Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Study of Religion (TT 2026)

Interdisciplinary Research Seminar in the Study of Religions

Below is the programme for the Interdisciplinary Research Seminar in the Study of Religions (ISSR) for Trinity Term. 

The seminars will take place in Weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8 (Tuesdays, 4–5:30 pm) in the Olga Pocock Room, Lady Margaret Hall.

• Week 2, Tuesday, 5 May

  • Ahmed El Wakil (Oxford) “The Prophet Muhammad’s Letter to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius”

  • Nadir Mohammad (Oxford) “Imām Aḥmad Rażā Khān: Reviver of the 14th Islamic Century”

• Week 4, Tuesday, 19 May

  • Sean Williams (King’s College London) “The Buddha’s First Impact on Greek Philosophy”

  • Edward Voet (Oxford) “Buddhist Magic”

• Week 6, Tuesday, 2 June

  • Daniel Ruin (Oxford) “Imagination, Mediation and Eschatology in Henry Corbin’s Reception of Buddhism”

  • Gonzalo Fernandez (Oxford) “An Examination of the Soteriological Role of Yoginīs in Śākta Tantric Śaivism”

• Week 8, Tuesday, 16 June

  • Geshe Tenzin Namdak (Oxford) “Relativity of Time in Buddhist Philosophy”

    Jahnavi Uppuleti (Oxford) “Madiga Christian Women, Everyday Grief and Lived Religion in South India”