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Climate, Health and Faith - Understanding Science, Building Trust

Climate change and human health are interconnected global issues that pose a threat to human existence, and while science is necessary to meaningfully address these challenges, using science alone is not sufficient. Attitudes and behaviours…

18 Oct

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…

Climate, Health and Faith - Understanding Science, Building Trust

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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