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27 Mar 2017

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Reading of Oh My Sweet Land by Amir Nizar Zuabi

Monday, March 27, 2017 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Cathedral of Learning, room 602, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Global Studies, Pitt's Year of Diversity, Theatre Arts, Classics Departments University of Pittsburgh

Monday, March 27 - World Theatre Day

6PM / Reading of Oh My Sweet Land by Amir Nizar Zuabi, performed by Lameece Issaq, Founding Director of Noor Theatre, dedicated to the work of theatre artists of Middle Eastern decent, followed by discussion facilitated by Cynthia Croot
Cathedral of Learning, room 602
Evening reception

Contact: 
lbr62@Pitt.edu, Lisa Bromberg

27 Mar 2017

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World Theatre Day:Presentation and Talk with Photo-journalist Maranie Rae and Human Refuge(e)

Monday, March 27, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Cathedral of Learning, room 602
Sponsored By: 
Global Studies, Pitt's Year of Diversity, Theatre Arts, Classics Departments University of Pittsburgh

12PM / Presentation and Talk with Photo-journalist Maranie Rae and Human Refuge(e)
- a platform providing first-hand stories from refugees around the world.
Cathedral of Learning, room 602
Lunch provided

Contact: 
lbr62@Pitt.edu, Lisa Bromberg

22 Mar 2017

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Refugees: Pittsburgh Perspectives

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Posvar Hall, room 4130, University of Pittsburgh, 230 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, 15260
Sponsored By: 
Global Studies, Pitt's Year of Diversity, Theatre Arts, Classics Departments University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Perspectives, featuring Leslie Aizenman, Director of Refugee and Immigrant Services, Jewish Family and Children's Services; Wiam Younes (Computer Sciences) co-founder of Pittsburgh Refugee Center; Kristen Tsapis, Community Volunteer, Somali Bantu Community Association; Jenna Baron, Executive Director, ARYSE; Jaime Turek, Senior Reception & Placement Cast Manager at Northern Area Multi-Service Center; and members of the local Syrian community, moderated by Lisa R. Bromberg (Global Studies).
​Posvar Hall, room 4130​
Evening reception

Contact: 
lbr62@Pitt.edu, Lisa Bromberg

22 Mar 2017

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Syria in Context: Conversation with Joseph Bahout

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Posvar Hall, room 4130, University of Pittsburgh, 230 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, 15260
Sponsored By: 
Global Studies, Pitt's Year of Diversity, Theatre Arts, Classics Departments University of Pittsburgh

Syria in Context: Conversation with Joseph Bahout, Visiting Lecturer with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Luke Peterson (Global Studies), with introduction by Michael Goodhart (Global Studies).

Lunch provided

Contact: 
lbr62@Pitt.edu, Lisa Bromberg

15 Mar 2017

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Salvation: Atonement and Intercession in Christian & Islamic Thought

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 4:00pm
104 College Hall, Duquesne University
Sponsored By: 
Duquesne University Consortium for Christian-Muslim Dialogue

Come join Siavash Asadi, Ph.D. for a reflection on Salvation: Atonement and Intercession in Christian & Islamic Thought as part of the Religion & Society Series.

28 Feb 2017

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Finding Protection Amid Chaos in Palestinian Refugee Camps

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 12:00pm
Sociology Colloquium Room 2432 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Pittsburgh Social Movements Forum, Department of Sociology, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Faculty Research and Scholarship Program

In the absence of formal protection, how do communities living in refugee camps protect assets and buffer against outsider predation? Using interviews with 200 Palestinian refugees in camps across Lebanon and Jordan, memoirs, and United Nations Relief Works Agency archives, Nadya Haj, an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies at Wellesley College, traces the evolution of property rights from informal understandings of ownership to formal legal claims of assets and resources.

01 Mar 2017

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Angry Subjects: In/Civility, Christian Nationalism, and the Paranoid Position in an Age of Trump

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 5:00pm
602 CL, Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
University of Pittsburgh Department of Religious Studies

In her now-classic 1981 essay “The Uses of Anger,” Audre Lorde commends anger as a force that allows us to attend to histories of structural oppression. In particular, she urges women of color to name and speak their anger aloud and challenges white feminists to hear it without getting defensive. Meeting Lorde’s charge—to tarry with anger—remains no less urgent and no less discomforting today than it was when she issued her call in 1981. A call to and for anger may even seem counter-intuitive and counter-productive in the age of Trump.

01 Mar 2017

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Workshop with Ann Pellegrini on “What’s Wrong with Tolerance,” chapter 2 of her Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 12:00pm
602 CL, Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
University of Pittsburgh Department of Religious Studies

Come join Ann Pellegrini for a workshop on the second chapter of her book Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance. For a PDF of the readings contact Rachel Kranson at kranson@pitt.edu. Readings are also available at religiousstudies.pitt.edu.

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28th Teachers’ Institute: Understanding Islam and Muslims

Dar al Islam is hosting its 27th annual summer Teachers’ Institute in rural Abiquiu, New Mexico on “Understanding Islam and Muslims.”The program is FREE for accepted educators including tuition costs, meals, and free transportation to and from the Albuquerque airport. July 9-22.

in Abiquiu, New Mexico since 1994.

We provide and discuss available resources and tools to help the participants in teaching about Islam more effectively.

Institutes attendees include secondary school teachers from public, private and parochial institutions of North America.

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4th international conference on Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Women and Gender in Religions

Nazareth College, Hickey Center for interfaith Studies and Dialogue is pleased to announce its 4th international conference on Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Women and Gender in Religions on July 30 - August 1, 2017. The Conference is open to scholars in religious, theology, women and gender studies and other social scientists from US and abroad as presenters or participants.
* The proposal should be no more than 550 words.
* Send a 225-word resume that presents expertise in the area of your presentation.

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