
Founded in 2001, the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at the University of Exeter is a leading centre of research and teaching in Arabic and Islamic studies. The institute's striking modern building has a distinctive architectural style evocative of the region it studies.

MAQAM lecture by Professor Khaled Abu Amsha on language anxiety among learners of Arabic as a foreign language.

Hybrid research talk by Dr Betty Rosen on late Ayyubid poetry in 13th-century Cairo and Damascus, part of the IAIS 'Majlis' series.