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Events

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A selection of past Events

Dr Rawya Saud Al Busaidi

Oman’s Education Renaissance, 1770–2010

HE Dr Rawya Saud Al Busaidi

HE Dr Rawya Saud Al Busaidi, Minister of Higher Education of the Sultanate of Oman, chaired a roundtable discussion at Rhodes House in Oxford in February 2011. Taking as her theme ‘Oman’s Education Renaissance, 1770–2010’, Her Excellency spoke on a wide number of topics relating to the country’s…

Contextualizing Islam in Britain.

Professor Yasir Suleiman (University of Cambridge)

Defying the Resource Curse: Explaining Successful State-Owned Enterprises in Rentier States.

Dr Steffen Hertog (London School of Economics)

Mr Abdullah Gül

The Islamic World, Democracy, and Development

HE Mr Abdullah Gül

The President of the Republic of Turkey, HE Mr Abdullah Gül, was the Centre’s Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Michaelmas term. His Excellency delivered a lecture on ‘The Islamic World, Democracy, and Development’ to a capacity audience in the Examination Schools, Oxford. President Gül stated…

Reflections on Key Themes and Methodologies.

Dr Alison Shaw (Dept. of Public Health, University of Oxford) & Professor Mohammad Talib (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)

HRH The Prince of Wales

Islam and the Environment

HRH The Prince of Wales, Patron of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Centre, HRH The Prince of Wales delivered a lecture on Islam and the Environment at the Sheldonian Theatre in front of a capacity audience.

Unesco, the World of Islam and the Rapprochement of Cultures

Mrs Irina Bokova (Director-General, UNESCO)

At the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford.

Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Dimension

Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

At the Taylor Institution.