Upcoming Events and activities 2011/ 2012
Events
Dr. Mashhad Allaf has already started to hold an informal discussion circle with interested PI students, the “Humanities Circle”, in order to improve the faculty-students relationship, give the students the opportunity to be creative outside the classroom and to discuss topics like the relationship between Arts and Engineering and defining future ideas of the 21st century.
Mrs. Gabriele Harb and the German Club are going to organize the yearly “German-Arabic Cultural Evening” with PI students and in coordination with representatives of the GLENELG-School of Abu Dhabi and German institutions, e.g. the Goethe-Institute and the German Embassy, in the first week of December 2011.
Dr. Abdullah Al Shami is planning to offer a course in “Islamic Banking and Finance” in the coming semester 2012. In a time where the world is facing several economic crises, this will be an important contribution to enhance the student’s understanding of economic and social relationships.
Conferences and lectures
Dr. Matthew Webb has been invited as a speaker to the “Law and Conflict in Kashmir” workshop at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London to give a talk on his upcoming book “Kashmir’s Right to Secede”. The workshop is a one-day interdisciplinary workshop on the 31st of October in collaboration with the London Himalayan Film Festival 2011 and the UK Political Studies Association (PSA) Politics of South Asia Specialist Group.
Dr. Abdullah Al Shami is going to present two papers in November: at the “Islamic Civilization International Conference” at Oxford University, UK, on the 12th and 13th November 2011 and at the conference “Practical Info - Practical Wisdom for Management from the Islamic Tradition” at the Al Akhawine University in Morocco, on the 17th and 18th November.
Dr. Mark Hayman will hold a lecture, titled “Forty years on: a look back at the birth of the UAE” on the 29th of November 2011 on the occasion of the 40 years UAE celebrations.
The lecture is part of the lecture series of the Arts & Sciences program at the PI.
Publications
Dr. Matthew Webb will have a book published with the title “Kashmir’s Right to Secede” – A Critical Examination of Contemporary Theories of Secession – in March 2012. The book critiques the existing normative theories of secession and offers a comprehensive examination of the right of sub-groups to secede.
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Events and activities 2010/ 2011
