The Presence and Absence of Women in Sufi Texts
Lecture
The ANU Persian Society presents a lecture by Dr Zahra Taheri. In this lecture, Dr Taheri, will discuss the position of women in Persian mystical literature from the beginning of the Islamic era to 1900. Dr Zahra Taheri is the Convenor of the Persian Program at the Centre for Arab & Islamic…
Women and the Arab Spring: Arab Women Amid Political Change
Seminar
A repeat of a highly successful seminar - two speakers from the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (ANU) will speak about the challenging topic of Arab Women Amid Political Change. Dr Victoria Mason is a Lecturer with the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies and the School of Politics and…
ANU Premiere: Screening of ‘Budrus’
Other
The film screening will be followed by panel discussion with Professor Bob Bowker and Dr Victoria Mason from the Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies, ANU. Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and…
Palestinian Statehood, the Two-State Solution and Peace
Lecture
Ghassan Khatib is the Director of the Palestinian Government Media Centre, a former Minister in the Palestinian National Authority (PA) and former Vice-President of Bir Zeit University. A former member of the Palestinian Delegation for the Madrid Middle East Peace Conference and subsequent…
‘A Very British Islam?’
Seminar
In this paper, Dr Shearmur will look briefly at the group of British converts to Islam, centred round the Woking Mosque in the period round, and just after, the First World War. Those upon whom he will concentrate were people who contributed to the Islamic Review. From this, emerges an…
“The Arab Spring”: Implications for Australia’s National Security
Seminar
Recent months have seen the people of the Arab world from Yemen to Egypt, and most recently in Libya, seeking to shake off decades of repression and political dictatorships to embrace rapid transformation. From the less violent transitions which have occurred in Jordan and Bahrain, to the brutal…
China and the Middle East: Discussions on the relationship between China and the Middle East in light of recent events
Seminar
The Australia-China Youth Association and the ANU Middle East Learning Community present: China and the Middle East Discussions on the relationship between China and the Middle East in light of recent events, featuring: Professor Peter Drysdale (Head of East Asian Bureau of Economic Research,…