December workshop
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
University of Exeter
EX4 4ND
Exeter
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Second workshop on
The Future and Prospects of the Hawza
10.00 Arrival, Coffee/Tea, Opening Remarks (Robert Gleave)
10.20 Rutner, Maryam: Opportunities for women’s religious training in contemporary Iran
10.50 Research Report: Bianka Speidl (Exeter)
11.10 Teas/Coffee
11.40 Husain, Jasim: The future of Shia religious authority: the impact of modern technologies and the need for professionalization
12.20 Fusari, Massimiliano: Visual Anthropology and imaging the Hawza
13.00 Lunch
14.20 Damji, Bashir and Datoo, Alihusain: The dawn of new Najaf: iMaraja, modernity and traditional leadership: opportunities and challenges
15.00 Al-Hakim, Ali Hussain: The challenges of remaining independent with a view to emerging Mujtahids and Maraje’
15.40 Tea/Coffee
16.10 Research Report: Hayder Al-Khoie (London)
16.30 Riggs, Robert: The globalization of religious authority as a challenge to the contemporary Hawza?
17.10 Close
There is no charge for attending the workshop, but registration in advance is necessary and catering numbers for lunch need to be finalised. To register, contact the Hawza Project Administrator, Ms Jane Clark (jane.clark@exeter.ac.uk). For enquiries about the Hawza Project generally, contact Professor Robert Gleave (gleave@thehawzaproject.net).
June lecture
British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
Tuesday 14th June 2011
Dr Laurence Louër (Science Po Paris)
Shi’a Religious Authority in the Gulf
5.00pm onwards: Tea will be served
6.00pm-7.30pm: Lecture
All are welcome. There is no charge for admission.
June workshop
The British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
Wednesday 15th June 2011
First workshop on
Challenges and Prospects for the Hawza
09.45am Opening Remarks (Robert Gleave)
10.00am Morgan Clark, “Scholarly legacies and cumulative change within the Shi‘i tradition: The example of Ayatollah Fadlallah”
10.30am Katheleen Foody, “Remembering the Just Ruler: thinking the problem of the state from within Shi’i traditions of learning”
11.00am Tea/Coffee
11.30am Maryam Rutner, “Opportunities for women’s religious training in contemporary Iran”
12.00pm Robert Riggs, “The globalization of religious authority as a challenge to the contemporary Hawza?”
12.30pm Ali al-Hakim, “The challenges of remaining independent with a view to emerging Mujtahids and Maraje”
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Jasim Hussain, “The future of Shia religious authority: the impact of modern technologies and the need for professionalisation”
2.30pm Bashir Damji and, Alihusain Datoo, “The dawn of new Najaf: iMaraja, modernity and traditional leadership: opportunities and challenges”
3.00pm Tea/Coffee
3.30pm Sean Seymour, “Philosophy and anti-philosophy in the seminaries of Syria”
4.00pm Omid Ghaemmaghami, “The debate over contact with the Hidden Imam at the Hawzas of Qum and Damascus
4.30pm: Closing remarks (Robert Gleave)
5.00pm Close
7.30pm Workshop Meal (places are limited)
There is no charge for attending the workshop, but registration in advance is necessary and catering numbers for lunch need to be finalised. To register, contact the Hawza Project Administrator, Ms Jane Clark (jane.clark@exeter.ac.uk). For enquiries about the Hawza Project generally, contact Professor Robert Gleave (gleave@thehawzaproject.net).
