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2018-2019 MESP Events
September 19, 2018
Book Talk: “Circulation of Political Elite in Post-Revolutionary Iran: An Empirical Investigation” by Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University
September27-29
Film Festival: 16th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival
October 11
Lecture: “Nana Asma’u: The Model for Literate Women Muslims” by Beverly Mack, Professor Emerita of African Studies, University of Kansas
October 23
Lecture: “Transitional Justice Without Transition: Whither Egypt?” by Mohamed A. ‘Arafa, Assistant Professor of Law, Alexandria University (Egypt), Visiting Scholar, Cornell University
November 1
Lecture: “The Politics of Kuwaiti Foreign Aid and Islamic Charitable Giving in Africa” by Mara Leichtman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Michigan State University
November 12
Lecture: “Eight Years Later: What Has Gone Wrong with Syria’s Conflict?” by Deyaa Alrwishdi, Director of Syria Initiative to Combat Sexual and Gender Based Violence
February 20, 2019
Language Table: Arabic Conversation Table
March 5
Language Table: Persian Language Table
March 19
Lecture: “Being Muslim: Women of Color in American Islam” by Sylvia Chan-Malik, Associate Professor in the Departments of American and Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
March 21
Language Table: Arabic Conversation Table
March 27
Language Table: Hebrew Language Table
April 2
Language Table: Hebrew Language Table
April 5-6
Conference: From Historiography to Philosophical Engagement: The Future of Islamic Philosophy
April 9
Language Table: Persian Language Table
April 10
Language Table: Hebrew Language Table
April 11
Film Screening: And Then They Came for Us: Film Screening and Q&A with Dr. Satsuki Ina
April 12
Symposium: Challenging Authoritarianism: Stories and Strategies of Resistance
April 12
Lecture: “Understanding Erdogan’s New Turkey: Identity Politics Inside Out” by Lisel Hintz, Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies, Johns Hopkins University
April 17
Language Table: Turkish Language Table
April 18
Arabic Cultural Day
April 23
Panel: “Transnational Feminist Solidarities: A Conversation” with panelists Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia; Carol W.N. Fadda, Syracuse University; Amy Kallander, Syracuse University; and Dana M. Olwan, Syracuse University
April 29
Reception: Middle Eastern Studies Program Spring Reception