This annual exploratory and informal workshop offers the opportunity to reflect on history writing in Arabic. This year, three days of the workshop will be held online and only Day 2 will be in person at the Aga Khan Centre, London. We hope to welcome newcomers to the workshop and to encourage a lively discussion. The programme is exciting as ever, with 25 papers treating history writing from the eighth century up to the present.

Arabic Pasts is co-organised by Sarah Bowen Savant (Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations), Hugh Kennedy (SOAS University of London) and James McDougall (University of Oxford).

Find out more details about the workshop on the website and download the programme.