Governance, Security, and Asymmetrical Warfare in Central Asia and the Middle East
The Middle East and Central Asia have seen dramatic changes to the established order of governance within the region in the 21st century. The Arab Spring which represented a fundamental challenge to…
Three Languages - Three Cultures: Narratives from the Middle East
The Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS) at the Australian National University (ANU) is proud to host the 2018 Conference, ‘Three Languages - Three Cultures: Narratives from the Middle East’,…
After the rule: A symposium on alternative traditions of law, norms and rules
The ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, in collaboration with the ANU Centre for Law, Arts and the Humanities, is pleased to present this symposium exploring comparative, historical, and…
in their words l in our words
A conference about representations of the Other in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Postgraduate and early career research conference Australian National University, 23-24 November…
A Century of Revolutionary Change: 1917-2017
AACaPS 13th Biennial Conference June 29-30, 2017 Australian National University, Canberra The Australian National University (ANU) is proud to host the 2017 Biennial Conference of the Australasian…
Women and Violent Extremism: Myth and Reality
What prompts a young, educated woman brought up in the West to run away to join a fundamentalist society where the role of women is highly circumscribed? Until recently terrorism and the war on…
Islam and Violent Jihad: Western policy responses
Emerging from the failure of certain states in the Middle East, such as Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen, renewed authoritarian entrenchment after the disappointments of the Arab Spring, and politicised…