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"Where Did All That Power Go?: Black Muslims and the Movement for Community Control and Police Accountability"
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"Where Did All That Power Go?: Black Muslims and the Movement for Community Control and Police Accountability"

Rasul Miller, is a PhD candidate and a William Fontaine fellow of Africana Studies and History at the University of Pennsylvania. Rasul’s research interests “include Muslim movements in 20th century America and their relationship to Black internationalist thought and West African intellectual history. He serves as editor and contributing writer for the history section of Sapelo Square, an award winning online platform dedicated to the experiences of Black Muslims.”
Authoritarian Governance of Uyghur Autonomous Region in China
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Sarah Tynen: State Territorialization through Bureaucratic Control: Authoritarian Governance at the Neighborhood Level in China
Ph.D. Candidate • Graduate Part-time Instructor • Urbanization and Poitical Governance • MA 2014
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Areas of interest: State-society relations, development, migration and ethno-cultural nationalism in China's autonomous regions and borderlands
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh Presents:The Policy and Politics of US Nuclear Strategy
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Luncheon and Presentation
North Korea is years beyond the nuclear “breakout” the US so fears in Iran. Yet, there are similarities in how the US strategy should be shaped to reduce the threat of a nuclear crisis with both countries. Is the US safer today or more at risk following President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and meeting with Kim Jong-un?

PARC Funded Faculty Development Seminar to Jerusalem and the West Bank
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The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) has announced its 10th annual FUNDED Faculty Development Seminar to Jerusalem and the West Bank for U.S. community college or university faculty with an interest in BUT LITTLE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE to Israel/Palestine. (It’s funded by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is a reputable program.) I participated in this program in 2012, and it’s a truly amazing, life-changing experience!!
"Living in a Sacred Cosmos: Religion and Democracy in Indonesia"
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ACMCU Event video posted!

In case you missed our event on October 2nd, "Living in a Sacred Cosmos: Religion and Democracy in Indonesia", with Dr. Bernard Adeney-Risakotta, the following video is a full edited version of his presentation and following Q&A presented by ACMCU. Click on the image below to view the video:
Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies
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The Center for the Study of Mediterranean Dialogues (Granada, Spain) is now accepting applications for the 2019 one-week intensive summer school entitled Critical Muslim Studies: Decolonial Struggles and Liberation Theologies. The dates are June 16 - 22, 2019.

The summer school, now in its seventh year, has established itself as the primary centre in the world for Critical Muslim Studies. The school welcomes participations from Muslim and non-Muslim heritages and associations. The seminar will be held in the Escuela de Estudios Arabes.

Dragomans and the Routes of Orientalism, Lecture by Natalie Rothman, University of Toronto
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Natalie Rothman, is Associate Professor of History, specializing in the history of the Mediterranean in the early modern period.

The Early Modern Worlds Initiative and the World History Center present a year-long speaker series titled "Islam in the World". Dr. Rothman is the first speaker of the series.
Brown Bag Lunch with Natalie Rothman, University of Toronto
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The Early Modern Worlds Initiative and the World History Center present a year-long speaker series titled "Islam in the World". Four speakers have been invited (one in the fall and three in the spring), each of whom will give a talk as well as chair an informal brown bag session on "perspectives on the field" during their visit. The full schedule for the series is listed below.

All events will be held in the Department of History Lounge in 3703 Posvar Hall. If you would like more information on the series, please contact whc@pitt.edu.
Halal-A-Palooza by Muslim Student Association University of Pittsburgh
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Halal-A-Palooza!
Date: Friday, October 19th
Time: 8 PM
Location: William Pitt Union Ballroom

Join the Pitt MSA for an informative but fun cultural fair! Halal-a-palooza aims to showcase cultures around the world that have a Muslim population. Stop by on October 19th to see cultural clothing, sample some ethnic foods, performances, and see what contributions Muslims have made around the world!

Bring your family and friends
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh The Policy and Politics of US Nuclear Strategy
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World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

North Korea is years beyond the nuclear “breakout” the US so fears in Iran. Yet, there are similarities in how the US strategy should be shaped to reduce the threat of a nuclear crisis with both countries. Is the US safer today or more at risk following President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and meeting with Kim Jong-un?

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