Contemporary Islamic Studies
Contact Details:
Telephone: +44 (0)1865 612302 | Email: cisoq@sant.ox.ac.uk
Our People
Our Goals
Our goals are to promote academic exchange, research and scholarship in areas of mutual interest between the College of Islamic Studies and St Antony’s College, focusing on the three areas of contemporary Islamic thought; the situation of Muslims in the West; and relations between Western countries and Muslim-majority countries.
Our Activities
- Watch our Oxford Political Thought Podcast series.
- Listen to our Contemporary Islamic Studies University of Oxford Podcast series
- For other event recordings please browse our Recordings Archive
- Browse our Middle East Centre booksale of pre-loved books with its online catalogue of books for sale – new titles are added regularly, including books relating to Islamic Studies and we can arrange postage if you can’t collect in person.
Our History
In 2009 a cooperative agreement was established between St Antony’s College and the Qatar Faculty for Islamic Studies (QFIS), now the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a national institution of postgraduate study based in Doha’s Education City and part of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. The Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford Qatar (CISOQ) programme at the College’s Middle East Centre was launched.