Jews and Palestinians: Separate or Together?
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Series: Social Anthropology Seminar Series.
Date: 22 February 2012
Time: 3:00 – 4.30 pm
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings, Room: G51, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Speaker: Dr. David Wesley, Tel-Aviv University
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What's the Place of Faith in Schools?
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Thanks to new research by Richard Dawkins and John Pritchard which will be presented at this debate, we now have a good idea of the place that religion actually has in UK schools today. But what place should it have? And is there still a place for ‘faith schools’, old and new?
Date: Wednesday 22 February 2012
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Global Calls for Economic Justice: the potential of Islamic finance
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 6:30pm to 8:00pm
2012 LSE-Harvard public lecture on Islamic Finance
It is felt that conventional financial systems have failed and should be replaced, or supplemented, by more ethical banking and socially responsible finance. Can Islamic Finance, as a system with a strong religious background and moral framework, satisfy this hope?
Mukhtar Hussain is ...
The Politics of Resistance and the Arab Uprisings
Thursday, 23 Feb 2012 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Middle East Centre Arab Uprisings Lecture Series
This talk will look at how resistance to regimes' appropriation of public space has been a central theme of the Arab uprisings.
Charles Tripp is a professor of politics with reference to the Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Date: Thursday 23 February ...
Muslim Institute February monthly gathering: Social Networks and British Muslims with Professor Lucinda Platt
Saturday, 25 Feb 2012 2:00pm to 6:00pm
The ‘British Muslim Community’ is a beast much spoken of and spoken to. Exactly what constitutes and characterises this ‘community’ however is more elusive than its frequent mention by politicians, press, Muslims and non-Muslims acknowledges. Are the ways of Muslims in Britain distinctive? In what way are they ...
Intelligence Squared: The best chance for peace between Israel and Palestine is for Uncle Sam to butt out
Monday, 27 Feb 2012 6:45pm to 8:30pm
Is it surprising that the Israelis and Palestinians are still unable to come to some sort of agreement? After all if the adjudicator in a mediation is firmly on your side why bother to concede anything to the enemy? Conversely, why accept anything proposed by the adjudicator if you know his affections are biased towards the other side? We ...
Performing Beyond the Frame: Muslim Comedy and Stereotyping
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Wtih Amina Yaqin.
This talk is part of a Public Lecture series organised by Cardiff University's Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK.
Amina Yaqin is senior lecturer in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies and Chair of the Centre for the Study of Pakistan at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London). She has ...
Heaven On Earth: A Journey through Sharia Law
Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012 6:45pm
Almost 1400 years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God's law - the shari'a - its earthly interpreters are still arguing over what it means. Hardliners reduce it to amputations, veiling and holy war. Others say that it is humanity's only guarantee of a just society.
Travelling the Islamic world, the human rights ...
Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation after 9/11
Friday, 2 Mar 2012 6:45pm
How Muslims view themselves and how Western media portrays them are miles apart. Muslims see themselves as believers in a peaceful and universal faith that aims to bring mercy to all, while western media is most likely to present them as backward, intolerant, extremist, and at odds with western values. Even western Muslims who happily ...
Holy Places, Contested Spaces: British Muslim experiences of Hajj
Tuesday, 6 Mar 2012 7:00pm to 8:30pm
With Dr Sean McLoughlin.
This event is part of a Public Lecture series organised by Cardiff University's Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK.
Dr Sean McLoughlin is currently Head of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds and elected Chair of the Muslims in Britain Research Network. His published work ...
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