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The courtyard at Beiteddine Palace
Research Seminar

Shaping the Heritage of Greater Syria

The Role of the Institut français d’archéologie et
d’art musulmans and the restoration of Beit ed-Din
Palace around 1928

Veronika Poier (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)

17:15 - Thursday November 5th 2026

All welcome

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A Glance into a Timurid Royal Library in Herat

15 October
Shiva Mihan (British Museum)
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The Erzini House of Tetuan: Conservation, Research, and Interpretation

22 October
Nadia Erzini (independent scholar)
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Islamic Archaeology from the Fringes

29 October
Agnese Fusaro (Università per Stranieri di Siena)
The courtyard at Beiteddine Palace

Shaping the Heritage of Greater Syria

05 November
Veronika Poier (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
A calligrapher working on a manuscript

Screening of "CallFront: Calligraphic Journeys"

10 November
Weston Library Lecture Theatre
The Art of Drinking Chocolate book cover

The Art of Drinking Chocolate

12 November
Juan de Lara (KRC)
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Data Dump Istanbul: Early Republican Photojournalism and Archival Refuse

26 November
Ahmet Ersoy (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)
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What’s an Andalusi Textile Doing in a Place Like This?

03 December
Ana Cabrera Lafuente (Museo del Traje, Madrid)