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
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…
CAIS Public Lecture "Crisis of Democratization: Tunisia's Ongoing Transition"
Professor Larbi Sadiki (Qatar University), Professor Karima Laachir (Chair)
This lecture traces the trajectory of Tunisia's crisis of democratization and the current political impasse since President Kais Saied's…