First International Ghadīr Conference on Shia Studies

The Life, Times, and Works of Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ʿĀmilī:
An Early Modern Muslim Polymath

The Ghadir Forum provides a venue for discussing state-of-the-field research in Islamic Studies. This is meant to serve as a leading forum, particularly in the field of Shi'a Studies—broadly conceived. The Ghadir Forum brings together scholars, researchers, students, and the interested public to engage books, research articles, and ideas in the field. A vast range of topics from textual studies to social and historical inquiries are included in the purview of this conference.

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Sunday, June 23, 2024, program

7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Welcome: Hossein Kamaly
Imam Ali Chair Professor of Shia Studies & Dialogue Among Muslim Schools of Thought
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace

Opening Prayer: Rev. Dr. David Grafton
Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
Director of the Duncan Black MacDonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace

Introduction: Hossein Kamaly
Imam Ali Library: Dr. Mahmood M. Kazmi, MD
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Auliya Council of North America, Mahopac, New York

8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Documentary film screening, Al-Kāfī: On the Shia Canon of Ḥadīth

Ongoing: Taẕhīb Art Exhibition by Behnaz Karjoo

Monday, June 24, 2024, program

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Academic Presentations

9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.: Keynote, Dr. Sajjad Rizvi (via Zoom), Philosophy and Poetry as a Way of Life, University of Exeter

9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.: Amirhosein Pourjavady, Echoes of the Court: Musical Writings and the Royal Library in Seventeenth-Century Safavid Persia, Independent scholar

10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.: Younes Madhavi, Patronage and Science in the Career of Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī, University of Oklahoma

10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Q&A and coffee break

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Mahdieh Tavakol (via Zoom), A Meeting Point of Two Intellectual Traditions: The Library of Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī (d. 1030/1621) in Safavid Iran, Institut für Islamwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany

12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Shadi Shafiie, Elite Gatherings: Envisioning a Feast with a Safavid Ruler, Los Angeles County Museum

12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Hadi Jorati: Sugar in the Beggar's Bowl: Persian Poetry in Baha' al-Din al-Amili's Kashkul, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Q&A & Concluding remarks

Musical performance by Dr. Amirhossein Pourjavady

Organized by the Imam Ali Chair in Shia Studies & Dialogue Among Muslim Schools of Thought (Hossein Kamaly, Ph.D.)