The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria - presented by ANU Majlis
Seminar
In this Majlis, Dara Conduit will discuss her new book The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, (Cambridge University Press, August 2019). The book examines the experiences of the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 2011 Syrian uprising. The Brotherhood had played a role in every iteration of…
The Politics of Field Work in the Middle East: Balancing Ethics and Research Transparency
Seminar
Access to in-country research sites in the Middle East has become increasingly difficult over the past few years, as post-Arab Spring authoritarianism and coercive governance tactics deepen. Foreign researchers must now navigate a space in which their work is viewed through a securitised lens, and…
Middle East & Central Asian Studies at ANU Open Day
Advisory session
Academic staff and students from the ANU Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies will be available at ANU Open Day to talk with you about our degrees and courses. CAIS offers a Bachelor of Middle East and Central Asian Studies (BMECA), a Master of Middle East & Central Asian Studies (MMECAS) as…
Corridors and Corrections in Modern Uzbekistan
Seminar
In June 2019, the CAMCA (Central Asia-Mongolia-Caucasus-Afghanistan) Regional Forum was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Forum is non-political and non-partisan and was established to promote region-wide discussions on the means of advancing economic growth and development in Greater Central Asia…
Afghanistan in 2019: Diplomatic perspectives & strategic constraints
Seminar
Afghanistan’s contested power structures have vexed policymakers and scholars under a backdrop of retrospective overextension of US power. In a post-US led world order, the normative means of negotiating Afghanistan’s future have seen greater plurality both internally and externally. Internally,…
Whither Kashmir?
Seminar
India confronts serious challenges in the Muslim majority Kashmir Valley, as two recent events in the southern Pulwama District confirm. On 14 February, a suicide bomber killed 40 Indian security personnel. Apart from the number killed, this incident was significant as the bomber was a local ethnic…
Rethinking Salafism
Seminar
Salafi ideals are often blamed for providing the foundations for anti-Shia narratives in Muslim societies. These ideals are propagated by Salafi ‘ulama, who operate as local and transnational actors preaching against Shia ‘deviance’. This paper analyses the transnational networks of Salafi ‘ulama…