Dr. Luke Peterson will speak on "The Settler Movement: History, Impacts, and Perceptions" at his lecture this Friday, February 7, 3:00 pm, in 4130 Posvar Hall. Sponsored by the Global Studies Center
University of Pittsburgh Muslim Student Assocation
Pitt's Muslim Student Association, co-hosting with Pitt's FORGE this year, is holding their 4th Annual Fast-A-Thon and the theme is HUMANITY. Come for the fasting experience, to learn about what's happening in different countries around the world, and to MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Sign up to fast with us for a day to promote awareness around campus and bring in clothes to help refugees in Syria.
Come to the O' Hara Student Center ballroom on Friday, February 7th for a FREE, delicious meal to break our fast.
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations' Washington, DC Summer Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a ten-week professional, academic, and career opportunity internship in the Nation's Capital. The program features an energizing and demanding mix of professional involvement, intellectual challenge, career exploration, and cultural encounter designed to provide interns with a rich and varied experience during their time in Washington.
Join us for an informal lunch and conversation about current events in Egypt. The lunch will be held in the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, in Room 1228 on the 12th floor. We will begin at noon. The meal and discussion will last about an hour. The lunch is open to public.
Our speakers will be:
Dr. Fatma El-Hamidi, Pitt Dept. of Economics
Sheikh Atef Mahgoub, Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
Ms. Elaine Linn, Pitt Global Studies Center
and Mr. Ibrahim Al-Ebedy, an Egyptian Social Activist and Visiting Scholar at Pitt
University of Pittsburgh Women’s Studies Program, Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Department of Political Science, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and Humanities Center
Microcredit (small loans to start small enterprises in the informal sector) has been praised in many quarters as a panacea for the poverty and patriarchy that poor women in Third World countries confront. Securing poor women access to credit, for enterprises in the small-scale agricultural sector and the urban informal sector is at the center of a significant chunk of “women and development” agendas today.
Global Cultural Studies Program, Point Park University
Global Cultural Studies Program at Point Park University as we screen the 1966 Gillo Pontecorvo classic, The Battle of Algiers. This film illustrates in excruciating detail the horrors of French colonialism in Algeria and the resistance movement that eventually succeeded in overthrowing it. Although it is a dramatization of these historic events, the film nonetheless brings to life the violence, hope, and struggles inherent to any decolonization process. The film is in Arabic and French with English subtitles. The Battle of Algiers continues our Fight Back!
Medieval Arabic sources are replete with stories about Muslims traveling far and wide. The abundance of such examples tempts one to believe that these traveling individuals created and maintained the pan-Islamic cultural commonwealth. Yet the Islamic written legacy is so vast that drawing decisive conclusions that traveling was indeed as widespread as our sources suggest is hardly possible.
K- 16 educators and librarians are welcome to join CERIS member faculty for a discussion about the book Paradise Beneath Her Feet
How Women Are Transforming the Middle East by Isobel Coleman.
We are fortunate to have Dr. Michael McKale, Professor of Religious Studies, Director of the Institute for Ethics, Saint Francis University.
Please contact Elaine Linn at eel58@pitt.edu for a free book and to reserve a spot at the table. A light dinner is included.