#  Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam 

 



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 **May 9 - May 13, 2022** 

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 **Online; registration info below**  



 

 



 

 **The WCFIA Project on Shi'ism & Global Affairs** presents its

 ***Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unite in Transnational Shi'a Islam***

 **Register in advance:** [bit.ly/shia-symposium-reg](/bit.ly/shia-symposium-reg)

 A historic symposium series bringing together diverse voices from leading scholars of Shi’a thought and identity across Zaydi, Ismaili, Alevi, Alawite, Bektashi, & Twelver Ja'fari Muslim traditions and beyond at Harvard University with 5 panels and 25 speakers.

 Symposium website: <https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/transnationalshiism>

 SCHEDULE  
**Monday, May 9th**  
*Welcome &amp; Opening Remarks*  
10:45AM–11:00AM EDT  
  
*Keynote Address:* Devin Stewart, Emory University  
11:00AM–12:00PM EDT

 ***Panel 1 |** Intra-Shi’a Dialogue and Community Building in the West: Peace-Building and Civil Society*   
12:15PM–1:45PM EDT  
  
**Tuesday, May 10th**  
***Panel 2 |** The Imamate across Shi’a Traditions*  
1:00PM–2:30PM EDT  
  
**Wednesday, May 11th**  
***Panel 3 |** Ismaili Traditions in Central and South Asia*   
1:00PM–2:30PM EDT  
  
**Thursday, May 12th**  
***Panel 4 |** Comparative Approaches towards Shi’a Theology and Philosophy*   
2:00PM–3:30PM EDT  
  
**Friday, May 13th**  
***Panel 5 |** Shi’a Identities and Politics in the Modern Levant and Turkey*   
1:00PM–2:30PM EDT  
  
*Closing Remarks*  
2:30PM EDT | 11:30AM PDT

 All sessions will be held online via Zoom. The symposium is free and open to the public.

 **Co-sponsors:** Harvard Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard Divinity School, Henry Luce Foundation, Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard Asia Center, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Institute of Ismaili Studies  
**Contact:** [Payam Mohseni](mailto:pmohseni@fas.harvard.edu), Project Director, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs &amp; Lecturer, Department of Government, Harvard University



 

 



 

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