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
Conversation with Professor Ghassan Hage
Professor Ghassan Hage , Professor Kirin Narayan , Professor Assa Doron, Ms Lina Koleilat , Professor Karima Laachir
This panel will discuss Professor Ghassan Hage’s most recent publication The Diasporic Condition Ethnographic Explorations of the Lebanese in…
Governing Covid-19 in Lebanon: Territories of Sectarianism and Solidarity
Professor Mona Harb (American University of Beirut), Professor Karima Laachir (Chair)
Rather than merely consolidating and reproducing its sectarian political system, the governance of the pandemic in Lebanon also reveals tensions…
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…