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 | 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…
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Coexistence, Sectarianism, Nation: Iraq & Wales in Ruqaya Izzidien's "The Watermelon Boys"
Associate Professor Jumana Bayeh
Ruqaya Izzidien’s novel presents the literary critic with many challenges. Is it a story about the lost friendships between a Jew, Muslim and…