Recordings Archive

Here is a selection of recordings from some of the events that Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford has been involved with:

• 3 June 2025, Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition. Dr Haroon Bashir (Markfield Institute of Higher Education) discusses his new book published in 2025 by Oxford University Press.
• 5 May 2025, Islam and Natural Law, with guest speaker Dr Ramon Harvey (Cambridge Muslim College). Chaired and co-convened by Jacob Williams (University of Oxford). Part of the Oxford Islam & Justice Programme seminar series.
• 28 April 2025, Liberal Commitments, Islamic Commitments and Public Reason, with guest speaker Professor Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto). Chaired and co-convened by Jacob Williams (University of Oxford). Part of the Oxford Islam & Justice Programme seminar series.
• 7 February 2025, The Axis of Resistance, with guest speakers Dr Kamran Matin (University of Sussex), Yasmeen al-Eryani (Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies) and Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford). Chaired by Professor Raihan Ismail.
• 29 November 2025, Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities, a workshop at Oxford co-convened by Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford and SEPAD, Lancaster University:
  • The Houthis: From Local Insurgents to a Regional Actor – Exploiting Global Solidarities. Yasmeen Eryani contributing to Session 3: Reverberations of Resistance
  • Religious Actors and Transnational Solidarity: The question of Palestine. Professor Raihan Ismail contributing to Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology
  • Whatever happened to Algerian Islamism? Professor Michael Willis contributing to Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology
  • Islamist Networks 2011-2013: The AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood. Dr Ezgi Basaran contributing to Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology
  • Saudi Arabia and Iran: Transnational Shifts and Regional Order. Professor Simon Mabon contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation
  • The ‘Day After’ October 7 and Geopolitical Transformations in the Wider Arab World Region. Dr Hisham Hellyer contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations & Geopolitical Transformation
• 29 November 2024, God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Sajad Jiyad discusses his new book published by Century Foundation Press.
• 31 May 2024, The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa. Professor Malika Zeghal presents her book published by Princeton University Press in the UK in May 2024. Chaired by Professor Raihan Ismail.
• 3 April 2024, Saudi Arabia’s conservative clerics have a new relationship with the government under Mohammed bin Salman – The World from PRX. Professor Raihan Ismail speaks with Carolyn Beele, from The World radio programme.