MAJLIS @ANU | Kindness in Higher Education
Seminar
This concept of kindness in pedagogical design is not a new one, but it is one that has been often overlooked. Through this project, by actively listening to experiences and observing academics, staff members, and students, Dr Wajeehah Aayeshah tries to develop a framework of kindness. As a…
Türkiye after 2023: politics and international relations after the elections
Panel discussion
Türkiye entered 2023, the centenary year of the Turkish Republic, with an anxiously anticipated general election. Amidst criticism of economic mismanagement, repression of civil society and political opposition and a delayed and disorganised response to the earthquake, Erdogan’s AKP managed to win…
Sudan Unpacked: Crisis, Ceasefires, and Global Involvement
Webinar/Online
As events in Sudan continue to make headlines across the world, you are invited to a special event hosted by the Australian National University's Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, in conjunction with the Near East Policy Forum. Unpacking the complex situation, a panel of international experts…
BOOK LAUNCH | More Precious Than Birds
Book launch
More Precious Than Birds is a collection of short stories during the first two years of the Lebanese War 1975- 1978 that had changed the life of many especially of those who have lost dear ones and woke up to an imposed migration in a desperate attempt to search for safety and security. April 13th…
MAJLIS @ANU | Talking Art in Conflict Spaces
Seminar
Presented by Dr Bilquis Ghani (Hunar Symposia) and Mr Kabir Mokamel (ArtLords), this session will explore the role of arts in society building and identity construction. With Kabul, Afghanistan as a case study, Ghani will present her doctoral research, its evolution as Hunar Symposia and be in…
Book Discussion | National State: Imagining a World Without Narrow Nation States
Seminar
H.E. Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi draws on his recently published book National State: Imagining a World Without Narrow Nation States in which he argues that our societies need to institutionalize and instil the concept of the “National State” in a nuanced and unprecedented meaning, and move beyond the…