The CAIS Public Lecture Series features the research of staff, visiting fellows and research colleagues of the Centre. The series aims to present expert insight on both historical and contemporary issues pertaining to the Middle East, Central Asia and Islam covering a broad range of topics in current affairs, political science, international relations, history, sociology, languages and beyond. The CAIS Public Lectures are held regularly throughout the year. To be kept informed of the CAIS Public Lecture Series and other news or events at the Centre please email cais@anu.edu.au
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Past Events
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Being A Transnational Muslim In Australia In An Era Of Hyper-Security
Adam Possamai
The general response to the threat of terrorism has been to institute Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) policies and legislation that facilitates…
CAIS Public Lecture | The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union's Anticolonial Empire
Masha Kirasirova, historian of exchanges between the Soviet Eurasia and the Middle East at NYU Abu Dhabi
In the first few years after the Russian Revolution, an ideological project coalesced to link the development of what Stalin demarcated as the…
CAIS Virtual Public Lecture Series | Erdogan's Islamism
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…