Seminars: Michaelmas Term 2018

The following seminars will be held at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road, during Michaelmas Term 2018 on Wednesdays at 5.00 pm. All welcome.

Islamic Charities Since the 1970s: A Record of Growth and Suppression

Mr Jonathan Benthall, University College London

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

‘Becoming Muslim’: The Archaeology and Trade in Eastern Ethiopia

Professor Timothy Insoll, University of Exeter

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

The World in the Year 1000: New Connections Within and Beyond the Islamic World

Professor Valerie Hansen, Yale University

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Jeddah 100 Years Ago…Through the French Lense

Dr Louis Blin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

Wednesday, 31 October 2018

The Russian Conquest of Central Asia in Persianate Historiography

Dr Alexander Morrison, University of Oxford

Wednesday, 7 November 2018

The Political Legacy of Islamic Conquest

Dr Faisal Z. Ahmed, Princeton University

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

The Politics of Islamic Law: Colonialism, Mobility, Translation

Dr Iza Hussin, University of Cambridge

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Siyasa Shar’iyya: Some Insights From Nineteenth-Century Egypt

Professor Khaled Fahmy, University of Cambridge

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

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