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).

Second Workshop of the Knowledge and Authority in the Hawza held on 9th December 2009 at the University of Exeter IAIS in Exeter

Inaugural Lecture of the Knowledge and Authority in the Hawza held on 2nd June 2009 at the The British Academy in London

Inaugural Workshop of the Knowledge and Authority in the Hawza held on 2nd June 2009 at the The British Academy in London