We're delighted to share the next lecture in the Shii Studies Network's Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series to take place on 2 February 2026.

Let us know if you have an idea for a paper as part of the two panels Leone Pecorini Goodall are convening at BRAIS.

We are delighted to announce the second lecture in our Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series by Dr Elvire Corboz, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam and the Middle East at the University of Edinburgh. Further details and registration can be found here: www.shiistudies.net/events/corbo...

A reminder that the first lecture in the Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series will take place on Monday 4 November.* For further details and the link to register, see the following link: www.shiistudies.net/events/abdul... *Please note the corrected times on the poster and link.

Join us for the first instalment of this lecture series where we will be joined by Hussein Abdulsater, Associate Professor of Arabic Culture and Islamic Studies at the University of Notre Dame, who will be reflecting on the academic study of Shiʿi Islam.

I'm really excited for this lecture series we have organised for the Shii Studies Network! We have a fantastic line-up of scholars who will be presenting over the next year. Follow @shiistudiesnet.bsky.social to stay up to date.

I am pleased to announce the call for papers for a workshop Edmund Hayes and I are organising as part of the Embodied Imamate project: "The Social Dynamics of Communal Affiliation in Early Islam," to be held between 11–12 June 2026 at Leiden University. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

It's been a while in the making, but I'm delighted to announce the launch of the the Shii Studies Network which I am running with my colleague Fatima Zaraket. Follow us for updates on the exciting events and initiatives we have coming up.

A great couple of days with some great people!

We are honored to welcome @nhaider.bsky.social as the keynote speaker for this workshop. The @embodiedimamate.bsky.social team will be well-represented in it. Can’t wait to hear @aramadhan.bsky.social on prayer leadership in the Early Imami Community!

I am thrilled to announce the workshop “Policing the Prayer in Sectarian Islam: Spaces, Temporalities, Coercion (7th–15th centuries”, taking place in Naples on February 27–28, 2025, which I am co-organizing with Enki Baptiste and @athinap.bsky.social

We were honoured to have Sayed Hossein al-Qazwini visit us in Leiden today to discuss our project, early Islamic history, Imāmī biographical works, and khums amongst much more.

May as well give this a go.