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Displaying from Tuesday, October 27, 2015
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October 2015
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Tuesday 27 |
Recently South Asia has undergone a number of tensions. Pakistan and India view each other as the problem, while at the same time the region suffers from natural and other threats such as lack of energy, water resources, and migration of peoples. The panel discussion explores the possibilities of (...)
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November 2015
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Thursday 12 |
Contemporary views of Turkey tend to focus on the country’s links and connections with the Middle East and/or Europe. However, the country’s considerable contacts with Asia, both historically and in the present, have remained largely obscured. Japan, in particular played an important role for (...)
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Tuesday 17 |
Europe in 2015 has witnessed refugees approaching its borders in large numbers, leading to an atmosphere of crisis and sharp divergences amongst European elites over how best to respond. In this lecture, Professor Maley shows how refugees are constituted through the Westphalian system of states (...)
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May 2016
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Friday 13 |
18:00 - SCREENING - Don't Panik: Rap and Islam -- Documentary Screening
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CMSS screens Don't Panik: Rap and Islam -- a documentary by Keira Maameri
Synopsis:
Don't Panik is a French documentary that captures Muslim rappers' positions regarding identity, religion and rap as public figures, through questions brought out by film director, Keira (...)
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Thursday 19 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Game Changer in the Region?
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is viewed as part of Chinese efforts to revive the Silk Road network across South and West Asian region. The project, with a projected cost of $46 billion, has been identified as a significant development in China’s relationship with Pakistan through its (...)
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June 2016
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Monday 27 |
Public Lecture on Islam and Gender Issues
by Professor Anis Ahmad, followed by an Iftar (breaking fast).
The lecture will focus on contemporary issues relating to Muslim women. Professor Ahmad will approach these issues through his research on Islamic theological and jurisprudential perspectives.< (...)
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August 2016
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Wednesday 03 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society Seminar Series: Notes on the Epistemology of Religious Violence
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CMSS’s Religion, State & Society Seminars will explore the role of religion in shaping lived experiences of Muslims in the contemporary globalised world. This involves exploring the interaction between Muslims and non-Muslim in political, social, cultural and economic spheres at local (...)
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Friday 05 |
12:00 - EVENT - Bangladesh at the Crossroads: Threat of Militancy and Radicalisation
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Bangladesh has witnessed a rise in violence targeted at bloggers, writers, intellectuals, members of minority faith groups, and foreigners, by groups claiming to be affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State (IS). The seminar will explain the latest (...)
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Wednesday 17 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society Seminar Series: Comparative Analysis of Jihadi Narratives in Pakistan
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CMSS’s Religion, State & Society Seminars will explore the role of religion in shaping lived experiences of Muslims in the contemporary globalised world. This involves exploring the interaction between Muslims and non-Muslim in political, social, cultural and economic spheres at local (...)
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Friday 26 |
Bazm-e-Sarfraz is CMSS’s annual event commemorating the contributions made by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal (1939-2003) towards promoting Urdu literature and championing the cause of inter-communal harmony.
At this year’s event, Mr Rehan Alavi, prominent author and Executive Producer at SBS Radio, will (...)
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Wednesday 31 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society Seminar Series: Has global jihadist ideology been transmitted to Indonesia?
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CMSS’s Religion, State & Society Seminars will explore the role of religion in shaping lived experiences of Muslims in the contemporary globalised world. This involves exploring the interaction between Muslims and non-Muslim in political, social, cultural and economic spheres at local (...)
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September 2016
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Wednesday 07 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society: Islam and Lived Experiences of Muslims in the Philippines
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CMSS Religion, State & Society Seminar Series
Amina Rasul, President, Philippine Centre for Islam and Democracy
Title: Islam and Lived Experiences of Muslims in the Philippines
For the first time in history, the Philippines has elected a new President who hails (...)
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Wednesday 21 |
The reasons why young Malay-Muslims in Malaysia are being radicalised are many. It is not about being radicalised in religious schools, nor lacking religious beliefs. These reasons are true but in Malaysia, identity politics is the key factor in the angst and radicalisation of young Muslims. And (...)
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October 2016
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Wednesday 05 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society seminar: Winning and losing Indonesia's parliamentary seats, stories from women
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Studies on women's political representation in various parliaments in the world had offered explanations as to why women are far less successful than men in winning legislative seats. This presentation will elaborate four major factors often cited as key impediments for women in legislative (...)
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Thursday 13 |
Centre for Muslim States and Societies, UWA, and
Australian Institute of International Affairs WA present
ISLAM TODAY: POLITICS, STATE AND SOCIETY
The conference will explore Islam’s role in shaping the lived experiences of Muslims in the contemporary globalised world. This (...)
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Monday 24 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - 2016 Joan Trevelyan Memorial Lecture: Power Failure - The Political Odyssey of a Pakistani by Syeda Abida Hussain.
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In Power Failure: The Political Odyssey of a Pakistani Woman, published by Oxford University Press in 2015, Syeda Abida Hussain outlines the impacts that key political events in Pakistan have had on her personal life — and on the destiny of the nation. It is a political autobiography which gives (...)
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Wednesday 26 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - CMSS Religion, State and Society Seminar: Salafi Islamisation and Authoritarian Governance in Malaysia
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Salafi Islamisation and Authoritarian Governance in Malaysia
Lily Zubaidah Rahim, Department of Government & International Relations, University of Sydney
WHEN: 4.30pm – 6pm
WHERE: Room 2.63 Political Science Conference Room, Social Sciences Building, UWA
ENTRY: Free
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March 2017
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Thursday 09 |
16:15 - PUBLIC TALK - Lecture by Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ms Margaret Adamson
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High Commissioner of Australia to Pakistan Ms Margaret Adamson
will speak on contemporary Pakistan and Australia-Pakistan relations.
WHEN: 9 March 2017
TIME: 4.15pm - 6pm
VENUE: Fox Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, University of Western Australia
ENTRY: (...)
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Tuesday 14 |
16:30 - FREE LECTURE - Public Lecture by Mr Richard Heydarian : The Philippines in 2017: President Duterte, the South China Sea and ASEAN
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You are invited to join us for a public lecture on the escalating South China Sea dispute and how the assertive policies of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte are shaping this dispute and wider East Asian geopolitics.
In 2017, the Philippines are chairing the ASEAN bloc in its 50th year. As the (...)
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Thursday 16 |
CMSS Seminar Series: Religion, State and Society
Legalizing Authoritarianism in Egypt
By Dr Amr Hamzawy, American University in Cairo and Cairo University
DATE: Thursday, 16 March 2017
TIME: 4.00pm – 6pm
WHERE: Fox Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, The University of (...)
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