As part of its “Shia Islam and Ismaili Studies” lecture series, the Inaclo Foundation will welcome Dr. Toby Mayer of London's Institute of Ismaili Studies on March 03, 2025 for a lecture entitled “Reconstructing the Higher Thought of Muhammad B. 'Abd Al-Karim Al-Shahrastani (d.548/1153), Eclecticism or Intellectual Synthesis?”.
Dr Toby Mayer is Senior Research Associate at the the Institute of Ismaili Studies. After completing his studies at Cambridge (BA/MA) and Oxford Universities (MPhil. and DPhil.), Toby taught at SOAS, University of London before joining IIS. He worked with the late Professor Wilferd Madelung on Shahrastānī’s Muṣāraʿat al-Falāsifa (IB Tauris and IIS, 2001), on Ibn al-Walīd’s Ismaili interpretation of the Qaṣīdat al-Nafs attributed to Avicenna (IB Tauris and IIS, 2016), and Maslama al-Qurṭubī’s Rutbat al-Ḥakīm (forthcoming). The second of three volumes of his translation and study of Shahrastānī’s Qur’an commentary will shortly be published (Oxford University Press in association with IIS, 2025).
Inalco – Auditorium Georges Dumézil (2 rue de Lille 75007)
Conference at 6.15 PM
Cocktail at 8 PM
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, Eclecticism or Intellectual Synthesis?”.Biographical noteDr Toby Mayer is Senior Research Associate at the the Institute of Ismaili Studies. After completing his studies at Cambridge (BA/MA) and Oxford Universities (MPhil. and DPhil.), Toby taught at SOAS, University of London before joining IIS. He worked with the late Professor Wilferd Madelung on Shahrastānī’s Muṣāraʿat al-Falāsifa (IB Tauris and IIS, 2001), on Ibn al-Walīd’s Ismaili interpretation of the Qaṣīdat al-Nafs attributed to Avicenna (IB Tauris and IIS, 2016), and Maslama al-Qurṭubī’s Rutbat al-Ḥakīm (forthcoming). The second of three volumes of his translation and study of Shahrastānī’s Qur’an commentary will shortly be published (Oxford University Press in association with IIS, 2025). Inalco – Auditorium Georges Dumézil (2 rue de Lille 75007)Conference at 6.15 PMCocktail at 8 PMFind out more&source=https://dmluoj0wft2i7.cloudfront.net/thumbnails/media_slide_16x9/cdn/images/677bcf9b40285.jpg "LinkedIn")
, Eclecticism or Intellectual Synthesis?”.Biographical noteDr Toby Mayer is Senior Research Associate at the the Institute of Ismaili Studies. After completing his studies at Cambridge (BA/MA) and Oxford Universities (MPhil. and DPhil.), Toby taught at SOAS, University of London before joining IIS. He worked with the late Professor Wilferd Madelung on Shahrastānī’s Muṣāraʿat al-Falāsifa (IB Tauris and IIS, 2001), on Ibn al-Walīd’s Ismaili interpretation of the Qaṣīdat al-Nafs attributed to Avicenna (IB Tauris and IIS, 2016), and Maslama al-Qurṭubī’s Rutbat al-Ḥakīm (forthcoming). The second of three volumes of his translation and study of Shahrastānī’s Qur’an commentary will shortly be published (Oxford University Press in association with IIS, 2025). Inalco – Auditorium Georges Dumézil (2 rue de Lille 75007)Conference at 6.15 PMCocktail at 8 PMFind out more "Facebook")