Sep 2022

06 Sep 2022

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All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya

Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies presents a free online book talk: All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya

Speaker: Ian Martin

07 Sep 2022

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The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong About Islam

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
ACMCU and The Bridge Initiative

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

ACMCU and The Bridge Initiative are proud to invite you to the following virtual event:

The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong About Islam

Peter Oborne
Author and Associate Editor
Middle East Eye

08 Sep 2022

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Built to Fail: How Bureaucratic and Institutional Origins Undermined State Building in Afghanistan

Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 11:15am to 12:45pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Cornell University’s Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies and South Asia Program

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Cornell University’s Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies and South Asia Program Presents

Built to Fail: How Bureaucratic and Institutional Origins Undermined State Building in Afghanistan

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

14 Sep 2022

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Genocide and the Ongoing Persecution of Rohingya Muslims

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
The Bridge Initiative

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Earlier this year, the U.S. government declared Myanmar's mass killing of the Rohingya Muslim population to be a "genocide." This designation comes 6 years after the first incidence of mass violence was carried out by Myanmar's military against the long-persecuted and marginalized community.

15 Sep 2022

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Teaching About 9/11, War and Empire

Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 5:15pm to 6:45pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
UPenn Graduate School of Education's Hub for Equity, Anti-oppression, Research and Development (HEARD), Middle East Center, and South Asia Center

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

The UPenn Graduate School of Education's Hub for Equity, Anti-oppression, Research and Development (HEARD) invites you to join our community for an interactive panel to broaden our understanding of the ongoing impact of 9/11. Participants will learn more about US engagements in wars over the last two decades; the consequences and costs of these wars; and how and why we need to teach about war. Speakers will share research, pedagogical tools and curriculum resources that help us move beyond teaching about 9/11 to teaching beyond it.

16 Sep 2022

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The Production and Economization of Quality in Turkish Olive Oil

Friday, September 16, 2022 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Virtual, University of Arizona Marshall 490
Sponsored By: 
The University of Arizona’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Arizona Center for Turkish Studies and Center for Regional Food Studies

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

17 Sep 2022

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Translators & Illustrators: Youth Literature in Translation

Saturday, September 17, 2022 - 3:00pm to 4:15pm
Virtual, Alphabet City (40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh)
Sponsored By: 
Elsewhere Editions, City of Asylum, Pittsburgh International Literary Festival

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

The relationship between authors and translators are some of the most connected and collaborative relationships in literature. But in books for young people, illustrators too play an extremely important role, communicating emotion and meaning, and informing and elevating translations.

20 Sep 2022

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Between the Ottomans and the Entente: the First World War in the Syrian and Lebanese Diaspora, 1908-1925

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Duke Islamic Studies Center and Duke University Middle East Studies Center; History

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Join Duke History, DUMESC and DISC for a public book talk @ 4:30 – 5:30 PM with Dr. Stacy Fahrenthold titled "Between the Ottomans and the Entente: the First World War in the Syrian and Lebanese Diaspora, 1908-1925."

21 Sep 2022

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Poetry in Concert: Contemporary Chamber Music with Imani Winds

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Alphabet City (40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh) and Virtual
Sponsored By: 
City of Asylum and Chamber Music Pittsburgh

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

The dynamic and twice Grammy nominated Imani Winds have led a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, dedication to new works from composers of color, imaginative collaborations, and programming concerts that speak to contemporary social justice issues.

Imani Winds joins us to close LitFest 2022 by performing an all new lineup of works inspired by and interweaving dynamic pieces of poetry.

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24 Sep 2022

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Blasphemy laws in Islam and in Muslim-majority countries

Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) and the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Human Rights Program

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Blasphemy laws in Islam and in Muslim-majority countries

Do blasphemy laws in Muslim-majority countries violate Qur’anic teachings?

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