Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Mapping its digital / tech future
Webinar/Online
The pandemic has had a far-reaching effect on the world. Nowhere is this more visible than in China's relations with the world, where the pandemic has become a supercharged bell weather for the state of Beijing's relations. This is equally true within Central Asia where the pandemic has accelerated…
CAIS careers night - 4 November 2020
Webinar/Online
The Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies offers undergraduate, postgraduate and HDR programs that enable students to specialise in the study of the Middle East and Central Asia. CAIS programs include coursework subjects covering the politics, international relations, languages and cultures…
Knowing Terrorism: Perceptions of terrorist groups in Yemen and Iraq
Seminar
The international community spends billions of dollars each year on counterterrorism interventions in conflict-affected states, to reduce the threat posed by groups like al-Qa’ida and the Islamic State (ISIS). Evidence from field-based research suggests that these groups do not enjoy…
Walter Benjamin goes to Karbala: the proliferation of religious art and the degradation of the image’s power
Seminar
Walter Benjamin argued that in an age of mass technology the increased reproducibility of art objects would degrade their ‘authenticity’ and ‘aura’. Photographic and video technologies would democratise and open up access to the production of images. This would weaken the ‘cultic’ monopoly of…
Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine
Webinar/Online
After the 1994 Oslo Accords, Palestinians were hopeful that an end to the Israeli occupation was within reach, and that a state would be theirs by 1999. With this promise, international powers became increasingly involved in Palestinian politics, and many indicators of statehood emerged in the…
Lebanon’s 2019 October Uprising and its Implications: Clinging to a sinking ship?
Webinar/Online
In the light of Lebanon’s economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Beirut Blast, what complex factors have shaped the course of Lebanon's 2019 October uprising? In contrast to various analyses that have portrayed Lebanon’s October uprising as a surprising event, this webinar situates Lebanon…
Virtual Open Day - program of events
Webinar/Online
Webinars | ANU Virtual Open Day | 22 August 12.45-1.15 pm Thrive in a multilingual world through language study Dr Ash Collins (Convenor of ANU Bachelor of Languages, School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics) + CAIS lecturers in Arabic, France Meyer…