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Calender of Lectures 2004/2005
| September 2004 |
| Sept 28 |
 Pakistanis in Britain : their arrival and settlement from 1940 onwards |
| October 2004 |
| Oct 4 |
Pakistani identity in modern Britain : assimilation and alienation |
| Oct 5 |
A question of identity : Black Indians, Maroons, Black Native
Americans |
| Oct 11 |
Muslim marriages and gender rights |
| Oct 12 |
The achievements of Kemet |
| Oct 18 |
A stable society needs a common culture : multiculturalism is dead |
| Oct 19 |
The Victorians : an alternative history |
| Oct 25 |
Irish in Britain : a general historical survey |
| Oct 26 |
An introduction to integrating scientific and mystical approaches to
Consciousness |
| Oct 26 |
History of the drum, and the impact of Black music |
| November 2004 |
| Nov 1 |
Irish in Manchester : I |
| Nov 4 |
Indian politics today |
| Nov 8 |
Irish in Manchester : II |
| Nov 11 |
Bringing peace : a Western view of Eastern Christianity |
| Nov 15 |
The existence of God can be rationally proved. Can it? |
| Nov 17 |
Hijab and modesty : Islamic code of teaching and cultural practices |
| Nov 18 |
An introduction to the history of Indian coins and coinage |
| Nov 22 |
Role of the mosques : “traditional” and “modern” |
| Nov 24 |
Medicine in Greece and Rome |
| Nov 30 |
The experience of racial and religious discrimination |
| Nov 30 |
Meditation across diverse traditions |
| December 2004 |
| Dec 1 |
Ancient Egyptian medicine |
| Dec 6 |
Structural and cultural racism in the educational under-achievement of
South Asian Muslims |
| Dec 9 |
The Eastern Christian Church in Rumania |
| January 2005 |
| Jan 17 |
Irish in London : I |
| Jan 19 |
Arabic medicine |
| Jan 20 |
Microfinance and chronic poverty in India : conceptual issues |
| Jan 24 |
Irish in London : II |
| Jan 25 |
Brain science and Buddhism |
| Jan 26 |
Acupuncture and its origins |
| Jan 31 |
Violence in the raw, or violence gift-wrapped : does either encourage or
deter? |
| Febuary 2005 |
| Feb 2 |
Ayurveda : the ancient medical system of India |
| Feb 2 |
Uncle Tom |
| Feb 9 |
The Overseer |
| Feb 9 |
Shiism : political power in modern era |
| Feb 10 |
The great sin is the fear of the other |
| Feb 14 |
Irish in Liverpool : I |
| Feb 16 |
The Tragic Mulatto |
| Feb 17 |
The Padshahnama : an imperial Mughal manuscript |
| Feb 21 |
Irish in Liverpool : II |
| Feb 22 |
Memory in mediaeval Jewish and Islamic tradition |
| Feb 23 |
Aunt Jemima (aka Black Mammy) |
| March 2005 |
| Mar 2 |
The Slave Mistress |
| Mar 7 |
The use of human embryo in stem cell research is morally justified |
| Mar 9 |
The Field Negro |
| Mar 9 |
Early Islamic science and technology, and its impact |
| Mar 16 |
The Man in the Hills |
| Mar 29 |
Participatory spirituality : a sea with many shores |
| April 2005 |
| Apr 21 |
Danish Mission in India, and its approach to the issues of caste |
| Apr 27 |
Ethnic Minorities and the British Armed Forces, with special reference
to UK Muslims |
| Apr 28 |
The emergence of Christianity in Kerala |
| May 2005 |
| May 3 |
Matter, mind and spirit : science and the divine |
| May 4 |
Visit to Whitworth art Gallery |
| May 11 |
Tribal rugs of the Middle East |
| May 12 |
Rendering the Ramayana : issues involved in translating a text |
| May 18 |
Ardabil carpet of Iran at the V&A |
| May 21 |
Indigenous Knowledge and Science : A day Symposium |
| May 25 |
Mughal carpets and textiles |
| June 2005 |
| Jun 1 |
Kilims of Central Asia |
| Jun 2 |
Coptic Orthodox Church : History and Contributions |
| Jun 7 |
Transpersonal Psychology : knowledge and transformation |
| Jun 9 |
Sanskrit and Indian Studies at the University of Oxford, c. 1820 |
| Jun 17 |
South Asia Seminar Day I |
| Jun 18 |
South Asia Seminar Day II |
| June 2005 |
| Jul 2 |
Tagore Evening |
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