The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Stephen Hirtenstein is currently the Director of Anqa Publishing, Senior Editor at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, and Editor at Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society. Stephen also works as a tour leader and organizer at Anqa Tours, and previously served as a senior teacher at Swan School of English and director at Chisholme Institute. Stephen Hirtenstein holds an MA in History from Kings College Cambridge and attended Bradfield College.
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The Institute of Ismaili Studies
The Institute of Ismaili Studies was established in 1977 with the object of promoting scholarship and learning of Muslim cultures and societies, historical as well as contemporary, and a better understanding of their relationship with other societies and faiths. Within the Islamic tradition, the Institute’s programmes seek to promote research on those areas which have had relatively little attention devoted to them in scholarship to date. These include the intellectual and literary expressions of Shi‘ism in general, and Ismailism in particular. In the context of Muslim societies, the Institute’s programmes are informed by the full range and diversity of cultures in which Islam is practised today. Particular attention is also given to issues of modernity that arise as Muslims seek to relate their heritage to contemporary circumstances. The Institute collaborates with several institutions of learning. For example, the graduate teaching programmes of the Institute have collaborated at various stages with McGill University, The University of London’s Institute of Education, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), The University of Jordan and faculty-members of a number of universities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.