Uzair Ibrahim 🍉
@uzairibrahim.bsky.social
Farhad Daftary Doctoral Scholar in Arab and Islamic Studies at Exeter • Previously SOAS; Institute of Ismaili Studies; Habib University • South Asia, Islam, intellectual history, ghayb, time • ☕️🍪♿️
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I’m nearing the end of my PhD and looking for postdoc opportunities in the UK, preferably in or near London. If you come across any opportunities in Islamic/religious studies, South Asian history, intellectual history—please direct them my way. RT for visibility and don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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Alrighty, let’s do this! For the price of lunch you can help some sweet Syrian kids stay in school this year.
Y’all helped me raise $115 yesterday, let’s do it again today! C’mon click that button and donate, it'll feel great!
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Y’all helped me raise $115 yesterday, let’s do it again today! C’mon click that button and donate, it'll feel great!
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Help a Refugee Family Pay their Kids’ School Fees
By Stephennie Mulder
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February 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Alrighty, let’s do this! For the price of lunch you can help some sweet Syrian kids stay in school this year.
Y’all helped me raise $115 yesterday, let’s do it again today! C’mon click that button and donate, it'll feel great!
givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
Y’all helped me raise $115 yesterday, let’s do it again today! C’mon click that button and donate, it'll feel great!
givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
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We're delighted to share the next lecture in the Shii Studies Network's Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series to take place on 2 February 2026.
January 14, 2026 at 9:54 AM
We're delighted to share the next lecture in the Shii Studies Network's Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series to take place on 2 February 2026.
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Something to look forward to in the New Year: the next talk in our Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series!
Karen Ruffle will be giving a talk on 12 January 2026 entitled "Making Shiʿism “Matter”: Bringing Material and Sensory Cultures to the Study of Shiʿism."
Karen Ruffle will be giving a talk on 12 January 2026 entitled "Making Shiʿism “Matter”: Bringing Material and Sensory Cultures to the Study of Shiʿism."
December 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Something to look forward to in the New Year: the next talk in our Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series!
Karen Ruffle will be giving a talk on 12 January 2026 entitled "Making Shiʿism “Matter”: Bringing Material and Sensory Cultures to the Study of Shiʿism."
Karen Ruffle will be giving a talk on 12 January 2026 entitled "Making Shiʿism “Matter”: Bringing Material and Sensory Cultures to the Study of Shiʿism."
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Celebrate HMML’s 60 years of preserving & sharing manuscripts in the upcoming Winter Lecture Series, held virtually at 11 a.m. (CT) on January 28, February 25, & March 25.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Celebrate HMML’s 60 years of preserving & sharing manuscripts in the upcoming Winter Lecture Series, held virtually at 11 a.m. (CT) on January 28, February 25, & March 25.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
I’m nearing the end of my PhD and looking for postdoc opportunities in the UK, preferably in or near London. If you come across any opportunities in Islamic/religious studies, South Asian history, intellectual history—please direct them my way. RT for visibility and don’t hesitate to get in touch.
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’m nearing the end of my PhD and looking for postdoc opportunities in the UK, preferably in or near London. If you come across any opportunities in Islamic/religious studies, South Asian history, intellectual history—please direct them my way. RT for visibility and don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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We are delighted to announce the second lecture in our Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series by Dr Elvire Corboz, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam and the Middle East at the University of Edinburgh.
Further details and registration can be found here: www.shiistudies.net/events/corbo...
Further details and registration can be found here: www.shiistudies.net/events/corbo...
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We are delighted to announce the second lecture in our Reflections on Shiʿi Studies lecture series by Dr Elvire Corboz, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam and the Middle East at the University of Edinburgh.
Further details and registration can be found here: www.shiistudies.net/events/corbo...
Further details and registration can be found here: www.shiistudies.net/events/corbo...
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Colleagues attending the ECSAS at Heidelberg this year, please join us for our fantastic double panel on Thursday, 2nd Oct., 2-6.30 pm, co-convened by Francesca Chubb-Confer, Brannon Ingram and myself!
