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Forthcoming Events

When Letters were Numbers: the Abjad Numerals

Joumana Medlej

Join us for a workshop led by renowned artist-scholar Joumana Medlej.

17 May

2025

‘Disruptive Technologies and Muslim Societies – From AI and Education to Food and Fintech’

Book Launch Event

This event will take place at Centre’s Jerusalem Room at 5:00pm on 20 May 2025. It will feature short talks from Subhra Priyadarshini, Peter Edwards, John Parrington and Shahid Jameel on their chapters in the book.

This will be followed by…

20 May

2025

Building State Capacity in Fragile States

Dr Michael Callen (London School of Economics)

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

21 May

2025

News & Notices

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…

When Letters were Numbers: the Abjad Numerals

‘Disruptive Technologies and Muslim Societies – From AI and Education to Food and Fintech’

Building State Capacity in Fragile States

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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