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Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Seminars
Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 17:00, unless otherwise stated.
All welcome.
For enquiries, please contact mailto:academic.office@oxcis.ac.uk
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
Talks:
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Reviving Arab governance through structural policy reform
Date: 22 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Mr Raed Charafeddine (Former First Vice Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 29 October 2025
What makes Qumm special in the architecture of 14th-century Iran?
Date: 29 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Robert Hillenbrand (Edinburgh)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 5 November 2025
Early-modern orientalism and the recreation of the Islamic canon: from collections to catalogues
Date: 5 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Claire Gallien (Tubingen)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 12 November 2025
Revolts as rituals of political communication in ‘Abbāsid Baghdad (908-991)
Date: 12 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Fanny Bessard (Trinity)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Waning crescent: The rise and fall of global Islam
Date: 26 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Professor Faisal Devji (University of Oxford)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 3 December 2025
The role of media in a changing world
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Mr Nic Robertson (CNN International)
Venue: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road OX3 0EE
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark,
Adeel Malik,
Moin Nizami
