Oxford Political Thought Seminar 6 - Religion

Welcome to Oxford Political Thought – the Oxford podcast where each week guest speakers working on Islam, politics, and history to discuss their cutting-edge research on political thought. Our guests will each speak for 20mins, one after the other and a Q&A discussion will follow. During the live webinar, our audience can ask questions at any time by writing them in the Q&A dialogue box within the ZOOM platform. The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History, University of Oxford) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford). Episode 6: Religion Guest speakers Professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University) speaking on ‘Decolonizing the category of religion’ Dr Rushain Abbasi (Stanford University) speaking on ‘Regulating Religion in Premodern Islamic Governance’ We hope you enjoy Oxford Political Thought podcast, hosted by the Oxford Middle East Centre. Follow the activities of our Middle East Centre by signing up to receive our weekly newsletter: [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @OxfordMEC.