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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. The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony's College, University of Oxford) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford).
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| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Law | Professor Mohammad Fadel speaking on ‘The Protean Sovereign of Sunni Law’ and Professor Lena Salaymeh speaking on ‘Reconsidering the Political in Premodern Islam.' | Mohammad Fadel, Lena Salaymeh | 28 Apr 2022 | |
| 4 | Violence | Nesrine Badawi speaking on ‘Debating Militancy in the Modern World’ and Murad Idris speaking on ‘Theorizing Colonialism, Capitalism, and Violence in an Islamist Key.' | Nesrine Badawi, Murad Idris, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami | 08 Apr 2022 | |
| 3 | Sovereignty | Neguin Yavari speaking on ‘Islamic imperatives and Islamic rulers’, Samy Ayoub speaking on ‘Law and the Exercise of Power: Debates on Political Legitimacy and Authority in the 19th - 20th centuries Egypt’. | Neguin Yavari, Samy Ayoub, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami | 02 Mar 2022 | |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Religion | Madawi al-Rasheed speaking on ‘Islamic Reform in Saudi Arabia between “the Violence of the Minority and the Apathy of the Majority”. Pascal Menoret speaking on ‘Graveyard of Clerics’. | Madawi al-Rasheed, Pascal Menoret, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami | 02 Mar 2022 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | Caliphate | Elizabeth Alexandrin speaking on ‘Empire of the End Time: Fāṭimid Sovereignties in the 4th Century AH/11th Century CE’. Hüseyin Yilmaz speaking on ‘The Ottomans and the Question of the Caliphate'. | Elizabeth Alexandrin, Hüseyin Yilmaz, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami | 01 Mar 2022 |