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John Nilsson-Wright interviewed on Korea's Arirang News

03 May 2024

Dr Nilsson-Wright was part of a 30 minute discussion programme on Wednesday of this week with the Arirang English-language TV programme, “Within the Frame” discussing North Korea’s security challenges in East Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

British Academy funds a 4-year Global Professorship at FAMES

30 April 2024

We have been successful in a bid to attract British Academy funding for a 4-Year Global Professor to join the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at FAMES. This is one of eight new Global Professorships announced by the Academy.

How the Turbulent Politics of Medieval Central Asia Shaped a Polymath’s Achievements

26 April 2024

James Montgomery writes for New Lines Magazine about how, when his patron captured Indian Brahmins, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni saw the chance to study a living link to a lost Greek civilization

Elizabeth Monier on BBC News Brazil

24 April 2024

Elizabeth Monier was interviewed by BBC News Brazil for a report on alliances and rivalries and in the Middle East, published 20 April.

Political-Legal Issues Affecting Minorities in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

24 April 2024

Elizabeth Monier was panel chair and discussant for a session in the "Erasures in Iraq" workshop hosted by the Centre for Minorities Research at St Andrews University on 15th April. This was a one-day event that brought together scholars and practitioners to discuss and raise awareness on erasures. The focus was specifically on Iraqi/Kurdish social groups and themes that deserve attention but remain neglected.

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Cross-Points: A Cambridge–Stanford Graduate Conference in Arabic Literature

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