Academic Publications Announcement: Cluster Launch of the Muslim Civilisations Abstracts Series
September 2010
The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) is pleased to announce a lecture and discussion about its Muslim Civilisations Abstracts (MCA) series, to take place at the University of Edinburgh on 30 September 2010...More
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Lecture delivered by Dr Panjwani at UN Alliance of Civilisations Summer School
August 2010
On 17th August 2010, Dr Farid Panjwani presented a lecture entitled Education, religion and citizenship according to Muslim tradition, thought, practices at the first United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) Summer School...More
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Dr Valerie Gonzalez speaks on the Perception of Muslims in the Christian Poetry of Medieval Spain
June 2010
On 28 June 2010, Dr Valerie Gonzalez delivered a public lecture at AKU-ISMC, entitled, The Perception of Muslims in the Christian Poetry of the “Romanceros Fronterizos” in Medieval and Post-Medieval Spain...More
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Dr Abdou Filali-Ansary delivers a lecture at the Institute's cluster launch entitled Then & Now: Pluarlism Through the Ages
June 2010
On 3 June 2010, AKU-ISMC hosted a cluster launch event at the Ismaili Centre, London, featuring a lecture by Dr Abdou Filali Ansary entitled, Then & Now: Pluralism Through the Ages...More
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Professor Humayun Ansari delivers public lecture on the topic of Place, Identity and Islam
June 2010
On 15 June 2010, AKU-ISMC was pleased to host renowned scholar Professor Humayun Ansari, who delivered a public lecture on the topic of Place, Identity and Islam...More
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Dr. Mehtab Karim speaks on the Demography of Muslim Populations
June 2010
On 1 June 2010, the Institute hosted a public lecture by Dr. Mehtab Karim, a Senior Research Fellow at the Pew Research Centre and a Professor at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University...More
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Dr. Arskal Salim launches co-edited volume titled, Serambi Mekkah yang Berubah, Views from Within [The Veranda of Mecca that Changes, Views from Within]
May 2010
AKU-ISMC is extremely pleased to announce that Arskal Salim, Assistant Professor at AKU-ISMC, recently launched his co-edited Indonesian volume, The Veranda of Mecca that Changes: Views from Within, in late May 2010...More
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Dr. Nadje Al-Ali speaks on Memory and ‘Truth’ in the Diaspora: Constructing a Modern History of Iraqi Women
May 2010
On 12th May, the AKU-ISMC hosted a lecture by Dr. Nadje Al-Ali, Director of the Gender Studies Centre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Dr. Al-Ali spoke on the topic of “Memory and ‘Truth’ in the Diaspora: Constructing a Modern History of Iraqi Women”...More
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AKU Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations’ second graduation ceremony in UK
April 2010
“We aim to create ethically literate leaders who value pluralism”, Aga Khan University President Firoz Rasul said in his address at Brunei Gallery in London…More
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Tariq Rahman speaks on Language and Identity in South Asia
February 2010
On 23 February, 2010 AKU-ISMC hosted a lecture by Tariq Rahman, a Distinguished National Professor of Sociolinguistic History and Director of the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad. Professor Rahman is currently a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies and has published a number of books on language, power and...More
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Kathryn Spellman-Poots speaks at the Centre for Academic Shia Studies
February 2010
On Monday, 15 February 2010, Dr. Kathryn Spellman-Poots delivered a lecture at the inaugural event for The Centre for Academic Shia Studies, held at the Al-Khoei Foundation. The lecture, entitled ‘Contesting Customs: Young Shi’a Muslims in Britain’ was based on her current research which examines Shia commemoration rituals in the UK. This research attempts to map out the Shia community in the UK...More
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