Course Calendar
- REGISTRATION
Registration begins 20th October 2018 Extended registration deadline 30th January 2019 - WORKSHOP (Mashhad)
Workshop begins 22nd February 2019 Last day of the workshop 28th February 2019 - CULTURAL TOUR
Tehran 21st February 2019 Isfahan 1st March 2019 Qom 2nd March 2019
Sample Curriculum
| Day | Theme | Classes | Social Program | ||
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| 9:00- 10:45 | 11- 12:45 | 14- 15:45 | |||
| Monday | Opening and Introduction | Opening | Shi’a Origins and Branches | Shi’a and Iran | Holy Shrine |
| Tuesday | Shi’a Doctrines | Sources of Shi’a Thought | Imamate Doctrine | Mahdism Doctrine | Astan Quds Razavi |
| Wednesday | Shi’a Rituals | Mourning and Festivals Ceremonies | Prayers and Pilgrimages | Guest Lecturer | Museum |
| Thursday | Shi’a Ethics and Mysticism | Shi’a Ethics | Shi’a Irfan | Guest Lecturer | Traditional Bazaar |
| Friday | Trip to Tehran | 1-Day tour of Mashhad | |||
| Saturday | Shi’a Authority and Political Thought | Shi’a Political Thought | Shi’a Authority, Ijtihad and Fatwa | Guest Lecturer | Meeting with Ayatollah |
| Sunday | Shi’a and Contemporary Challenges | Shi’a and Women | Shi’a and Interfaith Dialogue | Guest Lecturer | Hawza Ilmiah |
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- Sample Schedule: The class times are not fixed, and the same classes might not be taught at each course.
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- Class: All classes will be taught using a combination of lectures and discursive discussions.
- Guest Lecturer: Participants with high academic background on Iran, Shiism or Islamic Studies are warmly welcome to present a lecture out of their research project or field of study to share their ideas with other participants. We are honored to have up to 4 Guest Lecturers in our workshop schedule.
