Postgraduate Study Options - Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies
Webinar/Online
Join our online information session and hear from scholars Professor James Piscatori and Dr Jessie Moritz about the benefits of studying a postgraduate qualification in the area of Middle Eastern Studies. Gain a new perspective on the study of Middle Eastern and Central Asian contemporary politics…
CAIS lectures at Open Day
Advisory session
10.30–10.50am Lecture - UndergraduateThe Middle East: Beyond the headlines Examine the Middle East and the diversity within the region. Dr Raihan Ismail, Lecturer and Adviser, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies School of Music - Rehearsal Room 1 11–11.20am Lecture - PostgraduateExplaining…
Syrians displaced in Jordan: humanitarian needs and responses
Seminar
While there is plenty of media attention on Syrian refugees in Europe, the bulk of Syrians displaced by the Syrian conflict are living in neighbouring countries in the Middle East. Jordan is hosting over a million Syrians who have fled the conflict, constituting a significant proportion of its own…
The Stateless Bedoun in Arab Gulf Society: The case of Kuwait
Symposium
The Bedoun 'without nationality' is a social class in several Arabic Gulf counties, many of which consider them stateless, or recognize them as illegal immigrants. For example, an administrative erasure of the Bedouns that commenced in Kuwait in 1983 seeks to remove the group’s identity to fulfil…
Red Lights on the Black Sea: The Traffic in Women between Russian and Ottoman Empires
Seminar
The Majlis is pleased to announce next session, 'Red Lights on the Black Sea: The Traffic in Women between Russian and Ottoman Empires' In the early twentieth century, Russian consular officials in Istanbul declared that they had discovered a 'vast' traffic in women from the tsarist empire to the…
Turkey after the 2018 elections
Seminar
On 24 June 2018, Turkey went to both parliamentary and presidential elections. Since March 2014, Turkish voters have gone to the ballot box five times; two parliamentary elections, one local and one presidential election and one constitutional referendum. Finally, the elections of last week…
Islam in Kazakhstan: The case of Salafism
Seminar
Among the five states of Central Asia, Kazakhstan is a less religious and comparatively stable country. However, recent trends indicate the emergence of fundamental Islam and growth of orthodox religious views. According to official figures, over the last five years, fourteen terrorist attacks were…