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Minoritised groups and the limits of political transitions in Iran and the Middle East

  • Davoud Osmanzadeh & Dr Fateh Saeidi,

Political transitions in Iran prioritise regime stability, treating demands from minoritised communities as threats to national integrity.

WEBINAR: How learning Asian languages changes your worldview

Panellists discuss gaining new levels of personal inter-connectedness and cultural understanding through language learning.

The importance of fitting society and culture into Australian university language courses

  • Dr Jonathan Benney,

Language learning should facilitate cultural understanding and this requires contentious aspects of culture to be examined.

Towards a global approach to teaching Arabic in Australian universities

  • Tarek Makhlouf & Dr Abdul Samad Abdullah,

Arabic language teaching in Australia should focus more on the culture and global impact of Arabic than its utilitarian value.

WEBINAR: Gender and Sexuality in Islamic Politics

This event examines current trends, and current debates, in the study of gender and minority affairs within Muslim contexts.

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