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Council on Middle East Studies

Offside, the latest film from the critically acclaimed director of The Circle and Crimson Gold. Directed by Jafar Panahi, 2006, Iran. After film discussion with Fereshteh Kowssar, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University (9/17/2007)

Sneak preview of the Kite Runner based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini and directed by Marc Forster, US, 2007 (9/20/2007)

Iran Colloquium: Iranian Studies at Yale: A Survey, with Kishwar Rizvi, Asghar Rastegar, Abbas Amanat (9/21/2007)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas.-Language Exposure and other sessions for students/teachers: Speaker, Barbara Petzen, Middle East Policy Council. "Teaching about the Modern Middle East." Other speakers include Greta Scharnweber, Yale University, Leslie Abbatiello, ACES, and Meryl Menon, ACES. (9/21/2007)

Les Indigenes (Days of Glory) The true story of WWII's forgotten heroes and an Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film in 2006 directed by Rachid Bouchareb, Algeria/France 2006 with after film discussion by Adel Alouche, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University (9/24/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: Protesting Policing in Jordan with Jillian Schwedler (University of Massachusetts Amherst) (9/25/2007)

Luncheon Lecture: The Struggle of Democracy against Terrorism: The Israeli Legal and Moral View with Emanual Gross, Professor of Law at Haifa University (9/27/2007)

Arna's Children, how the children of a Palestinian theatre group got involved in the intifada directed by Juliano Mer-Khamis Danniel Danniel Bouchareb, Israel/Netherlands, 2003 After-film discussion with filmmaker Juliano Mer-Khamis (10/1/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: From Arab Spring to Arab Winter: The Demise of Democratization Projects and the Greater Middle East Initiative With Asli Bali (Yale University, Princeton University) (10/2/2007)

The Council on Middle East Studies Fall Reception 2007 Featuring stand-up performances by three Middle-Eastern American comedians from Comedy Central's Watchlist Dean Obeidallah, Negin Farsad, and Ronnie Khalil (10/2/2007)

IRAN COLLOQUIUM: Edward G. Browne in the Persian Mirror: Orientalism and Modern Iranian Nationalism with Farzin Vejdani, Yale University (10/5/2007)

CMES CINEMA: CLIMATES (IKLIMER) Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey 2006 After-film discussion with Asli Bali, Yale Law School, Princeton University (10/8/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: Al-Ghazzali and the Development of the Sciences in Islam With Frank Griffel (Yale University) (10/9/2007)

Beyond Words: Healing Women and Children Amidst Crisis in Israel (10/10/2007)

Beyond Words: Healing Women and Children Amidst Crisis in Israel (10/11/2007)

The Tenth Planet: A Single Life in Baghdad With Director Melis Birder (Iraq, 2004, 38 minutes) (10/11/2007)

A Conversation with World Reknown Iraqi Activist: Iraqi Women's Ordeal Under Occupation with Yanar Mohammed, Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq Q and A and reception to follow (10/12/2007)

Iran COLLOQUIUM: Reflections on the Iranian Intellectuals and Their Discontents (10/12/2007)

CMES CINEMA: KILOMETRE ZERO Directed by Hineer Saleem, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005 preceded by an Iranian short film, "A Little Bit Higher" After-film discussion with John Frick, International Affairs, Yale University and Christopher Brownfield (10/15/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: The Iraq Study Group Report: An Insider's View With Ambassador Ecward Djerejian (Rice University) (10/16/2007)

Turkish Film Nights: Iki Genc Kiz (Two Girls) Directed by Kutlug Ataman (Turkey, 2005) Based on the novel by Perihan Magden, preceded by a discussion with Professor Sibel Erol (NYU, Yale) (10/17/2007)

Poetics and Politics in Yehuda Amichai's World (10/20/2007 - 10/21/2007)

CMES CINEMA: DID HERZL REALLY SAY THAT? A documentary TV series directed by Ido Bahat, Israel, 2006. Discussion with Daphna Canetti-Nissim and Gidon Bromberg, Yale University (10/22/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: Labor Market and Parliaments in the Gulf With Michael Herb (Georgia State University) (10/23/2007)

PIER FILM SCHOOL: ENOUGH! (Barakat!) Directed by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria, 2006) with an introduction by Lindsay Benstead, Yale University (10/23/2007)

