CASAW Induction Day 2010 | Wednesday 15 September, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies
19 George Square
Room G/2
This induction programme is intended for those students embarking on the CASAW collaborative Masters in Arab World Studies in Edinburgh in 2010/11.
| Time | Presenter | Title |
| 9.45-10.00 | Sophie Lowry | Welcome/Introduction |
| 10.00-10.30 | Andrew Marsham | ‘The Full Light of History?’ The Formation of Islam & the Historians |
| 10.30-11.00 | Paul Starkey | Arabic Literatures: Classical Tradition & Western Influence |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.30-12.00 | Mourad Diouri | Top 10 Secrets of Successful eLanguage Learners |
| 12.00-12.30 | Luisa Gandolfo | Contemporary National Identities on the Arabic Blogosphere |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30-14.00 | Andrew Newman | Shi’ism: Past & Present Problematics |
| 14.00-14.30 | Michelle Obeid | From the Border of Lebanon to West London: Themes in Anthropological Research |
| 14.30-15.00 | Ewan Stein | Studying Political Islam |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15.30-16.00 | Carole Hillenbrand | The Crusades: Past & Present |
| 16.00-16.30 | Marilyn Booth | Gender Scholarship on/in the Middle East: State of the Art |
Students from the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies are welcome to attend as well.
