Red Lights on the Black Sea: The Traffic in Women between Russian and Ottoman Empires
Seminar
The Majlis is pleased to announce next session, 'Red Lights on the Black Sea: The Traffic in Women between Russian and Ottoman Empires' In the early twentieth century, Russian consular officials in Istanbul declared that they had discovered a 'vast' traffic in women from the tsarist empire to the…
Turkey after the 2018 elections
Seminar
On 24 June 2018, Turkey went to both parliamentary and presidential elections. Since March 2014, Turkish voters have gone to the ballot box five times; two parliamentary elections, one local and one presidential election and one constitutional referendum. Finally, the elections of last week…
Islam in Kazakhstan: The case of Salafism
Seminar
Among the five states of Central Asia, Kazakhstan is a less religious and comparatively stable country. However, recent trends indicate the emergence of fundamental Islam and growth of orthodox religious views. According to official figures, over the last five years, fourteen terrorist attacks were…
Divine Enabling: The Ideological Motivation of ISIS
Seminar
As ISIS influence and support is waning in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, this Majlis attempted to tackle some of the ideological narratives that prompted its rapid expansion in 2013-2014. They looked at ISIS’s ideology and how its interpretations of various concepts within Islam influenced its…
Politics & change in Uzbekistan: How far will post-Karimov reforms go?
Lecture
Uzbekistan is undergoing unprecedented reforms since the election of the new reformist president Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The IMF-backed economic liberalisation, the release of the political prisoners, and reorganisation of the omnipotent secret police have made it into the headlines of the major…
Opportunities and Challenges of Online Assessments
Seminar
What are the challenges that are presented to language teachers by the need to develop online assessment activities to be equivalents to on-campus assessment activities? This is a report on a work in progress. I discuss the background to the concepts for online assessment that can be found in…
Trump's Jerusalem Decision and the Question of Palestine
Seminar
President Trump’s announcement of the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel sparked wide international criticism and protest, and general approval in Israel. In response, the Palestinian Authority took to the United Nations Security Council where a resolution reiterating…