Iraq in Crisis: Understanding the Challenges Confronting
the Nation
with
Raed Jarrar
Policy Impact Coordinator,
American Friends Service Committee
Adil Shamoo
Associate Fellow,
Institute for Policy Studies
&
Sami Albanna
Iraq Analyst & Commentator
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
The Palestine Center
Dr. Jessica Tuchman Mathews
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Amb. Thomas R. Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Contact:
Call 412-281-7970 or email welcome@worldpittsburgh.org.
Turkish Nationality Room Committee, University of Pittsburgh
The Turkish Nationality Room Committee invites you to a concert featuring the group Neotolia on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The event will feature a “meet and greet” reception with refreshments at 6 p.m., followed by the concert at 6:30 p.m. The proceeds of the concert will help fund the Turkish Room Summer Study Abroad Scholarship. Tickets are $25 per person, $10 for students. Additional donations to the scholarship fund will be gratefully accepted and are tax deductible.
Dr. Lucinda Mosher, director of the interfaith chaplaincy program at Hartford Seminary will speak on "Building Interfaith Neighborhoods"
Admission is free of charge.
People of all faiths encouraged to attend.
Event is sponsored by the new grassroots organization, "Greater Pittsburgh Interfaith Coalition", a new grassroots organization seeking to convene our region's diverse faith communities.
Join Dr. Luke Peterson, UCIS Visiting Professor in Contemporary and International Issues at the University of Pittsburgh for a film-screening event of the Delta Force (1986) and a follow-up discussion.
Islamic Art Exhibit Opening at Les Idees Gallery
Posted on September 3, 2014
The Christian-Muslim Dialogue Committee (CMDC) is sponsoring an exhibition of Islamic art featuring Pittsburgh-based artists in the Les Idees Gallery on the third floor of the Union.
The exhibit, which will run from Thursday, Sept. 4, through Tuesday, Sept. 30, supports the CMDC’s mission to provide a platform for multiple perspectives between Christians and Muslims, and to promote healthy and peaceful relationships.
Global Studies Center, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, CERIS
The Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh presents Middle East Dialogues…a 3-part series of video-conference discussions with college students at American University in Cairo
10 AM
4217 Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
CERIS institutions can participate via video-conference.
Dialogue participants are asked to a read selected short articles prior to each discussion so they can actively participate in the dialogue.
Global Studies Center, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, CERIS
The Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh presents Middle East Dialogues…a 3-part series of video-conference discussions with college students at American University in Cairo
10 AM
4217 Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
CERIS institutions can participate via video-conference.
Dialogue participants are asked to a read selected short articles prior to each discussion so they can actively participate in the dialogue.
Sayyidna Isa; Jesus in the Eyes of a Muslim
Ifan A. Omar, Associate Professor of Theology, Marquette University
Who is Muhammed to Christians?
Nelly van Doorn-Harder
Professor of Islamic Studies
Wake Forest University
Free to all students with ID and to Duquesne University Faculty and Staff
Registration is required for general public at www.duq.edu/theology/cmdc
Registration fee: $15
Contact:
Dr. Marinus Iwuchukwu, cmdc@liveduq.onmicrosoft.com, 412 396.1014