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Open Language Classes
ICRC Interpreters Recruitment event

Tuesday, 7th February, 2012
1pm – 2pm, Room 7
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

The International Committee of the Red Cross is seeking to recruit speakers of Pashto, Farsi/Dari, Hindi/Urdu, Arabic, Khmer and Sinhala to work in its field operations. Liz Harris joined the ICRC as an Urdu interpreter in 2002, after graduating from SOAS with a degree in Hindi and South Asian History. She spent three years working in Indian Administered Kashmir, after which she studied Pashto and worked in Afghanistan for 15 months. During her mission, she was responsible for the ICRC's detention visits in South Afghanistan as well as visiting detainees held by the US and other coaltion forces. She will give a half hour presentation regarding the role, with a question and answer session afterwards. Liz will be available afterwards for coffee and chat with Students or Academics who may be interested.

Event Poster

Faculty Research Day: 21 March 2011

Detailed programme can be found here

Festival of Ideas

The Faculty, as ever, took an active part in Cambridge’s Festival of Ideas 2011. Starting on Wednesday, 19th October and running all through the folowing ten days, we hosted a variety of talks (given by members of the Faculty as well as external participants) on various topics relating to Asian and Middle Eastern cultures, ancient and modern.

For a full programme see www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/ideasfestival/

Asian Studies Events

Events within the Department of East Asian Studies are listed on the Asian Studies Events page

Middle Eastern Studies Events

Events within the Department of Middle Eastern Studies are listed on the Middle Eastern Studies Events page

 
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