MENA-related Events Calendar

Organiser: Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

Speaker: Ferenc Csirkés

This talk delves into a greatly neglected subject: the religious culture of the Turkophone element in late Ṣafavid Iran. The focal point of the discussion is the Jinān al-muʾminīn, a lesser-known account from the late-seventeenth century, detailing the martyrdom of Ḥusayn, a key event in the history of Shiism, and events and figures associated with it. The work is the otherwise unknown Turkic rendition of Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kaṣhifī’s (c. 1426-1504) Persian martyrology, the Rawżat al-shuhadā, one of the most popular representatives of the genre in the period. Aside from analysing the content and style of the Jinān and comparing it to both the Persian original and other Turkic renditions produced during the Ṣafavid period, I will also scrutinise its manuscript copies. I will contend that the work is best understood against the backdrop of Shiite scholarly circles in ascendance at the Ṣafavid court attempting to control religious ritual both across the realm in general and in the Turkophone Qizilbash community in particular.

Organiser: BRICUP Seminar Series 2023-4

Speaker: Dr Hil Aked (Independent Researcher)

All seminars are on-line events, and take place at 18.00-19.30 London time. They consist of a presentation by the guest lecturer, an exchange with a discussant, and then questions and contributions. All participants are expected to read a short extract of the relevant text in advance, around which the discussion will revolve. Advance registration is necessary.

Organiser: BRICUP Seminar Series 2023-4

Speaker: Professor Rashid Khalidi (Colombia University NY)

All seminars are on-line events, and take place at 18.00-19.30 London time. They consist of a presentation by the guest lecturer, an exchange with a discussant, and then questions and contributions. All participants are expected to read a short extract of the relevant text in advance, around which the discussion will revolve. Advance registration is necessary.

Organiser: BRICUP Seminar Series 2023-4

Speaker: Professor Avi Shlaim (University of Oxford)

All seminars are on-line events, and take place at 18.00-19.30 London time. They consist of a presentation by the guest lecturer, an exchange with a discussant, and then questions and contributions. All participants are expected to read a short extract of the relevant text in advance, around which the discussion will revolve. Advance registration is necessary.