London is currently a central point for decisions in the Shi’i world. An important workshop this weekend brings together key researchers and academics to discuss a range of topical issues.
“The day will take as its theme empirical and ethnographic research on local and transnational Shi’ networks in European countries. There is currently very little published work in this important area and the aim is to address this gap.”
– Dr Kathryn Spellman-Poots Associate Professor,
Aga Khan University – Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU – ISMC)
EVENT: Being Shi’i Muslim in Europe: Local and Transnational Dimensions
HOST: Chaired by Dr Kathryn Spellman-Poots Associate Professor at ISMC.
DATE: Sunday, April 12, 2015
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m GMT
VENUE: The Aga Khan University – Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU – ISMC), 210 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA
The day’s sessions are as follows and include time for discussion.
- Mapping Shia Networks in London: Some Preliminary Results, Oliver Scharbrodt (University of Chester)
- Shi’ite Muslims in Sweden, David Thurfjell and Göran Larsson (Södertörn University, Stockholm)
Ethnogeography as a theoretical framework for examining generational dynamics within transnational Shia networks, Chris Heinhold (University of Chester)- Food for Thought: Iranian Shias and the Making of British Shi’ism, Kathryn Spellman Poots (AKU-ISMC) and Reza Gholami (University of Middlesex)
- The Aesthetics of Ritual: Performing ‘Iraqi-Shi’a’ Subjectivity in the Diaspora, Emanuelle Degli Esposti (SOAS)
- Shia Mourning Poetry by Women Writers in the 20th Century, Yafa Shanneik, (University of Chester),
- The Ashura parade in Oslo as “Peace parade”: Negotiating commemoration, protest and identity politics in a multinational context Ingvild Flaskerud (University of Oslo) and
- Recreating Karbala in London: Contested Expressions of Commemorating Ashura among Twelver Shi’i Muslims of South Asian Background Sufyan Abid (University of Chester)
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