CAIS Public Lecture Series | Muslim Community Differences in Australia: A Sociological Analysis
Lecture
Muslims are the fastest growing community in Australia. They come from 183 different countries, a vast majority of them from South Asia followed by the Middle East, making them one of the most nationally, ethnically, and parochially diverse communities in Australia. Muslims are a tapestry of many…
Australian Climate Security and Disaster Preparedness Symposium
Symposium
As climate change exacerbates extreme weather events, Australia will experience more frequent and severe disasters – with the massive human and economic cost visible in recent high-profile disasters such as the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires and catastrophic floods in 2022. These challenging,…
Exiled Political Activism of Turkmen Diasporas Abroad 2020-2024: Protest Mobilisation in Türkiye and the US
Seminar
This proposal of the doctoral dissertation examinesthe exiled political activism of Turkmen diasporasin Türkiye and the US fr om 2020 to 2024. Underthe regimes of Saparmurat Niyazov (1991–2006),Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov (2006–2022),and Serdar Berdymukhammedov (2022–present),the Turkmen government…
CAIS O-Week 2025 Event: Language Taster Session - Arabic and Turkish
Activity
Are you a student studying at ANU in 2025 and want to learn Arabic or Turkish? Join us at O-Week to find out more about Turkish and Arabic classes through an interactive and fun mini lesson!Studying the native languages of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia provides a powerful…
CAIS O-Week 2025 Event: Discover the Middle East and Central Asia
Activity
Are you a student studying at ANU in 2025 and want to learn more about the Middle East and Central Asia? Join us at O-Week to learn more about the Middle East and Central Asian regions and find out study options we provide for undergraduate and postgraduate students to better understand these…
Turkish-Australian transnational life writing with Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne
Lecture
Join Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne as she presents a lecture on her 2024 National Library Fellowship research into uncovering different forms of life writing produced in Australia following the Labour Migration Scheme between Turkey and Australia in 1967. Entry is free to this event but bookings are…
Before Islamic Finance: Muslim Banking in South Asia and the World, 1880-1975
Lecture
On this webinar event, Dr Mike O'Sullivan (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) examines the varieties of, and challenges to, Muslim private banking in colonial and postcolonial South Asia. It studies this phenomenon against the backdrop of two processes: The first, are…