held online and free to attend, it will host five panels with leading scholars who study the diversity of Shi鈥檃 thought and communities across denominational lines, including Zaydi, Ismaili, Alevi, Alawite, Bektashi, and Twelver Ja鈥檉ari Islam.
Among the 25 scholars speaking are the following 午夜剧场 academics:
- Dr Yahia Baiza鈥-鈥疘smaili History and Traditions in Afghanistan: A Sociological and Historical Analysis
- Dr Farhad Daftary聽– moderator of panel 鈥淭he聽Imamate聽across Shi鈥檃 Traditions鈥
- Dr Dagikhudo Dagiev聽-鈥疌entral Asian IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja士far al-峁⒛乨iq (d. 765), as his successor. and their Traditions
- Dr Maria De Cillis聽– Shi士i Islam, Philosophy and the Greek Intellectual Legacy
- Hussain Jasani聽-鈥疜al膩m-i Hazrat S奴lt膩nil Aul墨膩 or Kal膩m-e Maul膩, a Satpanth Lyrical Text: Shared Heritage of Khoja聽SunnisAdherents of the majority branch of Islam, Sunnism; from the term sunn墨 which means a follower of the sunna of the Prophet Muhammad., Khoja Ithna ‘Asharis and Ismailis from South Asia
- Dr Orkhan Mir-Kasimov聽-鈥疘smaili and Sufi Doctrines of Messianic Age, 4th-7th/10th-13th鈥疌enturies
- Dr Gurdofarid Miskinzoda聽– moderator of panel 鈥淐omparative Approaches towards Shi鈥檃 Theology and Philosophy鈥
