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Forthcoming Events

The Economy of the Ottoman Empire in Comparative Perspective, 1500-1800

Professor Sevket Pamuk (Bogaziçi University)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

30 Apr

2025

Beyond Castes and Regions: The Socio-Economic Decline of Muslims in Contemporary India

Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (Kings College London)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

7 May

2025

Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty in Muslim Societies

Mr Ali Allawi (Former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq)

This seminar will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

14 May

2025

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Lecture: Crafting Medieval Spain: the Torrijos ceiling in the Victoria and Albert Museum

Dr Mariam Rosser-Owen is Curator responsible for the Arab World collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She is a specialist in the Islamic Mediterranean, especially al-Andalus and the Maghrib, during the…

5 Jun

2023

A Literary History of Medicine - The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah

New Open Access resource available online

A Literary History of Medicine: The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah

https://brill.com/view/db/lhom

6 Mar

2020

Lecture: Picturing the court: Mughal artists and material culture in the 17th century

The lecture places the portraits in historical and art historical context, and show how the evolution of Mughal painting produces greater accuracy in the depiction of material culture. The portraits then become an important source of information…

The Economy of the Ottoman Empire in Comparative Perspective, 1500-1800

Beyond Castes and Regions: The Socio-Economic Decline of Muslims in Contemporary India

Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty in Muslim Societies

Lecture: Crafting Medieval Spain: the Torrijos ceiling in the Victoria and Albert Museum

A Literary History of Medicine - The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah

Lecture: Picturing the court: Mughal artists and material culture in the 17th century

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