InterAction Council Conference
CAIS Director Prof. Amin Saikal was invited to attend the 'Ethics in Decision Making' conference of the InterAction Council of Former Heads of State in Vienna on 27 March 2014. Professor Saikal…
Zone of Crisis: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran
Zone of Crisis: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran by Amin Saikal (I.B. Tauris, U.K., 30 April 2014). The West Asian states of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran have over the last few decades…
Interested in studying Arabic online?
The Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies is offering an innovative way to study Arabic online. Students at ANU, as well as from universities around…
'Nowruz-etaan Piruz' - 'Sale now Mobarak'
The ANU Persian Society held an evening of Nowruz celebrations on Saturday 22 March. The evening included dance performances, readings of Hafez poems, a dinner at University House which was…
ANU Arabic students study abroad
Students studying Arabic at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies are able to take an Applied Arabic course as part of their program. This year CAIS students travelled to and studied at both Zayed…
Minister for Foreign Affairs visits ANU
The Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Marnie Hughes-Warrington, representing the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ian Young, and CAIS Director, Prof. Amin Saikal hosted the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs…
Emma - first graduate from the BMECAS
CAIS established a Bachelor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies in 2012. The degree has attracted a growing number of students particularly those who wish to take a language as part of their…