CAIS Public Lecture | The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union's Anticolonial Empire
Lecture
In the first few years after the Russian Revolution, an ideological project coalesced to link the development of what Stalin demarcated as the internal “East”—primarily Central Asia and the Caucasus—with nation-building, the overthrow of colonialism, and progress toward socialism in the “foreign…
The Launch of Middle East and Central Asia Futurescapes Academic Network (MECAFAN)
Workshop
Join us for the launch of Middle East and Central Asia Futurescapes Academic Network (MECAFAN), a new initiative by the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies to bring together scholars and practitioners to examine the tangible and intangible ways by which the region is being reshaped and re-…
Rosemarie Said Zahlan Gulf-Palestine Mini Lecture Series | Palestine in the Gulf: Intertwined Pasts and Possible Futures
Lecture
Gulf-Palestine relations are often viewed through official or humanitarian channels, with the latter being one-sided from the Gulf to Palestine. The lecture aims to dispel this notion by underscoring the multifaceted two-way linkages tying Palestine and the Gulf past and present. It argues for a…
CAIS Virtual Public Lecture Series | Erdogan's Islamism
Lecture
In this lecture, Prof Hakan Yavuz will delve into the crises facing political Islam, using Erdogan's Turkey as a case study. He will start by distinguishing between Islam and Islamism, and then analyze how and why Islamism has emerged as an oppositional force against Kemalist modernization. Next,…
Reimagining Palestine Public Lecture Series | Resisting Domination in Palestine: International Aid, Security, and State/Peace Building as Sites of Settler Colonial Control
Lecture
The ongoing social, political, and conceptual struggles of Palestine against a settler-colonial regime reveal a dynamic interplay between increasingly sophisticated forms of domination and the emergence of novel modes of resistance. The dialectical interaction between colonial domination and…
Rosemarie Said Zahlan Gulf-Palestine Mini Lecture Series | Popular Activism and the Israel Boycott in Kuwait, 1953-1967
Lecture
The historical literature on the Arab boycott of Israel is limited, with existing studies focusing on the Arab League’s state-led boycott. This lecture will explore the popular dimension of the boycott through the case of Kuwait, where the local branch of the Movement of Arab Nationalists (MAN) led…
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Coexistence, Sectarianism, Nation: Iraq & Wales in Ruqaya Izzidien's "The Watermelon Boys"
Lecture
Ruqaya Izzidien’s novel presents the literary critic with many challenges. Is it a story about the lost friendships between a Jew, Muslim and Christian in the Ottoman province of Baghdad? Is it a novel about Iraq’s formation? Is it narrative about a Welshman’s animosity toward imperial England? Is…