Sep 2021

23 Mar 2021

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Race and Islam: Global Histories, Contemporary Legacies

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 9:00am to Friday, March 25, 2022 - 5:00pm
George Mason University, Fairfax VA
Sponsored By: 
The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
CALL FOR PAPERS: submission of proposals October 15, 2021. Notifications of acceptances November 15, 2021, Submission of Full Papers: Feburary 15, 2022
March 23 - 25, 2022

Contact: 
Sonmez Kara asonmezk@gmu.edu

05 Sep 2021

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September 11, 2001 Looking Back 20 Years and Looking Ahead

Sunday, September 5, 2021 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
International Islamophobia Studies and Research Association

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
NOTE THE TIME IS Pacific Standard Time

Featured speakers:
Salman Sayyid, University of Leeds
Munir Jawa Graduate Theological Union
Jasmin Zine Wilfrid Lourier University
Rabab Adelhadi San Francisco State
Farid Hafez University of Saltsburg
Hatem Bazian, University of California Berkeley

09 Sep 2021

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Secularism and Islam in Foreign Policy A Conversation with Sarah Wolff

Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 10:00am to 11:15am
online
Sponsored By: 
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh,
Event will take place 10 EDT

13 Sep 2021

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Medieval Africa and Africans, on online course for educators

Monday, September 13, 2021 - 3:00pm to Friday, October 29, 2021 - 3:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
The National Center for Humanities, Medieval Academy of America

The National Center for Humanities has several online courses for educators.

In the current political and cultural moment, the Medieval Academy of America is working to redress the historical limitations of Medieval Studies and expand its focus to the “Global Middle Ages.”

13 Sep 2021

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Understanding the Modern Middle East, a workshop for educators

Monday, September 13, 2021 - 3:00pm to Friday, October 29, 2021 - 3:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
National Humanities Center

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Far too often, the Middle East appears as doubly alien: out of place and out of time. A century of popular culture caricatures, at least two centuries of Orientalist representations, and decades of American military interventions, have all fed into the notion of the Middle East as a turmoil-laden, sectarian, and tribal premodern region. In this course, we will go beyond these stereotypes to look at the historical forces that shaped the region across the twentieth century to understand the complexities of its peoples and societies.

20 Sep 2021

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After September 11, 2021: The Next 20 Years

Monday, September 20, 2021 - 10:00am to 11:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University

The twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks prompted sustained reflection on the relationship between religion and violence, the place of religion and society, and the connections between memory, reconciliation, and peace. The Berkley Center has been grappling with these questions since its founding in 2006.

27 Sep 2021

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Pope Francis, Grand Imam Al-Tayyeb, and Ayatollah Al-Sistani: What Do Their Relationships Mean for Us?

Monday, September 27, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University

Pope Francis inspires global leadership and readily encourages bonds of friendship with other leaders like him. In early 2019, he and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb (signing for a committee of Sunni religious leaders) issued a “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.”

29 Sep 2021

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After Afghanistan: Russia and the United States Pick up the Pieces

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
Harvard University's Davis Center For Russian and Eurasian Studies

Fyodor Lukyanov, one of Russia’s leading analysts of foreign affairs, believes the messy American withdrawal from Afghanistan indicates that the United States intends to focus more narrowly—and more strategically—on national interests worth defending. Join us for a conversation between Lukyanov and Alexandra Vacroux to hear how the Russians are interpreting the U.S. exit from Kabul and the opportunities it may create for Russia. Is the American withdrawal good for Russia? Could more contained American foreign policy goals allow for better U.S.-Russia bilateral relations?

29 Sep 2021

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Islamophobia in post-9/11 America

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
Center for Race & Gender at the University of California, Berkeley

What's it like being Muslim in the United States, post-9/11? Join us Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET to hear from a panel of experts who will go over the results of a comprehensive new survey (to be released that morning) conducted by the Othering & Belonging Institute on the experiences and attitudes of US Muslims. Speakers:

29 Sep 2021

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Elements of Border and Infrastructure: Water I

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
New York University's Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

Speakers: : Nikhil Anand, Michael Christopher Low, Ekin Kurtiç

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