Once a month, the World Area Book Awards (Américas Award, Africana Book Award, Freeman Book Award, Middle East Book Award, and the South Asia Book Award) will sponsor a 60 minute webinar on a book recognized by one of the awards.
A spekaer series in conjunction with the University Library System (ULS) exhibit "Travelers Along the Silk Roads: 10th Century to the Present" located on the ground and second floors of Hillman Library. Free & open to the public.
Speakers Series Schedule:
Jan 31st: Traveling for the State: Dunhuang Envoys on the Silk Road (850-1000)
Speaker: Xin Wen
Assistant Professor , East Asian Studies adn History,
Princeton University
Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project University of California, Berkeley
Call for Papers for the 10th Annual International Islamophobia Conference
Abstracts are limited to 300 words and a one paragraph (100 words) biography to be used for the program, if the paper is selected.
Abstracts are due by Jan. 30th, 2019
Response to abstracts by Feb. 15th, 2019
Final Invite by March 1st, 2019
Contact:
Islamophobia Studies Center 2425 Channing Way, Suite 335 Berkeley, CA 94704
Pittsburgh's Second Annual Potluck for Palestine. The community will gather for food, music, dancing, guest speakers, performers, children's activities and more. All are asked to bring a dish to share. Rain or shine.
Meet the Author.
MWAP is proud to present the second of its series:
Dr Beverly Mack.
Join us at Few of a Kind to speak with Dr Mack who will present on Nana Asma’u: an 18th Century woman with 21st Century sensibilities. A devout Muslim and feminist activist with successful strategies for political and religious reform in Northern Nigeria.
