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05 Feb 2025
News

Prince Rahim Aga Khan V Named 50th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims

14 Dec 2021
Announcement

IIS Senior Research Fellow Appointed Membro Nazionale of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

13 Dec 2021
Book launch

Aga Khan Centre Receives Gift of Beautiful Gulgee Paintings in Keshavjee Bequest

08 Dec 2021
News

IIS Launches Digital Curriculum Platform

06 Dec 2021
News

Third-Year GPISH Students Give Dissertation Presentations

Wladmir Ivanow's image on the right with some text written in Arabic/Urdu on the left in blue ink (could be a letter)

23 Nov 2021
Announcement

Wladimir Ivanow and Modern Ismaili Studies Set to Open at AKC Gallery

A sketch with one person sitting in a king chair and speaking with another person sitting in a normal chair, both look like Chinese

04 Nov 2021
Academic

Registration for Fatimid Cosmopolitanism Conference Opens

Book poster of the book 'An anthology of Quranic commentaries Volume II'

04 Nov 2021
News

Women in the Qur’an: IIS Publishes Groundbreaking Anthology

Book poster of the book 'An anthology of Quranic commentaries Volume II'

04 Nov 2021
Interview

A Fresh Look at Women in Qur’anic Interpretation

A Camel walking in a desert with people on its back (image from a coin)

29 Sep 2021
News

Exciting Additions to IIS Special Collections

A girl in sky blue hoody smiling and looking away

29 Sep 2021
News

STUDENT VOICES: Magic Within the Walls of Victoria Hall

A GPISH student Semina Halani standing in sunshine and posing

18 Aug 2021
Alumni

GPISH Alumna Receives Scholarship for Harvard World Literature Summer Programme

STEP student from C14 wearing a headset in a studio and posing.

17 Aug 2021
Alumni

WTEP Alumna Secures Role as Interpreter at G7 Summit

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