Department of Middle Eastern Studies Events

Open Language Classes

Department-wide Events
Turktexts: from Tonyukuk to Pamuk

A series of eight Turkic text reading seminars by Dr Stephen Fennell

Thursdays at 5pm in Room 7, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue


Hebrew & Semitic Studies Events
Edward Ullendorf and the Study of Semitic Languages

The Ullendorff Lecture in Semitic Philology - 2013

Wednesday, 22nd May, 2013 at 5pm in Rooms 8 & 9
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site)


Israeli Film Club - Easter Term, 2013

"Families: love-hate relationship"

Films are shown on Wednesdays in Room L1 (basement lecture room), at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site) from 2:15 p.m.


Summer Hebrew Ulpan for Unversity Students

Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies Ulpan 2013


Arabic & Persian Studies Events
Iranian Cinema: Gender, Nation and Narration

Film screening and discussion series - Lent Term, 2013

Wednesdays at 5:00pm in Room L1
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site)


An Introduction to Persian Calligraphy

A course in three sessions

Mondays at 5:00pm in Room 7
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site)


Wright Lectures PosterWright Lecture Series

Series Programme - Lent Term, 2013

Last lecture:
Thursday, 28th February, 2013
How 'Mongol' was the Mongol Empire
Prof. David Morgan
Emeritus Professor of History and Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison


Wine, Music, Dance and Merrymaking in Ancient and Medieval Iran

A talk by Dr Dariush Borbor

Thursday, 7th February, 2013 at 5:00pm in Rooms 8 & 9
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site)

Watch or download a video recording of this lecture


Indian Studies Events
Buddhist Manuscript Culture: Textuality and Materiality

Sanskrit Manuscripts Project, First Project Workshop

Friday, 12th and Saturday, 13 April, 2013
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site)


Charting Frontiers: Sanskrit Literary and Intellectual Cultures
at the Mughal Court

Research presentaion by Dr Audrey Truschke (Caius)

Friday, 15th February, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. in Rooms 8 & 9
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Sidgwick Site)

All welcome.


Middle-Eastern Related Events in Cambridge
Orientality: Cultural Orientalism and Mentality

Architecture and Design in Medieval Morocco: the building strategies of the Marinid Sultans

Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations

Beyond the Arab Spring

Related events elsewhere
Unshook till the End of Time: relations between Britain and Oman, 1650-1975

Earlier Events

For listings of past events, please see the Events Archive.