Lectures

The Centre's Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Programme was inaugurated in 1993 by HRH The Prince of Wales on the occasion of his becoming Patron of the Centre. Distinguished Visiting Lecturers have included world figures from a variety of backgrounds and experience.

Trinity Term 2011 lectures:
16th May 2011 - Prime Minister of Malaysia
23rd May 2011 - Prime Minister of Qatar

Recent lectures (2010-11) have been given by:

	"Islam and the Environment" HRH The Prince of Wales Patron of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Full Text
	"The Islamic World, Democracy, and Development" HE Mr Abdullah Gül The President of the Republic of Turkey Full Text

Previous lectures have been given by:

	"Islam and the West" HRH The Prince of Wales Patron of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Full Text
	"Renaissance and Renewal: Towards A New World Order" Mr Nelson Mandela President of the Republic of South Africa Full Text
	"Islam and Knowledge" Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Full Text
	"The Dialogue of Civilisations and the Need for a Global Ethic" Mr Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations Full Text
	"Overcoming Disconnect" HRH Prince Saud al-Faisal Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Full Text
	"Islam: The Misunderstood Religion" Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad Prime Minister of Malaysia Full Text
	"Conflict and Co-Existence In Our Age" Mrs Sonia Gandhi President of the Indian National Congress Full Text
	"Dialogue between Religions" HE The Shaikh Al-Azhar
	"Malaysia, Islam and the Wider World" Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Prime Minister of Malaysia Full Text
	"Bosnia on the Historical Border" Mr Alija Izetbegovic President of Bosnia & Herzegovina Full Text
	"The Road to Enhanced International Dialogue: An Arab Perspective" Mr Amr Moussa Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Full Text
	"Engagement with the Islamic World" The Rt Hon Jack Straw Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, UK Full Text
	"Islam and the West – At the Crossroads" Mr Chris Patten European Commissioner for External Affairs and Chancellor of Oxford University Full Text
	"Multilateralism and Multiculturalism" The Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century Rt Hon Don McKinnon Commonwealth Secretary-General Full Text
	"Globalization and Diversity" HE Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura Director-General, UNESCO Full Text
	"Bosnia, the Balkans, Europe and Islam" Rt Hon Lord Ashdown High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Full Text