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A panel at the 47th MESA Annual Meeting (2014) organised by Shi'i Studies research associates at The IIS entitled Shiism in a Historical Perspective.

The Institute of Ismaili Studies is pleased to announce the publication of an English translation of the text on the fourth Fatimid Imam-caliph, al-Mu‘izz li-Din Allah, from Idris ‘Imad al-Din’s ‘Uyun al-akhbar.

Drs Shainool Jiwa and Arzina Lalani presented papers in Ankara, on 18-22 August 2014, as part of a panel at the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES).

Professor Eric Ormsby has received The World Book Award of the Islamic Republic of Iran for his translation of Nasir-i Khusraw’s Jami‘ al-Hikmatayn under the title Between Reason and Revelation: Twin Wisdoms Reconciled.

The IIS is pleased to announce the establishment of Ismaili Special Collections Unit (ISCU), an independent research unit working under the supervision of the IIS’ Co-Director, Dr. Farhad Daftary.

The fifth cohort of the Institute’s Secondary Teacher Education Programme(STEP) celebrated their achievements at a graduation ceremony held at the Ismaili Centre, London, on 5th April 2014.

Drs Omar Alí-de-Unzaga, Stephen Burge and Nuha al-Sha‘ar of the Qur’anic Studies Unit presented a panel entitled Citations of the Qur’anin Islamic Literature at the Inaugural Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS)in Edinburgh.

Dr Janis Esots, a Research Associate in Shi‘i Studies, presented a paper at a workshop on the thought of al-Farabi, held at Marquette University in Milwaukee, U.S.A., on 11-13 June 2014.

Crossing the Threshold: Understanding Religious Identities in South Asia, by Dominique-Sila Khan, is a new publication of the Institute which examines the shaping of religious identities in South Asia. In particular, the author considers the role played by Ismaili Islam in the intricate interface between South Asian religious communities, which has to this day remained largely unexplored.