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Forthcoming Events
Currently there are no events scheduled at AKU-ISMC. A full list of events scheduled for the next academic year (2008/2009) will be made available shortly.
More information about past activities, including articles, audio, seminar transcripts and other online resources can be found on the activities page.
News
AKU-ISMC holds summer programme on Muslim cultures
August 2008
From 21 July to 1 August 2008 AKU-ISMC and the Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Cultures and Societies at Simon Fraser University (CCSMSC) held a summer programme in Vancouver, Canada. The summer programme, Expressions of Diversity, aimed to provide a window into the diversity of the cultural and social productions of Muslims, past and present. More
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Stefan Weber contributes chapter to Angels, Peonies, and Fabulous Creatures
July 2008
AKU-ISMC faculty member Stefan Weber contributed a chapter, Der Anfang vom Ende. Der Wandel bemalter Holzvertäfelungen in Damaskus des 18. Und 19. Jahrunderts [The beginning of the end: Changes in Damascus painted wooden interiors in the 18th and 19th Centuries], to the book Angels, Peonies, and Fabulous Creatures edited by Julia Gonnella and Jens Kröger. More
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AKU-ISMC organises international conference - Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts
July 2008
On 21st June an international conference, Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts – Models from the Past, Questions for the Future, cosponsored by AKU-ISMC and the Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures, Simon Fraser University (CCSMSC-SFU) was held in Vancouver, Canada. More
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Mombasa Aga Khan Academy Head speaks at AKU-ISMC
July 2008
On the 27th of June, Peter McMurray, Head of the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, visited AKU-ISMC. He provided a presentation on the work of the Aga Khan Academies and discussed possibilities for post-graduation internships with the Institute’s MA students. More
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Discussing Cities Spring Term Meeting held at AKU-ISMC
June 2008
On 12th June the spring term meeting of lunch time conversation group Discussing Cities was held, with presentations by Jim Brennan (SOAS) on segregation and gentrification in Dar es Salaam and Bruce Stanley (Huron University) on the impact and consequences of conflict on cities in the Middle East. More
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AKU-ISMC Hosts Video Screening of Karen Armstrong Lecture
June 2008
On 11th June, AKU-ISMC hosted a video screening of a lecture presented by scholar and author Karen Armstrong during a recent visit to the AKU campus in Karachi, Pakistan. The lecture was one of a number of academic events hosted by AKU which form part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Chancellor of the University, His Highness the Aga Khan. More
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