Join via Zoom for a special event with the translator of My First and Only Love, an historical Palestinian novel written by Sahar Khalifeh. Dr. Aida Bamia will give a short lecture about the book and her work as its translator, which will be followed by facilitated small group discussions of the book.
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
Heleen Murre - Van Berg, Radboud University to present
'Republic of Letters: Religious communities and their literatures in the Ottoman Empire"
Kenneth J. Yin (City University of New York) joins us to discuss the folk narratives of the Dungans, Chinese-speaking Muslims who fled Northwest China for Russian Central Asia after the failure of the Dungan Revolt (1862-1877) against the Qing dynasty.
Over the past two decades, the Oslo peace process and Two-State Solution have been pushed aside as the dominant frames for thinking about the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations. How are Israelis and Palestinians adapting to the disappearance of this pathway and outcome? In what new ways are they thinking about the future? This talk will survey and assess a range of views that have emerged on the ground in recent years.
1991 ushered in the so-called "archival revolution," allowing scholars if Russia and Central Asia to access written sources that had been inaccessible to international scholars. The end of the Cold War also allowed first-hand engagement with people living throughout Eurasia. however, this paradigm shift has not been matched by methodological reflection on how best to combine oral history with more traditional methods.
Speaker: Mary Jane C. Parmentier
Description: Colonial legacies, and the integration of religious and political systems is a common theme across the Maghrib, and is one aspect that characterizes the region. The nature of these legacies and current dynamics vary significantly, however, from how colonialism affected the societies, to how religious and political institutions are mutually constructed. This talk will contrast historical themes in in de-colonization and state-building in Morocco and Algeria, and how these histories have resulted in the current nation-states.
Time: March 27 2022 03:00 PM EDT
Location: McConomy Auditorium
Event includes a panel discussion led by Dr. Daniel Silverman, CMU Institute for Politics and Strategy Professor, Ethan Pullman, CMU Senior Lecturer of Arabic and Librarian, and March Fichman, Chair of J Street Pittsburgh, moderated by Dr. Mohammed Bamyeh, Pitt Sociology Professor