Events | Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

conference room

Events

Upcoming Events

The Ultimate Journey

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is hosting an exhibition ‘The Ultimate Journey’ from Dar Layan Culture. It features artwork depicting the three holy sites of Islam: the Grand Mosque in Makkah, the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The works on show were created by a…

Islamic Manuscripts in the Royal Library

Dr Stella Panayotova (Royal Librarian)

This lecture will begin at 5pm. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

The Global Order Today: A Muslim Perspective

HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal (Director, King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies)

This lecture will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Auditorium. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Protecting Expression, Balancing Interests

The Rt Hon Lady Simler (Justice of the Supreme Court)

This lecture will begin at 5pm. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

The Dignity of the Human Person in the Islamic Tradition Alongside the Judeo-Christian Imago Dei

Dr Afifi Al-Akiti (University of Oxford)

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

A selection of past Events

Against Symbolic Liberalism: A Plea for Dialogical Sociology

Professor Sari Hanafi, Professor Cécile Laborde and Dr Jacob Williams

This seminar will begin at 3pm in the Centre's Cordoba Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Water Justice in Muslim Societies: Towards a Macro-Historical Geographic Perspective

Professor James Wescoat (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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

Philosophical Anthropology in Hanafi-Maturidi Thought: Moral Universalism and Rights Discourse

Dr Arnold Yasin Mol (Leiden University)

This seminar will begin at 2pm in the Centre's Cordoba Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.

Haram Historiography: Writing the History of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem in the Early Islamic Centuries

OCIS-TORCH Seminar by Dr Harry Munt (University of York)

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

POSTPONED: Salam Contract as an Informal Credit Choice in Early Modern Ottoman Society

Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar (President Higher Education Institutions in Türkiye)

This seminar has been postponed until further notice.

Three Styles of Medieval Iranian Ceramics: Lustre, Mina'i and Lajvardina

Dr Richard McClary (University of York)

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

Three Styles of Medieval Iranian Ceramics: Lustre, Mina'i and Lajvardina

Dr Richard McClary (University of York)

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

The Future of Multilateralism: Keeping international co-operation alive in the new age of unilateralism

Rt Hon The Lord Hague of Richmond (Chancellor of the University of Oxford)

This lecture will begin at 5pm. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.