Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs - Harvard

Faculty Co-Chair of the Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs, Professor Melani Cammett moderates a timely discussion on the future of the U.S.-Iran conflict and the dangerous horizon that lies ahead with speakers Michael Singh, Trita Parsi, and Payam Mohseni.

Melani Cammett is Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government, Acting Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Chair of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies at Harvard University. She also holds a secondary faculty appointment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Michael Singh is the Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and managing director at The Washington Institute and a former senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council.

Trita Parsi is the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored three books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel.

Payam Mohseni is the Director of the Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affaira. He is also a Lecturer in the Department of Government at Harvard University and served as a Lecturer on Islamic Studies at the Harvard Divinity School.

Join the Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs in a podcast with Michael Singh and Trita Parsi as they discuss the impacts of recent U.S. - Iran affairs. Podcast hosted with the Project's undergraduate researcher Michel Nehme.

Michael Singh is the Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and managing director at The Washington Institute and a former senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council.

Trita Parsi is the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute. He is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has authored three books on US foreign policy in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Iran and Israel.

Imam Ali is a key personality and authority in Shi'a, Sunni, and Sufi Islamic thought. How have Muslims approached Imam Ali from a philosophical perspective throughout time? And what light can this shed on our understanding of the world we live in and the place of man in the world? We host Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi on this podcast as we discuss the mysticism around Ibn Arabi's theology on the perfect man.

Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi is a British scholar and religious leader with a research interest in Islamic philosophy, mysticism, and comparative religion. In particular, he focuses upon the concept of “love” theoretically and applies his insights as a practitioner of theology to expound upon the values and thought-system of Shi’ism and Islam on one hand and to undertake interfaith dialogue and peacebuilding through civil society engagement on the other. Fluent in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, Razawi is the Chief Imam of the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society in the United Kingdom and an Associate at the Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. His work constructively engages issues of contemporary social affairs as a passionate civic member and active Muslim interlocutor at the local, national, and international levels.

Post-lecture conversation with Michel Nehme, undergraduate at Harvard University