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
CAIS Public Lecture Series | Muslim Community Differences in Australia: A Sociological Analysis
Dr Jan A. Ali, Senior Lecturer in Islam and Modernity in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University
Muslims are the fastest growing community in Australia. They come from 183 different countries, a vast majority of them from South Asia followed by…
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…
Past Events
Türkiye after 2023: politics and international relations after the elections
Dr David Tittensor, Dr Tezcan Gümüş,, Dr. M. Murat Yurtbilir, Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne
Türkiye entered 2023, the centenary year of the Turkish Republic, with an anxiously anticipated general election. Amidst criticism of economic…
Conversation with Professor Ghassan Hage
Professor Ghassan Hage , Professor Kirin Narayan , Professor Assa Doron, Ms Lina Koleilat , Professor Karima Laachir
This panel will discuss Professor Ghassan Hage’s most recent publication The Diasporic Condition Ethnographic Explorations of the Lebanese in…
Governing Covid-19 in Lebanon: Territories of Sectarianism and Solidarity
Professor Mona Harb (American University of Beirut), Professor Karima Laachir (Chair)
Rather than merely consolidating and reproducing its sectarian political system, the governance of the pandemic in Lebanon also reveals tensions…