Sufi Studies Network
Sufi Studies Network
Together with Dr Milad Milani from Western Sydney University, the IAI is co-coordinating a “Sufi Studies Network,” an informal emailing list of scholars and experts interested in the academic 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 is interested in the academic study of Sufism. The themes covered in these monthly seminars expand to anthropology, history, religious studies, sociology, and comparative mysticism.
The group meets monthly where members share their research, and exchange ideas. It meets online or in hybrid mode on the first Friday of the month.
The 2026 schedule of the meetings (in Melbourne/Sydney local time) is as follows:
Time | Presenter | Title |
Feb 6, 9am (Zoom) | Dr Diana Galeeva (University of Cambridge) | Book Conversation: Islam in Russia |
Mar 6, 10am (Hybrid: Zoom + Clayton Campus) | Dr Ayse Basaran (University of Melbourne) | Literary Production in the Özbekler Sufi Lodge in Late Ottoman Istanbul (1840-1870) |
May 1, 10am (Zoom) | Dr Mukhtar Ali (University of Illinois) | Book Conversation: Inscriptions of Wisdom |
Aug 7, 5pm (Zoom) | (Ibn Haldun University) | TBA |
Sept 4, 10am (Hybrid: Zoom + Clayton Campus) | Dr Susan Carland (Monash University) | TBA |
Oct 2, 5pm (Zoom) | Dr Claire Gallien (University of Montpellier Paul Valéry and University of Tübingen) | TBA |
To join the network, please send an email to Aydogan: aydogan.kars@monash.edu.
The list of previous talks and their recordings can be found under Media.
