On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) convened a closed lecture entitled: "Belt and Road Initiative and Religion: Local, Transnational, and Geopolitical Imaginations and Assemblages.” The lecture was delivered by Prof. David Palmer (Professor, Hong Kong Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences), and moderated by Dr. Mohammed Al-Sudairi (Head of Asian Studies Program, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies).