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Research Projects at The Khalili Research Centre

Current Projects

De Unger Ewer detail

The Edmund de Unger Fatimid Rock Crystal Project

01 September 2026
Documenting Multiculturalism Project

Documenting Multiculturalism

01 September 2026
Clash of Civilisations Project image

Clash of Civilizations

01 September 2026
GenoQur Project image

Genomics, Proteomics, and Early Qur'ans

01 September 2026
Qaryat al-Faw Project image

Project Goldthread: The Art of Goldthread in the Medieval Muslim World

01 September 2026
Project Goldthread image

The Art of Qaryat al-Faw

01 September 2026
MagRenew Project image

MagRenew: Spiritual Renewal and Artistic Expressions in Nineteenth-century Morocco

01 September 2026
yeliz teber haci bektas shrine

The Collection of the Hacı Bektaş Shrine: Writing Cultural History from the Margins

01 September 2026
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UNSEEN - Unveiling Networks: Slavery and the European Encounter with Islamic Material Culture (1580-1700)

01 September 2026

Past Projects

book of curiosities bodleian

Book of Curiosities

01 September 2026
Hismaic

Ancient Arabia: Languages and Cultures

01 September 2026
hinton christ

Empires of Faith

01 September 2026
Dirhams for Slaves

Dirhams for Slaves

01 September 2026
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Literary History of Medicine

01 September 2026
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Early Arabic graffiti from Jordan

01 September 2026
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Petrifying Power: The Use of Hard-stone Spolia in Norman Sicily (12th - 13th centuries)

01 September 2026
Wellcome Games

Games and Public Engagement

01 September 2026
Dadanitic inscription taken from OCIANA

Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia

01 September 2026