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1 MAY 2012
Book chapter
Professor Sayyid's latest book chapter is 'La umma
como diáspora' in Gema Martín Muñoz and
Ramón Grosfogual (eds) La islamofobia a debate: la
genealogía del miedo at islam y la construcción
de los discursos antiislámicos, Casa Árabe,
Madrid.
1 May 2012
Radio interview with Nahid Afrose Kabir
On Sunday 29 April 2012 Nahid Afrose Kabir appeared on Radio
Adelaide’s A Peace of the Action program. Nahid
spoke about early Muslim arrivals to Adelaide, among them
the renowned Afghan herbalist Mohamet Allum and the
cameleers who contributed to the establishment of the Little
Gilbert St mosque more than 100 years ago. Nahid also
responded to questions about her recent work on Muslim youth
identity in Australia, the UK and the US and the impact of
9/11 on these communities.
24 April
Commentary by Houria Bouteldja
In a new MnM commentary,
Houria Bouteldja ponders the many things she has in common
with Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in France
recently. She argues for the importance of finding political
expression for legitimate anger, rather than becoming as
barbaric as one's opponents.
3 April 2012
Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre Board
Congratulations to Gilbert Caluya who has become a board
member of Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre.
3 April 2012
Book contract on young American Muslims
Dr Nahid Afrose Kabir, Senior Research Fellow of the MnM
Centre, has obtained a book contract with Edinburgh
University Press. The book, titled Young American
Muslims: dynamics of identity, will be Nahid’s third
monograph and complete her trilogy of studies of Muslims in
the West (namely Australia, Britain and America).
Congratulations from the MnM Centre!
3 April 2012
MnM commentary by Houria Bouteldja
In the latest MnM commentary
Houria Bouteldja from the Parti Indegenes de la Republique
in France explains why she, as an indigenous woman, must be
in solidarity with indigenous men before white feminists.
8 March 2012
MnM Research Fellow wins the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences ECR award
Congratulations to Dr Gilbert Caluya, South Australian
Research Fellow in the MnM Centre. Gilbert was (joint)
winner of the Early Career Researcher award at the 2011 EAS
Research Awards. This award recognises Early Career
Researchers who have demonstrated excellence in the
following areas: research outputs; research supervision;
community engagement.
In 2011, Gilbert was also awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) and, as part of that, has now begun his research project titled 'Borders, Burqas and Babies'. On behalf of the centre, Professor Sayyid wishes Dr Caluya every success with his research, and acknowledges the significant contribution he makes to the intellectual milieu of the centre.
2 March 2012
Elizabeth Ho honoured with awards
The Centre is very pleased to announce that Elizabeth Ho, Executive Director of the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and a key figure in the development and advancement of the MnM Centre, has recently been honoured on the national stage. In January, Elizabeth was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to education through the Hawke Centre, and to women. More recently, Elizabeth has received a Prime Ministerial appointment as a People of Australia Ambassador, and on 21 February 2012 the Hawke Centre became the proud recipient of a 2011 Governor's Multicultural Award. The Centre is absolutely delighted for the well-deserved recognition that Elizabeth receives and wishes her the very best for her inspirational work.
28 February 2012
New MnM commentaries
In the latest MnM commentaries
Chloe Patton discusses what is really behind the fear of the
burqa, and Alasdair Hynd describes the range of options
offered in recent discussions about Iran, and what it would
take to pursue a different option, a nuclear-free Middle
East.
1 February 2012
New commentaries
In the latest MnM commentaries,
Shvetal Vyas asks whether the Arab Spring was radical enough
and Nahid Afrose Kabir discusses improvements for women in
Afghanistan since the US-led occupation and problems that
remain.
18 January 2012
New working paper and commentary
Go to our working papers and
commentaries pages for our
latest papers. David Tyrer discusses democracy, racism,
violence, religious identity and lessons for progressive
politics. S Sayyid analyses competing narratives that are
used to explain the 'Arab Spring'.
16 January 2012
Middle East in Revolt: The First Anniversary
17-18 March 2012, The University of MelbourneThis conference marks the first anniversary of the Arab revolutions. Throughout 2011 popular protests swept the Middle East as the region’s citizens demanded political change, accountability and reform. While many observers have drawn parallels with the crumbling of the Soviet bloc, the outcome of the Arab uprisings is far from clear. It may be premature to celebrate the ‘Arab Spring’ as heralding democracy to the region. This ground-breaking international conference draws together a range of global experts in a forum for reflection on a year that has changed history.
For more information, please visit: http://asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/middle_east_in_revolt
8 December 2011
MnM postdoc wins prestigious DECRA
Congratulations to Gilbert Caluya for being one of only
two recipients of Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards
(DECRA) granted this year in the field of cultural studies.
The DECRAs are highly prestigious and highly competitive
awards, and this year only 277 out of over 2500 applications
were successful. Gilbert will be taking up the title of
South Australia Research Fellow from 31 March 2012 when his
project begins. The project is an investigation into ways in
which expressions of Islamophobia interact with perceptions
of Muslim misogyny. It has an alliterative title: Borders,
Burqas and Babies. Gilbert has been with the MnM Centre
since its beginning and all at the centre are very pleased
for him. Well done Gilbert.
By S Sayyid
28 November 2011
MnM hosts CSAA 2011 Conference
The MnM Centre successfully hosted the CSAA 2011 Annual
Conference on 21–24 November with the theme ‘Cultural
ReOrientations and Comparative Colonialities’. After the
Welcome to Country from Kaurna Elder, Uncle Louis, Prof
Peter Høj, Vice-Chancellor of the University of South
Australia, opened the conference with Dr Amanda Third,
President of the CSAA. Speakers at the conference included:
Prof Sara Ahmed, Assoc Prof Ramon Grosfoguel, Prof Sneja
Gunew, Dr Nathalia Jaramillo, Dr Brian Klug, Prof Peter
McLaren, Assoc Prof Greg Noble, Prof Elspeth Probyn, Assoc
Prof Thomas Reifer, Prof S Sayyid and Dr Katrina Schlunke.
Thanks to all the speakers and of course to all the
conference delegates for making this a success. For more
information se our conference
page.
By Gilbert Caluya
9 November 2011
CSAA 2011 Conference program
The Postgraduate/ECR Professional Development Day will be
held on 21 November at the Bradley Forum, Hawke Building,
City West Campus, North Terrace, Adelaide. Please download
the PG/ECR day program from the
speakers and program page.
The main CSAA 2011 Annual Conference will run over 22 to 24 November. The conference program is now available to download from the speakers and program page. Please note keynote speaker venues change over these days. The registration desk will always be located at the Student Lounge, City West Campus, North Terrace, Adelaide (right next to a café), where volunteers will be ready to assist you to locate your rooms.
12 October 2011
Keynote address: Religion, human rights and secular societies
Prof Salman Sayyid gave the keynote address at the
National Human Rights Conciliation, Legal and Education
Officers Conference, held in Adelaide on 1–2 September and
hosted by the SA Equal Opportunity Commission. You can
listen to the keynote address on the
EOC's website.
19 October 2011
New religious laws in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan recently passed new laws for religious groups
and banned prayer in state institutions. The laws raise
issues of Islamism, religious tolerance and governmental
control. More information can be found
here and
here.
19 October 2011
Opinion piece on anti-intellectualism in America
Paul Rosenberg discusses Occupy Wall Street and growing
anti-intellectualism on Aljazeera.
19 October 2011
The Hamster Wheel on Muslims in the media
In episode 2 of The Hamster Wheel, Chas
Licciardello and Andrew Hanson examined the news media's
portrayal of Muslims in Australia.
Watch
on YouTube.