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Explore our multimedia content ranging from interviews with authors of publications to lectures delivered by IIS scholars and guest speakers as well as of select events hosted by the Institute.

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  • 03 Oct 2018
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Keynote address one: The Renaissance of Shiʿi Islam in the 15th–17th Centuries

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  • 03 Oct 2018
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Keynote address two: The Renaissance of Shiʿi Islam in the 15th–17th Centuries

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  • 01 Sep 2018
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Memoirs of the First Aga Khan

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  • 23 Aug 2018
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Opening Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the opening of the Aga Khan Centre, London

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  • 23 Jul 2018
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Ecstasy and Enlightenment

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  • 10 Apr 2018
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A Thousand (and One) Interpretations of the Qur'an

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  • 15 Mar 2018
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IIS Commemorative Lectures Connecting the Past, Present and the Future

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  • 10 Mar 2018

The Fatimids: 1. The Rise of a Muslim Empire

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  • 23 Feb 2018
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Special Collections at IIS

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  • 15 Jan 2018
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  • 06 Nov 2017
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  • 06 Apr 2017
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Intellectual Interactions in the Islamic World: The Ismaili Thread

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