2023

The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge

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The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge.

Based in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, The Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge is a research and outreach centre that aims to promote a constructive and critical understanding of the role of Islam and Muslims in wider society, with a focus on Muslims in the UK and Europe. The current Acting Director is Dr Paul Anderson.

The Centre offers Graduate Studentships to those undertaking postgraduate study at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge whose research is connected to the mission of the Centre. This includes contribution toward college or maintenance fees (or potentially both) for Masters (funded for 1 year) or PhD Level (funded for 3 years). There is also a faculty route, open to students from the University of Cambridge conducting research on Islam or the study of the Middle East.

The Professor Yasir Suleiman Studentship Award is an honorarium awarded to one of the brightest students, who has received the graduate studentship specified above, in the fields of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge.

The Centre also accepts visiting fellows (invited), and visiting studentships (for students with prior funding).

Study Programmes

The Centre delivers Arabic Language Teaching for Cambridge University Students. These courses are tailored to different levels and aimed at students in the University who need to access resources in Arabic for research purposes as part of their current course. The courses focus on Modern Standard Arabic and aim to cover the four Arabic language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Open Access Resources and Events

The Centre makes all of its publications open access to the public. They are available online to download for free.

As part of the Centre's outreach with the public sector in Cambridgeshire and beyond, they offer free face-to-face and virtual seminars, talks and workshops on issues facing Muslims in contemporary Britain and promoting better understanding of Islam. These are offered to Primary and Secondary Schools, Colleges, Education Staff Training and Organisations.

The Centre holds hybrid public talks and workshops that are open to the publics, click here for recordings of previous events. They have a termly series, 'From Konkan to Coromandel' that runs in collaboration with Deccan Heritage Foundation, Bangalore International Centre and the Museum of Art and Photography. Their aggregated online calendar for events can be found here.