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.

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).

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.

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)

Applications for the Visiting Fellow Scheme accepted, closing date 22nd March 2010 – for information see under Funding

Invitations for Research Programme Grants for the second year of the project, closing date 22nd March 2010 – for information see under Funding