Intellectual traditions of Ismailis and Sufis.
In Memory of W.A. Ivanow (1886–1970)
PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE
DAY 1
October 10 (Thursday) 2019
Registration of the conference participants 11:00 – 11:30
Plenary session
11:30 - 12:30
Green Hall, IOM, RAS
Chair: Irina Popova, Director of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS
Welcome Remarks: Irina Popova, Director, IOM, RAS
Farhad Daftary, Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK
Hakim Elnazarov, Head of the Central Asian Studies Unit, IIS
Keynote speech (11:45 – 12:30)
Farhad Daftary, Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK
The Contributions of W. Ivanow (1886–1970) to Ismaili Studies
12:45–13:00 — Group photograph of the conference participants, Green Hall, IOM, RAS
Lunch 13:00–14:00
The House of Scientists, RAS. Banqueting Hall. Dvortsovaia Naberezhnaia 26
14:00–15:30, Session 1
Interactions between the Ismailis and Sufis
Chair: Hakim Elnazarov
Janis Esots, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK
Wladimir Ivanow on the Relationship of Sufism and Ismailism: The Case of Laʿl Shahbāz Qalandar (in English)
Daryoush Mohammad Poor, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK: Nizārī Ismailis and Sufis before the Mongol Invasion (in English)
Aleksey Khismatulin, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, St. Petersburg Devices of Anti-Shia and Anti-Ismaili Ideology in the Administrative Literature of Saljūqs (in Russian)
Coffee Break 15:30–16:00
16:00–16:30 — a visit to exhibition The Manuscript Heritage on the Banks of the River Neva / Tour of the Novo-Mikhailovskii Palace/ excursion
16:30–18:00, Session 2
The Influence of Sufism on the Traditions of Central Asian Ismailis
Chair: Stanislav Prozorov, IOM, RAS
Hakim Elnazarov, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK: Sufism and Central Asian Ismailism (in English)
Davlat Khudonazarov, Independent scholar: Mourning and the “blackness of death” in the culture of the Tajik Ismaʿīlīs (in Russian)
Leila Dodykhudoeva, The Institute of Linguistics, RAS, Moscow: Confessional and Regional Aspects of Meaning of the Term ‘Pir’ (in English)
19:00 Dinner in the restaurant 1001 Nights, 21 Millionnaia Street
DAY 2: October 11 (Friday) 2019
10:00–11:30 Session 3
W.A. Ivanow and the Study of Philosophical Ismailism
Chair: Janis Esots
Ramazon Nazariev, Tajik State Pedagogical University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Wladimir Ivanow and Philosophical and Religious Doctrines in Ismailism (in Russian)
Nazarkhudo Dastambuev, Tajik National University, Dushanbe Tajikistan: Wladimir Ivanow’s Analysis of Social Issues in Ismaili Doctrines (in Russian)
Tatyana Korneeva, Institute of Philosophy, RAS, Moscow, Russia: The Problem of the First Principle in Ismailism (in Russian)
Coffee Break 11:30–11:45
11:45 – 13:15 Session 4
Archival Materials in Ismaili Studies
Chair: Ramazon Nazariev
Pavel Basharin, Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow, Russia: The Archive of the Ismaili pīrs of Zong (Ishkashim, Badakhshan) (in Russian)
Oybek Makhmudov, Tashkent State University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Materials collected by A. A. Cherkasov on Pamiri Ismailism in 1904-1906 (in Russian)
Sarkor Sarkorov, Independent scholar: Ivan Zarubin and his Contribution to Ismaili Studies (in Russian)
Closing remarks: 13:15 – 13:30
Lunch 13:30–14:30
The House of Scientists, RAS. Banqueting Hall. Dvortsovaia Naberezhnaia 26
16:00 – 18:00
BOOK LAUNCH OF WLADIMIR IVANOW’S MEMOIRS: FIFTY YEARS IN THE EAST AND OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION ON WLADIMIR IVANOW
VENUE: HOUSE OF NATIONALITIES, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
Mokhovaya Ulitsa, 15, St Petersburg, Russia, 191028
