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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)