Events archive
Archive of events taking place in 2010.
Freedom and Liberty in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Tuesday 23 November 2010, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Martin Hall, New College
Three Faiths Forum panel event Featuring Shaykh Ruzwan Mohammed, Sr Isobel Smyth, Dr George Wilkes and Professor Hugh Goddard. Part of Edinburgh Interfaith Week 2010.
Building Bridges: an initiative of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Wednesday 17 November 2010, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Martin Hall, New College
Joint seminar with the School of Divinity, presented by Dr. David Marshall
The Muslim Organisations of the UK
Monday 8 November 2010, 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Seminar Room 3, Chrystal Macmillan Building
Presented by Ms. Abida Malik (University of Nottingham).
Teaching Islamic Studies in Scotland
Saturday 23 October 2010, 9.00am - 3.30pm
Room G6, 16 George Square
Day seminar with the support of the UK Islamic Studies Network.
Religion in Diaspora
Wednesday 20 October 2010, 8.00am - Thursday 9 December 2010, 3.00pm
Room G03, Informatics Forum
A roundtable seminar arranged by the School of Divinity, with keynote speaker Dr. Liyakat Takim, author of "Shi’ism in America."
The Legacy of Ayatollah Hussein Fadlallah
Thursday 7 October 2010, 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Room G6, 16 George Square
A conversation with Dr Adham Saouli (Department of Politics and International Relations).
The 9/11 anniversary events in New York and Florida
Tuesday 28 September 2010, 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Seminar Room 3, Chrystal Macmillan Building
A panel discussion with Prof Hugh Goddard, Prof Marilyn Booth, Prof Michael Northcott, and Mr Iqbal Akhtar.
Islamic Law Encounters Scots Law: Islamic Impediments to Marriage for Difference of Religion in Scotland
Monday 21 June 2010, 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Lorimer Room, Old College
Presented by Dr Gianluca Parolin (American University in Cairo).
Citizenship in Europe and the Arab World
Monday 7 June 2010, 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Reception Room, McEwan Hall
Presented by Dr Gianluca Parolin (American University in Cairo).
The challenges facing Muslims in the UK
Thursday 4 March 2010, 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Room G6, 19 George Square
Presented by Dr Philip Lewis (Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford), author of "Islamic Britain: Religion, Politics and Identity among British Muslims" and "Young, British and Muslim."
Muslims of Europe: the ‘Other’ Europeans
Wednesday 3 February 2010, 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Room G6, 19 George Square
Meet the author: H.A. Hellyer on "Muslims of Europe: the ‘Other’ Europeans" (Edinburgh University Press, 2009).
Kif al-hal (How are you?)
Tuesday 26 January 2010, 6.00pm - 8.00pm
19 George Square
A showing of Kif al-hal (How are You?) introduced by Director of the Alwaleed Centre, Professor Hguh Goddard and part of the University of Edinburgh's Middle East film screening series.
So What is the Relationship between the World of Islam and the West?
Wednesday 2 December 2009, 5.15pm - 6.15pm
David Hume Tower
Professor Hugh Goddard, Director of the Alwaleed Centre, delivers his inaugural lecture reflecting on the relationship between the world of Islam and the West; past, present and future.
Sketching a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology
Monday 2 November 2009, 5.30pm - 7.00pm
University of Edinburgh
A seminar by Prof David Burrell (Hesburgh Professor Emeritus in Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame, and Professor of Ethics and Development, Uganda Martyrs’ University). Jointly hosted by the Alwaleed Centre and the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
Muslims in Europe – Recent Developments
Wednesday 23 September 2009, 12.00pm - 1.30pm
A conversation event featuring Prof Hugh Goddard (Director of the Alwaleed Centre) in conversation with with Prof Jorgen Nielsen (Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen).