IQSA is excited to announce the schedule for this year’s Annual Conference hosted by the Institute of Ismaili Studies at the Aga Khan Centre in King’s Cross, London. The conference will take place in-person only from July 15-18, 2024.
Find the full schedule at https://event.fourwaves.com/iqsa2024/schedule. Save abstracts of presentations you want to attend by clicking on the bookmark icon after logging in.
Registration for the conference is now open! Please book as soon as possible to lock in the best possible rates, which will increase in the coming weeks. Select accommodations must be reserved on the registration form, so remember to visit the accommodations page prior to registration.
Register at https://event.fourwaves.com/iqsa2024/registration.
On the registration form, you will have the option to express interest in…
1. Childcare – Please check this box ASAP so IQSA can make arrangements accordingly in London. More details to follow.
2. Aga Khan Centre Tours – Building tours will be scheduled during lunch breaks every day of the conference. Please indicate your day of interest on the form. Availability is limited.
3. Graduate Student Luncheon – This is a valuable opportunity for graduate students and emerging scholars to mingle with established experts in Qur’anic studies in a more relaxed setting with a light lunch in a semi-private dining area. Please indicate whether you want to participate as a mentor or early career scholar. Availability is limited.
Need to update your registration? You can make changes by following these instructions.
Please note that all travel grants have been awarded at this time. The Call for Papers has also closed.
Official letters of invitation to support visa applications are available. Please email contactus@iqsaweb.org with your full name and address, in addition to any other details you require.
A friendly reminder that IQSA membership is required to attend the conference. Register at https://beta.iqsaweb.org/join-iqsa/ and receive one full year of benefits, including conference attendance in London and San Diego, access to IQSA publications, professional development opportunities, and more.
Questions? We are here to help! Please direct all inquiries to contactus@iqsaweb.org.
We look forward to seeing you in London!
This award is given in honor of Professor Andrew Rippin (1950–2016), a leading scholar of the Qurʾān and inaugural president of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (2014). Prof. Rippin is remembered as “an esteemed colleague, revered mentor, and scholarly inspiration to many members of the IQSA community.” An announcement regarding submissions for the eigth annual Andrew Rippin Best Paper Prize will follow the 2024 IQSA Annual Meeting.
Paul Neuenkirchen is a postdoctoral fellow in the “Interactive Histories, Co-Produced Communities: Judaism, Christianity, Islam” joint research project between the University of Bern (Switzerland) and the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton. He specializes in the history of the Qur’anic text and the beginnings of Islam. His Ph.D., which he defended in 2019 at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris), examined the Qur’an’s eschatological discourse in light of Syriac homilies. At present, his work focuses on a comparative study between Late Antique asceticism and the Qur’an. His most recent publications are “Late Antique Syriac Homilies and the Qurʾān. A Comparison of Content and Context”, MIDEO 37 (2022), pp. 3-28 and “Eschatology, Responsories and Rubrics in Eastern Christian Liturgies and in the Qurʾān: Some Preliminary Remarks”, in Early Islam. The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? (ed. Guillaume Dye) (Brussels, 2023), pp. 131-146.
Ahmad Al-Jallad is a philologist, epigraphist, and historian of language. His work focuses on the languages, writing systems, history, and cultures of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East. His latest book reconstructs the religion and rituals of Arabia’s pre-Islamic tribespeople: 
The deadline for the 2023-24 Andrew Rippin Best Paper Prize is fast approaching!