PIER Happy Hour/Hot Topics Workshop Spotlight on North Africa Speaker: Lindsay Benstead (Political Science) University of Michigan, Yale University PIER Film School screening of a short Moroccan film Your Dark Hair Ihsan and a feature film from Algeria-Enough! (Barakat!). (10/23/2007)

Symposium on Cultural Dislocation, Universal Human Rights and Theater Hosted in conjunction with the WPP YRT presentation of The Veiled Monologues, featuring Director Adelheid Roosen. (10/25/2007)

CMES CINEMA: THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING The 2006 film based on the controversial novel by Ala Al-Aswany, and Egypt's official Oscar entry for 2006 Discussion with Michael Gasper, Hala Nassar, and Ashraf Swelam, Yale University (10/29/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: Hosting the State in Soqotra (Yemen) With Nathalie Peutz (Yale University) (10/30/2007)

Turkish Movie Nights: Oyun (The Play) Directed by Pelin Esmer (Turkey, 2005) (10/31/2007)

Veiling and the Law: A Panel Discussion With Karima Bennoune, Rutgers University School of Law, Jeff Redding, Oscar M. Reubhausen Fellow in Law, Yale Law School, Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University (10/31/2007)

IRAN COLLOQUIUM: Contending Visions of Iranian National History with Daryoush Ashouri, Iranian Studies Fellow, Yale University (11/2/2007)

Enough! (Algeria, 2006) [FILM] (11/4/2007)

CMES CINEMA: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo (Italy, 1966) (11/5/2007)

BORN IN BAGHDAD A one-act revelry written and performed by Israeli actress SHOSHA GOREN Light reception and talk-back to follow. (11/6/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: The Battle of Algiers: Creating the Imagery of an Unjust War (11/6/2007)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas.-Language Exposure and other sessions for students/teachers (11/6/2007)

CMES CINEMA/BEUR CINEMA: VOISINS, VOISINS directed by Malik Chibane Introduction and after-film discussion with filmmaker MALIK CHIBANE (11/9/2007)

Globalization and Gametes: Reproductive Tourism, Islamic Bioethics and Middle Eastern Modernity with Marcia Inhorn, Anthropology, Health Behavior and Health Education and Womens Studies, University of Michigan (11/9/2007)

Iran COLLOQUIUM: Persian Language and Literature and Demands of Modernity with Daryoush Ashouri, Iranian Studies Fellow, Yale University (11/9/2007)

Applications of Randomization and the 2006 Palestinian Elections With Vladimir Pran, Chief of Party for IFES in Jerusalem, Palestinian Electoral Assistance Program (11/12/2007)

CMES CINEMA/BEUR CINEMA: FOUR SHORT FILMS Featuring My Lost Home (Ma Maison perdue), by Kamal El Mahouti, Memories of October 17th (M?moires du 17 Octobre), by Fa?za Gu?ne and Bernard Richard, Dounia, by Za?da Ghorab-Volta, and Off the Beaten Tracks (Chemin de traverse), by Malika Tenfiche. Introductions and after-film discussion with filmmaker KAMAL EL-MAHOUTI. (11/12/2007)

Letters from Istanbul: Turkish Poetry in Translation Readings and Discussion featuring three of the most important Turkish poets of the century: Lale M?ld?r , G?ven Turan, and Seyhan Er?z?elik. (11/12/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: Jump-Starting the Middle East Peace Process: The Annapolis Meeting With Ashraf Swelam (Yale University) (11/13/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: Legislatures, Legislators, and Support of Democracy in Morocco and Algeria With Lindsay Benstead (Yale University) (11/13/2007)

The Dynamic Identities of Middle Eastern Cities: A workshop for educators seeking new ways to look at the old world (11/17/2007)

CMES Luncheon Series: Environmental Peacemaking - Lessons and Opportunities for the Middle East and Other Conflict Areas With Gidon Bromberg (Yale University) (11/27/2007)

IRAN COLLOQUIUM: Alexanders Images in Illustrated Shahnama Manuscripts with Marianna Shreve Simpson, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (11/30/2007)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas: Language Exposure: Hebrew, Michelle Arkow, Arabic, Greta Scharnweber (11/30/2007)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas: Language Exposure: Turkish, Hande Altun, Farsi, Jasmine Khatoon-Koushki (11/30/2007)

