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Events

Upcoming Events

Political Economy and Economic Institutions of the Ottoman Empire in Comparative Perspective

Professor Sevket Pamuk (Bogaziçi University)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Beyond Castes and Regions: The Socio-Economic Decline of Muslims in Contemporary India

Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (Kings College London)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty in Muslim Societies

Mr Ali Allawi (Former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Building State Capacity in Fragile States

Dr Michael Callen (London School of Economics)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

The Origins of Perso-Islamic Courts and Empires in India

Professor Blain Auer (University of Lausanne)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Iran's Crisis of Governance

Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Al-Ghazālī and the Ideal of Godlikeness

Dr Sophia Vasalou (University of Birmingham)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

A Bridge to the Sky: Science and Arts in the Age of Ibn Firnas (d. 887)

Dr Glaire Anderson (University of Edinburgh)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

A selection of past Events

Some Reflections on the War in Sudan

Dame Rosalind Marsden

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Musaliar King: De-colonial Historiography of Malabar Resistance

Dr Abbas Panakkal (University of St Andrews)

Dr Abbas Panakkal (University of St Andrews) will deliver a seminar as part of the Humanities Research Stream on 'Musaliar King: De-colonial Historiography of Malabar Resistance’. All welcome.

How to Study Arabic and Islamic Philosophy? Once Again about al-Ghazali and Descartes

Professor Frank Griffel

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Coinage of Mughal South Asia and the Muslim Chain of Being

Professor Azfar Moin

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Mecca in Morocco: Studying the Socio-cultural Embeddedness of Pilgrimage in Muslim Everyday Life

Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma

Dr Al-Ajarma (University of Edinburgh) will deliver a OCIS-Chevening Alumnus seminar on 'Mecca in Morocco: Studying the Socio-cultural Embeddedness of Pilgrimage in Muslim Everyday Life’. All Welcome.

Economic Diversification, State Fragility, and Development in Muslim Societies

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Social, Cultural and Political Determinants of Riots

Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (University of Oxford)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Ingenuity and Beauty - astrolabe study day

Originally scheduled for 9 November 2024, this Study Day will now be held on Saturday, 8 February 2025. Ingenuity and Beauty: astrolabe study day