Public Seminars on Iraq in Manchester
We are pleased to welcome you to a week of public events which will address political, historical, and cultural issues about Iraq. The events are to take place during 10 - 14 March 2008, and are organised by the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) at the University of Manchester. Our aim is to mark the 5th year of the war in Iraq by bringing together a number of writers, academics and activists whose work focuses on Iraq. These events are in solidarity with the Iraqi people’s resistance and continuous struggle against the forces of occupation and extremism.
For any queries, please contact Dr. Dalia Mostafa (Middle Eastern Studies, ), or Dr. Michelle Obeid (Anthropology, ). For more information about CASAW, please see its website: http://www.casaw.ac.uk
Haifa Zangana on her new book City of Widows: An Iraqi Woman’s Account of War and Resistance. Monday 10 March, 12:00 – 1:30pm Venue: A113 Samuel Alexander building Anne Alexander (SOAS), on:‘Regime Change from Below: Hidden Histories of the Iraqi Revolution of 1958’. Monday 10 March, 3:00 – 4:30pm Venue: Kanaris Theatre, Manchester Museum Monday 10 March, 7 pm Iraqi Orphan Charity Event Venue: Manchester University Student Council Chambers Maysoon Pachachi on: The Film School in Baghdad Tuesday 11 March, 12:00 – 2:00pm Venue: Schuster Bragg, Schuster Building Iraqi Food will be served at the International Society Café, manchester Univresity 12:00 – 3:00pm Kamran Rastegar (University of Edinburgh), on: ‘Dreaming of Baghdad: Post-Invasion Iraqi Cinema’. Wednesday 12 March, 12:00 – 1:30pm Venue: Williamson G.47 Mark Krantz (Stop the War Campaign), on: ‘The World Against War’ Wednesday 12 March, 3:00 – 4:30pm Venue: LG12 Samuel Alexander building Kamil Mahdi (University of Exeter), on: ‘Iraq, Five Years of Occupation: What’s Next’. Thursday 13 March, 12:00 – 1:30pm Venue: W3.13 Samuel Alexander building Screening of the documentary ‘About Baghdad’ by filmmaker Sinan Antoon. Thursday 13 March, 2:00 – 5:00pm Venue: Mansfield Cooper G21 Sami Ramadani on: ‘US Strategy in Iraq and the Middle East’. Friday 14 March, 3:00 – 4:30pm Venue: The Committee Room at the Manchester Central Library (2nd Floor)
