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