Welcome to Oxford Political Thought - the Oxford podcast where each week guest speakers working on Islam, politics, and history to discuss their cutting-edge research on political thought. Our guests will each speak for 20mins, one after the other and a Q&A discussion will follow. The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony's College, University of Oxford) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford).
Associate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar speaking on ‘Friendship in Islamic Ethical Political Thought: Foundations and Modern Implications’ // Associate Professor SherAli Tareen speaking on ‘Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire’ Speakers:
Associate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar, Institute of Ismaili Studies and American University of Sharjah
Associate Professor SherAli Tareen, Franklin & Marshall College
The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies) of the University of Oxford.
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16 Jan 2023
The Left
Fadi Bardawil speaking on ‘Nation, Class, Community: Milestones on the path of the 1960s Lebanese New Left’. Nadia Bou Ali speaking on ‘Is the Heart for the East and Reason for the West? Mehdi Amel’s Critique of Edward Said’. Speaker(s):
Associate Professor Fadi Bardawil (Duke University).
Associate Professor Nadia Bou Ali (American University in Beirut).
Convenor:
Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History, University of Oxford) and Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
23 Dec 2022
Dissent
Valerie Hoffman speaking on Charges of Radicalism: Ibāḍī–Wahhābī Polemics and Articulations of Identity. Convenors: Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History, University of Oxford) and Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
15 Jul 2022
Religion II
Professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University) speaking on 'Decolonizing the category of religion' and Dr Rushain Abbasi (Stanford University) speaking on 'Regulating Religion in Premodern Islamic Governance'. The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College, University of Oxford) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford). Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
28 Apr 2022
Law
Professor Mohammad Fadel speaking on ‘The Protean Sovereign of Sunni Law’ and Professor Lena Salaymeh speaking on ‘Reconsidering the Political in Premodern Islam.'
8 Apr 2022
Violence
Nesrine Badawi speaking on ‘Debating Militancy in the Modern World’ and Murad Idris speaking on ‘Theorizing Colonialism, Capitalism, and Violence in an Islamist Key.'
2 Mar 2022
Sovereignty
Neguin Yavari speaking on ‘Islamic imperatives and Islamic rulers’, Samy Ayoub speaking on ‘Law and the Exercise of Power: Debates on Political Legitimacy and Authority in the 19th - 20th centuries Egypt’. Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College).
2 Mar 2022
Religion
Madawi al-Rasheed speaking on ‘Islamic Reform in Saudi Arabia between “the Violence of the Minority and the Apathy of the Majority”. Pascal Menoret speaking on ‘Graveyard of Clerics’. Speaker(s): Madawi al-Rasheed (LSE), Pascal Menoret (Brandeis University).
Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College). Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
1 Mar 2022
Caliphate
Elizabeth Alexandrin speaking on ‘Empire of the End Time: Fāṭimid Sovereignties in the 4th Century AH/11th Century CE’. Hüseyin Yilmaz speaking on ‘The Ottomans and the Question of the Caliphate'. Speaker(s): Elizabeth Alexandrin (University of Manitoba), Hüseyin Yilmaz (George Mason University).
Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College). Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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