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On 7th February Dr Nargis Nurulla-Khodzhaeva came to Canterbury to present her paper in which she reflected on several important concepts from Central Asian philosophy and history, to explain the significance of Bukhara and to understand how we can approach challenges of sustainability in the region nowadays. Nargis’ paper, titled ‘«Shadow» of Ibn Arabi on global climate change through Bukharan history and its community: Reflections on the margins of the workshop programme in Bukhara’, started by discussing the writings of Ibn Arabi, moving through time all the way to the new EU strategy on Central Asia of 2019. Concepts that were covered were, among others, those of ‘inbetweenness’, ‘barzak’, ‘national construction’, and ‘connectedness’. The presentation was followed by a discussion and question session.