Lecture/Forum

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh,
Event will take place 10 EDT

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Join the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University for a conversation with Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch moderated by CCAS professor Dr. Fida Adely.

Shakir will discuss the recent HRW report he was the lead author on, "A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution."

About Omar Shakir

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

The Consortium for Christian-Muslim Dialogue is delighted to invite you this a public lecture The Zoom link is as follows: duq.zoom.us/j/99307424331.

Register: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M-KWvnukSNCtD0Xn_F3Ycw

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Crimea:Embattled Homeland, Suspended Lives

MODERATOR
Vladimir Padunov, Slavic Languages and Literatures and Film Studies, University of Pittsburgh
SPEAKERS
Alim Aliev, Ukrainian Institute
Austin Charron, Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rory Finnin, Ukrainian Studies, University of Cambridge
Mykola Gnatovsky, Taras Shevchenko NationalUniversity, Kyiv
Nataliya Gumenyuk
Author of Lost Island: Dispatchesfrom Occupied Crimea

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Unlocking Your Potential
with Imam Yahya Hendi- 2 Part Series

Jan. 30th, 2-4, and Feb 6th, 2-4
(We'll break for Asr prayer)

This is a two part series. The second session will take place on February 6, 2 - 4 PM.

How do we discover our potential? As Muslims, we believe to be our best in our personal, professional, and relationship aspects of life when we utilize the teachings of our faith.

The historiography of modern Syria has been dominated by the work of political, economic, and social historians. While scholarly interest in the cultural and intellectual fields has increased over the past decade or so, this work tends to focus on the post-2000 period, with the lion’s share of attention being placed on cultural production and intellectual engagements from the Syrian uprising in 2011 and after.

Dr. Mohammed Bamyeh, Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh will present on his book Lifeworlds of Islam: The Pragmatics of a Religion.

How do ancient ideas continue to appear relevant in a modern world? In Lifeworlds of Islam: The Pragmatics of a Religion (Oxford UP, 2019), Mohammad Bamyeh shows that Islam has lived on not because of any standard dogmas, but because it served as a compass for practical individual orientations or “lifeworlds.” The text maps out how Muslims have employed the faith to foster global networks, public philosophies, and engaged civic lives.