Featured Events
Webinar - The Persecution of Uyghurs
31/10/2020 5:30pm
British Association for Turkish Area Studies
The long repression and cultural diminution of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples turned into systemic annihilation in Xinjian with the establishment of a vast network of concentration camps. In this talk, Dr Özcan will discuss how the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) two-faced ideological identity of communism enhanced with Chinese characteristics and a Han nationalist imperial discourse has gained speed and taken shape with Chairman Xi Jinping. G
31/10/2020 5:30pm
British Association for Turkish Area Studies
The long repression and cultural diminution of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples turned into systemic annihilation in Xinjian with the establishment of a vast network of concentration camps. In this talk, Dr Özcan will discuss how the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) two-faced ideological identity of communism enhanced with Chinese characteristics and a Han nationalist imperial discourse has gained speed and taken shape with Chairman Xi Jinping. G
Book Launch - Between the Moon and Beirut
05/11/2020 6:00pm
Middle East and North Africa Centre (MENACS), University of Sussex
Born and raised in Beirut, Naji Bakhti graduated from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon, 2011). He has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Westminster (2012) and recently obtained a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. His works have been published in the Guardian and the New Statesman among others and he has been interviewed by the National, the London Magazine and the Middle East Eye. Between Beirut and the Moon (Influx Press, 2020) is his first novel.
Wednesday 14th October 2020
Re-telling our hiSTORIES via 3D Digital Art
14/10/2020 6:30pm
ritish Sudanese Architectural Designer, Rayan Elnayal shares how she uses the skills she obtained as an architecture student to visualise fictional spaces inspired by her diasporic background & ethnocentric ideas. She will explore the artistic journey and conceptualisation of her latest project, A Magic Realist Afrabia, as well as discuss relevant themes in her work including: Magic realism, Afrofuturism, the portrayal of western media narratives, identity & ethnic hybridism.
14/10/2020 6:30pm
ritish Sudanese Architectural Designer, Rayan Elnayal shares how she uses the skills she obtained as an architecture student to visualise fictional spaces inspired by her diasporic background & ethnocentric ideas. She will explore the artistic journey and conceptualisation of her latest project, A Magic Realist Afrabia, as well as discuss relevant themes in her work including: Magic realism, Afrofuturism, the portrayal of western media narratives, identity & ethnic hybridism.
Black Monuments Matter
05/10/2020 9:00am - 31/03/2021 5:00pm
The Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Zamani Project at the University of Cape Town
The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Zamani Project at the University of Cape Town are pleased to present the online exhibition "Black Monuments Matter". Black Monuments Matter recognises and highlights African contributions to world history by exhibiting World Heritage Monuments and architectural treasures from Sub-Saharan Africa. In doing so, this exhibition sweeps away ideas based on racist theories and hopes to contribute to both awareness of African identity and pride of African Heritage.
05/10/2020 9:00am - 31/03/2021 5:00pm
The Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Zamani Project at the University of Cape Town
The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Zamani Project at the University of Cape Town are pleased to present the online exhibition "Black Monuments Matter". Black Monuments Matter recognises and highlights African contributions to world history by exhibiting World Heritage Monuments and architectural treasures from Sub-Saharan Africa. In doing so, this exhibition sweeps away ideas based on racist theories and hopes to contribute to both awareness of African identity and pride of African Heritage.
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