Events Archive
Lent Term, 2012
Research Students' Seminars on Second Language Chinese
China Research Seminar
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - Egyptian World Seminars
Mongolia & Inner Asia Reasearch Unit - Research Seminars
Mongolia & Inner Asia Reasearch Unit - Research Seminars, Lent Term 2012
Asian Studies Seminar Series
Israeli Film Club - Lent Term, 2012
Films are shown on Fridays in Room L1 (basement lecture room), at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site) from 1:15 p.m.
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.
Michaelmas Term, 2011
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - Egyptian World Seminars
Programme for Michaelmas Term, 2011
Wright Lecture Series
Programme for Michaelmas Term, 2011
Asian Studies Seminar Series
Programme for Michaelmas Term, 2011
Israeli Film Club - Michaelmas Term, 2011
Mongolia & Inner Asia Reasearch Unit - Research Seminars
Programme for Michaelmas Term, 2011
London Korean Film Festival
Dr Mark Morris, a member of the advisory board for the London Korean Film Festival, Presents 'A Day Off' at the Festival, Friday 11th November, Korean Cultural Centre.
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Full list of Korean Film Festival events here
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Flickr album from last years symposium hosted by Dr Morris here
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Mark Morris on Youtube here
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Cambridge Korean Film Festival at the Cambridge Arts Cinema. Details here
Summer, 2011
Summer Hebrew Ulpan for University Students
Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies Ulpan 2011
Political Legitimacy in the Islamic West
Workshop in Cambridge on 13th & 14th September, 2011.
Neo-Aramaic Conference, 2011
Wednesday, 6th & Thursday, 7th July, 2011
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
Easter Term, 2011
Semitic and Afroasiatic: Challenges and Opportunities
Annual Semitic Philology Lecture
5.00pm, Wednesday, 4th May, 2011 in Rooms 8 & 9
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site)
Faculty Research Day: 21st March, 2011
Detailed programme, photos etc.
Asian Studies Seminar Series
Programme for Easter Term, 2011
Mongolia & Inner Asia Reasearch Unit - Research Seminars
Lent Term, 2011
Mongolia & Inner Asia Reasearch Unit - Research Seminars
Asian Studies Seminar Series
Israeli Film Club - Lent Term, 2011
Films are shown on Wednesdays in Room L1 (basement lecture room), at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site) from 1:15 p.m.
Kim Dae-Jung Lectures in Korean Studies
Regional and National Identities in the Cold War in East Asia:
the integration of East Asian and Western Perspectives
(1945-1991)
Cambridge Cold War Workshop Conference
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - Egyptian World Seminars
Cambridge University Southeast Asia Forum
Michaelmas Term, 2010
Mongolia & Inner Asia Reasearch Unit - Research Seminars
Programme for Michaelmas Term, 2010
Asian Studies Seminar Series
Programme for Michaelmas Term, 2010
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - Egyptian World Seminar
Programme for Michaelmas Term, 2010
Reflections on War & Peace: Sixty Years After the Korean War
British Association for Korean Studies Symposium
Saturday, 20th November, 2010 from 9:30am to 6:00pm
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Speakers include Dr Mark Morris, University of Cambridge
Booking Fee £10 - Advanced registration essential. For details see: baks.org.uk
London Korean Film Festival
"Jam-packed with festival hits, Korean box office smashes, debut works from Korea’s new directing talent, independent film and bravura animation, 2009's festival was an unmissable cinematic feast and 2010's, running throughout November, will be even better."
Events at the Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge
Poster [PDF]
A Celebration of the Work of Raymond & Bridget Allchin
Friday, 12th November, 2010 at 4:30pm
Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS [map]
Wednesday Lecture Series - Michaelmas Term, 2010
Lectures given on Wednesdays at 5:00pm through Michaelmas term in Room 102
at the Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue.
Israeli Film Club - Michaelmas Term, 2010
The Israeli Man in Israeli Cinema
Films shown on Wednesdays in Room L1 (basement lecture room), at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site) from 1:15 p.m
Bioethics & Bioethical Issues in Muslim Societies
Guest Speaker: Prof. Nouzha Guessous
The Centre of Islamic Studies and the
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
In association with The British Council in Morocco
Thursday, 11th November, 2010 at 5:00pm in Rooms 8 & 9
at the
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue.
The rediscovery of the court culture of the Qarakhanids
The Harold Bailey Memorial Lecture
Friday, 10th December, 5pm, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Rooms 8 & 9
Sophie’s Revenge (非常完美)
Tuesday, 16th November, 2010 at 5:00pm in
Rooms 8 & 9 (ground floor)
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue
Film screening and Q&A with director Jin Yimeng
Guest Speaker: Joy Gordon
Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions (Harvard University Press, 2010)
Thursday, 4th November, 2010 at 5:30pm in Rooms 8 & 9
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue
How (and How Not?) To Read An Indian Buddhist Miracle Tale
A Lecture by Dr David Fiordalis
Wednesday, 3rd November, 2010 at 4:00pm
Room 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue
Blogging China
Wednesday, 3rd November, 2010
at 2:30pm
CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane
A talk by Professor Xiao Qiang, Founder and Editor China Digital Times
Food, the animals, and human dignity in Jewish perspective:
the evidence of the Aramaic Targum
The postponed Tyrwhitt Lecture took place at an open meeting of the Old Testament Seminar on Wednesday, 27th October in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity (Sidgwick Site) at 2:30 p.m.
For earlier events see the Events Archive for the Academical Year 2009-2010.
