Languages end of year lunch
CAIS academic language staff: Zahra Taheri, Murat Yurtbilir, Omid Behbahani, Huda Al-Tamimi, France Meyer and Leila Kouatly with some of the students who dropped in for lunch and to…
Dr Grigol Ubiria publishes research on Soviet Nation-Building in Central Asia
Congratulations to CAIS graduate, Dr Grigol Ubiria, on the publication of his book, 'Soviet Nation-Building in Central Asia: The Making of the Kazakh and Uzbek Nations'. The book, which has been very…
Jacky Sutton - Memorial service to be held at CAIS
Staff and students at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies are deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our PhD scholar Jacky Sutton. Jacky's unexplained and untimely death has been met with…
Amin Saikal presented a Parliamentary Library Lecture
Professor Amin Saikal gave a lecture at the Parliamentary Library, Parliament House on 14 October. The lecture was titled 'Islamic State: A Zone of Conflicts within Conflicts'. The lecture was well…
Publication - Iran at the Crossroads
Description Iran stands at a critical juncture in its history. In the era of Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Barack Obama, the Islamic Republic has a unique opportunity to regain its traditional…
France Meyer - nominated for Patji-Dawes award
Warm congratulations go to France Meyer, Lecturer in the Arabic Program, who has been nominated for the inaugural Patji-Dawes Award to honour outstanding achievements in language teaching by an…
Postgraduate information evening - 15 October
CAIS academic staff and research scholars will be attending the ANU postgraduate information evening on Thursday 15 October. They will hold a thirty minute presentation titled 'The Middle…