Tuesdays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall and Online unless otherwise stated All welcome, for enquiries and Zoom log-in information, please contact Dr Salam Rassi: srassi@exseed.ed.ac.ukSemester 2 – Spring 2025DateSpeakersEvent / topic Wednesday 29 JanuaryDr Shoaib Malik (University of Edinburgh)Beyond Angels and Humans: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and the Future of Islamic Theological Anthropology.Joint session with Science and Religion11 FebruaryJakub Zbrzezny (Aberdeen) & Ahmad Hroub (Independent scholar)(A) Reading (of) the Bible among Muslims of the rural West Bank: Initial Outcomes and Prospective Directions. Joint session with Biblical Studies1 AprilGeorge Kiraz (Beth Mardutho)Book Talk: Water the Willow Tree: Memoirs of a Bethlehem Boyhood.Joint session with World ChristianitySemester 1 – Autumn 2024DateSpeakersEvent / topic Friday 4 OctoberDr Idil Osman (Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Leicester)“Digital Media Affordances, Agency, & African Diaspora Muslim Youth"Thursday 17 OctoberAlthaus-Reid RoomDr Hengameh Ziai (Lecturer in the History of the Middle East and Africa, SOAS)“Islam & Capitalism: Notes from Late Ottoman Sudan"29 October Ahmad Hakam Lujain Beruwien“PhD Student Panel: Pluralism, Gender, and the State”“Christian and Islamic Religious Education Teacher Training Institutions in Indonesia: Case Studies of Perceiving Religious Others” "There is No State!": Attempting to Unpack the Narratives of Libyan Women’s Rights Activists and the State”Friday 8 November5:30pm “Meet the Author: In Conversation with Ziauddin Sardar”Jointly held with the New College Book Festival and the Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World12 NovemberDr Mahmood Kooria (Lecturer in the History of the Indian Ocean World, Uni of Edinburgh)“Collectives of Piety and Duty: Matrilineal Muslims of the Indian Ocean” This article was published on 2024-03-19