Mar 2023

02 Mar 2023

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Virtual Language Workshop: Resilient Middle East Language Programs, Globally Competitive Graduates

Thursday, March 2, 2023 (All day) to Friday, March 3, 2023 (All day)
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

This biennial workshop is an opportunity for teachers of Middle Eastern languages to learn from each other.

03 Mar 2023

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Decolonization in Focus: Panel IV

Friday, March 3, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Virtual

MODERATOR:

Douglas Rogers
Professor and Chair of Anthropology
Yale University

SPEAKERS:
Anna Arays
Librarian for Slavic and East European Studies
Yale University

Fatima Tlis
Journalist
Voice of America

Erica Marat
Associate Professor and Chair, Regional and Analytical Studies Department
National Defense University

Panel IV. Impact Beyond the Ivory Tower?

03 Mar 2023

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“Iran, Russia, Turkey: The Anti-Democracies of the 21st Century” with Hamit Bozarslan

Friday, March 3, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:15pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Middle East Studies Program at UW-Madison

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Professor Hamit Bozarslan will discuss these three regimes. They are not the only anti-democratic ones that exists in the contemporary world, but they share some features that one cannot easily find elsewhere such as:

04 Mar 2023

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Embracing Freedom Amid Exile with Writer-in-Residence Rania Mamoun

Saturday, March 4, 2023 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Alphabet City (40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh) and Virtual
Sponsored By: 
City of Asylum

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

We are overjoyed to host this reading for Rania Mamoun—Sudanese journalist, activist, and City of Asylum writer-in-residence—and announce the launch of her new book, Something Evergreen Called Life.

10 Mar 2023

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Woman, Life, Freedom: A Conversation on Iran’s Ongoing Protest Movement and Struggles in US Academia

Friday, March 10, 2023 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Iranian Studies Institute at NYU

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

Panel Discussion: Woman, Life, Freedom:

A Conversation on Iran's Ongoing Protest Movement and Struggles in US Academia

Mehrzad Boroujerdi is Vice Provost and Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Previously he was Professor of Government and International Affairs and Director of the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech, and before that professor of political science at Syracuse University.

Contact: 
kevorkian.center@nyu.edu

11 Mar 2023

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4th International Conference on Islamophobia

Saturday, March 11, 2023 (All day) to Monday, March 13, 2023 (All day)
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

14 Mar 2023

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Book Talk with Khalid Medani: Black Markets and Militants

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
ICC 141 - CCAS Boardroom and Zoom
Sponsored By: 
Georgetown University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

This event is free and open to the general public

This is a hybrid event and will be held online and in the ICC Boardroom.

CCAS is hosting Dr. Khalid Medani to discuss his latest book Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa. This event is hybrid and will be held in person at the Intercultural Center (ICC) CCAS Boardroom and on Zoom. Register here.

Contact: 
coco.tait@georgetown.edu

17 Mar 2023

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Decolonization in Focus: Panel V

Friday, March 17, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Virtual

MODERATOR:

Caress Schenk
Associate Professor of Political Science
Nazarbayev University

SPEAKERS:

Shoshana Keller
Chair and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History
Hamilton College

Irina Roldugina
UCIS Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pittsburgh

Louis Porter
Assistant Professor of History
Texas State University

Panel V. Syllabus Design and Critical Pedagogies in the Classroom: How Do We Teach Differently?

22 Mar 2023

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Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

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