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Name: Steven Firmin
Events this person is speaking at:
Friday 2 November 2018
Land and Conversion in St. Augustine: Improving the Current Model
Date: 2 November 2018, 13:45 - 15:15
Speaker
:
Steven Firmin
Venue: Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens OX2 6QA
Venue Details: Talbot Hall
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Events this person is hosting:
Monday 13 October 2025
Coercive Force in Early Arabic True Religion Apologies
Date: 13 October 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Steven Firmin (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford,
TORCH (University of Oxford )
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 20 October 2025
The Development of the Melkite Legal Tradition under Islamic Rule
Date: 20 October 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Johannes Pahlitzsch (University of Mainz)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 27 October 2025
Coptic Political Identity & Resistance to Fatimid Rule: The Case of the Muslim Convert Būluṣ ibn Rajā
Date: 27 October 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr David Bertaina (University of Illinois)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 3 November 2025
Images of the Caliphal Court in the History of the Patriarchs of the East in Kitāb al-Majdal
Date: 3 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Jonathan Stutz (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 10 November 2025
The True Religion Apology as Counter-Political Theology in Syriac & Coercive Force in Early Arabic True Religion Apologies
Date: 10 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Bert Jacobs (UC Louvain)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 17 November 2025
The Bishop’s Sulṭān and the Priest’s Wilāya: The Rule of Clerics in the Arabic Canons of al-Andalus
Date: 17 November 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Dr Francisco Cintrón Mattei (University of Notre Dame)
Venue Details: Room 56 (hybrid seminar) Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 24 November 2025
Christian Juridical Traditions Under Islamic Rule in al-Andalus: Legal Theory and Social Practice
Date: 24 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Helen Flatley (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The Miaphysite Abu Qurrah: Transmitting Christian-Muslim Polemic across Confessional Lines
Date: 2 December 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Shane Patrick (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 63 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Events this person is organising:
Monday 20 October 2025
The Development of the Melkite Legal Tradition under Islamic Rule
Date: 20 October 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Johannes Pahlitzsch (University of Mainz)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 27 October 2025
Coptic Political Identity & Resistance to Fatimid Rule: The Case of the Muslim Convert Būluṣ ibn Rajā
Date: 27 October 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr David Bertaina (University of Illinois)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 3 November 2025
Images of the Caliphal Court in the History of the Patriarchs of the East in Kitāb al-Majdal
Date: 3 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Jonathan Stutz (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 10 November 2025
The True Religion Apology as Counter-Political Theology in Syriac & Coercive Force in Early Arabic True Religion Apologies
Date: 10 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Bert Jacobs (UC Louvain)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 17 November 2025
The Bishop’s Sulṭān and the Priest’s Wilāya: The Rule of Clerics in the Arabic Canons of al-Andalus
Date: 17 November 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Dr Francisco Cintrón Mattei (University of Notre Dame)
Venue Details: Room 56 (hybrid seminar) Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Monday 24 November 2025
Christian Juridical Traditions Under Islamic Rule in al-Andalus: Legal Theory and Social Practice
Date: 24 November 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Dr Helen Flatley (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The Miaphysite Abu Qurrah: Transmitting Christian-Muslim Polemic across Confessional Lines
Date: 2 December 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Shane Patrick (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 63 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Organisers:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
