Past events
31
Oct
2024
Turkish-Australian transnational life writing with Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne
Join Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne as she presents a lecture on her 2024 National Library Fellowship research into uncovering different forms of life writing...
25
Oct
2024
Before Islamic Finance: Muslim Banking in South Asia and the World, 1880-1975
On this webinar event, Dr Mike O'Sullivan (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) examines the varieties of, and challenges to, Muslim private banking in...
27
Sep
2024
MAJLIS @ANU | Mosques, Madrassas, Mausoleums, Mountains, Manti – and fat tailed sheep: Travels and conversations in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
A combination of research fieldwork and private travel in 2023 and 2024 provided Margaret Norington opportunities for gaining perspectives on academic research...
26
Sep
2024
Rosemarie Said Zahlan Asia-Palestine Mini Lecture Series | China and the Question of Palestine
On popular Arabic-language Shi’ite websites, one can find an amusing apocryphal narration about the first meeting between Ahmad al-Shuqayiri, the first...
19
Sep
2024
CAIS Workshop | Reimagining Central Asian Migration: Past, Present and Future
The workshop aims at understanding the patterns, motivations and modalities of migration from the Central Asian region to different destinations regionally and...
13
Sep
2024
Children's Book Launch: "Shirin and Amir and the Dragon Smoke" (2024) and "Nadia and the Can Do Crew" (2024)
Discover the magic of storytelling with our new Children’s Creative Books on Bushfire Smoke and Health Protection!
In response to the devastating 2019/20...
12
Sep
2024
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Being A Transnational Muslim In Australia In An Era Of Hyper-Security
The general response to the threat of terrorism has been to institute Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) policies and legislation that facilitates powerful...