Research events
Listed below are forthcoming research events in the Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies. See also the events for all of SSIS.
Any SSIS staff or postgrads may always attend. Anyone else should contact the department or the centre in question.
Please also see individual research centre sites for other events.
View past seminars.
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13 May 2024 | 16:00 | Prof Sajjad Rizvi Inaugural Lecture - 'For the love of wisdom': Philosophy as a Way of Life in the World of IslamMonday 13th May, 16:00 - 17:00 IAIS LT1 and 2 (or via MS Teams) with Drinks Reception from 18:00 in The Street Gallery In-person tickets are available on a first come first serve basis, however you will be able to join the lecture online (via MS Teams). The lecture will also be recorded and available to watch at a later date on our Inaugural Lectures webpage. Full details | Add event |
15 May 2024 | 17:00 | CSI Monday Majilis (This week it is on a Wednesday) : Zahra Ali SyedTowards a Sustainable Arbaeen: Advocating for a Plastic-Free Pilgrimage in Iraq. Full details | Add event |
20 May 2024 | 16:00 | Futures without Fossil MiltarismAn event on Fossil Militarism. Full details | Add event |
20 May 2024 | 17:00 | Monday Majlis: The Definitive Zoroastrian Critique of IslamThis lecture will explore early relations between Zoroastrians and Muslims by examining the most important polemical treatise in the Zoroastrian tradition, the Škand Gumānīg-Wizār (“The Doubt-Dispelling Disquisition”), written by the ninth/tenth century theologian and philosopher Mardānfarrox son of Ohrmazddād. A sophisticated work of rationalist theology, the treatise systematically critiques several rival religions of the late antique and medieval Middle East, including Islam. The critique of Islam in chapters 11 and 12 is the only sustained, systematic polemic against Islam in premodern Zoroastrian literature, one that attacks monotheism by focusing on the problem of evil. This lecture will consider Zoroastrians’ relationship with Muslims, the influence of Islamic theology on Zoroastrian thought, and the place of the Škand Gumānīg-Wizār in Middle Persian literature.. Full details | Add event |
27 May 2024 | 17:00 | Monday Majlis: The Qurʾān and Its Masculine God: A Historical Feminist AnalysisA major pursuit of hermeneutic feminists is to modify the traditional understanding of the Qurʾān in order to present a pattern of gender equality, and consequently, enhance the status of women in Islam. While they emphasize the historical view and the non-selective approach to the Qurʾānic verses, they deviate from these assumptions in practice. In particular, when it comes to the supernatural realm of the Qurʾān, especially Allāh’s character, they portray it as devoid of sexism, repression, and discrimination. Full details | Add event |
3 - 4 June 2024 | Introduction to R-StudioIn this in-person introductory course, you will acquire the foundations to understand, execute and communicate data analysis in a widely recognised software platform that was built for statistics. R is used in a number of professions, from academia to government departments and from data journalists to pollsters.. Full details | Add event | |
3 June 2024 | 17:00 | CSI Monday MajilisThe Novel in Adab: A Modern Genre in Conversation with al-Tanukhi and al-Tawhidi. Full details | Add event |
12 June 2024 | 9:00 | Healthscapes in DisruptionHealthscapes in Disruption, 12 June 2024, University of Exeter. Full details | Add event |
27 - 28 June 2024 | 34th Exeter Gulf ConferenceFull details | Add event | |
7 October 2024 | 17:00 | Monday Majlis: On Animals, Stones, and Alphabets: The 14th-Century Egyptian Alchemist Aydamir al-Jildakī and His Natural EncyclopaediaDespite his large and – in his time – well-received oeuvre, the Egyptian scholar Aydamir al-Jildakī (fl. middle of the 14th century) so far is known to specialists of Islamic alchemy only. Yet, Manfred Ullmann, writing in 1972, insisted that he was one of the “greatest scholars of the Islamic cultural sphere”. In his natural encyclopaedia entitled Durrat al-ghawwāṣ (“The diver’s pearl”), al-Jildakī treats the whole sublunar nature, from humans to animals, plants, and minerals. Perhaps following Qur’anic concepts of sign (āya), he also considers languages and scripts as part of the ordered natural world. This paper will offer an introduction to al-Jildakī and his concepts of nature and culture and thus into concepts of post-classical Arabic science.. Full details | Add event |
6 December 2024 | 14:30 | Using ChatGPT and AI Tools in Teaching ArabicFull details | Add event |