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Lectures

Upcoming Lectures

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

HRH Prince El-Hassan bin Talal (Nelson Mandela Fellow)

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

The Fall of Kabul: why it happened and why it matters?

Sir Laurie Bristow (Hughes Hall, Cambridge)

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

Can International Law make a Difference in Time of War?

Sir Christopher Greenwood (Magdalene College, Cambridge)

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

Navigating a Radically Uncertain World

Professor Sir John Kay (St John’s College, Oxford)

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

A selection of past Lectures

Talking to Anyone for the Good of Everyone Diplomacy in a Multipolar World

HE Sayyid Badr Albusaidi (Foreign Minister of the Sultanate of Oman)

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

Britain and the Muslim World: New Partnerships with Old Friends

The Lord Ricketts of Shortlands

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

The Significance of the Dome in Islamic Architecture

Professor Robert Hillenbrand (University of Edinburgh)

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

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.