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23 Jan 2024

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Digital Rights Under Siege: Combating Online Censorship of Palestinians

Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 12:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
The Jerusalem Fund

Join us next week for a conversation with Nadim Nashif, Executive Director of 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media.

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Gaza and the Question of Genocide

In case you missed yesterday's event with Dr. Raz Segal and Shannon Fyfe, please see a re-broadcast below on YouTube.

This lecture focused on Israel’s assault on Gaza and discussions around the question of genocide in the conflict. It also discussed possibilities for a very different kind of future, one based on equality, dignity, freedom, and security for all people — Israelis, Palestinians, and others. Our discussant will be Shannon Fyfe from the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University.

19 Jan 2024

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Palestine: A Talk Series

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Online (Zoom)
Sponsored By: 
Pitt Center for Urban Education

"Feminism and the Fight for Liberation" - Thursday, January 19

This will be the first of three discussions concerning Palestine and will focus on feminism and the struggle for liberation. Stay tuned for updates concerning our spring study group that will dive into the issues we discuss throughout the series.

Other talk themes and dates:

"Organizing and Activism" - Friday, February 9
"Activism and Academic Repression" - Friday, March 1

24 Jan 2024

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Muslim Women’s Rulings: Issuing Fatwas in Indonesia

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 5:00am to 7:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
The University of Michigan’s Global Islamic Studies Center, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, and Institute for Research on Women and Gender

In this talk, Dr. Nor Ismah explores the pivotal religious and community roles of Muslim women in Java, Indonesia, who assume positions as ulama (scholars) and religious leaders and issue fatwas, Islamic arbitration decisions. Their fatwas incorporate women's perspectives and traditional and progressive Islamic textual interpretations, earning them religious authority comparable to male ulama. Despite gender constraints in areas involving authority over men, women ulama actively challenge male dominance in Islamic scholarship. Dr.

19 Jan 2024

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Pedagogy in an Age of Religious Nationalism

Friday, January 19, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored By: 
Univeristy of Pittsburgh World History Center and the Global Studies Center

During the past century, the world has experienced nearly incessant violence and persecution in which religion is a significant factor. Tens of millions of people have been forced to migrate because they are minority populations of states that define belonging by ancestry and faith. Today, hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar are living in Bangladeshi refugee camps. The partitions of Greece and Turkey, India and Pakistan, Israel and Palestine, and Protestant and Catholic Ireland still reverberate through collective memory and geopolitics.

20 Jan 2024

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Cultivating Connections: Growing Together in Faith

Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 6:00pm to 10:00pm
The William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Sponsored By: 
Miftaah Institute

In Islam, the bonds we forge with one another are not just social ties; they are sacred threads that unite our hearts in the pursuit of spiritual growth. Our faith teaches us that when we come together in brotherhood and sisterhood, we not only strengthen our individual selves but also fortify the fabric of our entire community.

11 Jan 2024

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Gaza and the Question of Genocide

Thursday, January 11, 2024 - 12:00pm to 6:15pm
Hybrid
Sponsored By: 
Georgetown University Qatar, ACMCU, and the African Studies Program

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

11 Apr 2024

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Spring 2024 CERIS Book Discussion

Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 5:30pm
Hybrid

I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said's America by Mbaye Lo and Carl W. Ernst

12 Mar 2024

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Educator Workshop: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
CERIS, Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh

CERIS and the Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh will host a workshop centered around the article written by Nathan Thrall "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama".

6 :00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Bob Ross, Professor of Social Justice Studies Point Park University will provide context of life in the West Bank in the Occupied Territories. Erin Brault long time education with Pittsburgh Public Schools is discuss ways to incorporate the content into curriculum.

09 Dec 2023

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2023 African Studies Assocation Teachers' Workshop: Education for Justice: Amplifying Voices When Voices are Silenced

Saturday, December 9, 2023 - 12:00pm to 4:15pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
African Studies Association

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

How have African American activism and African anti-imperial movements been inter-connected across time? What global histories are you silencing when you silence African American history? This workshop invites all teachers to consider a new lens to amplify silenced histories.

Register here: https://berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvce2trTIoHtysUc1Kshxrnx8FXQ...

Contact: 
https://www.asaoutreach.org/contact-us

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