Academic

Dept. of English Organizes a Book Reading Session by Tania James and H.M. Naqvi

Jamia’s Outreach Programme, in association with the department of English organized a session of book readings, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. The readings in the session were by Tania James and H.M. Naqvi, both short-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2011, from their respective novels nominated for the prize. The session was held at the Dayar-I Mir ...

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Lecture on Canada-India Economic Ties by Prof. Clarkson from University of Toronto

The department of political science organized a lecture by professor Stephen Clarkson titled, “A comprehensive economic partnership with Canada: What is in it for India?” on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. Clarkson is a professor in the department of political science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Clarkson talked about the current low level trade between India and Canada and argued ...

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Conference on Kashmir: “Kashmir: Is Peace Possible?”

The Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution organized a conference on Kashmir titled “Kashmir: Is peace possible?” on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2011, at the Mir Taqi Mir building on campus. The speakers on the panel consisted of Prem Shankar Jha, the former editor of Hindustan Times; Ravi Hemadri, the executive officer for The Other Media; Sukumar Murlidharan, the ...

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Dept. of English Organizes a Seminar on “The Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean”

The department of English organized a seminar titled “The Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean: A focus through V.S. Naipaul’s ‘A House For Mr. Biswas'” on, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. The seminar was conducted by Dr. Judith Misrahi-Barak from the department of English at the Universite Paul Vale- Montpellier III, France. The seminar, attended by students from the department, irrespective of ...

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Grand Mufti of Egypt Speaks at Jamia

The India-Arab Cultural Center and the Zakir Hussain Institute of Islamic Studies, organized a lecture by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The event was held in the conference hall at the  Center for Information Technology;  which incidentally, was packed to capacity even before the event had begun. According to the Al-Ahram, an English ...

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Nelson Mandela Center for Peace Publicizes “Asia to Gaza Caravan”

The Subject Association at the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (NMCPCR) organized a talk on the topic of Palestinian liberation titled “In Solidarity with the Palestinian Cause” on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 Speakers at the event were Dr. A.K. Ramakrishnan, professor at the Center for West Asian Studies, JNU; and Ashim Roy, the General Secretary of New ...

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