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
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…
A Cognitive Arab Uprising? Paradigm Shifts in Arab Social Sciences
Professor Sari Hanfi (American University of Beirut), Professor Karima Laachir (Chair)
This lecture focuses on the notion of knowledge production in the Arab world in the last decade. It contributes to the debate about how scholarship…
CAIS Public Lecture "Bringing Philosophy and Sociology to the Egyptian Public"
Dr Amro Ali (American University in Cairo), Professor Karima Laachir (Chair)
This lecture will discuss how sociology and philosophy are conveyed to the public in restrictive contexts in the Arab world. Using Egypt as an…