Tuesdays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall and Online unless otherwise stated All welcome, for Zoom log-in information, please contact Dr Salam Rassi: srassi@ed.ac.uk. Semester 2 – Spring 2024 Date Speakers Event / topic 30 January Professor Nahyan Fancy (University of Exeter) "The Brain Never Shuts Down’: Sleep Theory and Practices in Premodern Islamic Societies" 20 February Professor Andrew Peacock (University of St Andrews) Translating the Bible in Mongol Tabriz: Persian manuscripts, Syriac Translators and European Patronage. This talk will take place during Flexible Learning Week 5 March Professor Emily Selove (University of Exeter) Book Talk: The Donkey King: Asinine Symbology in Ancient and Medieval Magic 19 March 10-11:30am Online Only Dr Sofia Rehman (independent scholar) Book Talk: Gendering the Hadith Tradition: Recentring the Authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers 2 April Speakers TBA PhD Student Panel in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Semester 1 – Autumn 2023 Date Speakers Event / topic 26 September No Seminar due to National Strike Action 10 October Professor Katrina D. Thompson (Evjue-Bascom Professor of the Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Online Book Launch Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America (New York University Press, 2023) *Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations seminar jointly held with New College Pride 24 October Dr Jeremy Dell (Lecturer in African History, University of Edinburgh) “E.W. Blyden, Race, and the Idea of “Islam in Africa”: Ruminations of a Black Protestant Missionary Thursday 26 October 1:30pm Responding: Dr Joshua Ralston (Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Edinburgh) Online Panel Discussion *Streamed from the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) in Rome Monday 6 November Professor Ayesha S. Chaudhry (Professor of Islamic Studies and Gender Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada) “A Lyric Biography of Aisha, Mother of the Believers” 14 November Dr Zahra Ayubi (Associate Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College, USA) Gunning Lecture “Gender, Authority, and Epistemology in Islamic Medical Ethics” *Jointly held with Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations; Science and Religion; & Theology and Ethics This article was published on 2024-03-19
