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Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

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The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies was founded in 1985 as a centre for the advanced study of Islam and the Muslim world. In 1993, King Charles III (then the Prince of Wales) became its patron. The centre began as a wooden hut on St Cross Road, then an office on George Street in 1990. Finally, in 2016, the centre moved into their purpose built premises, which blend the traditional style of an Oxford college with Islamic architecture. It was designed by Egyptian architect Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil.

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Aleena Din - Aleena is a historian of gender, class and race in modern Britain. Her DPhil research, which was completed at Balliol College and the Faculty of History in 2022, focuses on the migration, settlement and labour experiences of working-class British-Pakistani women who settled in Middlesbrough and Oldham between 1962 and 2002. Aleena is the co-investigator of the community history project 'A Muslim History of Oxford', in collaboration with the national heritage organisation 'Everyday Muslim'. In addition, she is a postdoctoral research associate for the digital humanities project, 'Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830 to the Present' at the University of Bristol (2025).

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