The Jerusalem Fund invites you to our Palestine Center Annual Conference titled, ‘75 Years of Partition: Ethnic Cleansing and Dispossession’ to be held on November 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C. See below for details on our speakers and presenters, panels, and RSVP at Events@thejerusalemfund.org by sending us your name, title and contact information.
New York University’s Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era (Routledge, 2019) focuses on the state and local actors to understand the interaction, negotiation and transformation between the two with a particular emphasis on the provinces. By comparing Edirne with Ankara, Yonca Köksal urges the reader to revisit the concepts of modernization, centralization and de-centralization.
New York University’s Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era (Routledge, 2019) focuses on the state and local actors to understand the interaction, negotiation and transformation between the two with a particular emphasis on the provinces. By comparing Edirne with Ankara, Yonca Köksal urges the reader to revisit the concepts of modernization, centralization and de-centralization.
The University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
Film Screening
From Google Play:
"Afrooz has given her life to football. Now, she is about to captain Iran's national futsal team as they head to the final of the Asian Nations Cup in Malaysia. Upon hearing this her estranged husband Yasser exercises his legal right and refuses her permission to leave the country."
Watch the trailer
Presenter: Parvaneh Hosseini, Persian instructor and PhD student at Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
Join scholars and affiliates of the Center for Governance and Markets for the fall 2022 series "Voices from Afghanistan," featuring panels, seminars, and lectures discussing important topics surrounding the state of economics, civil society, and governance in Afghanistan more than a year after the collapse of Kabul in 2021. The November 16th panel will feature Tariq Basir and Mirwais Parsa — who are a part of our Pittsburgh Network for Threatened Scholars (PiNTS).
The University of Pittsburgh’s Asian Studies Center
Presenter
Matthew D. Johnson
Join us for a discussion about current issues and the recent successes and challenges of China's Belt and Road initiative with AltaSilva VP and Director of Research, Matthew D. Johnson, along with a national webcast to follow at 7 pm ET with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, China, and Singapore, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. To register for this event, please click here.
Middle East Institute at Columbia University (MEI) and Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University (CMES)
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
What does it mean to do interactive art? What are the politics of her work? What are the experiences of an Arab feminist artist exhibiting and performing around the world?
This conversation is part of a joint Middle East Institute at Columbia University (MEI) and Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University (CMES) series on gender, art, and body politics in the Middle East and its diasporas
