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Upcoming Events

When Letters were Numbers: the Abjad Numerals

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

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‘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 a Keynote Lecture by Professor Hagan Bayley, Professor of…

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.

The Origins of Perso-Islamic Courts and Empires in India

Professor Blain Auer (University of Lausanne)

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

Iran's Crisis of Governance

Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Durham University)

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

Al-Ghazālī and the Ideal of Godlikeness

Dr Sophia Vasalou (University of Birmingham)

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

A Bridge to the Sky: From ibn Firnas (d. 887) and the Cordoban Court to Imagining Baghdad in Assassin’s Creed Mirage

Dr Glaire Anderson (University of Edinburgh)

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

A selection of past Events

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

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

Please note that this event has been postponed.

The State of the World and the UK's Place in It

Mr Jon Wilks CMG

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

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.

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.

Emir Abd el-Qader

Dr Mohammad Maamoun El Kacimi (Rector of Djamaa el Djazair)

Sacred Spaces, Seamless Journeys: Transforming the Pilgrim Experience

HE Dr Tawfig Al-Rabiah (Minister of Hajj & Umrah, Saudi Arabia)

Some Reflections on the War in Sudan

Dame Rosalind Marsden

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

Musaliar King: De-colonial Historiography of Malabar Resistance

Dr Abbas Panakkal (University of St Andrews)

Dr Abbas Panakkal (University of St Andrews) will deliver a seminar as part of the Humanities Research Stream on 'Musaliar King: De-colonial Historiography of Malabar Resistance’. All welcome.