Conference/Workshop

01 Mar 2024

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Palestine. A Talk Series and Study Group: Activism and Academic Repression

Friday, March 1, 2024 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
onlne
Sponsored By: 
Center for Urban Education and the Commons for Critical Pedagogy at the University of Pittsburgh

Eastern Standard Time

Activism and Academic Repression with Dylan Rodriquez and Loubna Qutami

Register Here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v1nglY8YRWyDHsTTf3NFNA#/registr...

Contact: 
Sabina Vaught svaught@pitt.edu

05 Oct 2023

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Muslim Intellectual History in Mughal South Asia

Friday, October 6, 2023 (All day) to Saturday, October 7, 2023 (All day)
UC Berkeley
Sponsored By: 
CMES and the Institute for South Asian Studies

Announced by: The University of Pittsburgh

A 2-day conference in UC Berkeley on Muslim intellectual history in Mughal South Asia across areas like philosophy, theology, astronomy, rhetoric, jurisprudence, hadīth, tafsīr, Perso-Sanskrit interactions, and infrastructures of knowledge production.

Organized by Asad Q. Ahmed, S. Shiraz Ali, and Daniyal Channa

31 Jul 2023

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The Long 19th Century in the Middle East and North Africa, and its Global Impact

Monday, July 31, 2023 - 9:00am to Friday, August 4, 2023 - 2:45pm
Hybrid
Sponsored By: 
Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Annual institute sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

31 May 2023

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Middle East Authoritarianism and the subversion of Western democracy

Thursday, June 1, 2023 (All day)
Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC
Sponsored By: 
Emgage and the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Why the US Should Support Democracy in the Muslim World, and How?
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 am Opening Remarks

Prof. Asma Afsaruddin - Chair of the CSID Board

Prof. Dalia Fahmy - Chair of the Program Committee

9:15 - 9:45 AM - Opening Speaker

Keynote Speaker (TBD)

9:45 - 11:15 AM - PANEL 1:

The Cost of Authoritarianism: Assessing U.S. Mideast Policy over the Long Term

24 Mar 2023

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Infidelities: A conference about new directions in the study of Armenian memory, culture, and displacement

Friday, March 24, 2023 (All day) to Sunday, March 26, 2023 (All day)
4017 Walnut St Philadelphia, PA 19104
Sponsored By: 
University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Freie Universität Berlin

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Slought is pleased to announce the revival of Infidelities, a conference about new directions in the study of Armenian history, memory, culture and displacement across West Asia and the Middle East to the Americas and back, from March 24 through March 26, 2023. The program is presented in partnership with scholars and programs at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Freie Universität Berlin.

09 Feb 2023

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Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad

Thursday, February 9, 2023 (All day)
Sponsored By: 
US Department of Education

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

We are delighted to share that our 2023 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program is now accepting applications from K-16 teachers and school administrators through February 9, 2023! The Seminars Abroad program provides U.S. educators in the arts, social sciences and humanities with opportunities to participate in short-term seminars abroad to improve their understanding and knowledge of the peoples and cultures of other countries. In 2023, summer seminars will be offered in JORDAN, MEXICO, and a joint seminar in ARGENTINA and BRAZIL.

01 Nov 2022

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ARIT FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN TURKEY 2023-2024

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 (All day)
Turkey
Sponsored By: 
CAROC and US Department of State

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

THE FELLOWSHIPS: The American Research Institute in Turkey is pleased to offer ARIT fellowships for research in Turkey for the 2023-2024 year. Grants for tenures up to one academic year will be considered; applications for projects of shorter duration, as brief as one or two months, are also supported. ARIT offers research and study facilities as well as connections with colleagues, institutions, and authorities through its branch centers in Istanbul and Ankara.

11 Nov 2022

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Palestine Center Annual Conference 2022

Friday, November 11, 2022 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Washington, DC
Sponsored By: 
The Jerusalem Fund

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

The Jerusalem Fund invites you to our Palestine Center Annual Conference titled, ‘75 Years of Partition: Ethnic Cleansing and Dispossession’ to be held on November 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C. See below for details on our speakers and presenters, panels, and RSVP at Events@thejerusalemfund.org by sending us your name, title and contact information.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Contact: 
Events@thejerusalemfund.org

31 Aug 2022

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Call For Papers: 16th Annual Muslim Studies Program Conference Measuring Muslim Publics: Curves, Columns, Spheres and Squares

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
TBA
Sponsored By: 
Michigan State University

Michigan State University is hosting an international conference entitled “Measuring Muslim Publics: Curves, Columns, Spheres and Squares.” This conference investigates who is ‘the public’ in public opinion? What effect does it have on politics? These questions have received a great deal of attention by scholars of American and European contexts where their contributions have taken on a universalistic overtone. Are these generalized assumptions valid in other societies – notably in Muslim-majority contexts?

23 Jun 2022

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Egypt’s Uncertain Future: Political, Economic, and Human Rights Challenges

Thursday, June 23, 2022 - 10:00am to 11:30am
online
Sponsored By: 
Arab Center Washington DC

gypt today is facing unprecedented political, economic, and social challenges that are due to both internal and external factors. Since the 2013 coup and the resurgence of authoritarianism, Egypt has been locked in a state of political impasse with no real signs of change, while facing numerous economic and financial challenges ranging from significant levels of domestic and foreign debt to high inflation, deteriorating standards of living, declining tourism, and an outflow of billions of dollars following the devaluation of its currency.

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