Speakers

Daftary

Farhad Daftary

Co-Director, The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Farhad Daftary completed his early and secondary education in Tehran, Rome, and London, before going to Washington, D.C., in 1958. He received his B.A....

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Dagikhudo Dagiev

Dagikhudo Dagiev

Senior Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Dagikhudo Dagiev is a Senior Research Associate in Shiʿi Studies Unit at the Department of Academic Research and Publications, The Institute of Ismaili...

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Daher

Aurélie Daher

Lecturer, Paris-Dauphine University

Aurélie Daher is a French, English and Arabic-speaking academic who teaches political science and the sociology of conflicts at University of...

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De Cillis

 Maria De Cillis

Senior Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Maria De Cillis is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, where she is also the Series Editor of the Shiʿi Heritage... Read more about  Maria De Cillis
aghiad

Aghiad Ghanem

Fellow Researcher, SciencesPo Centre for International Studies
Aghiad Ghanem is a fellow researcher at SciencesPo’s Centre for International Studies (CERI) and at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA). He holds... Read more about Aghiad Ghanem
Sumaiya Hamadani

Sumaiya Hamdani

Associate Professor, George Mason University
Sumaiya Hamdani is Associate Professor of History at George Mason University, where she teaches courses on Middle East, Islamic and world history, as well... Read more about Sumaiya Hamdani
Jamal

Zahra Jamal

Associate Director, Rice University's Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance

Zahra N. Jamal is Associate Director at Rice University's Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, and a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Consultant. An...

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Jasani

Hussain Jasani

Head, South Asian Studies, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Hussain Jasani is the Head of the South Asian Studies (SAS) Unit at The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS), London. As the founding member of the SAS unit at... Read more about Hussain Jasani
Kalout

Hussein Kalout

Associate, Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs
Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), Harvard University
Hussein Kalout is a Political Scientist, Professor of International Relations, Member of the Advisory Board of the Harvard International Review, and... Read more about Hussein Kalout
Seyf

Seyfeddin Kara

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow, The University of Toronto

Dr Seyfeddin Kara is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow at The University of Toronto. He was awarded a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of...

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Landis

Joshua Landis

Sandra Mackey Chair and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and the Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies, University of Oklahoma

Joshua Landis is Sandra Mackey Chair and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and the Farzaneh Family...

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Lucas

Scott Lucas

Associate Professor, University of Arizona
Dr. Lucas is an associate professor of Islamic Studies. His research explores the creative process by which Sunni and Zaydi scholars composed works in the... Read more about Scott Lucas