Conferences
“Shahzia Sikander at Jesus College: Archives, Contemporary Practices, and Decolonisation”
February 11-12, 2022
Frankopan Hall, Jesus College, and online
University of Cambridge
The global affiliations of the practice of Shahzia Sikander allows scholars from multiple fields to revisit their own work with a critical eye. This public symposium, Shahzia Sikander at Jesus College: Archives, Contemporary Practices, and Decolonisation, held in response to the exhibition Shahzia Sikander: Unbound at the West Court Gallery (16 October 2021–18 February 2022), examines Shahzia Sikander’s practice and its relationship to several broad themes, including but not limited to: Islamic art, modern and contemporary South Asian art, queer and feminist visual practices, and decolonial politics.
For more information on this ground-breaking conference see here.
“Muslims in the UK and Europe” (MUKE)
The Centre organises an annual postgraduate symposium on Muslims in the UK and Europe. The aim is to bring together graduate students from British, European and American universities to present their research to their peers, discuss their findings and engage in debate about the issues that face Muslims in the European context.
For the 2021 event we had papers from 10 young scholars from around the world in a virtual conference – with the keynote given by our Visiting Fellow, Dr Hisham Hellyer.
You can find information about this year’s event as well as previous events here
The Centre of Islamic Studies is also proud to support initiatives led by The Gulf Research Centre-Cambridge and The Islamic Manuscript Association.
The Gulf Research Meeting (GRM)
To enhance knowledge and research about the Gulf, the Gulf Research Centre Cambridge has established an annual Gulf Research Meeting with the clear objective to provide an academic environment to foster Gulf studies and to encourage scholarly and academic exchange among those working on or interested in the developments taking place that are defining the Gulf region and their constituent societies. Set within the historic outlines of the University of Cambridge, the annual Gulf Research Meeting attempts to highlight the issues of importance to the Gulf region and provide a basis for undertaking and engaging in academic and empirical research in the fields of politics, economics, energy, security and the wider social sciences.
The Islamic Manuscript Conference
The Islamic Manuscript Association (TIMA) is dedicated to protecting Islamic manuscript collections and supporting those who work with them. It was formed in response to the urgent need to address the poor preservation and inaccessibility of many Islamic manuscript collections around the world. TIMA organises regular training workshops in cataloguing, conservation, digitisation and academic publishing as well as an annual workshop on Islamic codicology in cooperation with Cambridge University Library.
Previous conferences are outlined below:
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Intensive Islamic Codicology Short Course 2016
The tenth annual Introduction to Islamic Codicology short course, held from 3-7 October 2016 at the University of Cambridge.
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Global Muslim Encounters Conference
The Centre of Islamic Studies is co-sponsoring and participating in the Global Muslim Encounters conference being held in Cambridge on 9-10 December. This two-day interdisciplinary CRASSH conference aims to compare […]
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Annual research day, Cambridge
A research symposium day took place at King’s College, Beves room, Cambridge on Tuesday 6 December 2016 which brought together members of the CIS community, including visiting scholars (Ahmed Izzidien), visiting fellows […]
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The Tenth Islamic Manuscript Conference: Manuscripts and Conflict
The Tenth Islamic Manuscript Conference will be an occasion to reflect on progress in conservation, preservation, cataloguing, digitisation and research relating to Islamic manuscripts and manuscript collections.
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Intensive Islamic Codicology Short Course 2011
The fifth annual Introduction to Islamic Codicology short course, which will be held from 5-9 September 2011 at the University of Cambridge.
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Islamic Manuscript Conferences: 2005 – 2012
An overview of the Islamic Manuscript Conferences that have taken place from 2005-2012.
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The Ninth Islamic Manuscript Conference: Manuscripts of the Mamluk Sultanate and its Contemporaries
The Conference seeks to explore the full range of manuscript production that occurred from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries CE.
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Gulf Research Meeting 2015
More than 350 participants took part in deliberations spread over 11 workshops dedicated to various aspects of Gulf development and strategic issues.
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Gulf Research Meeting 2014
The fifth Gulf Research Meeting took place from 25-28 August 2014 at the University of Cambridge.
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Gulf Research Meeting 2013
The fourth Gulf Research Meeting took place from 2-5 July 2013 at the University of Cambridge.
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Gulf Research Meeting 2012
The third Gulf Research Meeting took place from 11-14 July 2012 at the University of Cambridge.