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A Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford

Seminars

The following seminars will be held at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (George Street) during Hilary Term 2010 on Wednesdays at 5.00 p.m. unless otherwise stated.

Muslims in the Media
please check this webpage during the term for up-to-date information

20 January Mr Christopher Dickey (Newsweek) Identity and Islam: How Media Fall into the Cultural Divide.
27 January
Eyad Abu Shakra
(Al Sharq Al Awsat)
Britain's Immigrant Arab Press.
3 February Ian Black
(The Guardian)
Reporting on Culture and Politics in the Middle East.
10 February
Nacer Badri
(Al Jazeera)
Sense and Sensationalism: Arab Television in the Age of Satellite Broadcasting.
17 February
Mohamed Chebarro
(Al-Arabiyya)
Post 9/11 and the Rise of the Arabic Media on the World Stage
24 February Tim Marshall
(Sky News)
Conflict in Southern Arabia: the War on Terror and Failed States.
3 March John Defterios
(CNN)
Economic Crises in the Gulf: Oil, Banks and Billionaires.
10 March
details to follow
 
     
 

*Special Seminars*
 
     

Previous Seminars
Hilary Term 2009: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals: Strategies of Central Power
Trinity Term 2009: Islam and Science
Michaelmas Term 2009: The Muslim World Today

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