Dr Maria De Cillis
Senior Research Associate and Managing Editor for Shi'i Heritage Series
Free Will and Predestination in Ibn Arabi's Thought
- Guest Speaker at the International Conference Fatimid Cosmopolitanism: History, Material Culture, Politics, and Religion, organised by the Institute of Ismaili Studies. Paper presented: “Al-Kirmānī’s Contribution to Intellectual Cosmopolitanism in the Fatimid Age” (London, 6-9 December 2021)
- Guest Speaker at the 10th International Colloquium for the Societé Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabes et Islamiques SIHSPAI (Science, Philosophy and Kalām in Islamic Civilization: The Old and the New). Paper presented: Kalām and Falsafa in al-Kirmānī’s Discourse: an Ismaili Insight on the Intellect, Soul and the Human Acquisition of Salvation (Naples, Italy, 9-11 September 2019).
- Guest Speaker at The Muhiddin Ibn ʿArabi Society (MIAS LATINA): Presented paper: “Immutabilità e Perfezione nell’Unicità dell'Esistenza: Un’Analisi Comparativa tra Sufismo e Neoplatonismo con Accenni alla Teoria Ismailita”. (Turin, Italy, 22-23 September 2018).
- Guest Speaker at the 34th International Symposium for The Muhiddin Ibn ʿArabi Society: Presented paper: ‘Free Will and Predestination in Ibn ʿArabī's Thought. Between Philosophy and Mysticism’, SOAS (06 May 2017).
- Chair of the panel: Philosophical and Theological Debates related to Ismaili Doctrines for the IIS International Conference Islamic Traditions in ‘Greater Khurāsān’: Ismailis, Sufis and Sunnis (London, 24-27 February 2021)
- Chair of the panel: Sufi-Ismaili Relationships for the Conference ‘Intellectual Interactions in the Islamic World: The Ismaili Tread’ (Convenor. O. Mir-Kasimov), (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 19-21 October 2016).
- Participation to the Workshop 'Introduction to Arabic Manuscript Studies' (Led by Prof Adam Gacek). (London, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 4-8 April, 2016).
- Conference Co-ordinator. Collaboration for the organisation of the conference with Dr. A. Shiahadeh “The Ontology of the Soul in Medieval Arabic Thought” (SOAS in September 2010).
- Conference paper: BRAIS (British Association for Islamic Studies): Presented paper: ‘Al-Kirmānī’s Perspective on Spiritual Assistance and the Accomplishment of Prophethood in the Story of Moses and Shuʿayb’, University of Chester (11-13 April 2017)
- Conference paper: ‘Discussions on Love and Providence in Avicenna and al-Kirmani’, International Conference of Arabic and Islamic Studies, (Venice, Italy, 13-14 June, 2016).
- Book Launch and Lecture: Salvation and Destiny in Islam: Sketching Ḥamīd al-Dīn al-Kirmānī’s Views on the qaḍāʾ wa’l-qadar Debate (London, 13 May 2019).
- Lecture: ‘Ibn Sina and al-Kirmani on God, Creation, Emanation and Origination’, (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, July 2011).
