• “Languages and Customs of Pamiri Ismailis” - Professor Ivan M Stebline-Kamensky, Chair, Department of Iranian PhilologyDean, Faculty of Oriental Studies, St Petersburg University, Wednesday January 31, 2001 3:00 pm
  • “Nasir Khusraw’s Divan: An Aesthethic Approach” - Dr Hossein Elahi Ghomshei, Former Director, National Library of Iran, Tehran, Tuesday March 27, 2001 3:00 pm
  • “Gender, Identity and Development in the Upper Hunza Valley” - Sabrina Kassam-Jan, Human Rights Department, United Nations Co-ordinator's Office for Afghanistan, Monday May 21, 2001 3:00 pm
  • “Parallel Worlds, Intersecting Worlds: Poetry and Philosophy in Islam” - Professor Michael A Sells, Professor of Comparative Religions, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, Thursday May 24, 2001 3:00 pm
  • “Iran After Khatami’s Second Landslide: Civil Society or Second Revolution” - Dr Farhang Jahanpour, Scholar and International Media Commentator on Iranian Affairs, Tuesday June 26, 2001 2:00 pm
  • Exclusive Screening of “Rumi: The Wings of Love” and audience with its Writer, Directory and Producer - Dr Shems Friedlander, Artist, Filmmaker and Senior Lecturer of Journalism and Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, Monday September 3, 2001 2:00 pm
  • “Contribution of the Field of Religious Studies to Women in Islamic Culture” - Professor Katherine Young, Department of Religious Studies, McGill University, Monday October 1, 2001 5:00 pm
  • “Between Honour and Justice: Law and Society in the Middle East” - Dr Lynn Welchman, Director, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Laws, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Friday December 7, 2001 2:00 pm