Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) Conference 2026 Conference dates: 6-8 July 2026 About the conference Welcome to the Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) – an annual online conference hosted by the University of Edinburgh and dedicated to exploring cutting-edge questions in Islamic theology, philosophy, and the dynamic intersections between Islam and science. ICE provides a vibrant platform for scholars and students worldwide to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue and push the boundaries of contemporary Islamic thought.The theme of this year’s conference is The Histories of Islam and Science. The conference explores how scientific developments and Islamic thought, theology, institutions, and societies have interacted across different contexts and time periods. It asks what kinds of narratives best describe the relationship between Islam and science across history: conflict, harmony, ambivalence, negotiation, or something else entirely. The conference will spotlight how scientific theories, practices, and institutions have been encountered, interpreted, contested, or integrated within Muslim intellectual and social traditions. Programme Monday 6 July – Vision, Light, and Scientific KnowledgeChaired by Shoaib Ahmed MalikTimeSpeakerUniversityPaper12:00-12:30pmShoaib Ahmed MalikUniversity of EdinburghWelcome, conference introduction, aims, and format12:30-1pmEllen Philpott-TeoUniversity of AdelaideVision in Ibn al-Haytham’s Manāẓir and the problem of the ‘Islamic’ Gaze1-1:30pmSena AydinIstanbul Medeniyet UniversityHow does light propagate? The Approach of Taqi al-Din, the Peak of Optics in the Ottoman Classical Period1-2pmBreak 2-2:30pmJulia TomassonRice UniversityTaḥqīq in Post-Avicennan Mathematics: Shifting Discursive and Epistemic Practices in Arabic Geometric Manuscripts2:30-3pmMeysam Sefidkhosh, Maedeh ShokriShahid Beheshti UniversityHistory of Science as Discursive Intervention: Taqizadeh and the Legitimation of Modern Science in Twentieth-Century IranTuesday 7 July – Cosmos, Calculation, and CreationChaired by Jörg Matthias DetermannTimeSpeakerUniversityPaper12:00-12:30pmMuktashim BillahUniversitas Muhammadiyah MakassarRevisiting Epistemological Divides: A Jurisprudential Reassessment of Astronomical Discourses Among Mughal Ulama12:30-1pmAbdurrahman Ali MihirigUniversity of OxfordThe Kalām Astronomy of Ṣadr al-Sharīʿa al-Bukhārī (d.747/1347)1-1:30pmJulio César Cárdenas ArenasComplutense University of Madrid / University of AntioquiaCelestial Bodies, Calculation, and Astrology in Medieval Islam: Ibn Taymiyah’s Cosmological Critique1-2pmBreak 2-2:30pmNazir KhanMcMaster UniversityCreatio continua: Ibn Taymiyya on the metaphysics of change in al-Nubuwwāt2:30-3pmHani Ahmed ZewailUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraDefining Nature in Al-Kindī: Greek Physics and Islamic CreationWednesday 8 July – Reform, Evolution, and Muslim Futures Chaired by Shoaib Ahmed Malik and Jörg Matthias DetermannTimeSpeakerUniversityPaper12:00-12:30pmMohammad HossainIbn Haldun UniversityA Maghrebi vision of Ottoman Quarantine: Anti-Epidemic measures and State Reform in Hamdan bin Osman Khodja’s Ithāf al-Munsifin (1838)12:30-1pmAyesha Qurrat ul AinInternational Islamic University IslamabadEvolution, Human Origins and the Quran: A Comparative Reading of Daryabadi and Parwez1-1:30pmAhmad Faizuddin RamliNational University of MalaysiaThe Human Question in Evolutionary Controversy: Dignity, Moral Agency, and Responsibility in Muḥammad Riḍā al-Najafī al-Iṣfahānī’s Critique of Darwinism1-2pmBreak 2-2:30pmSeriyye AkanBinghamton UniversityRe-examining the Late Ottoman Intellectuals’ Interpretation of Biological Evolution2:30-3pmAhmed ElbenniPrinceton UniversityLocality, Materiality, and Cosmotechnics: Sardarian Science Fiction as Islamic Philosophy of Technology Register To attend this event, please register via our Eventbrite. Once registered, joining information will become available to you. Register General Enquiries Please direct any questions regarding this conference to shoaib.malik@ed.ac.uk. Jul 06 2026 12.00 - Jul 08 2026 15.00 Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) Conference 2026 The second annual online conference on the histories of Islam and Science Online This article was published on Wednesday 24 June 2026
Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) Conference 2026 Conference dates: 6-8 July 2026 About the conference Welcome to the Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) – an annual online conference hosted by the University of Edinburgh and dedicated to exploring cutting-edge questions in Islamic theology, philosophy, and the dynamic intersections between Islam and science. ICE provides a vibrant platform for scholars and students worldwide to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue and push the boundaries of contemporary Islamic thought.The theme of this year’s conference is The Histories of Islam and Science. The conference explores how scientific developments and Islamic thought, theology, institutions, and societies have interacted across different contexts and time periods. It asks what kinds of narratives best describe the relationship between Islam and science across history: conflict, harmony, ambivalence, negotiation, or something else entirely. The conference will spotlight how scientific theories, practices, and institutions have been encountered, interpreted, contested, or integrated within Muslim intellectual and social traditions. Programme Monday 6 July – Vision, Light, and Scientific KnowledgeChaired by Shoaib Ahmed MalikTimeSpeakerUniversityPaper12:00-12:30pmShoaib Ahmed MalikUniversity of EdinburghWelcome, conference introduction, aims, and format12:30-1pmEllen Philpott-TeoUniversity of AdelaideVision in Ibn al-Haytham’s Manāẓir and the problem of the ‘Islamic’ Gaze1-1:30pmSena AydinIstanbul Medeniyet UniversityHow does light propagate? The Approach of Taqi al-Din, the Peak of Optics in the Ottoman Classical Period1-2pmBreak 2-2:30pmJulia TomassonRice UniversityTaḥqīq in Post-Avicennan Mathematics: Shifting Discursive and Epistemic Practices in Arabic Geometric Manuscripts2:30-3pmMeysam Sefidkhosh, Maedeh ShokriShahid Beheshti UniversityHistory of Science as Discursive Intervention: Taqizadeh and the Legitimation of Modern Science in Twentieth-Century IranTuesday 7 July – Cosmos, Calculation, and CreationChaired by Jörg Matthias DetermannTimeSpeakerUniversityPaper12:00-12:30pmMuktashim BillahUniversitas Muhammadiyah MakassarRevisiting Epistemological Divides: A Jurisprudential Reassessment of Astronomical Discourses Among Mughal Ulama12:30-1pmAbdurrahman Ali MihirigUniversity of OxfordThe Kalām Astronomy of Ṣadr al-Sharīʿa al-Bukhārī (d.747/1347)1-1:30pmJulio César Cárdenas ArenasComplutense University of Madrid / University of AntioquiaCelestial Bodies, Calculation, and Astrology in Medieval Islam: Ibn Taymiyah’s Cosmological Critique1-2pmBreak 2-2:30pmNazir KhanMcMaster UniversityCreatio continua: Ibn Taymiyya on the metaphysics of change in al-Nubuwwāt2:30-3pmHani Ahmed ZewailUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraDefining Nature in Al-Kindī: Greek Physics and Islamic CreationWednesday 8 July – Reform, Evolution, and Muslim Futures Chaired by Shoaib Ahmed Malik and Jörg Matthias DetermannTimeSpeakerUniversityPaper12:00-12:30pmMohammad HossainIbn Haldun UniversityA Maghrebi vision of Ottoman Quarantine: Anti-Epidemic measures and State Reform in Hamdan bin Osman Khodja’s Ithāf al-Munsifin (1838)12:30-1pmAyesha Qurrat ul AinInternational Islamic University IslamabadEvolution, Human Origins and the Quran: A Comparative Reading of Daryabadi and Parwez1-1:30pmAhmad Faizuddin RamliNational University of MalaysiaThe Human Question in Evolutionary Controversy: Dignity, Moral Agency, and Responsibility in Muḥammad Riḍā al-Najafī al-Iṣfahānī’s Critique of Darwinism1-2pmBreak 2-2:30pmSeriyye AkanBinghamton UniversityRe-examining the Late Ottoman Intellectuals’ Interpretation of Biological Evolution2:30-3pmAhmed ElbenniPrinceton UniversityLocality, Materiality, and Cosmotechnics: Sardarian Science Fiction as Islamic Philosophy of Technology Register To attend this event, please register via our Eventbrite. Once registered, joining information will become available to you. Register General Enquiries Please direct any questions regarding this conference to shoaib.malik@ed.ac.uk. Jul 06 2026 12.00 - Jul 08 2026 15.00 Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) Conference 2026 The second annual online conference on the histories of Islam and Science Online This article was published on Wednesday 24 June 2026
Jul 06 2026 12.00 - Jul 08 2026 15.00 Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) Conference 2026 The second annual online conference on the histories of Islam and Science
