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Sufi Studies Network

Together with Dr Milad Milani from Western Sydney University, the IAI is co-coordinating a “Sufi Studies Network,” an informal email list of scholars and experts interested in the study of Sufism and in sharing relevant developments, activities and opportunities. The list primarily consists of Australian postgraduate academics, but is open to anybody who wants to get connected. To join the network, please send an email to Aydogan: aydogan.kars@monash.edu.

The list of previous talks can be found under Media.

Arabic Study Group

The IAI is organising a weekly Arabic reading group led by Dr Ashkan Bahrani. During 2024, the group resumed studying the book titled al-Muqniʿ fī īḍāḥ al-sahl al-mumtaniʿ, penned by Ibn Arabi. The group met online on Fridays at 4pm in Melbourne time.

Ibn Arabi Reading Group

On the second Saturday of every month, between 2-4pm (Melbourne time) the Asia-Pacific branch of the Ibn Arabi Society organises an open-to-public Ibn Arabi reading session at Monash University on Clayton campus. Currently the group will be reading the book The Secrets of Voyaging [Kitāb al-Isfār ʿan Natāʾij al-Asfār] through Dr. Angela Jaffray’s annotated edition and English translation. The reading session is followed by a Business Meeting of the MIASAP, which is open to anybody who wants to be involved.

For the code of conduct in this inclusive spiritual meeting, see here.

If you would like to join the meetings, or to get more information, please contact MIAS Asia Pacific mias-ap@ibnarabisociety.org.

The group recently completed reading the Chapter 167 of Ibn Arabi’s encyclopaedic work, The Meccan Openings [al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya], through Dr. Stephen Hirtenstein’s annotated edition and English translation, The Alchemy of Human Happiness.