Event Information for "Excuse my French "
Screening Date and time: 3/29 4:00PM
Location: McConomy Auditorium CMU campus
**Reception and conversation with the DIRECTOR, AMR SALAMA, after the film screening
Iran boasts one of the globe’s oldest civilizations. Persia is simultaneously a
unique culture and the crossroads of many linguistic, confessional, and ethnic groups. American media view Iran almost exclusively through a political lens; how would we talk about Iran if we were not to focus on politics?
Anahita Firouz Radjy
Writer and lecturer; former producer, National Iranian Television; author of In the Walled Garden.
European Union, Graduate School for Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for Security Studies, Global Studies Center, and Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies
April 9-10, 2015
15th Annual Policy Conference
Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Faculty Organizer: Prof. Michael Kenney (GSPIA)
*Registration is required. To register, please visit: tinyurl.com/kxteapk
Contact:
European Union Studies Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh
5pm Friday March 20, 2015 to 1pm Sunday, March 22, 2015 (Hamburg Hall Room 1000, H. John Heinz III College, 4800 Forbes Ave., Carnegie Mellon University)
The Pittsburgh Social Movements Forum
The Department of Sociology
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Presents
Dr. Sidney Tarrow
(Emeritus Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government at Cornell University)
"After the Last Attack: Rollbacks and Rachets following 9/11"
Thursday March 5, 2015
at 12:00 pm
Lunch will be provided at 11:30 am
Free and Open to the Public
Sociology Colloquium Room, 2432 WW Posvar Hall
Pitt's Muslim Student Association, African Student Organization
Have you ever wondered about fasting? Have you ever tried it? Perhaps you saw Muslim co-workers and friends fast and worried about how they do it?
Are you aware of the education systems around the world? Want to show your support for education for all, especially those in Nigeria?
WELL THEN THIS EVENT IS JUST FOR YOU!!!
Department of Religous Studies, Dietrich School of Arts and Sceinces, University of Pittsburgh
Ismail Fajrie Alatas, to present on the Muslim pilgrims on pious journeys to visit the tombs of Muslim saints scattered around Java. Mr. Alatas will present his research on the process of history-making that enable sites to become popular pilgrimage destinations. Comprehending these dynamics in turn provides a contextual glimpse into the various negotiations that constitute the formation of Islamic spiritual authority. Ismail Fajrie Alatas is in the joint doctoral program in Anthropology & History, University of Michigan
