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This landmark study examines the history, culture, languages and evolving identities of Pamiri Ismaili communities across Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and Tajikistan.

Dr Kumail Rajani has been awarded the ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ Zahid Ali Fellowship for his research on Ismaili ḥadÄ«th traditions, focusing on the origins, transmission, and reconstruction of early Fatimid textual sources.

Applications are now open for the Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship Programme, supporting doctoral research in Islamic Studies across ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ core research areas.

The Institute of Ismaili Studies announces Read & Reflect, a new publication series designed to make Islamic and Ismaili heritage accessible to wider audiences.

This article draws on oral history interviews and traces how a mother’s sacrifice and a daughter’s determination helped transform access to education.

ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ has awarded its Dissertation Writing Scholarship to Seddigheh Kardan and Rami Gargour, recognising their doctoral research in Ismaili intellectual history and educational leadership across global contexts.

Dr Aslisho Qurboniev represented ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ at international academic events in late 2025, contributing research on Fatimid IfrÄ«qiya and Sicily.

Dr Daryoush Mohammad Poor’s US visit advanced ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡'s mission through academic talks, community dialogue and training, deepening engagement with Ismaili thought, history and practice.

ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ joined scholars in Paris to celebrate Professor Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi's four decades of groundbreaking research with the presentation of De la lettre à l’esprit, a two-volume Festschrift.

ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ Associate Professor Dr Karen Bauer completed a lecture tour across the United States and Canada, presenting new research on the Qur'an, gender, ethics, and moral reasoning to academic and community audiences.

ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ pays tribute to Dr Abdulaziz Sachedina, whose decades of scholarship profoundly informed Shi‘i studies, Islamic ethics and the intellectual traditions of Muslim societies.

ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ and the Institute of French Islamology signed a Memorandum of Understanding, opening a new chapter in shared scholarship, joint research, and global cooperation on Islamic studies.