• Type: Seminar Series
• Timing: Wednesdays at 17:00, unless otherwise stated
• Web Address: http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/
• Organising department: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

Wednesday 30 April 2025

• 17:00 - The Economy of the Ottoman Empire in Comparative Perspective, 1500-1800
  Professor Sevket Pamuk (Bogazici University)

Wednesday 7 May 2025

• 17:00 - Beyond Castes and Regions: The Socio-Economic Decline of Muslims in Contemporary India
  Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (Kings College, London)

Wednesday 14 May 2025

• 17:00 - Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty in Muslim Societies
  Mr Ali Allawi (Former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq)

Wednesday 21 May 2025

• 17:00 - Building State Capacity in Fragile States
  Dr Michael Callen (London School of Economics)

Wednesday 28 May 2025

• 17:00 - The Origins of Perso-Islamic Courts and Empires in India
  Professor Blain Auer (University of Lausanne)

Wednesday 4 June 2025

• 17:00 - Iran’s Crisis of Governance
  Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University)

Wednesday 11 June 2025

• 17:00 - Al-Ghazālī and the Ideal of Godlikeness
  Dr Sophia Vasalou (University of Birmingham)

Wednesday 18 June 2025

• 17:00 - A Bridge to the Sky: From ibn Firnas (d. 887) and the Cordoban Court to Imagining Baghdad in Assassin’s Creed Mirage
  Dr Glaire Anderson (University of Edinburgh)