WORKSHOP: STUDYING SHĪʿĪ ISLAM: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

WORKSHOP: STUDYING SHĪʿĪ ISLAM: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

What are the methodological issues facing Shīʿī studies?  Are these different from those posed to Islamic studies more generally?  This workshop will examine whether Shiʿism forms a distinct field of research and study, with its own methodological approaches. Through presentations of the latest research from both established and emerging experts in the field of Shīʿī Studies, the future direction of Shīʿī studies will be explored.

Friday, March 8, 2013

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Swift Hall, Common Room at the University of Chicago

For more information, visit http://misi.uchicago.edu/page/events.