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Dear friends and colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the second event in the Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series, and invite you to sign up today.

In this lecture, Dr Wissam Halawi (University of Lausanne) presents “The Druzes, from Ismaili Esotericism to the Formation of a Doctrinal School of Law”.

Date: 17 March 2021
Time: 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm GMT
Location: Online (Zoom)

Recording: Please note that the session will be recorded and published on the IIS website.
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Dr Wissam Halawi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Institute of History and Anthropology of Religions (IHAR). He is a social historian of the Islamic world in mediaeval times, and works on rural Shiite and Christian minorities in the Middle East. His publications include: Les Druzes aux marges de l’Islam. Ésotérisme et normativité en milieu rural XIVe-XVIe siècle (Paris, 2021).
About the series

The Islamic History and Thought Lecture Series, convened by Dr Fârès Gillon at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, is designed to invite scholars of various international academic institutions, specialising in intellectual, social and political aspects of medieval and early modern Islamic societies, to present and discuss their research.
 
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