Dialogic Halaqah for Shakhsiyah Islamiyah

Conferences and Events (* by invitation)

*27 September 2024 Ahmed F. Hadith Jibrīl, Syed Naquib al Attas Philosophy of Education and a Roadmap for Islamic Schools. R Zarith Sofiah Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science & Civilisation, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

*6 September 2024 Hadith Jibrīl, Syed Naquib al Attas Philosophy of Education and a Roadmap for Islamic Schools. Public Talk. International Centre for Educational Excellence, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia

*15 November 2023 Ahmed, F. Agency within Relationality: formations of a dialogic Muslim-self. Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Seminars, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK

10 May 2023 Ahmed F. Halaqah and Dialogue in Religious Nurture. Organised and participated in CEDiR Roundtable on Dialogue in Different Educational Traditions. Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK

*30 September 2022 Ahmed F. Dialogue in Islamic Education. University of Cambridge Faculty of Education Symposium: Purposes of education in interreligious dialogue. Cambridge UK

5 March 2022 Ahmed, F. Using a neo-Ghazalian framework to develop a dialogic conceptualization of shakhsiyah Islamiyah (Islamic character) as the core aim of education (tarbiyah, t’alīm, t’adīb and tazkiya). International Workshop: Ghazzali’s Multiplex Psychology of Human Development: Ta‘lim and Tazkiya. Usul Academy, EDEP, Istanbul, Turkey

*31 April 2022 Meeting the challenge of young Muslim double-consciousness in minority contexts through Halaqah, a dialogic pedagogy for developing shakhsiyah (personhood, autonomy, identity’. In person workshop held at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge for a group of trainee Islamic Education Teachers in the ILM Project at the University of Tubingen, Germany 

*2 December 2021 Ahmed, F. Theorising a dialogic approach to holistic Islamic education. Invited to present at a University of Winchester PESGB Seminar 

*11 July 2021 Invited to participate in an online book launch for Memon, N. A., Alhashmi, M. & Abdalla, M. (Eds). Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education: Critical perspectives on teaching Islam in primary and secondary schools. Oxford UK: Routledge

*11 June 2021 Meeting the challenge of young Muslim double-consciousness in minority contexts through Halaqah, a dialogic pedagogy for developing Shakhsiyah (personhood, autonomy, identity’. Online workshop with trainee Islamic Education Teachers in the ILM Project at the University of Tubingen, Germany 

*30 March 2021 Ahmed, F. Educational Possibilities for Scottish Muslim children. Invited to participate in a panel as part of the Holyrood Faith Debates series of seminars held at the University of Glasgow, Scotland

17-21 April 2020 Ahmed, F. Developing a Conceptualization of Shakhsiyah Islamiyah (Islamic Character) as a Dialogic Muslim-Self Imbued with Agency [Symposium]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA, USA http://tinyurl.com/tpr75mr (Conference Cancelled due to Pandemic)

*20 January 2020 Ahmed, F. ‘Authority, Autonomy and Selfhood in Islamic education – A Philosophical Approach’ – Cambridge branch of Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Seminar, Cambridge, UK 

*11-13 February 2019 Keynote: Meeting the challenge of young Muslim double-consciousness in minority contexts using halaqah, a dialogic pedagogy for developing shakhsiyah (personhood, autonomy, identity). Parenting, Schooling and Identity Formation and Reformation: From the Middle Ages to the Modern Period Workshop – The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library and the Research Authority of Orot Israel College, Campus Rehovot, Cambridge, UK 

*3-4 December 2018 Meeting the challenge of young Muslim double-consciousness in minority contexts through the use of halaqah, a dialogic pedagogy for developing Shakhsiyah (personhood, autonomy, identity). European Perspectives on Islamic Education and Public Schooling - an International Symposium and book launch, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

*20 September 2018 Pedagogy as dialogue between cultures. Education and Religion SIG: Latest Research Symposium, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK

11-13 September 2018 Evaluating dialogue generated through the activity of halaqah, a daily dialogic circle held in UK Islamic faith primary schools. BERA Conference, Newcastle, UK

