Nov 2022

09 Nov 2022

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Women. Life. Freedom.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
Slippery Rock University

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

The Middle East Studies Center has another event focused on the ongoing protests in Iran, this time an international faculty panel of scholars will join SRU faculty to discuss the protests over Zoom on Wednesday Nov 9th at 6pm. We'd very much appreciate any help you can provide in spreading the word about this event, by telling your students and/or attending yourselves. This event is co-sponsored by Gender Studies and the Office of Inclusive Excellence. You can also find the event via CORE.

10 Nov 2022

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Webinar for PARC Research Fellowships in Palestine

Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
The Palestinian American Research Center

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

For interested applicants, the webinar will cover the following topics regarding PARC’s U.S. Research Fellowship competition and PARC’s National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship competition:

1. Eligibility
2. Application process
3. Review of each element of the application
4. Evaluation process
5. Evaluation criteria
6. Comparison of the U.S. and NEH Fellowships and competitions
7. Brief information on the PARC Palestinian Fellowship competition

11 Nov 2022

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Palestine Center Annual Conference 2022

Friday, November 11, 2022 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Washington, DC
Sponsored By: 
The Jerusalem Fund

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

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.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Contact: 
Events@thejerusalemfund.org

11 Nov 2022

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The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era – Provincial Perspectives from Ankara to Edirne

Friday, November 11, 2022 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
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.

11 Nov 2022

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The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era – Provincial Perspectives from Ankara to Edirne

Friday, November 11, 2022 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
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.

15 Nov 2022

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Cold Sweat

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - 8:30pm to 10:15pm
Sponsored By: 
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

Director: Soheil Beiraghi

Language: Persian

16 Nov 2022

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Afghanistan One Year Later: The Economics of a Collapsed State

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual, Posvar Hall 3911
Sponsored By: 
Center for Governance and Markets

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

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).

16 Nov 2022

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China Town Hall

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 5:45pm to 7:00pm
Virtual, 4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored By: 
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.

16 Nov 2022

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Secondary 6th-12th Grade Teacher Workshop: Islamic Beginnings and YA Literature

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

17 Nov 2022

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Reading Race in Medieval Arabic Literature

Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Virtual, The Hagop Kevorkian Center
Sponsored By: 
New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies and Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

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