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Series
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CAIS's
Next Lecture:
BEYOND
OCCUPATION? Examining the New Reality in Israel and Palestine
Speaker:
Dr Sara Roy
Date:
3 pm, 15 October 2008
Venue:
Law Theatre, Building 5, ANU
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Information
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Gallipoli
Symposium 15-16 April 2009
Call
for papers
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Recent
Events and Seminars
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11 September 2008
Ahmad
Shah Massoud Memorial Panel Discussion
Afghanistan: A Stocktake
Speakers:
His Excellency Mr Amanullah
Jayhoon
Australia – Afghanistan Relations: An update
Professor William
Maley
Afghanistan’s Reconstruction: An update
Mr Daoud Yaqub
Afghanistan’s Security: An update
Dr Kirill Nourzhanov
Afghanistan & Russia: An update
Dr Rizwan Hussain
Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: An update
Chair: Prof Amin Saikal
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28
August 2008
THE
ISLAMIST TERRORIST PROJECT
Differences between the West and the Muslim world
PROFESSOR FARHAD KHOSROKHAVAR
Ecole
des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France.
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12
August 2008
Running
the War in Iraq
Major
General Jim Molan
Listen
to Lecture (MP3 2.6MB) |
3
July 2008
Religion
Secularism and Democracy
Dr Gholamali
Khoshroo
Former Deputy Foreign
Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Iran (2002-2005)
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12
May 2008
ENDING
THE PALESTINE/ISRAEL IMPASSE
Mr Ali Abunimah
Palestine Center,
Washington DC |
29
April 2008
A
Processability approach to Arabic L2 teaching and curriculum design
Dr
Ghassan Al Shatter
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
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22 April 2008
Regional
Cooperation Strategy of Afghanistan
Mahmoud Saikal
International Advisor, United Nations Development Programme, Afghanistan
National
Development Strategy
and former Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Afghanistan
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/ download lecture mp.3.26 |
Professor William Maley (Director of Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy)
with guest speaker Mr Mahmoud Saikal. |
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3
April 2008
FIRST
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GALLIPOLI: History, Art and Literature |
Speakers
and papers:
Professor
Joan Beaumont
Alfred Deakin Professor
Deakin University
Who
owns Gallipoli? graves, bones, and roads and transnational heritage
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Dr
Roger Hillman
Lecturer in Film Studies
School of Humanities
The Australian National University
Representing
Gallipoli on film – from national to transnational myth?
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Mrs Candan Kirisci
Postgraduate Scholar
Department of Western Languages and Literatures
Bogaziçi Üniversitesi,Istanbul
The
Reflection of Gallipoli in Turkish Literature
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Mr
Andrew Yip
Postgraduate Scholar
Department of Art History and Theory University of Sydney
Framing the Enemy: Turkish paintings of Gallipoli as
cross-cultural exchange
Dr
Mehdi Ilhan
Convenor of Turkish Studies
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
The Australian National University
An Introduction to Turkish Sources
on the Gallipoli Campaign
Symposium
Co-ordinator: Dr Mehdi Ilhan
Contact
- E: Mehdi.Ilhan@anu.edu.au |
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Professor Amin Saikal (Director of CAIS) opening the Gallipoli
Symposium. On his right are speakers: Prof Beaumont, Prof Hillman,
Mrs Candan Kirisci and Prof James Piscatori (Symposium Chair and
CAIS Deputy Director).
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Dr Mehdi Ilhan (Presenter and Symposium Co-ordinator) and Mr Andrew
Yip
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| 2007
Seminars |
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21-22
November 2007 |
Australia
in the Middle East and Central Asia Workshop |
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16
October 2007 |
Israel's
Dilemma in Palestine: The Process, The Failures and The Prospect
for a Just and Workable Solution. |
Dr
Ghada Karmi |
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8 October 2007 |
Turkish
Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times |
Professor
Kemal Kirisci |
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5 October 2007 |
What's
Happening with Israel and Syria? |
Dr
Matthew Gray |
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17 September 2007 |
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HE
Mr Amanullah Jayhoon
Massoud and his struggle for freedom
Professor
William Maley
Afghanistan’s Reconstruction
Mr
Daoud Yaqub
Afghanistan’s Security |
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10
September 2007 |
Saudi
Arabia and the Gulf: Sources of Stability and Instability |
Professor
Tim Niblock |
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2
July 2007 |
Reviving
the Middle East Peace Process: An Arab Perspective |
Dr
Choukri-Fishere |
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13
June 2007 |
Evolving
Challenges for Bangladesh in South Asia |
HE
Dr Iftekhar Chowdhury |
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10
May 2007 |
Iraq
and the Future of Political Islam
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/ download lecture [.mp3.26 mb.]
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-Lecture [pdf] |
Professor
James Piscatori |
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22
March 2007 |
Marmaduke
Pickthall and Islam: An Introduction |
Dr
Jeremy Sheamur |
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7th
March 2007 |
Muslim
Identity and Integration in Europe: The Declaration of Muslim European. |
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26 October 2006 |
The
Search for Ancient Damascus
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/ download lecture [.mp3, 26 mb.]
