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Torrijos

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

Dr Mariam Rosser-Owen (Victoria & 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 medieval period. The lecture will take place at 5.30 p.m. on 5 June 2023 at…

Pregnancy as an Opportunity to Improve Women’s Lifelong Health

Dr Jane Hirst (Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford)

Dr Jane Hirst will speak on the topic of 'Pregnancy as an Opportunity to Improve Women’s Lifelong Health'. A brief description of the topic is set out below:

Negotiating a Violent Terrain: Political Engagement in Sahel and Somalia

Dr Comfort Ero (International Crisis Group)

Dr. Comfort Ero is the President & CEO of International Crisis Group, the world’s leading conflict resolution organisation. Dr Ero has spent her entire career working in conflict-affected countries and her expertise include research, mediation, peacekeeping, transitional justice, politics and…

ASEAN: Navigating Geopolitical Turbulence in the Indo-Pacific

Dr Marty Natalegawa (Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia)

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

A selection of past Events

Institutions, Guilds, and Economic Prosperity

Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie (All Souls College, Oxford)

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

Islam and Empire in India: The Padshah's Sacred Authority and Religious Pluralism in Mughal Times

Professor Corinne Lefèvre (Centre for South Asian Studies CEIAS (CNRS-EHESS))

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

Writing the History of Saladin

Professor Jonathan Phillips

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

Islam and the East: The New Geopolitics of Religion and Identity

Professor Peter Mandaville (George Mason University)

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

Tunisia’s Democratic Transition: Autonomous Activism and Accountability

Dr Rory P. McCarthy (Durham University)

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

The Visualisation of Archaeological Hypotheses with Digital Technologies - An Architectural View on Islamic and Other Heritage

Professor Dominik Lengyel (Brandenburg University of Technology)

Professor Dominik Lengyel (Brandenburg University of Technology) will speak about 'The Visualisation of Archaeological Hypotheses with Digital Technologies'. A brief description of the topic is set out below:

The Social World of Syrian Traders: Commerce and Social Differentiation in Pre-conflict Aleppo

Dr Paul S. Anderson (University of Cambridge)

Dr Paul Anderson is the Prince Alwaleed Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, the Acting Director of the University’s Prince Alwaleed Centre of Islamic Studies, and a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. Dr Anderson is a social anthropologist…

Islamic finance in English law: a level playing field?

Lord Briggs of Westbourne

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