AKU-ISMC launches inaugural short course – Exploring Muslim Cultures

December 2008

In November and December 2008, AKU-ISMC launched its series of short courses, with its first offering being Exploring Muslim Cultures I. This 7-week survey course aimed to provide participants with an overview of contemporary Muslim cultures from an historical perspective. More...

First Research Fellows Seminar

December 2008

On 4 December, AKU-ISMC held the inaugural Research Fellows Seminar for faculty and research staff of the Institute, to introduce its research fellows and their projects, as well as raise questions related to the development of a collaborative research project for the fellows. The seminar is the first of the Research Fellows Seminar Series, which will culminate in an international workshop in 2009, leading to a publication. More...

Modjtaba Sadria Presents at International Social Scientists Congress

December 2008

Professor Modjtaba Sadria presented a paper at the Second International Social Scientists Congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan entitled Social, Political, Economical Search in Central Asian Societies. The Congress was attended by scholars from a variety of disciplines and geographical locations – Turkey, the former Soviet Union, American and Europe and Central Asia. More...

Dr Sarah Bowen-Savant Presents at Seminar on Religious and Political Uses of Genealogies in Islamic Societies

December 2008

AKU-ISMC Assistant Professor Sarah Bowen-Savant presented a paper at the International Seminar on the Religious and Political Uses of Genealogies in Islamic Societies, held at the Universidad de Alcala, Spain, on 7 - 8 November 2008. The conference was organised by Helena de Felipe of theUniversidad de Alcalá with the assistance of Angelica Soleiman. More...

City Women’s Network Breakfast Held at AKU-ISMC

November 2008

On the 6th of November, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations hosted a breakfast of the City Women’s Network (CWN). The breakfast included a presentation led by Assistant Professor Kathryn Spellman-Poots and provided members of the network an opportunity to find out more about the work of the Institute. More...

Professor Modjtaba Sadria contributes chapter in book – Pathways to Reconciliation

November 2008

In October 2008, a chapter contributed by AKU-ISMC Professor Modjtaba Sadria, ‘Hegemony, Ethics and Reconciliation’, was published in Pathways to Reconciliation (Rothfield, Fleming, Komesaroff (eds), 2008). The book is a creative engagement with the central terms of reconciliation. More...

Aga Khan Academy Mombasa Head of Science Department speaks at AKU-ISMC

October 2008

On 16 October, Aziz Batada, Head of the Science Department at the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa presented an overview of the Academies and led a discussion session with the Institute’s students and faculty entitled ‘Creating Capacity for Local Knowledges’. Batada introduced the work of the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, and discussed a range of issues related to the Academy. More...

Cities: Understanding Socio-cultural Transformation workshop held in Istanbul

November 2008

The workshop, Cities: Understanding Socio-cultural Transformation, was co-hosted by the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and Istanbul Bilgi University. The workshop was held at santralistanbul, Istanbul on the 15th and 16th October, 2008. More...