The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford

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The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is one of the world’s oldest and most renowned centres for the study of the Islamic World, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Eastern Christianity, Egyptology and Ancient Near East, South and Inner Asia, East Asian Studies, and Buddhist Studies.

❤️Valentine's Day Seminar | Rozaliya Garipova (Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre / Nazarbayev University) - "'Talaq or Khul':...
13/02/2025

❤️Valentine's Day Seminar | Rozaliya Garipova (Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre / Nazarbayev University) - "'Talaq or Khul': Islamic Divorce in Imperial Russia"
⏰5-7PM
📍The Levett Room, Wolfson College

Our visiting academic, Rozaliya Garipova, from Nazarbayev University will be talking about divorce in Imperial Russia, this Friday, 14 February, from 5-7pm in the Levett room of Wolfson college!

📢 We are thrilled to share that Professor Finn Moore Gerety has been awarded a landmark ERC Synergy Grant for the MANTRA...
04/02/2025

📢 We are thrilled to share that Professor Finn Moore Gerety has been awarded a landmark ERC Synergy Grant for the MANTRAMS project—a pioneering global study of mantras in religion, media, and society. 🌏📖✨

This €9.65M project, hosted in collaboration with the University of Tübingen and the University of Vienna, will explore how mantras have shaped spiritual practices across time and cultures. With its innovative approach, MANTRAMS will create digital archives, international workshops, and even a museum exhibition!

Congratulations to Dr. Gerety and the entire research team! 🎉

Read more: 🔗

The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) at the University of Oxford is delighted to announce that Dr. Finnian Moore Gerety, Senior Research Fellow, Indologist, and historian of Asian religions, will lead Oxford’s contribution to a major new research initiative, “Mantras in Religio...

30/01/2025
📢 Exciting Announcement from the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures (CMTC)!Just before Christmas, a delegation from...
30/01/2025

📢 Exciting Announcement from the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures (CMTC)!

Just before Christmas, a delegation from CMTC visited Nanjing, China, to celebrate the launch of the Centre for the Study of Excavated Manuscripts at Nanjing University. This partnership will strengthen CMTC’s presence in Asia, promoting innovative research on early text cultures across the world. 🌏📜

🔹 Collaboration with Tsinghua University continues
🔹 Joint conferences & workshops on manuscript studies
🔹 New Text Cultures book series with Chinese translations of key works

Find out more about this global initiative: https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/article/centre-manuscript-and-text-cultures-establishes-new-partnership-china

Oxford University China Centre

The week before Christmas, a small delegation from the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures (CMTC) at Oxford University went to Nanjing, China, to attend the formal launch of the Centre for the Study of Excavated Manuscripts. The new centre at Nanjing University is directed by Dirk Meyer, Profess...

30/01/2025

Eugene Rogan is a professor of modern Middle Eastern history studies at the prestigious University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Having such vast knowledg...

If you're applying to study with us in 2025-26, you may be eligible for a St Antony's College, University of Oxford Swir...
12/12/2024

If you're applying to study with us in 2025-26, you may be eligible for a St Antony's College, University of Oxford Swire Scholarship!
The scholarships are open to applicants who are permanent residents of Japan, Chinese mainland or Hong Kong SAR.
The Swire Scholarship requires a separate application. Get all the information here:

The Swire Scholarships at St Antony’s are generously funded by the Swire Charitable Trust, founded by John Swire & Sons. Four fully funded scholarships are available to graduate students demonstrating exceptional academic merit and/or potential who will commence study on a course offered by St Ant...

💡Applying for a DPhil?📋Make sure you contact your three academic referees in advance!They should be able to support your...
10/12/2024

💡Applying for a DPhil?

📋Make sure you contact your three academic referees in advance!

They should be able to support your intellectual ability, academic achievement, motivation, and fitness for chosen course of study.

More details here: https://ames.ox.ac.uk/ames-dphil -4950086

🎙NEWS | Congratulations to Professor Dominic Parviz Brookshaw who was on the In Our Time Podcast today. He spoke with Me...
05/12/2024

🎙NEWS | Congratulations to Professor Dominic Parviz Brookshaw who was on the In Our Time Podcast today. He spoke with Melvyn Bragg on the work and influence of the 12th century Persian poet, Nizami Ganjavi.

Check out the episode on the BBC website here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025l1q

Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre TORCH - The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.

University of Oxford Wadham College BBC Sounds

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 12th-century Persian epic romantic poet.

03/12/2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 12th-century Persian epic romantic poet.

07/11/2024

🌐 🗣 Rethinking language in the age of AI with Jieun Kiaer, Professor of Korean Linguistics at the University of Oxford.

🎙️ In the latest episode of Invisible Machines, Robb and Josh sit down with Jieun to discuss the promise and challenges of emerging technologies in education, delve into the nuances of generative content in Asian languages, and discuss the profound impact of non-verbal communication on linguistics.

Jieun joins us in revisiting Marc Prensky’s concept of “digital natives”, and exploring concepts of the generation of “AI natives” who are shaping our tech-driven world. 🤖

🎧 Listen to this insightful conversation at the intersection of language, culture, and technology: https://buff.ly/3C7B45u

EVENT | The Politics of Memory: The Reimagination of Medieval India📍 Location: St Luke's Chapel, Radcliffe Observatory Q...
07/11/2024

EVENT | The Politics of Memory: The Reimagination of Medieval India
📍 Location: St Luke's Chapel, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, OX2 6HT
📅 Date: Thursday, 21 November 2023
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
🍷 Drinks reception with snacks to follow!

