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Religion, politics and development in Muslim societies
The following seminars will be given at 5pm on Wednesdays, unless otherwise noted. All welcome.
Type
: Seminar Series
Series organiser
:
Kevin Fogg
Timing
: 5pm on Wednesdays
Wednesday 17 January 2018 (1st Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
Oil markets and the political economy of reform in Saudi Arabia
Professor Bassam Fattouh
(Oxford and SOAS)
Wednesday 24 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
Religion and the rise and fall of Islamic science
Dr Eric Chaney
(Oxford)
Wednesday 31 January 2018 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
Islam instrumentalised: religion and politics in historical perspective
Professor Jean-Philippe Platteau
(Namur)
Monday 5 February 2018 (4th Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
What does the global shift in economic power mean for smaller states? Implications of China’s belt and road initiative
Professor Danny Quah
(Singapore )
Wednesday 14 February 2018 (5th Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
How much do doctrinal debates and the early historical disputes matter in Sunni-Shi’i relations?
Dr Toby Matthiesen
(Oxford)
Wednesday 21 February 2018 (6th Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
Shades of sovereignty: explaining political order and disorder in Pakistan’s northwest
Dr Adnan Naseemullah
(KCL)
Wednesday 28 February 2018 (7th Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
Foreign aid and state building in a fragile context: Afghanistan after 9/11
Dr Nemat Bizhan
(Oxford)
Wednesday 7 March 2018 (8th Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
Exploring a new research frontier: what can field experiments tell us about Islamic finance?
Dr Simon Quinn
(Oxford)
Friday 23 March 2018 (10th Week, Hilary Term)
17:00
-
Trade and tolerance: what can we learn from South India?
Dr Saumitra Jha
(Stanford)