Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

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The Lingyin Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies presents Vernacular Modernism: Humanistic Buddhism in Bade, Taiwan, a talk on 13 June. For further information and registration, please see eventbrite.com/e/lingyin-lect….

The Lingyin Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies presents: Overview of Sinitic Buddhism in Xixia and Liao, a talk on 23 May. For further information and registration, please see eventbrite.co.uk/e/lingyin-lect….

The LINGUINDIC Project presents: Understudied Texts and Authors from the Indian Linguistic Tradition, a two-day workshop on 27 - 28 June 2022. For further information and registration, please see linguindic.com/about/events/.

Lecture series Of Other Worlds: New Perspectives on the Literatures of Turkey and Azerbaijan starts on 3 May at 5pm in the Oriental Institute. Information for all lectures in the series below:

On Wednesday 23 February at 5pm in Room 314 of the Oriental Institute, @NizamiOxford will be holding a talk by Visiting Fellow Dr Alex MacFarlane:

To mark #LGBTHM22 we're flying the Progress pride flag during February, celebrating the diversity of world cultures, past and present.

🚨Event🚨 Join us on 18 January for our first event on the #riseofchina 🇨🇳featuring Ambassador Kurt Tong of @TheAsiaGroup, @ryanl_hass of @BrookingsInst, and Professor Rana Mitter of @Politics_Oxford & @OxfordHistory. Register here to reserve your spot⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-of-…

‘Where is the UK National Interest in our Economic Relationship with China?’ - John Edwards, Her Majesty's Trade Commissioner for China (HMTC), delivering online lecture, 16 Nov, 12:30 GMT. To register for this talk (via Zoom), please visit chinacentre.ox.ac.uk

Visiting Fellow Professor Aida Gasimova will present on “The Qur’an, Beauty, and Azeri Turkic Poetry” today at 5pm at the Oriental Institute (Room 314), and will be joined by Professor Julia Bray to discuss her talk.

We are hiring! You have classical Persian skills, are savvy in DH, and want to work with a fantastic team in Oxford? Then, this is for you. To apply, click here: jobs.ac.uk/job/CJL461/res… @OrientStudiesOx @sarahsavant1 @intisarrabb @mrustow @maximromanov @ahrcpress

Leverhulme Visiting Prof. Valentina Calzolari: The Reception of Neoplatonism in Armenia. May 27, 5pm UK time. L1 of 4: "The 'Libraries of the Neoplatonists': When, How, Why did Alexandrian Greek Neoplatonic Texts come to Armenia?" zoom.us/j/93981829974?…

Job opportunity in Oxford: Departmental Lecturer in Islamic History, 2-year post. Applications close on 25 June 2021. (This is to cover my teaching while I'm away on research leave). Spread the word! @OrientStudiesOx my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Now available: "Uncoupling Language and Religion: An Exploration into the Margins of Turkish Literature" by Laurent Mignon @OrientStudiesOx academicstudiespress.com/ottomanandturk…

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The Faculty of Oriental Studies is pleased to invite scholars to submit paper titles and abstracts to the forthcoming conference on ‘Reading Mahāyāna Scripture,’ to be held on September 25th-26th, 2021. Please click the link below for more info: orinst.ox.ac.uk/article/2021-r…

With the generous support of Lingyin Monastery, we would like to announce the upcoming lectures for the Lingyin Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies for Trinity Term 2021 at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University: orinst.web.ox.ac.uk/event/lingyin-…

Congratulations to Wadham's Dominic Brookshaw, awarded a BA/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship to examine the neoclassical Bazgasht-i adabi (literary return) movement in Qajar Iran & investigate Iranian views of Persian literary history wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/2021/apri… @OrientStudiesOx

1 day to go! Book launch tomorrow 20.04.21 at 5 pm GMT. Register here! zoom.us/webinar/regist… #Afghanistan @OrientStudiesOx #balkh