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This lecture aims to contribute to the debates on Islamic finance and to strengthen collaboration, knowledge exchange and innovation amongst economists, lawyers, shari‘ah scholars and regulators in the field.

BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics at SOAS University of London

BA International Relations and... (combined degree) at SOAS University of London

Huang Shan is a historian of material culture and sensory experience in medieval and early modern Asia. Her research explores how aromatic substances—particularly musk—shaped medical knowledge, commercial networks, and cross-cultural encounters across the Silk Road. Drawing on sources in Chinese, Tibetan, Arabic, and Persian, her work brings together sensory studies, the history of science and medicine, and global history. Her current project traces the trajectories of musk through imperial pharmacopoeias, merchant caravans, and ritual spaces, analyzing how this singular olfactory commodity became entangled in ethical, religious, and political discourses across the medieval and premodern periods.

Award-winning composer, sound artist, performer, and post-doctoral research associate Dr Helen Anahita Wilson releases new album “Nightshade”.

Dr Kordmafi's talk explored the historical evolution of the contemporary tradition of classical Iranian music, unravelling how this distinct musical idiom emerged out of the cosmopolitan aesthetics of music-making in the Islamic world.

Senior Lecturer in Political Theory Dr Ayesha Omar will be hosted at SOAS University of London after being awarded the British Academy’s 3-year International Fellowship.

Arabic (Native Speakers) Intermediate online course at SOAS University of London