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Symposium on “Ibn Khaldun” at Area Study Center, Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad

The Area Study Centre for Africa, North & South America of the Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad will hold a Symposium on “IBN KHULDUN (Founder of Social Sciences0” on March 17, 2008 at 9:00 AM at Area Study Center for Africa, North and South America, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad. The paper presenters include:

  • Dr Noman ul Haq (Professor, Social Sciences Department, LUMS, Lahore). Dr Haq will speak on “The Earthbound Journey of Historical Methodology: Explaining Ibn Khaldun's Fatherhood of the Social Sciences”” Professor, LUMS.
  • Mir Annice Mehmud, (Professor, Pakistan Institute of development Economics, Islamabad). Mr. Mehmud will speak on “Economic Thought of Ibn Khaldun”
  • Mr. Zoughaier Dhaouadi (Ambassador of Tunisia to Pakistan). Mr dhaouadi will speak on “Ibn-Khaldun’s Philosophy on Governance”

    • Those who are interested in attending the symposium may contact at the below numbers for details of the program:

    Area Study Centre for Africa, North & South America
    Quaid-i-Azam University
    Islamabad 45320
    PAKISTAN
    Tel: +92-51-2896006
    Fax: +92-51-2896007


    Lecture by Karen Armstrong at Convention Center, Islamabad

    Renowned scholar and author Karen Armstrong shall deliver a lecture on February 1st 2008 under the auspices of recently established Iqbal International Institute of Research Education and Dialogue (IRED) at the International Islamic University Islamabad. She will speak on "Tolerance in Islam; A Historical Perspective". The Venue of her lecture will be the Jinnah Convention Centre Islamabad. All interested persons in attending her address may contact Public Relations Section of the International Islamic University Islamabad on Ph#051-9262048 for obtaining invitation cards. For details about the scholar please click at the below link

    http://www.iiu.edu.pk/News/news_jan08.html#karen



    Talk by Dr Ijaz Shafi Gilani on "Understanding Elections in Pakistan"

    Pakistan Institute of Legislative development and Transparency (PILDAT) is holding a lecture by Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gillani, the Lead Pollster and Public Opinion Analyst of Pakistan, who has closely watched all the elections in Pakistan since 1970, on the topic of Understanding Elections in Pakistan, The Electoral Behaviour and the History of Rigging in the past seven (7) Elections; What are the prospects for the February 2008 Election on Friday, January 25, 2008 at 03:00 pm at Hotel Marriott, Islamabad. Entry to the lecture is by invitation only. Interested fellows may contact PILDAT at info@pildat.org for invitations etc.

    JULIE FLOWERDAY ACCEPTS NEW POSITION:
    Julie Flowerday has recently taken a position at the Department of Anthropology at Sewanee The University of the South. Also please take the time to review an online slide show of a presentation entitled "The Hunza in Treble Vision" posted on the Slide Library page of the Teaching Resources section of this website. (The images in this library may only be used for educational purposes.  Please credit each slide used in your presentations.)



    Pakistan's Hazara University-Team Discovers Remains of the Kushan City
    Kushan City Discovered in Mansehra NWFP

    A team of archaeologists of Hazara University discovered the remains of one of the largest Kushan City site in Chittar Kot, Mansehra, NWFP. The Hazara University team was lead by Prof. Dr. Ihsan Ali Vice Chancellor & Professor of Archaeology, which includes experts of Archaeology of the Department. The site Chittar Kot, is located on a high spur overlooking the Siran River, offering one of the most spectacular view of the river and the surrounding area. The site is located at 34? 22.356' N and 73? 08.214' E at an elevation of 945 meters from mean sea level in a pine forests in the Hamsherian Union Council of District Mansehra. The site was earlier spotted by Mr. Abdul Hameed and Mr. Muhammad Ashfaq of the Hazara Cultural Museum during a survey of archaeological sites in Mansehra. The site of Chittar Kot may have been derived from the word Chittra meaning an umbrella or an elevated place represents a large Kushan settlement site, protected by a similar defensive structure on the west and the exposed structures are spread over a mile area on the steep hill. The strategic location of the site warranted an effective control of the surrounding area on all four directions, and thus could have been of multi-faceted defensive and settlement purpose of far reaching consequences for the establishment of the cultural profile of Mansehra district. It gives an unhindered view of the present settlements of Nawa-Shehr, Kherian and Bhir Khund. As the site represented a settlement site, it had escaped the attention of robbers/illegal diggers who are after the valuable art pieces of Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the area and who have destroyed most of the archaeological sites in Mansehra and in the surrounding areas. However, the local population had sporadically found many coins of the Kushan period, including those of the great Kushan ruler King Kanishka of the first century AD from the site. The Department of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Management, Hazara University Mansehra is in active dialogue to get permission from the locals and owners of the site in order to excavate and conduct a multi-disciplinary research at the site to establish the cultural profile of the area, know the living patterns of its inhabitants and establish the contribution of the population of the area in the spread of Buddhism though Silk Route to China, Korea and Japan. This excavation will also provide extensive material to the newly established Hazara Cultural Museum at Hazara University and will shed new light on the people of the area two thousands years ago. Furthermore, Hazara University will ensure the preservation of the exposed structures at the site and will provide security, thus this site will be established as a major tourist attraction in the area and will bring prosperity and will open new job prospects for the local population. It is needless to mention that during the past year, Hazara University discovered more than 250 archaeologically sites in Mansehra District, 304 in Abbottabad District and 100 in Haripur District, dating from 2nd millennium BC to the Sikh - British Period, and is actively pursuing the preservation and documentation of the endangered cultural assets of the area. Hazara University is on the verge of starting major archaeologically excavation in Mansehra, Abbottabad and Haripur districts.

    Source: http://www.hu.edu.pk/news_kushancity.php