March workshop
Royal Holloway
University of London
Egham Hill
Egham
TW20 0EX
March 29th, 2011
Third workshop on
The History and Development of the Hawza
09.45am Opening Remarks (Robert Gleave, Hawza Project Director)
10.00am Robert Riggs (University of Pennsylvania): Tracing the Financial Underpinnings of the Hawza system in Iraq
10.30am Mohammad Mesbahi (ICAS): The Breathing Period between two Dictatorships: 1941 – 1953 Hawza of Qum
11.00am Tea and Coffee
11.30am Zachery Heern (University of Utah): Myth or History? The Foundation of the Hawza in Najaf
12.00pm Sajad Jiyad (CISS): Establishing Najaf as the Shi’a Hawza: Shaykh Tusi’s role in the history and development of the seminary
12.30pm Fouad Kadhem (University of Exeter): The Shia Movement in Iraq: the Road to Sectarian Identity 1963-1980
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Bashir Damji (University of Exeter): The Quest for Religious Self- Sufficiency: The Ethnic Hawzas
2.30pm Sajjad Rizvi (University of Exeter): Shaykhī and Akhbārī Learning in Eastern Arabia
3.00pm Tea and Coffee
3.30pm Julien Pelissier (Université de Toulouse): The History of the Teaching of Financial and Economic Matters at the Hawzas of Qum and Najaf
4.00pm Ahab Bdaiwi (University of Exeter) The Study and Teaching of Islamic Philosophy during the Modern Reformations Period in the Seminary of Najaf from 1920-2010
4.30pm Closing Remarks (Robert Gleave)
5.00pm Close
7.30pm Workshop Meal (places are limited)
The workshop is free to attend, but places must be booked in advance. Please e-mail the workshop organizer Professor Vanessa Martin (v.martin@rhul.ac.uk) to reserve a place by 24th March 2011. Accommodation may be available for participants. Those wishing to reserve rooms should contact Professor Martin for availability.
Upcoming events
15th June
Hawza Project Public Lecture, The British Academy, London: details to follow
16th June
1st workshop on “Challenges and Prospects for the Hawza” to be held at The British Academy, London: details to follow
27th-29th June
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies conference to be held at the University of Exeter: Hawza Project panel: details to follow
December
2nd workshop on “Challenges and Prospects for the Hawza”: details to follow
2012
March
3rd workshop on “Challenges and Prospects for the Hawza”: details to follow.
The project ends on 1st April 2012.
Updates
December workshop
Royal Holloway
University of London
Egham Hill
Egham
TW20 0EX
December 14th, 2010
Second workshop on
The History and Development of the Hawza
09.45am Opening Remarks (Robert Gleave, Hawza Project Director)
10.00am Alexander Hainy: “Mirza Husain Nuri: The last Akhbari?”
10.30am Sajjad Jiyad: “Establishing Najaf as the Shi'a Hawza: Shaykh Tusi's role in the history and development of the seminary”
11.00am Tea and Coffee
11.30am Fouad Kadhem: “Shi'i 'ulama and Secular Movements in Iraq between 1950 and 1963”
12.00pm Mohammad Mesbahi and Mohammad Samiei: “The breathing period between two dictatorships: 1941 - 1953 Hawza of Qum”
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Ahab Bdaiwi: “The Introduction of Philosophy into the Hawza of Najaf in 1955”
2.00pm Mohammadjavad Ardalan: “The establishment of the universal Shi’ah marja’iyat in Qum: 1943-1947”
2.30pm Constance Arminjon: “A genealogy of wilâyat al-faqîh: from the origins to the institution of the Islamic Republic”
3.00pm Tea and Coffee
3.30pm Robert Gleave: “Language debates in the Hawza in the 1970s and 80s”
4.00pm Bashir Damji: “The quest for religious self-sufficiency: the ethnic Hawzas”
4.30pm Closing Remarks (Robert Gleave, Hawza Project Director)
5.00pm Close
7.30pm Workshop Meal (places are limited)
There is no charge for attending the workshop, but registration in advance is necessary and catering numbers for lunch need to be finalised. To register, contact the workshop organiser, Professor Vanessa Martin (v.martin@rhul.ac.uk). For enquiries about the Hawza Project generally, contact Professor Robert Gleave (gleave@thehawzaproject.net).
May Lecture
British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
May 12th, 2010
Dr Sabrina Mervin
Can we write a history of the Hawza?
Challenges, Issues and Prospects
Lecture at 6.00pm (7.30pm close)
Afternoon Tea available from 5.00pm
All are welcome. There is no charge for admission.
