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Contemporary Islamic Studies

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Explore key questions shaping Muslim societies today, with a particular focus on religious authority, religion and politics, and modern Islamic thought. Drawing on seminars, lectures, and conversations with leading scholars, this podcast series is produced by the Contemporary Islamic Studies Programme at the Middle East Centre, University of Oxford. Episodes reflect the Programme’s commitment to rigorous scholarship and international academic exchange, highlighting research at the intersection of Islam, society, and contemporary global debates, and showcasing collaborations between Oxford and...

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Religious Actors and Transnational Solidarity: The question of Palestine 13.01.2025 20:46

Prof. Raihan Ismail in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Professor Raihan Ismail speaking on “Religious Actors and Transnational Solidarity: The question of Palestine”. Guest speaker contributing to the...

Whatever happened to Algerian Islamism? 13.01.2025 20:45

Prof. Michael Willis in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Professor Michael Willis speaking on “Whatever happened to Algerian Islamism?”. Guest speaker contributing to the 1-day workshop: Transnational...

Islamist Networks 2011-2013: The AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood 13.01.2025 12:42

Dr Ezgi Basaran in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Dr Ezgi Basaran speaking on “Islamist Networks 2011-2013: The AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood”. Guest speaker contributing to the 1-day wor...

Saudi Arabia and Iran: Transnational Shifts and Regional Order 13.01.2025 19:41

Prof. Simon Mabon contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Professor Simon Mabon speaking on “Saudi Arabia and Iran: Transnational Shifts and Regional Order”. Guest speaker contributing to the 1-day works...

Iran is Far Less Interested in Resistance than You are Made to Believe 13.01.2025 17:34

Prof. Maryam Alemzadeh in Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Professor Maryam Alemzadeh speaking on “Iran is Far Less Interested in Resistance than You are Made to Believe”. Guest speaker contributing to the 1-day...

The 'Day After' October 7 and Geopolitical Transformations in the Wider Arab World Region 13.01.2025 18:44

Dr Hisham Hellyer contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations & Geopolitical Transformation at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Dr Hisham Hellyer speaking on “The ‘Day After’ October 7 and Geopolitical Transformations in the Wider Arab World Region”. Guest speaker contrib...

Prospects for Democracy and the Muslim Subject: Reflecting on the Raba'a Massacre Ten Years On 07.01.2025 34:15

This talk is the closing plenary address given by Professor S Sayyid, University of Leeds the final part of a 2-day online academic conference convened on 15-16 August 2023 by Dr Usaama al-Azami. This talk is the closing plenary address given by Professor S Sayyid, University of Leeds the final part of a 2-day online academic conference convened on 15-16 August 2023 by Dr Usaama al-Azami on the to...

Faith and Superstition from an Islamic Perspective 25.11.2016 43:19

In light of the Power and Protection Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford, this talk addresses the fundamental principles of faith, and how the Islamic tradition deals with and defines superstition. Tariq Ramadan is an invited guest speaker of the Museum as part of the Power and Protection Exhibition: Islamic Art and the Supernatural, which is on public display from 20 Oc...