Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship Programme

Guldastasho Alibakhshov was awarded the IIS Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London.

Thesis: Rebuilding Diasporic Community: Memory and Identity in the Tajik-Ismaili Diaspora in Russia.

Muhammad Salim was awarded the IIS Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

Thesis: The Impact of Digital Communication Technologies on the Socio-Religious Experiences of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim Community.

Farhan Feroz Ali was awarded the IIS Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London.

Thesis: Translating echoes divine, or socio-sensorial experiences at Bhitshah’s shrine.

Anika Kabani was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Oxford.

Thesis: Negotiating Muslimness: Humanitarian Legal Regimes and the Shaping of the Muslim Subject.

Abdul Wahid Khan was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford.

Thesis: The Blessings of the Commons for the Local Community (and More-than-Humans) of Chitral, Pakistan: An Apocalypse of a Culturalscape and Muslims’ Approaches to Climate Change.

Uzair Ibrahim was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.

Thesis: Amid Worlds Seen and Unseen: A Genealogy of History, Tradition, and Memory in South Asian Shīʿī Islam

This thesis will build on his MA, situating the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his family within the broader intellectual history of Islamic occult and metaphysical thought.

Imran Visram was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a DPhil in Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford.

Thesis: Preservation and Migration of the Indo-Ismaili Ginān Tradition

This thesis to investigate how the emergence and global spread of new technologies has affected the preservation and generational transmission of the ginans.

Karam Alkatlabe was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Architecture at Cambridge University.

Thesis: Rebuilding Syria: What is the Future of Housing and Informal Settlements in Post-war Damascus in light of the Current Reconstruction Process?

This research will focus on proposing tentative solutions to rebuild the housing structure of Damascus.

Qurratulain Faheem was awarded the IIS Doctoral Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Sussex.

Thesis: Exploring the Variant Perceptions of the Human Body in Muslim Diverse Communities and its Impact on their Approaches Towards Organ Transplantation

This research will explore the various actors and institutions which Muslim communities form their perceptions towards a biomedical ethical phenomenon, such as organ transplantation; and the diversity of perceptions and approaches found among Muslim communities.