Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies presents a free online book talk: All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya
Earlier this year, the U.S. government declared Myanmar's mass killing of the Rohingya Muslim population to be a "genocide." This designation comes 6 years after the first incidence of mass violence was carried out by Myanmar's military against the long-persecuted and marginalized community.
UPenn Graduate School of Education's Hub for Equity, Anti-oppression, Research and Development (HEARD), Middle East Center, and South Asia Center
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
The UPenn Graduate School of Education's Hub for Equity, Anti-oppression, Research and Development (HEARD) invites you to join our community for an interactive panel to broaden our understanding of the ongoing impact of 9/11. Participants will learn more about US engagements in wars over the last two decades; the consequences and costs of these wars; and how and why we need to teach about war. Speakers will share research, pedagogical tools and curriculum resources that help us move beyond teaching about 9/11 to teaching beyond it.
Elsewhere Editions, City of Asylum, Pittsburgh International Literary Festival
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
The relationship between authors and translators are some of the most connected and collaborative relationships in literature. But in books for young people, illustrators too play an extremely important role, communicating emotion and meaning, and informing and elevating translations.
Duke Islamic Studies Center and Duke University Middle East Studies Center; History
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
Join Duke History, DUMESC and DISC for a public book talk @ 4:30 – 5:30 PM with Dr. Stacy Fahrenthold titled "Between the Ottomans and the Entente: the First World War in the Syrian and Lebanese Diaspora, 1908-1925."
The dynamic and twice Grammy nominated Imani Winds have led a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, dedication to new works from composers of color, imaginative collaborations, and programming concerts that speak to contemporary social justice issues.
Imani Winds joins us to close LitFest 2022 by performing an all new lineup of works inspired by and interweaving dynamic pieces of poetry.
