Seminars in 2009

November 17, 2009 - ‘Music in Moderation: Music and Identity among Jews in Istanbul (1923-1938)’ by Dr John O’Connell, Cardiff University. (Organised by Cambridge Central Asia Forum and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)

November 10, 2009 - ‘We have to become Universal: Popular Music and the Play of Identities in Contemporary Iran.’ by Dr Laudan Nooshin, City University, London. (Organised by Cambridge Central Asia Forum and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)

November 3, 2009 - Seminar on ‘The London Uyghur Ensemble: Performing Central Asian Muslim identity in China and in the UK’ by Dr Rachel Harris, SOAS. (Organised by Cambridge Central Asia Forum and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)

October 28, 2009 - Seminar on ‘Afghan music and Afghanistani identity: From Ariana to Australia’ by Professor John Baily, Goldsmiths College. (Organised by Cambridge Central Asia Forum and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)

October 20, 2009 - Seminar on ‘The Golha radio programs and the preservation of Persian Music’ by Jane Lewisohn, SOAS. (Organised by Cambridge Central Asia Forum and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)

June 5, 2009 – ‘International Security and Non-proliferation’ by His Excellency Dr. Kairat Abusseitov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom, 2008-Present

February 19, 2009 Roundtable on OSCE and New Opportunities (On the occasion of the forthcoming Chairmanship of Kazakhstan of the OSCE in 2009)