The Resurgence of Siege Warfare in MENA
Workshop
In 2016 it was Aleppo, this month it is the Eastern Ghouta in Syria. Siege warfare has made a resurgence across the Middle East and North Africa since the Arab Spring uprisings at the beginning of the decade. During the 20th Century, siege tactics appeared to have been all-but relegated to history…
India and Islamic Civilisation: Contributions and Challenges
Lecture
The Hon. Mohammad Ansari has arrived in Canberra to present an ANU Public Lecture on Wednesday 21 March. He is pictured here giving an interview on India's role in regional and global politics with CAIS Director Prof. Amin Saikal. The interview will be available on ANU TV later today.There are…
Free Language Trial - Arabic, Persian or Turkish
Exhibition
Are you interested in learning a Middle Eastern Language?The ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies offers Arabic, Persian and Turkish and has a great reputation for teaching them well. Check out what our students have to say about us! CAIS is hosting three 'taster classes' on Monday 12…
Information session: Middle East Studies + Arabic, Persian & Turkish languages
Advisory session
The Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies at ANU offers Undergraduate and Postgraduate coursework and research programs that enable you to undertake a comprehensive study of the Middle East and Central Asia.Our programs include coursework subjects covering the politics, international relations,…
Deconstructing the extremist narrative
Lecture
In recent years, radical religious organisations have been making headway in their efforts to recruit new followers to their extremist causes. Harnessing new technologies, decentralised groups like ISIS or ‘Daesh’, can now spread their messages far and wide across borders, sometimes without the…
Beyond Veiled Clichés – The curiosity of Arab women
Activity
In this roundtable panel, held on 5 May, Amal Awad was joined by Joumanah El Matrah (CAAR Board Member, CEO of the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights) and Dr Raihan Ismail (Lecturer at CAIS). The panel discussed the importance of recording Arab women’s voices, of how place and…
The Forgotten Periphery: Creating the Iraqi public sphere
Seminar
Too many observers of present-day Iraq have accepted the argument that the nation-state was created, and remained the monopoly of certain groups. Because narratives of the past, particularly Arabic-language memoirs, have never been taken into account in the manufacture of this rigid (and…