Title: Orientalism’s ‘Other’: Islamic Studies, European Thought, and South Asia
Title: Orientalism’s ‘Other’: Islamic Studies, European Thought, and South Asia
September 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Colleagues attending the ECSAS at Heidelberg this year, please join us for our fantastic double panel on Thursday, 2nd Oct., 2-6.30 pm, co-convened by Francesca Chubb-Confer, Brannon Ingram and myself!
Title: Orientalism’s ‘Other’: Islamic Studies, European Thought, and South Asia
Title: Orientalism’s ‘Other’: Islamic Studies, European Thought, and South Asia
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I am pleased to announce the call for papers for a workshop Edmund Hayes and I are organising as part of the Embodied Imamate project: "The Social Dynamics of Communal Affiliation in Early Islam," to be held between 11–12 June 2026 at Leiden University.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
September 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I am pleased to announce the call for papers for a workshop Edmund Hayes and I are organising as part of the Embodied Imamate project: "The Social Dynamics of Communal Affiliation in Early Islam," to be held between 11–12 June 2026 at Leiden University.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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The first session in our seminar series will be taking place on 20 October featuring @kontny-wendt.bsky.social and Ebrahim Mansoor. Further information can be found here: www.shiistudies.net/events/semin....
Shii Studies Seminars I: Natalie Kontny-Wendt & Ebrahim Mansoor
www.shiistudies.net
September 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The first session in our seminar series will be taking place on 20 October featuring @kontny-wendt.bsky.social and Ebrahim Mansoor. Further information can be found here: www.shiistudies.net/events/semin....
Presenting next week (on 23 Sep) with friends and colleagues at the inaugural Ginan Studies Conference put together by the Association for the Study of Ginans with The Institute of Ismaili Studies and @soasuni.bsky.social. All times in BST. Hybrid and open to all. Registration: asginans.com/events
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Presenting next week (on 23 Sep) with friends and colleagues at the inaugural Ginan Studies Conference put together by the Association for the Study of Ginans with The Institute of Ismaili Studies and @soasuni.bsky.social. All times in BST. Hybrid and open to all. Registration: asginans.com/events
So delighted to be part of this!
We are so excited to announce the launch of the Shii Studies Network, a space for PhD students researching Shiism to forge personal and professional connections, share their research with and learn from each other, and push the field forward.
August 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
So delighted to be part of this!
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New study finds that using ChatGPT to write essays led to reduced brain activity & memory compared to writing without tools or using a search engine. While ChatGPT made writing easier, it also caused cognitive offloading, weakening learning and engagement over time.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
arxiv.org
June 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New study finds that using ChatGPT to write essays led to reduced brain activity & memory compared to writing without tools or using a search engine. While ChatGPT made writing easier, it also caused cognitive offloading, weakening learning and engagement over time.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
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Thrilled to announce another London showing of our film Songs Of The Sufi.
This time we welcome the qawwals Najmuddin Saifuddin & Group, who are the focus of the film, to the panel Q&A…followed by a qawwali concert!
This is one NOT to miss!
SOAS, 12 June, 6pm 👇
store.soas.ac.uk/conferences-...
This time we welcome the qawwals Najmuddin Saifuddin & Group, who are the focus of the film, to the panel Q&A…followed by a qawwali concert!
This is one NOT to miss!
SOAS, 12 June, 6pm 👇
store.soas.ac.uk/conferences-...
May 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Thrilled to announce another London showing of our film Songs Of The Sufi.
This time we welcome the qawwals Najmuddin Saifuddin & Group, who are the focus of the film, to the panel Q&A…followed by a qawwali concert!
This is one NOT to miss!
SOAS, 12 June, 6pm 👇
store.soas.ac.uk/conferences-...
This time we welcome the qawwals Najmuddin Saifuddin & Group, who are the focus of the film, to the panel Q&A…followed by a qawwali concert!
This is one NOT to miss!
SOAS, 12 June, 6pm 👇
store.soas.ac.uk/conferences-...
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Honoured to be presenting at this conference next week with many amazing friends/colleagues/teachers! Come along for the excellent presentations and if, for whatever reason, you wanna hear me talk about jinn and gender. Entire conf hybrid.
Details and registration: www.iis.ac.uk/events/devot...
Details and registration: www.iis.ac.uk/events/devot...
May 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Honoured to be presenting at this conference next week with many amazing friends/colleagues/teachers! Come along for the excellent presentations and if, for whatever reason, you wanna hear me talk about jinn and gender. Entire conf hybrid.
