Programme

 10:00 Historical Studies

• E. G. Browne, the Caliph al-Qaʾim, and early Seljuq-ʿAbbasid Relations (Deborah Tor, University of Notre Dame)

• E. G. Browne and the Safavids (Sholeh Quinn, University of California-Merced)

• Armenians in the Writings of E.G. Browne (Noonik Darbinian, Yerevan State University)

12:00 Babi and Baha’i Studies

• E. G. Browne and the Azali-Babis: Religious Identity Attributions and their Significance (Anja Pistor-Hatam, Kiel University)

• E.G. Browne's observations on the Baha'i community of Iran (Moojan Momen, Afnan Library)

15:00 Shiʿism and Sufism

• Exposing the "gross ignorance of the Mullas": Browne and the Usuli clergy (Robert Gleave, University of Exeter)

• E.G. Browne, Jesus, and the Study of Sufism (Fitzroy Morrissey, University of Oxford)

16:30 Closing Keynote: Abbas Amanat (Yale University)