James Pickett (Department of History) will give a compelling, multidisciplinary speech about genies, Islamic Law, and romance that focuses on the culture of pre-colonial Central Asia and its contradictory tendencies. Dr. Pickett's research at Pitt focuses on Central Eurasian history, Russian and Soviet history, and Islam and Communism. This event features responses by Dr. Neil Doshi (Department of French and Italian) as well as Jeanette Jouili (Department of Religious Studies).
European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, CERIS
October 13th, 2017
9 am - 5 pm
4130 Posvar Hall
In this one-day symposium, invited scholars will discuss the “Muslim Question” in contemporary Europe. Since 9/11, European public debates have increasingly casted local Muslim populations not only as a security threat, but also in opposition to the secular and liberal values considered foundational for a European identity.
The University of Pittsburgh Department of Sociology
Charles Kurzman is a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-director of the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations. He is a leading scholar of the Middle Eastern region and Arab world, Islam, revolutions, and comparative and historical
sociology. His will share his research on the many different social facets of Muslim Extremism in addition to the American response. Join us for lunch from 12:30 to 2:00 this Friday to experience this relevant and exciting talk!
Register now for the 26th Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference! The event will be held 18-19 October in Washington, DC. Since 1992, NCUSAR's annual conference has gathered internationally renowned specialists to analyze, discuss, and debate issues of over-arching importance to the American and Arab people's needs, concerns, interests, and key foreign policy objectives.
Looking back at 24 years of fiction writing, storytelling, and psychodrama work, Elmougy will review intersections among her tracks of work. She has come to realize that everything she does carries with it the spirit of resistance. In her talk, she will explain what she means by “resistance,” and what it is like to be on this journey at this particular moment in Egypt’s history.
Pitt Global Studies Center, International Week, CMU IFF
Join us for an International Week Event featuring films about refugee displacement followed by a discussion by Pitt Professor Heath Cabot.
Mare Nostrum (14 minutes)
On the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, a Syrian Father makes a decision that puts his daughter's life at risk.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybh4czwN6YE
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh for a screening of the short film, 77 steps, followed by a discussion with special guests GHAIDA RINAWI ZOABI & MYRIAM DARMONI CHARBIT on the complexities of being an Arab citizen in the Jewish state and on efforts being made through education to foster a shared society. 77 steps follows filmmaker Ibtisam Mara’ana who leaves her childhood home in an Arab village near Haifa, to make a life for herself in Tel Aviv while experiencing the complexities of dating a Jewish man.
Roots, The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Two Roots activists – Antwan Saca, a Palestinian Christian and Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, an Israeli settler – tell their personal stories and seek peace and justice for Palestinians and Israelis. Roots is a grassroots Palestinian and Israeli initiative for understanding, nonviolence and transformation. They work in both the Holy Land and the United States for education, dialogue, and action in service of peace with dignity for all.
Middle East Studies, Gender Studies & The Honors Program
Dr. Dennis Jett is the former American ambassador and senior director at the National Security Council. He joined the School of International Affairs at Penn State University after a 28-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. His experience and expertise focus on international relations, foreign aid administration, and American foreign policy. He will join the Middle East Studies Center at Slippery Rock University for a lecture concerning the incredibly relevant pitfalls of U.S. Foreign Policy specifically regarding nuclear policy. If you are interested in how the U.S.
