IMPAcT Lecture Series Spring 2012
Transmit, Transform, Transcend: IMPAcT lecture series on Late Medieval and Early Modern Islamicate Intellectual History (click to see the flyer)
Trinity Term 2012, Tuesdays or Thursdays, 17:00-18:30 Venue: Eccles Room, Pembroke College, Oxford
Week 1, Tuesday 24/4/2012
Matthew Melvin-Koushki
The occult challenge to philosophy in early 15th century Iran
Week 2, Tuesday 01/5/2012
Ertuğrul Ökten
Countering messianism in the 15th century: ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami’s recasting of Islamic spirituality in the 15th century
Week 4, Thursday 17/5/2012
Amalia Levanoni
The Mamluks and the ulama: A comfortable symbiosis or a growing process of Mamluk takeover?
NB: Lecture will be held in the Mackesy Room
Week 5, Thursday 24/5/2012
Wahid Amin
The ghost of Ghazali in the 13th century: Nasir al-Din Tusi and the question of ‘Islamic’ philosophy
Week 6, Thursday 31/5/2012
İlker Evrim Binbaş
The King’s Two Bodies in Islamic history: Reflections on Timurid and Ottoman political theology
Week 7, Friday 08/6/2012
Heidrun Eichner
To shape a discipline: Discourses on the definition and constitution of religious sciences during the Mongol period