Lecture/Forum

08 Apr 2021

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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Crimea: Embattled Homeland, Suspended Lives

Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Crimea:Embattled Homeland, Suspended Lives

MODERATOR
Vladimir Padunov, Slavic Languages and Literatures and Film Studies, University of Pittsburgh
SPEAKERS
Alim Aliev, Ukrainian Institute
Austin Charron, Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rory Finnin, Ukrainian Studies, University of Cambridge
Mykola Gnatovsky, Taras Shevchenko NationalUniversity, Kyiv
Nataliya Gumenyuk
Author of Lost Island: Dispatchesfrom Occupied Crimea

25 Feb 2021

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Book talk: "The File: Origins of the Munich Massacre"

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 12:00pm to Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Contact: 
elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu

30 Jan 2021

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Unlocking Your Potential with Imam Yahya Hendi

Saturday, January 30, 2021 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
CAIR Pgh

Unlocking Your Potential
with Imam Yahya Hendi- 2 Part Series

Jan. 30th, 2-4, and Feb 6th, 2-4
(We'll break for Asr prayer)

This is a two part series. The second session will take place on February 6, 2 - 4 PM.

How do we discover our potential? As Muslims, we believe to be our best in our personal, professional, and relationship aspects of life when we utilize the teachings of our faith.

Contact: 
cmohamed@cair.com

20 Jan 2021

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Cultural History and/as Intellectual History in Baʿthist Syria

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
University of Pennsylvania

The historiography of modern Syria has been dominated by the work of political, economic, and social historians. While scholarly interest in the cultural and intellectual fields has increased over the past decade or so, this work tends to focus on the post-2000 period, with the lion’s share of attention being placed on cultural production and intellectual engagements from the Syrian uprising in 2011 and after.

28 Jan 2021

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Mohammed Bamyeh on Lifeworlds of Islam: The Pragmatics of a Religion

Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Mohammed Bamyeh, Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh will present on his book Lifeworlds of Islam: The Pragmatics of a Religion.

How do ancient ideas continue to appear relevant in a modern world? In Lifeworlds of Islam: The Pragmatics of a Religion (Oxford UP, 2019), Mohammad Bamyeh shows that Islam has lived on not because of any standard dogmas, but because it served as a compass for practical individual orientations or “lifeworlds.” The text maps out how Muslims have employed the faith to foster global networks, public philosophies, and engaged civic lives.

14 Jan 2021

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Book discussion: ,A Critical Political Economy of the ME and North Africa

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Islamophobia Studies Center, University of California Berkley

A conversation with Joel Beinin, Sherene Seikaly and Bassam Haddad. ISC is hosting a webinar conversation with the editors of the newly released book, A Critical Political Economy of the ME and North Africa, this Thursday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME. Hosted by the Islamophobia Studies Center

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S0t-oaDqTCuG-tEb3qiVjA

14 Jan 2021

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The Arab Spring: Ten Years Later

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania

Registration Required

18 Nov 2020

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The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 12:15pm to 1:30pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Georgetown University

12:15 PM EST

18 Oct 2020

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The Ruins of Lifta: Where the Holocaust and Nakba Meet

Sunday, October 18, 2020 - 3:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Voices from the Holy Land

Lifta is the only Arab village abandoned in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been completely destroyed or repopulated by Jews. Its ruins are now threatened by an Israeli development plan that would convert it into an upscale Jewish neighborhood. Discovering that his parents' Holocaust experiences may have distorted his views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Menachem - the filmmaker and an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn - sets out to establish a personal relationship with a Palestinian.

Contact: 
https://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/contact

Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home and Abroad

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 - 12:00pm
Sponsored By: 
American Educational Trust

University of Massachusetts Professor Emeritus Sut Jhally will share select clips and discuss the key findings of his 2016 documentary, "The Occupation of the American Mind," which analyzes pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S. Jhally will explore whether the news media have been getting better—or worse—since the documentary was produced, and whether election-season news coverage is likely to cover—or cover up—growing challenges to standard pro-Israel narratives and politics.

Contact: 
202-342-7325, conference@israellobbycon.org

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