Events

What's on in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.

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Apr 03 2023 -

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Hilary Kilpatrick

Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Hilary Kilpatrick on Arabic poetry in the Ottoman period.

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Mar 27 2023 -

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Bahar Fayeghi and Erin Robbins

Join us in person for two seminars by PhD students Bahar Fayeghi and Erin Robbins (University of Edinburgh) on their current research.

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Mar 14 2023 -

Meet, Greet and Eat: March 2023

Join us in person for a chance to chat and socialise with students and native speakers of Arabic, Persian and Turkish over a cup of Moroccan herbal tea.

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Mar 13 2023 -

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Pooyan Tamimi Arab

Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Pooyan Tamimi Arab (Utrecht University) on his survey work on politically sensitive topics with the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN).

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Feb 27 2023 -

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Lucy Deacon

Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Lucy Deacon (University of Edinburgh) on the story of the Iranian tradition ta'ziyeh.

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Feb 13 2023 -

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Claus Valling Pedersen

Join us in person for a seminar by Dr Claus Valling Pedersen (University of Copenhagen) on novels by female Iranian authors with a special focus on Parinush Sani’i’s novel Sahm-e man.

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Jan 30 2023 -

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Asghar Seyed-Gohrab

Join us online on Zoom for a seminar by Professor Asghar Seyed-Gohrab (Utrecht University) on themes of identity, liberty and womanhood found in Zhāle Qāʾem-Maqāmi’s poetry.

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Jan 16 2023 -

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Seminar Series: Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila

Join us in person for a seminar by Professor Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila (University of Edinburgh) on Persian tales from the ninth and early tenth centuries and their similarities with The Thousand and One Nights.

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Dec 12 2022 -

Islamic Mosaic Colouring Workshop

Join us for an in-person colouring, journaling and doodling workshop to celebrate UN's International Day of Islamic Art.

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Dec 05 2022 -

Meet, Greet and Eat: December 2022

Join us in person for a chance to chat and socialise with students and native speakers of Arabic, Persian and Turkish over a cup of Moroccan herbal tea.

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