Details and registration: www.iis.ac.uk/events/devot...
Details and registration: www.iis.ac.uk/events/devot...
Honoured to be presenting at this conference next week with many amazing friends/colleagues/teachers! Come along for the excellent presentations and if, for whatever reason, you wanna hear me talk about jinn and gender. Entire conf hybrid.
Details and registration: www.iis.ac.uk/events/devot...
Details and registration: www.iis.ac.uk/events/devot...
May 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Honoured to be presenting at this conference next week with many amazing friends/colleagues/teachers! Come along for the excellent presentations and if, for whatever reason, you wanna hear me talk about jinn and gender. Entire conf hybrid.
Details and registration: www.iis.ac.uk/events/devot...
Details and registration: www.iis.ac.uk/events/devot...
I'll be presenting virtually at the New Generations/Jil Jadid conf at the CMES, UT Austin tomo at 1:15 pm CST/7:15 pm BST. Sad to not be able to attend in person but if you are around, do join us at utexas.zoom.us/j/94026515084. Full programme and details here: liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/graduate...
March 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'll be presenting virtually at the New Generations/Jil Jadid conf at the CMES, UT Austin tomo at 1:15 pm CST/7:15 pm BST. Sad to not be able to attend in person but if you are around, do join us at utexas.zoom.us/j/94026515084. Full programme and details here: liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/graduate...
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As we gear up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Raymond Williams’ book "“Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society,” scholars from the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts gather on 2/21 for the Wolf Humanities Center’s 2024–2025 interdisciplinary symposium “Keywords.”
February 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As we gear up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Raymond Williams’ book "“Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society,” scholars from the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts gather on 2/21 for the Wolf Humanities Center’s 2024–2025 interdisciplinary symposium “Keywords.”
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What is Islamic art? lol glad you asked my friend but guess what? It's almost impossible to define. Yet that semiotic fluidity is what makes it so endlessly fascinating.
Every Monday, I'll post an object from my class History of the Medieval Islamic World in 100 Objects. It'll be funnn come along!
Every Monday, I'll post an object from my class History of the Medieval Islamic World in 100 Objects. It'll be funnn come along!
November 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
What is Islamic art? lol glad you asked my friend but guess what? It's almost impossible to define. Yet that semiotic fluidity is what makes it so endlessly fascinating.
Every Monday, I'll post an object from my class History of the Medieval Islamic World in 100 Objects. It'll be funnn come along!
Every Monday, I'll post an object from my class History of the Medieval Islamic World in 100 Objects. It'll be funnn come along!
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Hey #academicsky, there's a great opportunity for a visiting fellowship for someone from the Global South in Arts and Humanities, to spend time at Cambridge. Do pass on!
www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...
www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...
Visiting Bye-Fellowship for scholars from the Global South
The Opportunity
www.cai.cam.ac.uk
November 14, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Hey #academicsky, there's a great opportunity for a visiting fellowship for someone from the Global South in Arts and Humanities, to spend time at Cambridge. Do pass on!
www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...
www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...
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CfP! My colleague Razak Khan and I are co-hosting the panel "Unfamiliar. Family, Law and Democracy in South Asia" at #ECSAS 2025. We're especially interested in changing parental rights and child custody. ecsas2025.com/panel/23-unf...
23 – Unfamiliar: Family, Law, and Democracy in South Asia – ECSAS 2025
ecsas2025.com
November 11, 2024 at 3:04 PM
CfP! My colleague Razak Khan and I are co-hosting the panel "Unfamiliar. Family, Law and Democracy in South Asia" at #ECSAS 2025. We're especially interested in changing parental rights and child custody. ecsas2025.com/panel/23-unf...
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It’s here, a *start* of an Islamic Studies Starter Pack. Please spread the word. This is a work in progress… Scholars of Islam in all regions and periods, let me know, and I’ll happily add you.
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November 10, 2024 at 2:55 PM
It’s here, a *start* of an Islamic Studies Starter Pack. Please spread the word. This is a work in progress… Scholars of Islam in all regions and periods, let me know, and I’ll happily add you.
go.bsky.app/EYU1bFe
go.bsky.app/EYU1bFe