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…
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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…
Talk on Pakistan and the Iranian Revolution (on Zoom)
On Monday, November 16, I will have the pleasure of offering some thoughts on how the Iranian Revolution was read and debated among Sunni Islamist…
Videos of “Islamic Socialism in the Global South” online
Our first session on Islamic Socialism in Turkey took place yesterday, September 14. Dr. Layli Uddin (King’s College London) and I talked with with İhsan…
Workshop on Digital Humanities and the Middle East
Together with my colleagues Valeska Huber (Free University Berlin) and Isabelle Dolezalek (University of Greifswald), I have organized a workshop entitled “Hack the Middle East”:…