Oct 2021

15 Oct 2021

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The Body and Religiously Motivated Social Action: A Global Look at Religion and Political Transformation

Friday, October 15, 2021 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University

* Announced by University of Pittsburgh*

19 Oct 2021

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Cairo After Dark: Historiography of the Middle East

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 3:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
The University of California, Los Angeles Center for Near Eastern Studies

Speakers: Raphael Cormack

19 Oct 2021

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Contesting Islam, Constructing Race & Sexuality

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 7:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
Islamophobia Studies Center at Berkley, California

Join us for a talk with author Sunera Thobani. Sunera Thobani examines how Islam is foundational to the formation of Western identity at critical points in its history, including the Crusades, the Reconquista and the colonial period. More specifically, she explores how masculinity and femininity are formed at such pivotal junctures and what role feminism has played in the wars against 'radical' Islam.

20 Oct 2021

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Shi’a Islam, Politics, and Resistance in Iran: From Tobacco Protest until Today

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 1:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
University of Michigan’s International Institute and the Global Islamic Studies Center

*Promoted by University of Pittsburgh*

The lecture will examine the role of Shia Islam in Iran's Tobacco Protest (1890-91) and Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911), in the support of Mohammad Mosaddegh (1951-1953) and Iran's Islamic Revolution (1979), as well as Shia Islam and politics in Iran today.

20 Oct 2021

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Gender Differences in Approaches to Pandemics in the MENA Region

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
University of Michigan’s International Institute and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

*Announced by the University of Pittsburgh*

Featuring Ambreen Kazi Kamran, Assistant Professor, Princess Nora bent Abdallah Women Health Research Chair; Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine King Saud University.

20 Oct 2021

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Gender Differences in Approaches to Pandemics in the MENA Region

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
University of Michigan’s International Institute and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

*Promoted by the University of Pittsburgh*

Speaker: Ambreen Kazi Kamran

21 Oct 2021

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Turkish and Iranian Response to Refugees from Afghanistan

Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 12:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, Ottoman and Turkish Studies, and Iranian Studies Initiative

*Promoted by University of Pittsburgh*

21 Oct 2021

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Community in the Time of Corona

Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 3:00pm
online

*promoted by the University of Pittsburgh*

A year and a half into COVID-19 pandemic, we have published new reports and explored with partners certain trends in regards to important aspects of pandemic life, including vaccine uptake and hesitancies, masking habits, mental health, and more, among American Muslim communities. This webinar will discuss these trends and findings with experts in the health and research fields.

Webinar panelists:

21 Oct 2021

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Social Change and Contentious Politics in the Middle East

Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 4:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania

*Promoted by the University of Pittsburgh*

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