Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (Asiatic Museum)

Institute of Ismaili Studies

International Academic Conference

Intellectual traditions of Ismailis and Sufis.
In Memory of W.A. Ivanow (1886–1970)

St Petersburg, IOM RAS. October 10–11, 2019.

PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE

DAY 1: October 10 (Thursday) 2019
(Download the Program as a *.PDF file)

Registration of the conference participants: 11:00 – 11:30

Plenary session. 11:30 ‒ 12:30

Green Hall, IOM, RAS

Chair: Irina Popova, Director of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS

Welcome Remarks:

Irina Popova, Director, IOM, RAS
Farhad Daftary, Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK
Hakim Elnazarov, Head of the Central Asian Studies Unit, IIS

Keynote speech (11:45 – 12:30)

Farhad Daftary, Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK. The Contributions of W. Ivanow (1886–1970) to Ismaili Studies

12:45–13:00 — Group photograph of the conference participants, Green Hall, IOM, RAS

Lunch 13:00–14:00

The House of Scientists, RAS. Banqueting Hall. Dvortsovaia Naberezhnaia 26

14:00–15:30, Session 1

Interactions between the Ismailis and Sufis

Chair: Hakim Elnazarov

Janis Esots, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK. Wladimir Ivanow on the Relationship of Sufism and Ismailism: The Case of Laʿl Shahbāz Qalandar (in English)

Daryoush Mohammad Poor, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK. Nizārī Ismailis and Sufis before the Mongol Invasion (in English)

Aleksey Khismatulin, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, St. Petersburg. Devices of Anti-Shia and Anti-Ismaili Ideology in the Administrative Literature of Saljūqs (in Russian)

Coffee Break 15:30–16:00

16:00–16:30 — visit to exhibition The Manuscript Heritage on the Banks of the River Neva / Tour of the Novo-Mikhailovskii Palace/ excursion

16:30–18:00, Session 2

The Influence of Sufism on the Traditions of Central Asian Ismailis

Chair: Stanislav Prozorov, IOM, RAS

Hakim Elnazarov, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK. Sufism and Central Asian Ismailism (in English)

Davlat Khudonazarov, Independent scholar. Mourning and the “blackness of death” in the culture of the Tajik Ismaʿīlīs (in Russian)

Leila Dodykhudoeva, The Institute of Linguistics, RAS, Moscow. Confessional and Regional Aspects of Meaning of the Term ‘Pir’ (in English)

19:00 Dinner in the restaurant 1001 Nights, 21 Millionnaia Street

DAY 2: October 11 (Friday) 2019

10:00–11:30 Session 3

W. A. Ivanow and the Study of Philosophical Ismailism

Chair: Janis Esots

Ramazon Nazariev, Tajik State Pedagogical University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Wladimir Ivanow and Philosophical and Religious Doctrines in Ismailism (in Russian)

Nazarkhudo Dastambuev, Tajik National University, Dushanbe Tajikistan. Wladimir Ivanow’s Analysis of Social Issues in Ismaili Doctrines (in Russian)

Tatyana Korneeva, Institute of Philosophy, RAS, Moscow, Russia. The Problem of the First Principle in Ismailism (in Russian)

Coffee Break 11:30–11:45

11:45 – 13:15 Session 4

Archival Materials in Ismaili Studies

Chair: Ramazon Nazariev

Pavel Basharin, Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow, Russia. The Archive of the Ismaili pīrs of Zong (Ishkashim, Badakhshan) (in Russian)

Oybek Makhmudov, Tashkent State University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Materials collected by A. A. Cherkasov on Pamiri Ismailism in 1904‒1906 (in Russian)

Sarkor Sarkorov, Independent scholar. Ivan Zarubin and his Contribution to Ismaili Studies (in Russian)

Closing remarks: 13:15 – 13:30

Lunch 13:30–14:30. The House of Scientists, RAS. Banqueting Hall. Dvortsovaia Naberezhnaia 26

16:00 – 18:00: BOOK LAUNCH OF WLADIMIR IVANOW’S MEMOIRS: FIFTY YEARS IN THE EAST AND OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION ON WLADIMIR IVANOW

VENUE: HOUSE OF NATIONALITIES, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
Mokhovaya Ulitsa, 15, St Petersburg, Russia, 191028