Seminars: Hilary Term 2020

The following seminars will be held at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Marston Road, during Hilary Term 2020 on Wednesdays at 5.00 pm. All welcome.

“Our life on the sea is gone but our stories will last forever”: Documenting and remembering the Red Sea dhow and its people

Professor Dionisius Agius

Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Fihrist: Digital Scholarship inspired by a 10th-century Arabic source

Ms Yasmin Faghihi

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Anthropology in conversation with an Islamic tradition: Emmanuel Levinas and the practice of critique

Dr Johan Rasanayagam

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

What in the world will happen this year?

Mr Michael Binyon

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Ali al-Sharafi’s nautical atlases and rectangular world map: A 16th-century lingua franca of the Mediterranean & the Black Sea & its translation into a map of Eurasia and Africa

Professor Sonja Brentjes

Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Hajj and the arts of pilgrimage

Professor Nasser David Khalili

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

Calligraphy in the arts of the Muslim world

Professor Robert Hillenbrand

Wednesday, 4 March 2020

Reclaiming History: Moving away from Eurocentrism

Professor Peter Frankopan

Wednesday, 11 March 2020

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