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Occasional Seminars

Upcoming Occasional Seminars

Upcoming Occasional Seminars will be announced on the first page.

A selection of past Occasional Seminars

Librarylecture

Picturing the Court: Mughal Artists and Material Culture in the 17th Century

Ms Susan Stronge, Senior Curator, Victoria & Albert Museum
Library Lecture, MT2019
14 Nov
2019

Malcolm X in Retrospect: A Panel on his Contemporary Resonance

Speakers: Dr Arun Rasiah (Holy Names University), Judith M. Okely (Hull), Chloe Stallibrass (Oxford)
This seminar is open to members of the public.
14 Jun
2019
weech

Systems of religion and morality in the collections of the Royal Asiatic Society

Mr Edward Weech, Librarian at the Royal Asiatic Society
The Royal Asiatic Society was founded in 1823, inspired by the model of Sir William Jones’s Asiatic Society of Bengal.  From its earliest days, one of the chief ways the Society sought to promote research and interest into the histories and cultures of Asia was by establishing and making…
15 Oct
2018

The Moral Economy: Why good incentives are no substitute for good citizens

Professor Samuel Bowles, Santa Fe Institute
Seminar, at 5.00 pm. All welcome. Please follow the link to register.
29 May
2018

A Baroque Jesuit and the Qur’an: The Translation and Commentaries of Ignazio Lomellini, SJ (1622)

Dr Paul Shore (University of Regina)
Seminar by Dr Paul Shore (Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, University of Regina), at 5.00 pm. All welcome.
10 Oct
2017
David Quarrey

The Arab Awakening: Lessons for Western Engagement in the Middle East

Mr David Quarrey (Director for the Middle East and North Africa in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
Seminar, at 5.00 pm. All welcome.
26 Feb
2013
Rory Stewart

Intervention in the Middle East: Lessons from Iraq to Libya

Mr Rory Stewart MP
Seminar, at 5.00 pm. All welcome.
14 Feb
2013

The Common Word Open Letter: A Historic Breakthrough for Interfaith Dialogue

Professor Abdallah Schleifer (Distinguished Professor, the American University in Cairo)
Seminar, at 5.00 pm. All welcome.
15 Oct
2009