The Cambridge Muslim College Research Seminar is a forum for the presentation and discussion of academic research in areas of scholarly interest to the College community.
Presenters include members of Cambridge Muslim College faculty, as well as visiting academics, who share a specific aspect of their ongoing or completed research projects. The Seminar provides a collegial but rigorous space for intellectual engagement within the College.
Whilst open to the public, these seminars are primarily aimed at academics/postgraduate researchers. The Seminar is currently scheduled on Mondays between 4pm-5pm (unless otherwise notified) in the main lecture room of Cambridge Muslim College. Light refreshments will be available in the refectory prior to the Seminar.
For inquiries, please contact Dr Ramon Harvey (rh@cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk).
TERM 3 SCHEDULE
| Date | Speaker & Topic |
|---|---|
| 15 April | Dr Talal Al-Azem (Cambridge Muslim College) “The Moral Heart of a Madrasa Education” |
| 29 April | Dr Omar Qureshi (Cambridge Muslim College) “Human Origins: Teaching Evolutionary Accounts in Light of Revealed Truths” |
| 13 May | Mahboob Hussain (University of Leeds) “Jewish Anecdotes in Qur’anic Exegesis: A Study of Sunni, Shia and Muʿtazila tafsīr” |
| 3 June | Michael Mumisa (University of Cambridge) “Reimagining Tradition: ʿAbbāsid Poetic Monumentalisation of the Jāhiliyya – A Discourse on the Debate of the Ancients versus the Moderns in Classical Arabic Literature” |
