At long last, we are pleased to announce that we will be holding our previously postponed Shiʿi Studies symposium, “‘But By the Love you Bear my Kin:’ Devotion (Walāya) and Shiʿi Islam,” on May 12th-13th, 2023, on the University of Chicago campus. The event will take place in Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, Chicago, […]

In light of the emerging public health issue of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the United States, the 2020 Shi’i Studies Symposium has been postponed until Autumn 2020. Additional updates, including the new date for the event, will be posted in the near future.

  2020 University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium Program Thursday, April 2 2:00pm-4:00pm: Workshop, co-sponsored with the Islamic Studies Workshop Hassan Ansari, Member of the Institute for Advanced Studies “The Question of Tafḍīl ‘Ali in the Sharh Nahj al-Balagha by Ibn Abi-l Hadīd”   Friday, April 3 8:30am: Welcome Remarks 9:00am-11:00am: Panel 1—Chair, Prof. Tahera […]

The Shi‘i Studies Group at the University of Chicago currently has an open Call for Papers for our 2020 Symposium, “But by the love you bear my kin”: Devotion (Walāya) and Shiʿi Islam. Please see the “2020 Shi’i Studies Symposium” page on this site for the full Call for Papers and submission information.