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Upcoming Lectures

The Path to a New World Humanitarian Order Upholding Human Dignity and Climate Integrity

HRH Prince El-Hassan bin Talal
This lecture will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.  
24 Nov
2023

Can International Law Make a Difference at Time of War?

Sir Christopher Greenwood (Master, Magdalene College, Cambridge)
This lecture will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.  
22 Nov
2023

The Significance of the Dome in Islamic Architecture

Professor Robert Hillenbrand
This lecture will begin at 5pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.  
1 Nov
2023

A selection of past Lectures

Kazakhstan: Past, Present and Future

HE Mr Magzhan Ilyassov (Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
This lecture will begin at 5:30pm in the Centre's Jerusalem Room. Prior booking is not required. All welcome.
27 Sep
2023

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.  
14 Jun
2023

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…
7 Jun
2023
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…
5 Jun
2023
Lord Briggs

Islamic finance in English law: a level playing field?

Lord Briggs of Westbourne
On 24 April 2023, Lord Briggs of Westbourne, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, gave a lecture on the subject of ‘Islamic finance in English law: a level playing field?' at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
24 Apr
2023
Tiles

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence & the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple
This lecture will begin at 5pm. All welcome. Booking is not required for this event.  
13 Jun
2022
Lord Reed at the lectern

Commerce and the Law

The Rt Hon Lord Reed of Allermuir
On 21 January the Rt Hon Lord Reed of Allermuir, President of the UK Supreme Court, gave a lecture on the subject of ‘Commerce and the Law’. Having served as a justice in courts in the UK and abroad, Lord Reed gave a survey of the significance of the law to international commercial life. He noted…
21 Jan
2022
Lord Thomas at the Lectern

The Rule of Law in a Post Pandemic Society

The Rt Hon Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd
On 28th October the Centre hosted a well-attended Sultan Azlan Shah lecture by the Rt Hon Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, former Chief Justice of England and Wales. The session was chaired by the Centre’s Sultan Azlan Shah Fellow, the Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond. Lord Thomas took as his title ‘The…
28 Oct
2021