The Institute of Ismaili Studies is inviting applications for its seven-day residential summer programme, to take place in Toronto between 11–17 August 2014. Open to post-graduate students, entrepreneurs and professionals from the Jamat, the programme takes a civilisational approach to developing an understanding of Islam and Muslim societies. The application deadline has been extended to 13 May 2014.
Through a series of discussions on salient issues that impact Muslims today, this programme will seek to develop an informed understanding of the factors that have influenced historical developments and contemporary expressions of Islam which continue to shape contemporary Muslim societies. Speakers at the programme will be leading scholars from the IIS as well as eminent professors from prestigious universities in Europe and North America. Among the themes the programme will touch on are the following: Approaches to the study of Islam; the historical importance and contemporary relevance of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad; situating Imamat as a model of authority and leadership in Muslim traditions; law and its Muslim contexts; and contemporary landscape of the Muslim ummah.
