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
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 & 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, Project Director, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs & Lecturer, Department of Government, Harvard University