Persian short course in the Autumn
Continuing education
CAIS is offering a four-week course in Elementary Persian II. Elementary Persian II aims at improving the students’ ability to read, write and speak Modern Standard Persian. They will also have the opportunity to acquire post-elementary conversation skills to interact in routine aspects of…
The Atrocity Forecasting Project: Assessing Genocide Predictions and Describing a New Data Set
Seminar
In this talk, Professor Goldsmith will describe the work of the Atrocity Forecasting Project (AFP) and discuss how its genocide forecasts might be useful for early warning and prevention. Professor Goldsmith was a founding member of the AFP in 2009 which produced two sets of genocide forecasts for…
Sydney Concert: Oxford Maqam
Performance
The pioneering Oxford Maqam comprises of vocalists and musicians who are renowned experts in their field of Egyptian music and song of the 19th and 20th centuries. Their self-made album, described as ‘revolutionary’ by Songlines magazine, used recording techniques from over one hundred years ago.…
Canberra Concert: Oxford Maqam - Sold out
Performance
The pioneering Oxford Maqam comprises of vocalists and musicians who are renowned experts in their field of Egyptian music and song of the 19th and 20th centuries. Their self-made album, described as ‘revolutionary’ by Songlines magazine, used recording techniques from over one hundred years ago.…
Yemen: Current and Future Challenges
Seminar
Labelled the ‘worst humanitarian crisis in the world’ by the EU and characterised by the UN as ‘entirely man-made’, the ongoing crisis in Yemen continues to drag on unabated. The UN has warned that Yemen, already one of the poorest countries in the Arab world prior to the conflict, is on the brink…
Some Patterns of Shia Muslim Tithe (Khums) in Iran and Australia
Seminar
Money has a privileged place in analyses of modernity. In both the Weberian and Marxist traditions of social theory, money’s increasingly abstract and free-floating character, and calculative behaviours associated with its use, are symbolic of modernity’s own hyper-rationalistic structures and…
Transition and Geopolitics in Afghanistan
Seminar
In Afghanistan, inter-elite competition over power, resources, and ideology on the one hand, and repeated foreign interference and invasion on the other hand continue to be two major drivers of conflict and instability. As Afghans prepare to head to the polls for parliamentary and presidential…