TORCH welcomes Professor Fouzia Farooq, Professor Sarah Ansari, Professor Nandini Chatterjee, and Dr Moin Nizami for a panel discussion exploring the reinterpretations of medieval histories of India. The discussion will examine how these narratives have evolved and been reshaped over time and the implications these shifts have for our understanding of identity, power, and collective memory.

Speakers:
🔹 Professor Fouzia Farooq - Associate Professor of History, Quaid-i-Azam University and All Souls/Global Visiting Professor (2024-25)
🔹 Professor Sarah Ansari - Professor of History (South Asia), Royal Holloway
🔹 Professor Nandini Chatterjee - Professor of Indian History and Culture, University of Oxford
🔹 Dr Moin Nizami - Tun Abdul Razak Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

This discussion will be an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in South Asian studies, historical reinterpretation, and the politics of memory. Book your place to be part of this enriching dialogue!

https://torch.ox.ac.uk/event/the-politics-of-memory-the-reimagination-of-medieval-india

Oxford Nizami Ganjavi CentreContemporary South Asian Studies Programme, University of OxfordAsian Studies CentreTORCH - The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

TORCH welcomes Professor Fouzia Farooq, Professor Sarah Ansari, Professor Nandini Chatterjee, and Dr Moin Nizami for a panel discussion exploring the reinterpretations of medieval histories of India. The discussion will examine how these narratives have evolved and been reshaped over time and the im...

Our newly introduced Marathi course has been highlighted in The Indian Express! The article explores how this course off...
31/10/2024

Our newly introduced Marathi course has been highlighted in The Indian Express! The article explores how this course offers a unique opportunity to engage with Marathi language and the cultural heritage of Maharashtra.

Read insights from Dr. Ashwini Mokashi, who shares her perspective on teaching Marathi and the growing enthusiasm for Indian languages among students at Oxford.
🔗 Read the full article: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/marathi-language-course-introduced-oxford-university-9634228/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGF3fJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYAfXsdm5KkM7bMPCHzVC9NHo7YrV64mTp67RXAa5PHK8uAu0bsHaSMg5Q_aem_4TJAXl-pl6ZUW5KprLn8iA

The course, offering a comprehensive introduction to Marathi, is designed for beginners with a knowledge of another Indian language and of Devanagari script.

📰ARTICLE | Introducing Kazakh to Oxford: An Interview with Minister Sayasat NurbekWe had the opportunity to speak with K...
31/10/2024

📰ARTICLE | Introducing Kazakh to Oxford: An Interview with Minister Sayasat Nurbek

We had the opportunity to speak with Kazakh Minister Sayasat Nurbek about Kazakhstan's ongoing efforts to preserve and promote the Kazakh language, a significant part of the broader Turkic linguistic family. The conversation covered the historical challenges the language has faced and the importance of initiatives, like the collaboration with Oxford, for its future in the digital age.

Learn about the fascinating projects in language preservation, including developing resources like the first Kazakh-English dictionary and exploring the potential for a Kazakh large language model.
📖 Read more here: https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/article/interview-kazakh-minister-higher-education-and-science

This term, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to welcome two academic visitors from the Akhmet Baitursunuly Institute of Linguistics, Dr Didar Sadyk and Dr Meruert Imangazina. Dr Sadyk and Dr Imangazina will be conducting research and developing a syllabus for the potential i...

31/10/2024

We are pleased to introduce the Professor Michael Rogers Fund for the study of Asian and Middle Eastern languages this term. This new fund for Wadham students provides grants to undergraduates or postgraduates who are interested in pursuing the study for scholarly purposes of any of the languages taught within The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford. Applications are invited from students reading for a degree within AMES, and from students in other disciplines with intellectual ambitions the pursuit of which would require language acquisition. Applications must be submitted by the Friday of 5th week. They will be considered on a termly basis by the Loans and Grants Committee.
Find out more on our website: https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/finance/grants-for-academic-activities

📽️Check out the trailer for award-winning documentary, Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea.📅This project was supported by ...
17/10/2024

📽️Check out the trailer for award-winning documentary, Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea.

📅This project was supported by
Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre and will be screened at Wolfson College on 28 Oct 7-9PM. Wolfson College, Oxford

➡️Registration: https://eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-amu-darya-river-to-a-missing-sea-tickets-1048818653827

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTEVtyTXlI&ab_channel=ProjectAmuDarya

'Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea' is a short film exploring the memories of the Amu Darya - the Central Asian river that no longer reaches its destination....

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The Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford is one of the world’s leading centres for research and teaching on the languages, history and cultures of Asia and the Middle East. Among subjects in the humanities, Oriental Studies is unique in introducing students to civilisations that are radically different from the Western ones that form the basis of the curriculum in most British schools and colleges.

The courses run at Oxford present both the major traditions of the regions studied and, in most cases, their modern developments. The multidisciplinary Faculty has members in linguistics, philology, literature, archaeology, history, religious studies, art history and the social sciences.