【2024/01/12 CISMOR Seminar no.4/2023】“Madhhab-i ʿishq (The School of Love): Rūmī and the (Non)-Representation of Shiʿism in 13th Century Anatolia” *registration is needed

2023/12/27

We will hold the CISMOR Seminar (no.4/2023)

“Madhhab-i ʿishq (The School of Love): Rūmī and the (Non)-Representation of Shiʿism in 13th Century Anatolia”

on the following time and place:

Friday, January 12, 2024 【Japan】16:00-17:45

Lecturer:Dr. Lloyd Ridgeon (Reader in Islamic Studies, the Department of Theology, University of Glasgow）

【On Site】Doshisha University, Imadegawa Campus, Neisei-Kan, 3F, Room No. 35 

【Online】ZOOM Platform

This seminar will be held in a hybrid format. Both require prior registration.

Please fill in the form at https://forms.gle/mX8mzJofcP1a2DDx6, by Jan 9, at 24:00 JST. For those who will participate online, Zoom URL will be provided by Jan 10 (Fri).

Contact Person: Naoki Nishiyama (nishiyama[at]ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp)（change[a]to@）

【Summary】

During the 13th century Sufism became increasingly popular in the Islamic heartlands, to the extent that it became a “normative” and perhaps the most common expression of Islam. One of the most celebrated exponents of Sufism is Rūmī (d. 1273) and his “School of Love” helps to explain for the relative absence of denominational conflict between Sunnis and Shiʿas at this time. By examining the context of Sufism in the 12th and 13th centuries, and investigating Rūmī’s poetic works (such as his voluminous Dīwān and the Mathnawī), and in particular, where he references specific individuals, events or groups of people held sacred by the Shiʿas, it is possible to ascertain the significance that major Sunni-Sufis attributed to the Shiʿi communities and their beliefs.

*The announcement of another lecture by Dr. Ridgeon in Tokyo on January 20 (Sat), and a graduate seminar led by Dr. Ridgeon at the University of Tokyo on January 23 (Mon) will be released shortly. (Dr. Ridgeon will also give a lecture in Kyoto on January 16, hosted by Kyoto University).

This event is co-hosted by CISMOR, Doshisha University; the JSPS Kakenhi Project “”Sunnis” and “Shiʿis”: Historical Inquiries into Confessional Identities and Mutual Perceptions” (23H00674); and Kazuhiro Arai Laboratory, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, and supported by Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies, Kyoto University and the Japan Office, Association for the Study of Persianate Societies.