Play / download
slides [PowerPoint, 15 mb.] |
Mr
Ross Burns |
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11
October 2006 |
"OPEN
AIR PRISONS: The new form of the Israeli occupation of Palestine"
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Professor
Tanya Reinhart |
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13
September 2006 |
"Behind
the Headlines: How Islam’s Past Impels its Presence in the World
Today" |
Professor
Daniel Peterson |
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11
September 2006 |
"The
Middle East through Arab Eyes" |
Dr
Bouthaina Shaaban |
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7
September 2006 |
Ahmad
Shah Massoud Memorial Panel Discussion
"Afghanistan: Successes and Challenges" |
Professor
William Maley
Dr
Matthew Gray
Mr
Ahmad Shayeq Qassem |
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25
August 2006 |
"Global
Security Challenges and Russian Foreign Policy" |
HE
Mr Alexander V. Blokhin |
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10
August 2006 |
"Food
Security and Water Poverty in Central and West Asia and North
Africa Region" |
Dr
Kamil H. Shideed |
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7
August 2006 |
"Australia’s
Relations with the Middle East" |
HE
Dr Robert Bowker
HE
Dr Ralph King
Professor
Stuart Harris |
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24
July 2006 |
"Islam
and modern challenges: formula for change" |
Imam
Yahya Hendi |
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20
July 2006 |
"Palestinian
Politics and Society after the Election of Hamas:
Realities and Prospects" |
Associate
Professor Bernard Sabella |
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24
May 2006 |
"Fast
Forward to the Past? The Line in the Sand from Iraq
to Iran"
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play lecture click on the prompt below:
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Lecture
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Professor
Ramesh Thakur |
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7
April 2006 |
Professor
Amin Saikal receives Order of Australia |
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19
April 2006: |
"Russia,
the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Central Asia". |
Dr
Viachelav B. Amirov |
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18
April 2006 |
"Dr
Frankenstein of the North Caucasus? President Putin’s Chechen
Policy and the Dilemmas of Power in the Region". |
Dr
Kirill Nourzhanov |
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29
March 2006 |
Booklaunch
of "Islam and Marble" by Michael Greenhalgh, The Sir William
Dobell Professor of Art History, ANU. |
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9
March 2006 |
"The
Great War for Civilisation; The Conquest of the Middle
East"
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play lecture click on the prompt below:
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DR ROBERT
FISK |
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16
March 2006 |
"The
Limits of Statebuilding: The Role of International
Assistance in Afghanistan". |
Dr
Astri Suhrke |
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8
February 2006 |
“The
United Nations experience in post-conflict operations: Lessons from
East Timor” |
Dr
Elizabeth Cousens and Dr Bruce Jones |
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11-14
December 2005 |
DIPLOMACY
TRAINING - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE IN KABUL |
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4
October 2005 |
"The
Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle
East" |
Dr Robert
Fisk |
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6
September 2005 |
The
Ahmad Shah Massoud Memorial Panel Discussion. |
HE
Mr Mahmoud Saikal, Professor William Maley and Dr Kirill Nourzhanov |
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25
August 2005. |
"Egypt's Foreign
Policy: New Challenges and Perspectives" |
HE
Mr Mohamad Tawfik |
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19
August 2005 |
"Afghanistan: Foreign Policy Challenges and Responses" |
Dr
Abdullah Abdullah |
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6-12
August 2005 |
Eight
students from Zayed University, UAE, participated in a Cultural Orientation Program at
the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies |
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1
August 2005. |
"Contrasting
Visions of Democracy for the Middle East" |
Professor
Richard Falk |
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28
July 2005 |
"Australian
Foreign Policy and Iraq" |
Dr
Gerard Henderson |
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15
March 2005. |
"Turkish
Entry to the European Union: Some Perspectives from the European
Parliament" |
Mr
Camiel Eurlings |
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9
February 2005. |
"The
Greater West Asian Crisis: 2000-2005, Causes and Consequences" |
Professor
Fred Halliday |
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4-5
February 2005. |
The
Seventh Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for
Communist and Post-Communist Studies (AACPCS) was held at The Centre
for Arab and Islamic Studies on |
The theme
of the conference was "The Systemic Transformation of Communism:
The Social, Political, Cultural and Security Record of the Past
Quarter Century". |
The Centre organises seminars
on a regular basis with a variety of speakers from the region. The
seminars cover a wide spectrum of topics relating to the Middle
East and Central Asia, and provide a valuable forum for CAIS scholars
and other interested parties to keep abreast of developments in
the region. An annual lecture on Islamic Civilisation is also hosted
by the Centre.
The Centre also convenes international conferences, having hosted
the following conferences since 1994:
The
Middle East: Prospects for Settlement and Stability' (1994)
'Lebanon Beyond
2000' (1995)
'Turkey: A Bridge
Between East and West' (1995)
'Egypt Under
Mubarak: Politics, Economics and Foreign Policy' (1998)
'The Middle East: Fifty Years On'
(1998)
'Australia-Iran Relations' (2000) |
