Dr George Warner

George Warner studied Assyriology, Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Cambridge before completing his PhD at SOAS in 2017. He has published peer-reviewed articles on topics including Sunni-Shi’i relations, hadith, ritual, and devotional literature in Arabic and Persian, and his first book, ‘The Words of the Imams: al-Shaykh al-Saduq and the Development of Twelver Shi’i Hadith Literature’, was published in 2021 by I. B. Tauris. Prior to arriving at the IIS, he held positions at SOAS, Exeter, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany.

Areas of Focus/Research: Devotional literature, Ritual, Shi’i intellectual history, Sunni-Shi’i relations, Hadith

Current Research/Project: A conference cum edited volume on devotion to the Prophet’s household.