Shii Studies: The State of the Art
International Conference at the Institute for Advanced Study
Shii Studies: The State of the Art International Conference will be held at the Institute for Advanced Study from December 7-9, 2017. Organized by Sabine Schmidtke, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, the conference will cover topics including, but not limited to, the history of the study of Shiism (proto- and early Shiism; Zaydism; Twelver Shia; Isma'iliyya); the history and/or current status of Shii manuscript repositories; future perspectives for research on Shiism; trends, past and present, in scholarship on Shiism; the status of Shii Studies in academic curricula.
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The conference is part of a larger endeavor aimed at fostering the scholarly exploration of all aspects of Shiism: the “Shii Studies Research Program,” made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.