Feb 2023

01 Feb 2023

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Ask The Imam

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Muslim Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Muslim Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

In this episode of "Ask The Imam" series, Imam Abdul Aziz Suraqah will address the following questions:

What supplications can one make when gravely ill?
How do we interact with transgenders in light of Islamic laws governing gender interactions?
Is it permissible to wish others 'Merry Christmas'?
What are the Islamic guidelines for writing a will?
Join us tomorrow at MCCGP to pray Isha in congregation. The program begins right after Isha.

05 Feb 2023

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Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Objector,"

Sunday, February 5, 2023 - 12:00pm to 2:30pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Palestine Museum

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 7:00 PM Palestine Time 75 minutes, English subtitles.

08 Feb 2023

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Iran Colloquium: The Failure to Create Local Democracy under the Islamic Republic: Book talk

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Zoom
Sponsored By: 
Yale Macmillan Center

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Contact: 
cmes@yale.edu

08 Feb 2023

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THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966) FILM SCREENING

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Introduced by Prof. David Pettersen, Film Studies

Co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, The Battle of Algiers (1966) is an Italian-Algerian war film that provides an emotionally devastating account of the anticolonial struggle of the Algerian people and a brutally candid exposé of the French colonial mindset.

08 Feb 2023

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The 2nd Annual Malcolm and Ann Kerr Muslim Studies Community Lecture

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
The Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh.

09 Feb 2023

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Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad

Thursday, February 9, 2023 (All day)
Sponsored By: 
US Department of Education

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

We are delighted to share that our 2023 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program is now accepting applications from K-16 teachers and school administrators through February 9, 2023! The Seminars Abroad program provides U.S. educators in the arts, social sciences and humanities with opportunities to participate in short-term seminars abroad to improve their understanding and knowledge of the peoples and cultures of other countries. In 2023, summer seminars will be offered in JORDAN, MEXICO, and a joint seminar in ARGENTINA and BRAZIL.

09 Feb 2023

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Revisiting Egypt’s Revolution and Counterrevolution

Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Sponsored By: 
CCAS

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

CCAS is hosting Dr. Mona El-Ghobashy, author of the critically acclaimed book Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary Situation (Stanford University Press) and Dr. Atef Said, author of the forthcoming book Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities and Counter-Revolution in Egypt (Duke University Press). This event is hybrid and will be held in person at the Intercultural Center (ICC) CCAS Boardroom and on Zoom. Register here.

10 Feb 2023

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Massacre in Myanmar: How Two Reporters Uncovered a Rohingya Mass Grave and the Price They Paid for It

Friday, February 10, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

10 Feb 2023

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Gendered Perspectives on Culture?: Creativity, Art, and Culture in the Arab Countries of the Gulf

Friday, February 10, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Brown University Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

10 Feb 2023

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Decolonization in Focus: Panel II

Friday, February 10, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Virtual

Panel II:

MODERATOR:

Vitaly Chernetsky
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas
President-Elect, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

SPEAKERS:

Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska
Associate Professor of Economics
Warsaw School of Economics

Botakoz Kassymbekova
Assistant Professor of History
University of Basel

Iryna Sklokina
Historian and Researcher
Lviv Center for Urban History

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