Corridors and Corrections in Modern Uzbekistan
Seminar
In June 2019, the CAMCA (Central Asia-Mongolia-Caucasus-Afghanistan) Regional Forum was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Forum is non-political and non-partisan and was established to promote region-wide discussions on the means of advancing economic growth and development in Greater Central Asia…
Afghanistan in 2019: Diplomatic perspectives & strategic constraints
Seminar
Afghanistan’s contested power structures have vexed policymakers and scholars under a backdrop of retrospective overextension of US power. In a post-US led world order, the normative means of negotiating Afghanistan’s future have seen greater plurality both internally and externally. Internally,…
Whither Kashmir?
Seminar
India confronts serious challenges in the Muslim majority Kashmir Valley, as two recent events in the southern Pulwama District confirm. On 14 February, a suicide bomber killed 40 Indian security personnel. Apart from the number killed, this incident was significant as the bomber was a local ethnic…
Rethinking Salafism
Seminar
Salafi ideals are often blamed for providing the foundations for anti-Shia narratives in Muslim societies. These ideals are propagated by Salafi ‘ulama, who operate as local and transnational actors preaching against Shia ‘deviance’. This paper analyses the transnational networks of Salafi ‘ulama…
Persian short course in the Autumn
Continuing education
CAIS is offering a four-week course in Elementary Persian II. Elementary Persian II aims at improving the students’ ability to read, write and speak Modern Standard Persian. They will also have the opportunity to acquire post-elementary conversation skills to interact in routine aspects of…
The Atrocity Forecasting Project: Assessing Genocide Predictions and Describing a New Data Set
Seminar
In this talk, Professor Goldsmith will describe the work of the Atrocity Forecasting Project (AFP) and discuss how its genocide forecasts might be useful for early warning and prevention. Professor Goldsmith was a founding member of the AFP in 2009 which produced two sets of genocide forecasts for…
Sydney Concert: Oxford Maqam
Performance
The pioneering Oxford Maqam comprises of vocalists and musicians who are renowned experts in their field of Egyptian music and song of the 19th and 20th centuries. Their self-made album, described as ‘revolutionary’ by Songlines magazine, used recording techniques from over one hundred years ago.…