The Silk Roads: Unravelling the Tapestry of Trade

Heritage

25 JANUARY, 2024

This Majlis Mohamed bin Zayed session explores how schooling can be made more relevant to the needs, abilities, and aspirations of our children and the vital role of ‘play’ in early education.

Contributors:

Dr Ghanim Samarrai, Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation
Dr Fatma Al Sayegh, Professor of Emirates History, UAE University
Dr Maamoun Abdulkarim, Professor and Chair, Department of History and Islamic Civilisation, University of Sharjah
Dr Jayanti Maitra, Historian and Research Advisor, National Library and Archives

Moderator:

Elyazia Al Hosani, Researcher and Director of the Media Communications Department, Trends Research and Advisory

speakers

Prof Peter Frankopan

Professor of Global History, University of Oxford

Prof. Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford, Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. He specialises in the history of the Byzantine Empire, Silk Roads, Russia, Central Asia, and cultural exchange across Eurasia.

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The Silk Roads: Unravelling the Tapestry of Trade

The Silk Roads: Unravelling the Tapestry of Trade

Prof Peter Frankopan

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