Online Symposium on “Shi’i Traditionalism in Modern South Asia” on Jan 26, 12pm EST
Please join us on Thursday January 26, 12-2 PM EST for an online symposium on Shiʿi Traditionalism in Modern South Asia, organized by Prof. Ali…
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Workshop “On Leadership and Authority in the 20th Century ‘Muslim World'”
Together with Layli Uddin (Queen Mary University of London), I’ve organized a workshop to be held on December 8 and 9 at the Freiburg Institute…
Public Lecture at the University of Basel on “The Invention of Moderate Islam after 9/11” (Nov 25, 2021)
I’m looking forward to participate in the lecture series “20 years after 9/11”, co-organized by the Universities of Freiburg and Basel. Together with Alex Balistreri…
Workshop on VR in the Academy
Together with my colleagues Isabelle Dolezalek (University of Greifswald) and Michael Saliba (University of Stuttgart), I have organised the workshop “Welcome to E-Topia” in Berlin…
CFP: Utopias in the Middle East and Beyond
Together with Thomas Pierret, I’m organizing a workshop on “Utopias in the Middle East and Beyond,” to be held in London in February 2022. The…
Participation in Workshop on “Islamic Third Worldism”
I’m excited to participate in an upcoming workshop on “Islamic Third Worldism”, organized by Lin Hongxuan (National University of Singapore) and Teren Sevea (Harvard Divinity…
Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’ism at Harvard, 5-8 April
I will be part of a symposium on transnational Shi’ism, hosted by the Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International…
Talk on “Strange Success – The Enduring Appeal of an Islamic State after Colonialism”
On Wednesday, March 31 (Time: 9:00 pm (Pakistan Standard Time) | 5:00 pm UK | 11:00 am EST), I will be in conversation with Sajjad…
Pakistan Conference at the University of Michigan, 2-3 April 2021
The Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan hosts its 10th Pakistan conference with focus on “Religious Landscapes” on April 2-3. I’m…
Participation in Zoom-Panel on “Authority in the Globalised Muslim World”
The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh marks his 10th anniversary with a series of…