Seminars

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The 7th CEOs and Islamic Finance Leaders Roundtable will assist in gathering firsthand information from decision-makers and leaders of Islamic finance and provide a platform to discuss Qatari banking and financial institution roles and opportunities in the Qatar Islamic Sukuk Hub, the Qatar Fintech Strategy, and the Qatar National Climate Action Plan.

In cooperation with HBKU's College of Islamic Studies, we are showcasing a new book by Dr Akel Ismail Kahera, Professor of Islamic Architecture and Urbanism. At this event Dr Akel will speak briefly about his book and will discuss the main concept of it with the audience, followed by Q&A session.

The talk explores the development of public values in the Tawhidi traditions during both the prophetic and rational phases of human evolution and examines the impact of these values on the rise and fall of public institutions and civil society. The lecture focuses particularly on the relevance of public values to cultural vibrancy and social cohesiveness in human societies in general and

Dr. Alex Caeiro will describe the modern legal trajectory of Qatar. The seminar will highlight the competition between the civil and shar'i judiciaries over legal authority. It will seek to explain the appeal of sharia courts for Qatar's modernizing society during the second half of the twentieth century.

 

As part of the CIS Fintech Seminar Series, Dr. Burak Saltoğlu (Professor of Econmics, Boğaziçi University) will lead a seminar on 'Analyzing Individual Risk Taking Behavior with Machine Learning: An Application with a Pension Fund Data'.

As part of the CIS Research Seminar Series, Dr. Gavin Picken will shed light on his recent research project titled " Al-Harith Al-Muhasibi and the 'Baghdad School': Reflections from Al-Sulami's Tabaqat al-Sufiyya"

The field of governance, both in policy and in administration, encompasses various sciences and traditions to address the demands and challenges of the human social structure. However, current international standards in this area are largely defined by the dominant Western paradigm at the exclusion of all other religious and cultural traditions.