Events

02 Apr 2024

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Pirates of the Red Sea? Maritime Violence and State Formation in the Indian Ocean’s Seas in the Medieval Period

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 5:30pm to 8:30pm
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Sponsored By: 
The University of Michigan’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies and Georgia State University’s Middle East Studies Center

Piracy in the Horn of Africa and Arabian seaboards has been a major dynamic of modern geopolitics of the Western Indian Ocean (and very dramatically so in recent months), and the phenomenon of maritime predation is certainly not new in the region. Moreover, the notion of thieves of the high seas is visible in medieval Arabic sources. As in other world contexts, the very definition of the terms “piracy” and “naval predation” is of the essence.

03 Apr 2024

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The Politics of Disavowal: What Syria Can Tell Us about American Authoritarianism

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:15pm
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Sponsored By: 
Brandeis University’s Crown Center for Middle East Studies

Can the survival of Bashar al-Asad's regime in Syria offer insights into emerging forms of authoritarianism in the West? And what might the Syrian example suggest about how authoritarian leaders exploit digital media to create uncertainty, political impasses, and fractures among their citizens?

03 Apr 2024

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America’s Role in the World

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
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Sponsored By: 
Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies

This nonpartisan event convenes diplomats, journalists, politicians and scholars to Indiana University, offering expert insights on the most critical topics to global affairs today.

04 Apr 2024

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Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War

Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
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Sponsored By: 
The George Washington University’s Institute for Middle East Studies

In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months, thousands of Jews and Arabs came from all over the world to join those already on the ground to fight in the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces and the Arab Liberation Army. With this book, the young men and women who made up these armies come to life through their letters home, writing about everything from daily life to nationalism, colonialism, race, and the character of their enemies.

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