OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
This four-part seminar series will explore how deep theological controversy, dabblings in the occult, and a complex set of cultural and social hierarchies shaped the rich scientific culture of mediaeval and early modern Islam. This is a history of boundaries in at least two senses: disciplinary and geographical. On the former, the seminar will speak to the ongoing historical research programme that collapses and redraws our sometimes anachronistic distinctions between learned magic, art, and science proper. Geographically, the seminar highlights how Islamic science diffracted through Islam’s porous boundaries, across and outside the Islamic world.
This series is open to anyone with an interest, and no previous knowledge of the Mongols, Mamluks, or the Islamic scientific tradition is assumed.
You can also join on Teams Link: bit.ly/3pOWQF4
Please contact the organiser for any queries: mailto:yusuf.tayara@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
This series features in the following public collections:
