Oct 2023

13 Oct 2023

Lecture/Forum
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https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/creees/events/touched-thaw-soviet-jews-between-stalins-death-and-1967-war-middle-east

Friday, October 13, 2023 - 3:00pm to 4:45pm
246A Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
Sponsored By: 
CMU

Gennady Estraikh, New York University

Touched by the "Thaw: Soviet Jews between Stalin's Death and the 1967 War in the Middle East

Contact: 
Wendy Goldman goldman@andrew.cmu.edu

16 Oct 2023

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Israel/Palestine: What's Happening? What's Next? And How do We Talk About it?

Monday, October 16, 2023 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
online
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Jewish Studies Program, Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice, Office of the Chancellor

The last week has seen thousands in Israel/Palestine killed and wounded, following a massacre of Israelis by Hamas militants on Saturday morning and devastating Israeli air strikes against Palestinian neighborhoods in Gaza. This panel brings together a Palestinian American legal scholar and a Canadian Jewish political scientist who have spent the last two years intensively traveling to, and writing about, the region together.

16 Oct 2023

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Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 (All day) to Tuesday, October 31, 2023 (All day)
Online
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
The University of Michigan’s Global Islamic Studies Center, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and African Studies Center

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

17 Oct 2023

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Israel-Gaza War: A Conversation with Amira Hass

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
ACMCU, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Democracy for the Arab World Now, and the Georgetown University MENA Forum

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

On Saturday, October 7 Hamas militants launched the most devastating attack on Israel since the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. This attack elicited an Israeli response that has led to mass civilian casualties in Gaza. Power, Electricity, Water, and Medicine have been blocked from entering Gaza, a territory which has been under blockade for 16 years. This historic moment will be discussed by Amira Hass, a Haaretz correspondent in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

17 Oct 2023

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2023 Edward Said Memorial Lecture - In Conversation with Dr. Wadie Said

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 6:00pm
Virtual
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
The Jerusalem Fund and the Palestine Center

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Palestinian scholar, literary critic, and political activist Edward Said. The Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center are proud to host their annual memorial lecture, honoring the legacy of the Professor Said, and the indelible marks he left.

18 Oct 2023

Lecture/Forum
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Book Talk with Hafsa Kanjwal:Colonizing Kashmir: State-building Under Indian Occupation

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Hybrid
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoah University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

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18 Oct 2023

Lecture/Forum
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Book Talk | Creative Insecurity: Institutional Inertia and Youth Potential in the GCC

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
online
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

The Middle East is experiencing the world's most prominent youth bulge. Yet many MENA economies' institutional designs, both formal and informal, favor the power of business elites, systematically discriminating against young people joining the workforce or opening businesses, and thus limiting their ability to contribute to innovation. Dania Thafer examines the issue of large youth populations and analyzes opportunities for Gulf states to reap their "demographic dividend.”

20 Oct 2023

Lecture/Forum
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Israel Gaza War: A conversation with Peter Beinart

Friday, October 20, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Hybrid
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
ACMCU, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, and the Georgetown University MENA Forum

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

ACMCU, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, and the Georgetown University MENA Forum invite you to a conversation with journalist and author Peter Beinart:

Contact: 
ACMCU ICC 260, SFS, Georgetown University 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057

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