11-13 September 2018 Meeting the challenge of young Muslim double-consciousness in minority contexts through the use of halaqah, a dialogic pedagogy for developing shakhsiyah (personhood, autonomy, identity). BERA Conference, Newcastle, UK

4-7 September 2018 Meeting the challenge of young Muslim double-consciousness in minority contexts through the use of halaqah, a dialogic pedagogy for developing shakhsiyah (personhood, autonomy, identity). ECER Conference 2018, Bolzano, Italy

27-28 August 2018 Drawing on neo-Ghazalian ontology and epistemology to develop a conceptualisation of a dialogical Muslim-self and a dialogic theory of Islamic education. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction SIG17 and SIG25 Conference: Dialogue between ontology and epistemology: new perspectives on theory and methodology in research on learning and education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 

27-28 August 2018 Halaqah: Dialogic pedagogy for Muslims in Europe: an expanded conceptualisation of learning. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction SIG 17 and SIG 25 Methodology workshop, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

23 June 2018 Children’s voice and autonomous learners in ‘alternative’ Islamic faith-schools. Contradictions and Possibilities. BERA Alternative Education SIG Workshop: Alternative ways of educating teachers to educate children differently: What do curriculum, assessment and pedagogy look like when ‘done differently’? London, UK

*15 January 2018 Halaqah: Dialogic Pedagogy for British Muslim children in Uncertain Times. Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK: Islam, Muslims, and education in Britain: A one-day symposium, Cardiff University, UK

*5 June 2017 UCL Festival of Culture Panel Discussion on Fundamental British Values: Professor Vini Landers, Donya Salamat and Farah Ahmed. Facilitated by Dr Lynn Revell. London, UK

12-13 May 2017 Halaqah: Dialogic Pedagogy for British Muslim children in Uncertain Times. Muslims in the UK and Europe
Postgraduate Symposium, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

*23 May 2017 Philosophies of Islamic Education. Book Launch – Religion and Education SIG, UCL Institute of Education

18-20 September 2017 Halaqah: Dialogic Pedagogy for British Muslim children in Uncertain Times. Cambridge AHRC DTP International Conference: Tradition and Transformation, University of Cambridge, UK

*6-8 April 2016 Character Education in English schools: what can private Islamic faith and state funded public schools learn from each other? Islamic Education and European Public Schooling Workshop, WRERU, University of Warwick, UK

15-17 September 2015 Symposium convener: Drawing on Islamic and European educational traditions: developing hybrid pedagogies for a cohesive and sustainable future. Including a paper entitled, Pedagogy as Dialogue between Cultures: exploring Halaqah, an Islamic oral pedagogy used to generate culturally relevant dialogic education in UK Islamic primary school. 13thUKFIET Conference, Learning for Sustainable Futures – Making the Connections, Oxford, UK

13-15 April 2015 Autonomy, authority and pedagogy in British Islamic schools: An exploration of Halaqah (Circle Time), an oral pedagogy that uses reflexivity and dialogue to develop autonomy in the Muslim learner. British Association of Islamic Studies Annual Conference 2015, London UK

*12-13 March 2015 Countering ‘Extremism’ through Criticality in British Muslim Primary Schools. Invited to give an insider perspective at the workshop. ‘The Inclusion of Muslims in Western European Education Systems: Together or Separate?’ held at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Studies, Mannheim University, Germany

7-9 November 2014 Pedagogy as Dialogue between Cultures: Islamic epistemology and Vygotsky’s ‘Thought and Language. British Psychological Society Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference 2014:  Learning and Teaching in a Changing Educational Context, UK

11-12 June 2012 An exploration of Halaqah, an Islamic oral pedagogy that aims to develop autonomy through reflexivity and dialogue within a culturally coherent Islamic British context. Researching Agency in Educational Contexts, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK

1-4 October 2011 Synthesizing Classical Islamic and modern pedagogy to meet the needs of Muslim children in the 21st century. Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Impact, University of Gottingen, Germany in collaboration with Al-Azhar University, Egypt

4 June 2011 Co-convenor: Educating Muslims in the UK. Co-organiser of a conference to propose a Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Following the conference, funding was secured to launch the centre in Oct 2012