Conferences
Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence
in Islamic Thought
The LIVIT project, funded by the ESRC and the AHRC
under the Global Uncertainties Programme, convenes a conference in September each year.
Image: "Mokhtar avenging the massacre of Hussein and his 71 followers”.
Painting by Abbas Bolukifar, 1946. Oil on canvas. Teheran, Reza Abbasi Museum.
For Information on the 1st LIVIT conference, "Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Islamic Thought" held 13th-14th september 2010, click here.
For Information on the 2nd LIVIT conference, "Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Early Islamic Thought: In Memory of Thomas Sizgorich" held 5th-6th September 2011, click here
Our 3rd LIVIT conference will be held, 3rd-4th September 2012 in Exeter, and is titled, "Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Classical Islamic Thought". A programme will be posted as soon as it is finalised.
