Information session: Middle East Studies + Arabic, Persian & Turkish languages
Advisory session
The Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies at ANU offers Undergraduate and Postgraduate coursework and research programs that enable you to undertake a comprehensive study of the Middle East and Central Asia.Our programs include coursework subjects covering the politics, international relations,…
Deconstructing the extremist narrative
Lecture
In recent years, radical religious organisations have been making headway in their efforts to recruit new followers to their extremist causes. Harnessing new technologies, decentralised groups like ISIS or ‘Daesh’, can now spread their messages far and wide across borders, sometimes without the…
Beyond Veiled Clichés – The curiosity of Arab women
Activity
In this roundtable panel, held on 5 May, Amal Awad was joined by Joumanah El Matrah (CAAR Board Member, CEO of the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights) and Dr Raihan Ismail (Lecturer at CAIS). The panel discussed the importance of recording Arab women’s voices, of how place and…
The Forgotten Periphery: Creating the Iraqi public sphere
Seminar
Too many observers of present-day Iraq have accepted the argument that the nation-state was created, and remained the monopoly of certain groups. Because narratives of the past, particularly Arabic-language memoirs, have never been taken into account in the manufacture of this rigid (and…
The Forgotten Periphery: Creating the Iraqi public sphere
Seminar
Too many observers of present-day Iraq have accepted the argument that the nation-state was created, and remained the monopoly of certain groups. Because narratives of the past, particularly Arabic-language memoirs, have never been taken into account in the manufacture of this rigid (and…
The Arab World: Between collapse and transformation
Lecture
Since the rebellions of 2011, the Arab order is in a state of disorder, sitting atop a time bomb made up of youth, who constitute the overwhelming majority. Today’s youth, want more freedom, dignity, jobs, and security. The unaccountable and security driven states cannot satisfy their aspirations…
Legalising Authoritarianism in Egypt
Lecture
Prof. Hamzawy in conversation with CAIS Deputy-Director Prof. James Piscatori In his talk, Prof. Hamzawy examined the ways in which successive Egyptian governments have utilised lawmaking to eliminate opponents and silence voices of dissent since the coup of 3 July 2013. Key examples included the…