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29 Jun 2024: 279/892) who authored the famous Futūḥ al-Buldān (Book of Conquests) and Ansāb al-Ashrāf (Genealogies of the Nobles).1 Another two important reference pieces are al-Zubayrī and Ibn

29 Jun 2024: Is diaspora community just a posh phrase for immigrant community? Diasporas are often born of misfortune, the experience of homelands left willingly because of lack of opportunity, or fled because of war. In the age after Empire, many subject

6 Dec 2023: She is an editor and producer for the podcasts “Ministry of Ideas,” “Illuminations” (supported by the John Templeton Foundation), and “Genealogies of Modernity” (supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities,

27 Sep 2023: Professor Shilliam excavates a genealogy of academic debates regarding the effects of an increased proximity of Black presence to empire’s metropolitan spaces.

29 Jun 2024: Africa.'. [4] See, for example Clifford Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures (London: Fontana Press, 1993); Talal Asad, Genealogies of Religion, Discipline and Reason of Power in Christianity and Islam (London and

29 Jun 2024: Immortality is a fantasy so we better get real about death and dying. How should we prepare for death? How can we cope when those we love die? Medical advances mean life can be prolonged as never before but is this the right way to go? Joining Ed

29 Jun 2024: Have you been betrayed before? Betrayal is a harsh, even melodramatic word. And yet most people feel that they’ve experienced it at some point in their lives or worry that they might have been guilty of betraying someone else. An act of betrayal

29 Jun 2024: There’s a disturbing amount of antisemitic material on social media, and hate postings in general are rife. Following an increase in antisemitic postings on social media, the Antisemitism Policy Trust looked into it and asked the Woolf Institute

29 Jun 2024: Can we really forgive and forget? What benefits are there to forgiving others? Forgiving others is a serious matter but can it come from nowhere? Or is an apology needed first from the perpetrator of the misdeed in question? And when does an apology

29 Jun 2024: Alpha Females

29 Jun 2024: Blessed Algorithms

29 Jun 2024: Changing Minds

29 Jun 2024: Black and British

29 Jun 2024: Documenting the history of writing

29 Jun 2024: Diversity in Sport

29 Jun 2024: Biology's Holy Grail

29 Jun 2024: Does interfaith work?

29 Jun 2024: Believing and Belonging

29 Jun 2024: Conflicts over minerals

29 Jun 2024: Getting Ready to Die

29 Jun 2024: Apocalypse Not Now

29 Jun 2024: The Politics of Music

29 Jun 2024: Booze and Religion

29 Jun 2024: Diabesity and COVID-19

29 Jun 2024: Confused by Cryptocurrency?

29 Jun 2024: A certain uncertainty

29 Jun 2024: Discipline versus Creativity

29 Jun 2024: Colours in our Minds

29 Jun 2024: Eight billion and counting

29 Jun 2024: Bionic Soldiers: Playing God?

29 Jun 2024: America's Choice of President

29 Jun 2024: Einstein: Archetypal Genius

29 Jun 2024: Building a sustainable future

29 Jun 2024: Dialogue: The Moses Story

29 Jun 2024: Blasphemy on the Big Screen

29 Jun 2024: Covid-19: Thinking Positively

29 Jun 2024: In Sickness and In Health

29 Jun 2024: Climate Change and Human Behaviour

29 Jun 2024: Changing attitudes to childhood

29 Jun 2024: Covid Vaccines and Religious Groups

29 Jun 2024: Covid-19: saving lives vs saving the economy?

29 Jun 2024: Bonus Episode: Highlighting Naked Reflections: The Changing Face of Human Conflict