The CAIS Public Lecture Series features the research of staff, visiting fellows and research colleagues of the Centre. The series aims to present expert insight on both historical and contemporary issues pertaining to the Middle East, Central Asia and Islam covering a broad range of topics in current affairs, political science, international relations, history, sociology, languages and beyond. The CAIS Public Lectures are held regularly throughout the year. To be kept informed of the CAIS Public Lecture Series and other news or events at the Centre please email cais@anu.edu.au
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Upcoming Events
Book Discussion: "International Political Economy and the Global South" (2025)
Dr Zaynab El Bernoussi, Associate Professor of Political Science/Interim Chair at the Africa Institute
Dr Zaynab El Bernoussi will discuss her new co-authored book with Dr Jessie Moritz on International Political Economy and the Global South:…
CAIS Public Lecture Series | States and Social Hierarchies in Kuwait and the Arab Gulf Region
Lisa Blaydes, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University
How do autocratic regimes instrumentalize ascriptive identity to maintain political power? I argue that by enforcing status boundaries for…
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Severing Colonial Relationality: Towards an Islamicate Theory of Autonomy and Refusal
Dr Jasmine K. Gani, Assistant Professor of International Relations Theory at the London School of Economics and Politics Science
In this paper I seek to bring to the fore the theological sources of everyday resistance in the Islamicate, focusing specifically on emancipatory…
Past Events
Central Asia Update 2023: Dealing with the War in Ukraine
Associate Professor Kirill Nourzhanov, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies , Ms Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies , Dr Victoria Guo, School of Politics and International Relations
The conflict in Ukraine has had a huge impact on Central Asia’s domestic and international politics. While the region’s leaders have desperately…
Panel Discussion: The Future of Palestine’s National Movement
A/Prof Ibrahim Fraihat, Dean & Associate Professor, Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, Dr Dalal Iriqat, Assistant Professor of Diplomacy, Conflict Resolution and Strategic Planning, Arab American University, Palestine, Dr Anas Iqtait, Lecturer of Economics and Public Economics of the Middle East, Australian National University, Australia
Join us for a critical exploration of the complex challenges reshaping Palestinian society, economics, and politics. Hosted by the ANU Centre for…
Millennial Muslims and Lebanese-Australian Literature: Dr Ibrahim Abraham in Conversation with Professor Karima Laachir (CAIS Director)
Dr Ibrahim Abraham
A recent, strong wave of Lebanese-Australian literature, emerging from the western suburbs of Sydney, sheds light on the complexity and diversity of…