Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
Tuesdays at 4.10pm in the Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre and online unless otherwise specified.
To attend online, please contact Salam Rassi (srassi@ed.ac.uk) for Zoom link.
Semester 2 - Spring 2023
| Date | Speakers | Event / topic |
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31 January *Althaus-Reid Room |
Dr Nora Schmid (University of Hamburg) |
'Asceticism in Sermons of Kharijites and Islamic Renunciants |
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Cancelled |
Prof Andrew Peacock (University of St Andrews) |
'Translating the Bible in Mongol Tabriz: Persian Manuscripts, Syriac Translators and European Patronage' |
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Cancelled |
Dr Mina Ibrahim (University of Marburg) |
Book Talk: Identity, Marginalisation, Activism, and Victimhood in Egypt: Misfits in the Coptic Christian Community |
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Cancelled |
Dr Neelam Hussain (Mingana Collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts) |
TBC |
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4 April |
Dr Hilary Kilpatrick (independent scholar) |
'What is al-Shābushtī's (d. c. 999) Kitāb al-diyārāt (The Book of Monasteries) really about?' |
Semester 1 - Autumn 2022
| Date | Speakers | Event / topic |
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30 September |
Dr Elizabeth Marteijn (Early Career Fellow in World Christianity, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh) |
PhD Alumna Lecture (Class of 2022): “Baraka without Boundaries: The Christian-Muslim Encounter in Shared Shrines in Palestine” Jointly held with World Christianity Seminar Series |
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14 October |
Dr Ankur Barua (University Senior Lecturer in Hindu Studies, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge) |
"The Muslim Self and its Hindu Neighbours: Bengali Borderlines of Belonging” Jointly held with Religious Studies Seminar Series |
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28 October *General Assembly Hall |
Imam Mustafa Briggs (Al-Azhar University, Egypt) |
NC Black History Month Lecture: “Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam” Jointly held with Equality and Diversity Committee, Race.Ed, and UofE Islamic Society |
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11 November |
Dr Walaa Quisay (Leverhulme Posdoctoral Fellow, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh) |
“Debates on Hunger Strikes and Prison Resistance: Between Islamic Law and Prison Experiences” Jointly held with the Theology and Ethics Seminar Series |
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18 November |
Dr Sohaira Siddiqui (Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology, Georgetown University, Qatar) |
Zoom Webinar: “Contesting Muslim Legal Sovereignty in Colonial India” Jointly held with Race.Ed |
| 25 November | Dr Claire Norton (Associate Professor of History, St Mary’s University, Twickenham) |
“(In)tolerant Ottomans: Polemic, Perspective, and the Reading of Primary Sources” Jointly held with the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |