Seminars

The following seminars will be held at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (George Street) during Michaelmas Term 2009 on Wednesdays at 5.00 p.m. unless otherwise stated.

The Muslim World Today

14 October Professor Anoush Ehteshami
(University of Durham)
Security and Stability in the Gulf: The US, Iran and GCC
15 October
(Thursday)
*Special Seminar - see below*  
21 October Professor George Joffé
(University of Cambridge)
Reform and Change in North Africa
22 October
(Thursday)
*NB: this Special Seminar
has been cancelled*
29 October (Thursday) Dr Rosemary Hollis
(City University London)
Egypt, Jordan and Peace in the Middle East
4 November Professor Avi Shlaim
(St Antony's College)
Israel and the Palestinians:
A Hundred Years of Conflict
11 November Mr David Gardner
(The Financial Times)
Living with Islamists: The Implications of Change in the Middle East
18 November Professor Gareth Stansfield
(University of Exeter)
Post-American Iraq
25 November Mr Robert Lacey
Inside the Kingdom: Challenges Facing Saudi Arabia
26 November (Thursday) Professor Alexander Evans
(Yale University)
Pakistan's Strategic Culture
2 December Professor John Sidel
(London School of Economics)
Islam and the Politics of Southeast Asia
 
*Special Seminars*
 
15 October
(Thursday)
Professor Abdallah Schleifer
(Distinguished Professor, the American University in Cairo)
The Common Word Open Letter:
A Historic Breakthrough for Interfaith Dialogue
22 October
(Thursday)
Professor Ilber Ortayli
(Director of the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul)
*NB: this Special Seminar
has been cancelled*

Previous Seminars
Hilary Term 2009: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals: Strategies of Central Power
Trinity Term 2009: Islam and Science

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