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22/05/2024

Kurdish Studies Conference 2024

Organisers: LSE and University of Sheffield

Registration is now open for the second Kurdish Studies Conference. This interdisciplinary event builds on the inaugural conference at LSE in 2023 and is organised by the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield. The Kurdish Studies Series encourages dissemination and discussion of new research on Kurdish politics and society and provides a network for scholars, students and all others with related research interests.

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18/04/2024

The Fourth Biennial Arabic Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference

The University of Cambridge will be hosting the Fourth Biennial Arabic Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference on Thursday, 18th April, 2024 at Cripps Court, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. The conference aims to delve into Translanguaging and Linguistic Diversity in Arabic, and provide a platform for robust discussions and networking opportunities.

The conference will cover the following subthemes:

  • Perceptions of Translanguaging
  • The varieties we teach
  • Pedagogical approaches
  • Approaches to assessment

Deadline for Registration: 28 March 2024

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22/04/2024

Blessed Aristocracies: Charismatic authority, rural elites, and historiography in Medieval Yemen

Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

Speaker: Zacharie Mochtari de Pierrepont (University of Liège)

Discussant: Vincent Cornell (Emory University)

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23/04/2024

Next steps for freedom of speech in UK higher education

Organiser: Westminster Higher Education Forum

This conference will examine the way forward for freedom of speech in higher education institutions in the UK. It will bring together stakeholders, regulators and policymakers to discuss the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, which aims to ensure that universities promote freedom of speech as a fundamental value.

Delegates will assess implications of the legislation for the HE sector, its staff and students. It will be an opportunity to consider the roles going forward of stakeholders and policy in setting and implementing boundaries for discussion in higher education settings, and more widely in society.

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25/04/2024

Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab Jew

Organiser: BRICUP Seminar Series 2023-4

Speaker: Professor Avi Shlaim (University of Oxford)

All seminars are on-line events, and take place at 18.00-19.30 London time. They consist of a presentation by the guest lecturer, an exchange with a discussant, and then questions and contributions. All participants are expected to read a short extract of the relevant text in advance, around which the discussion will revolve. Advance registration is necessary.

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30/04/2024

Book Launch | Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East

Organiser: Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)

Speaker: Christopher Phillips (Author and professor of international relations at Queen Mary University of London)

Caabu invites you to an in person briefing with Christopher Phillips, author, and professor of international relations at Queen Mary University of London, who will discuss his new book, Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle Easton Tuesday 30 April 2024 at 6.30pm at The Arab British Centre, 1 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE.

Christopher Phillips explores geopolitical rivalries in the region, and the major external powers vying for influence: Russia, China, the EU, and the US. Moving through ten key flashpoints, from Syria to Palestine, Phillips argues that the United States’ overextension after the Cold War, and retreat in the 2010s, has imbalanced the region. Today, the Middle East remains blighted by conflicts of unprecedented violence and a post-American scramble for power – leaving its fate in the balance.

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14/05/2024

History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study

Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

Speaker: Ingrid Hehmeyer (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Discussant: Daniel Varisco (American Institute for Yemeni Studies)

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23/05/2024

The Qur’an in Muslim Practices

Online short course, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 23-24 May 2024

The course attempts to introduce participants to understanding ways in which Muslims use the Qur’an in practice in both religious and social contexts. After initially situating the Qur’an as a religious text within the context of Muslim beliefs and perceptions, the remaining sessions will explore the use of the Qur’an in calligraphy, in healing rituals, and in Sufi practices.

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04/06/2024

The Challenges of Development in Muslim Societies

Online short course, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 4-5 June 2024

This two-day course introduces participants to the different approaches to development and how these approaches inform development policies. Participants will be able to share their own understanding of development and explore current datasets on development indicators to investigate the experiences of Muslim-majority countries (MMCs). We will also look at the historical evidence to see what can be learnt from today’s industrialised or high-income countries, and what this implies for the types of policies to promote development in MMCs, including the roles of government, private sector, civil society and NGOs.

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24/06/2024

Memory Politics and Contentious Heritage in Anṣār Allāh/Ḥūthī Yemen

Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

Speaker: Marieke Brandt (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Discussant: Noha Sadek (French Research Centre of the Arabian Peninsula in Kuwait)

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11/07/2024

Exhibition | Hudood: Rethinking boundaries

The exhibition introduces contemporary art from the Barjeel Foundation, with a focus on the overarching theme of "Boundaries" as both a subject and a tool for meaningfully accessing a diverse array of art from the SWANA region. Delving into the profound implications of walls and borders on artistic expression, the exhibition prompts the question of whether it is the artist's perspective that ultimately transcends these boundaries.

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23/09/2024

Keynote Lecture: Friendship and Scholarship in 20th-Century Yemen

Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

Speaker: Sabine Schmidtke (Institute of Advanced Study)

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07/10/2024

Manuscripts in Arabic Script: Introduction to Codicology

Online short course, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 7-8 October 2024

This course introduces students to the study of manuscripts (codicology). It will allow participants to apply the technical terminology of codicology and understand how writing materials were prepared. We also explore the institutional contexts in which manuscripts were produced and discuss how codicological methods can inform research in history and art history.

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