The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam (Zoom)

Date and Time

May 13, 2022
01:00PM - 03:00PM EDT

Location

Online Only
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"The Second International Symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’a Islam"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

1:00PM - 2:30PM EDT | Panel 5: Shi’a Identities and Politics in the Modern Levant and Turkey

  • "Ambiguity and Interfaith Dialogues: Making and Unmaking Bonds between the Isma'ili Druze and the Twelver Shi'a in Lebanon"
    Rula Abisaab, McGill University.
  • "Lebanese Shi'a and Hezbollah: A Mutually Impacting Relationship"
    Aurelie Daher, Paris-Dauphine University.
  • "Becoming a Minority: Alawites and Identity Politics in Syria"
    Aghiad Ghanem, Sciences Po.
  • "State-Religion Relations and Alevis in Turkey"
    Mustafa Sen, Middle East Technical University.
  • "Baba Rexheb and the Bektashi Order: Between Sufism and Shi'ism"
    Seyed Amir Hossein Asghari, Indiana University.
  • Moderator: Payam Mohseni, Harvard University.

2:30PM EDT | Closing Remarks

For more information, please visit the symposium website.

Contact:

Payam Mohseni
pmohseni@fas.harvard.edu

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https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Os_CacwDQ4OqWWNFLIaRqg

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