May workshop
British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
May 13th, 2010
First workshop on
The History and Development of the Hawza
09.45am Opening Remarks (Robert Gleave, Hawza Project Director)
10.00am Sajjad Rizvi (University of Exeter), “Shaykhi and Akhbari Learning in Eastern Arabia” (Research Programme Briefing)
10.30am Reidar Visser (NOPI), “The Failed Attempt at Establishing an Akhbari Hawza in Basra”
11.00am Teas/Coffee
11.30am Zackery Heern (University of Utah), “Myth or History: The Foundation of the Hawza in Najaf” (Research Programme Briefing)
12.00pm Fouad Kadhem (University of Exeter), “Najaf, Baghdad and the Iraqi Politics 1950-1980”
1230pm Julien Pelissier (Universite de Toulouse), “The History of the Teaching of Financial and Economic Matters at the Hawzas of Qum and Najaf (1950-the present)” (Research Programme Briefing)
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Alexander Hainy (ICAS), “Mirza Husain Nuri: The last Akhbari?”
2.30pm Mohammad Mesbahi and, Mohammad Samiei (ICAS), “The Breathing Period between two Dictatorships: 1941 – 1953 Hawza of Qum” (Research Programme Briefing)
3.00pm Mohammadjavad Ardelan (University of Oxford) “Ayatollah Sayyed Husayn Burujirdi’s life (1875-1961) and his role in the development of the hawza of Qum” (PhD Report)
3.15pm Tea/Coffee
3.45pm Bashir Damji (University of Exeter), “The Quest for Religious Self- Sufficiency: The Ethnic Hawzas” (Research Programme Briefing)
4.15pm Robert Riggs (Franklin & Marshall) “Tracing the Financial Underpinnings of the Hawza system in Iraq”
4.45pm Closing Remarks
5.00pm Close
There is no charge for attending the workshop, but registration in advance is necessary and catering numbers for lunch need to be finalised. To register, contact Ms Jane Clark (Jane.Clark@exeter.ac.uk). For enquiries about the Hawza Project generally, contact Professor Robert Gleave (gleave@thehawzaproject.net)
March workshop
Royal Holloway College,
University of London
London (UK)
March 30th, 2009
Third and last workshop on
Knowledge and Authority in the Hawza
09.45am Opening Remarks
10.00am Mohammed Samiei (Islamic College, London), “Hybrid Students and Research Institutes in the Hawza”
10.30am Alexander Hainy (Islamic College, London), “Philosophy in the “state-funded” Hawzas of Qom post-1979”
11.00am Teas/Coffee
11.30am Morgan Clarke (University of Manchester), “Contemporaneity and tradition in the hawza of Ayatollah Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah”
12.00pm Roja Fazaeli (TCD, Dublin) and Miriam Kunkler (Princeton University), “Training female ulama in Jama'at al-Zahra - New Opportunities for Old Role Models?"
1230pm PhD Research Report: Fouad Kadhem (University of Exeter), “The relationship of Najaf clergy to the Baghdad government in historical perspective”
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Reidar Vissar (NOPI), “On the Margins of the Hawza: The Shaykhis and the Akhbaris of Basra and Their Relationships with the Shiite Centres of Learning”
2.30pm Alessandro Cancian and Massimiliano Fusari, “What do you mean? Drafting a multi-media hands-on exploration over the transmission of knowledge at the Hawzas”
3.00pm Zackary Heern (University of Utah), "Charismatic Knowledge and Authority in Early Modern Shi'sm"
3.30pm Tea/Coffee
4.00pm Ali Hosseinizadeh (Mofid University, Qum), “Modern Science, Traditional Authority: The influence of modern humanities on the Shiite Seminary”
5.00pm Robert Riggs (Franklin & Marshall), “Khums collection and re-distribution: The legitimization factor in Shi‘i religious leadership structures"
5.30pm Closing remarks
7.30pm Workshop Meal (places are limited)
There is no charge for attending the workshop, but registration in advance is necessary and catering numbers for lunch need to be finalised. To register, contact the workshop organiser, Professor Vanessa Martin (v.martin@rhul.ac.uk), copying into your e-mail the Hawza Project administrator Ms Xeni Nikakis (admin@thehawzaproject.net). For enquiries about the Hawza Project generally, contact Professor Robert Gleave (gleave@thehawzaproject.net).