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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Upcoming Events
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Severing Colonial Relationality: Towards an Islamicate Theory of Autonomy and Refusal
Dr Jasmine K. Gani, Assistant Professor of International Relations Theory at the London School of Economics and Politics Science
In this paper I seek to bring to the fore the theological sources of everyday resistance in the Islamicate, focusing specifically on emancipatory…
CAIS Public Lecture Series | State Capitalism in the Arab Gulf Monarchies
Prof Matthew Gray, Professor in the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University
While scholars have understandably given emphasis to the role of oil and gas revenues in the political economy of the Arab Gulf monarchies — Bahrain…
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Regional Security Complex Theory and the Middle East
Prof Matthew Gray, Professor in the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University
This seminar will audit and discuss Barry Buzan and Ole Waever’s regional security complex theory (RSCT) as it relates to the Middle East. RSCT was…
Past Events
A Cognitive Arab Uprising? Paradigm Shifts in Arab Social Sciences
Professor Sari Hanfi (American University of Beirut), Professor Karima Laachir (Chair)
This lecture focuses on the notion of knowledge production in the Arab world in the last decade. It contributes to the debate about how scholarship…
CAIS Public Lecture "Bringing Philosophy and Sociology to the Egyptian Public"
Dr Amro Ali (American University in Cairo), Professor Karima Laachir (Chair)
This lecture will discuss how sociology and philosophy are conveyed to the public in restrictive contexts in the Arab world. Using Egypt as an…
CAIS Public Lecture "Crisis of Democratization: Tunisia's Ongoing Transition"
Professor Larbi Sadiki (Qatar University), Professor Karima Laachir (Chair)
This lecture traces the trajectory of Tunisia's crisis of democratization and the current political impasse since President Kais Saied's…