Amazing news, congratulations!

The deadline for abstract submissions is 14 November 2025. See the CfP for full details.

The aim of the workshop is think about interactions between Muslim groups in early Islam not in terms of polemics and acts of violence, but rather in terms of day-to-day interactions and the institutions and organisational structures which facilitated or restricted such interactions.

I am pleased to announce the call for papers for a workshop Edmund Hayes and I are organising as part of the Embodied Imamate project: "The Social Dynamics of Communal Affiliation in Early Islam," to be held between 11–12 June 2026 at Leiden University.

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

It's been a while in the making, but I'm delighted to announce the launch of the the Shii Studies Network which I am running with my colleague Fatima Zaraket.

Follow us for updates on the exciting events and initiatives we have coming up.

A great couple of days with some great people!

We are honored to welcome @nhaider.bsky.social as the keynote speaker for this workshop. The @embodiedimamate.bsky.social team will be well-represented in it. Can’t wait to hear @aramadhan.bsky.social on prayer leadership in the Early Imami Community!

I am thrilled to announce the workshop “Policing the Prayer in Sectarian Islam: Spaces, Temporalities, Coercion (7th–15th centuries”, taking place in Naples on February 27–28, 2025, which I am co-organizing with Enki Baptiste and @athinap.bsky.social

We were honoured to have Sayed Hossein al-Qazwini visit us in Leiden today to discuss our project, early Islamic history, Imāmī biographical works, and khums amongst much more.

May as well give this a go.