Videos

Presenter: Robert Ross, Assistant Professor of Global Cultural Studies, Point Park University

Part of the Workshop "Breaking Down the Headlines: Understanding the Levant." Sponsored by the Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh and CERIS. A preparatory workshop for educators participating in the 2014 Fulbright Hays GPA to Jordan

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Presenter: Safa Saraçoğlu, Associate Professor of History, Bloomsburg University
Part of the Workshop "Breaking Down the Headlines: Understanding the Levant." Sponsored by the Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh and CERIS. A preparatory workshop for educators participating in the 2014 Fulbright Hays GPA to Jordan.

Citizenship, Identity, and the Modern Arab State, Part of the Breaking Down the Headlines: Understanding the Levant," Professor Mohammed Bamyeh discusses the relationship between citizenship and identity in contemporary Arab countries.

Presenter: Mohammed Bamyeh, Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh

Abed Awad, Esq. discusses Islamic law, family law and women's rights in Islam @ Howard University School of Law.

Part of the exhibit at the British Museum is a video of British Muslims telling of their experiences doing the Hajj.

Published on Jan 30, 2013 at the University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of History at Birmingham-Southern College, Dr. Randy Law visits the University of Pittsburgh to provide his perspective on the history of terrorism.

A lecture by Dr. M. Najeeb Shafiq, Associate Professor, School of Education and Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh

A lecture by Dr. Thomas Barfield, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Boston University

A lecture by Colin Clarke, Project Associate, RAND Corporation at the Muslims in a Global Context Mini Course

A lecture by Dr. Jennifer Murtazashvili, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh