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Ca’ Foscari University of VeniceSala Baratto / Sala Berengo, Ca’ Foscari, Dorsoduro 3246, Venezia.Conference convenors : Denis Hermann (CNRS, Mondes iranien et indien, Paris), Marco Salati (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Mathieu Terrier (EPHE, Paris)Programme9.20: Sala BarattoChair and discussant : Marco Salati (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Venice)9.20-10.00: Mathieu Terrier (Ph.D candidate, EPHE, Paris): La défense du soufisme dans la pensée shi’ite imamite (fin XIVe- fin XVIIe siècle) : thèmes et arguments10.00-10.40: Andrew Newman (University of Edinburgh): Notes on the Earlier Phase of the Anti-Sufi Polemic in 11th/17th Iran10.40-11.00: Coffee breakChair and discussant : Vanessa Martin (Royal Holloway, University of London)11.00-11.40: Fabrizio Speziale (Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris III/CNRS, Mondes iranien et indien): The Ni‘matullāhī Renewal in the Deccan and the Contrasting Biographical Narratives of Shāh ‘Alī Riẓā11.40-12.20: Alessandro Cancian (Institute of Ismaili Studies, London): 19th and 20th history of Shiʻi Qur’anic Exegesis Reconsidered: The Role of Shiʿi Sufi Tafsīr12.20-13.00: Denis Hermann (CNRS, Mondes iranien et indien, Paris): The Social and Intellectual History of Shiʻi Sufism in Modern Times : Some notes on the development of the Ni‘matullahī Sultān ‘Alī Shāhī branch in Tehran in light of waqf documents13.00-15.00: Lunch15:00 Sala BerengoChair and discussant : Sabrina Mervin (CNRS, CEIFR, Paris)15.00-15.40: Stefano Pello (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice): “I Prefer the Imambara to the House of God”: Shi’ism, Sufism and Hindu Persian Poets in Later Mughal India15.40-16.20: RizaYildirim (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara): The Perception of Twelve Imams in the Alevi-Bektashi Theology: a Study of the Kitāb-e DavāzdehImām (17th century)16.20-16.40: Coffee break16.40-17.20: Lloyd Ridgeon (University of Glasgow): Sufis in Society: the Case of Khaksar Dervishes in Qajar Iran17.20-17.30: Concluding remarksContact : Denis Hermann (dnshermann@gmail.com)