Name: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 4 May 2021

Patterns of Christian-Muslim Encounters in Africa
Date: 4 May 2021, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor John Azumah (Executive Director, The Sanneh Institute, Accra, Ghana)
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 May 2021

The National Cathedral, Hajj, and the Complexities of Religions and State Relations in Ghana
Date: 11 May 2021, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Emmanuel Tettey (Research Fellow, Centre for Interfaith Studies and Engagement in Africa (CISEA), Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Accra, Ghana)
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 May 2021

Christian-Muslim Encounters in the Context of Marriage-related Kinship Ties in Ghana
Date: 18 May 2021, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Cosmas Ebo Sarbah (Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana)
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 May 2021

Understanding the ‘Other’: Two late nineteenth-century missionaries and their approach to Islam in Mombasa and Zanzibar
Date: 25 May 2021, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr John Chesworth (Research Officer, Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History 1500-1914 project, University of Birmingham)
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 1 June 2021

"Africans are notoriously religious", but this is how we should not think about Religion and Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa: Reflections from 'Zones of Peace' in Nigeria
Date: 1 June 2021, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Emmanuel Ossai (Doctoral Candidate, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 8 June 2021

Community Resilience Against Violent Extremism: Textual analysis of an interfaith manual to fight terrorism in Kenya
Date: 8 June 2021, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Halkano Abdi Wario (Lecturer, Egerton University, Kenya)
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 June 2021

Muslim Theological Perspectives on Christianity in Ethiopia between 1974 and 2016: Implications for interreligious harmony
Date: 15 June 2021, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Anwar Berhe (Lecturer, Evangelical Theological College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 22 June 2021

Contemporary Muslim Activism in Ethiopia: Implications for Christian-Muslim relations
Date: 22 June 2021, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Professor Tekalign Nega (Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University)
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 18 May 2022

This is the Sound of my Soul: A Muslim's journey seeking belonging and inclusion in the field of Practical Theology
Date: 18 May 2022, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Saiyyidah Zaidi (Ph.D candidate, Glasgow University, and Gladiator Postgraduate Scholar, CMCS Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 28 November 2022

Faith Saving Water: Muslims, Christians and the Environment
Date: 28 November 2022, 9:30 - 17:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Stephen's House, 16 Marston Street OX4 1JX
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 January 2025

Ottoman Muslim Responses to the Bible through the Centuries
Date: 21 January 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Venue Details: Hybrid Zoom seminar in The Song School, 109A Iffley Rd, OX4 1EH. Upstairs room with no lift
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Host: Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)

Tuesday 28 January 2025

Religious Freedom and its Discontents: A Historical Analysis of Muslim-Christian Relations in Turkey
Date: 28 January 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Anna Maria Beylunioglu (Koç University, Istanbul)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Host: Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)

Monday 3 February 2025

The Study of Shi'i-Islamic Prayer in Conversation with the Psalms
Date: 3 February 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Dr Vinay Khetia (Shi‘a Research Institute, Toronto), Dr Danny Crowther (Research Associate, CMCS Oxford)
Venue Details: Hybrid Zoom seminar in The Song School, 109A Iffley Rd, OX4 1EH. Upstairs room with no lift
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Host: Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)

Tuesday 11 February 2025

The Greek Orthodox of Istanbul: Christian-Muslim Relations at the Nexus of Historical Memory, Trauma, and Cosmopolitanism
Date: 11 February 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Philip Dorroll (Wofford College, South Carolina)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Host: Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)

Tuesday 18 February 2025

A Harvest of Souls": Protestant Missionary Activities among the Nusayri Alawis in Ottoman Syria
Date: 18 February 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Necati Alkan (Independent Researcher)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Host: Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Troubled Consciences: French Experiences of Alliance with the Ottomans in the 16th Century
Date: 4 March 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr David Harrap (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue Details: Hybrid Zoom seminar in The Song School, 109A Iffley Rd, OX4 1EH. Upstairs room with no lift
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Host: Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)

Tuesday 11 March 2025

The 1865 Arabic Bible: Challenges of Translation in Late Ottoman Society
Date: 11 March 2025, 14:30 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr David Grafton (Hartford International University, Connecticut)
Venue Details: Zoom, online
Organiser: The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Host: Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)