Global Conversations Series: Internal Forces for Democracy in the Middle East? With Asli Bali (Ribicoff Fellow), Lindsay Benstead (Council on Middle East Studies ), Claris Harbon (LLM Candidate), Arang Keshavarzian (Connecticut College), and Ashraf Swelam (World Fellow). (12/4/2007)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas. Language Exposure: Hebrew, Michelle Arkow, Arabic, Greta Scharnweber (12/7/2007)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas. Language Exposure: Turkish, Hande Altun, Farsi, Jasmine Khatoon-Koushki. (12/7/2007)

Conference: Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Question of Muslim Citizens in Non-Muslim Liberal Democracies (12/8/2007)

KILOMETRE ZERO (Iraqi Kurdistan/France) [FILM] (12/20/2007)

Project Learn: Debke and Heelotia (Greta Scharnweber) (1/8/2008)

Project Learn: Debke and Heelotia (Greta Scharnweber) (1/9/2008)

Project Learn: Debke and Heelotia (Greta Scharnweber) (1/10/2008)

The Medina Professional Development Day Speaker; Speaker: Greta Scharnweber (1/11/2008)

The American University in Beiruit: America's Religious and Educational Legacy With Betty Anderson, Boston University (1/22/2008)

Iran Colloquium: The Strange Case of Mirza Abul Hasan Khan Ilchi Shirazi. Qajar Diplomat, Early Traveler, Fictional Character with Naghmeh Sohrabi, Brandeis University (1/25/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Square Pegs in Round Holes: Towards a Theology of Experience in Iran's Islamic Revolution with Ori Goldberg, Fox Fellow, Yale University (1/29/2008)

CMES CINEMA: THREE KINGS (35mm screening) Three Kings is a 1999 American film that takes place during the 1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam Hussein following the end of the first Gulf War. (1/31/2008)

CMES CINEMA: THE OTHER THREAT: It is said that after September 11th, 2001, the world changed. But not for Europeans. Most Europeans still consider immigration to be a greater threat than terrorism. After-film discussion with the films director, Bassam Haddad (George Mason University) (2/4/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Legislatures, Legislators, and Support of Democracy in Morocco and Algeria with Lindsay Benstead, Yale University (2/5/2008)

Turkish Movie Nights: Saturno Contro Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek (Turkey, 2006) (2/6/2008)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas: Language Exposure, Turkish, Hande Altun, Farsi, Jasmine Khatoon-Koushki (2/8/2008)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas: Language Exposure: Hebrew, Michelle Arkow, Arabic, Greta Scharnweber, Middle Eastern Hip Hop and Popular Music Videos, Greta Scharnweber (2/8/2008)

CMES CINEMA: REEL BAD ARABS: HOW HOLLYWOOD VILLIFIES A PEOPLE Narrated by Jack Shaheen. After film discussion with Nathalie Peutz and Hala Kh. Nassar (2/10/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Expressive Participation in Authoritarian Regimes with Mona El-Ghobashy, Barnard College (2/12/2008)

Iraq Beyond the Headlines IV with Laurie W. Rush, Army Archaeologist and Matthew Bogdanos, Colonel, US Marine Corps (2/12/2008)

Turkish Movie Nights: Sis ve Gece Directed by Turgut Yasalar (Turkey) (2/13/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: The Arab Street, The Father, and Political Authority with John Borneman, Princeton University (2/19/2008)

CMES CINEMA: THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Auf Der Anderen Seite)(two 35mm screenings) Directed by Fatih Akin. After film discussion with Denis Ferhatovic (2/20/2008)

The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: The Human Impact/The Human Response (2/21/2008)

CMES CINEMA: BEAUFORT Directed by Joseph Cedar and Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. After film discussion with Ayala Dvoretzky and Shiri Goren (2/25/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: An Islamic Enlightenment? with Ahmed Dallal, Georgetown University (2/26/2008)

Nakba and Historiography: The Centrality of Catastrophe in Palestinian History with Sherene Seikaly, Georgetown University (2/26/2008)

Turkish Movie Nights: Mutluluk (Bliss) Directed by Abdullah Oguz (Turkey, 2007) (2/27/2008)

CISP After School Program in International Studies: Arab Music and Dance (Greta Scharnweber, PIER) (2/28/2008)

IRAQ: yesterday, today, and tomorrow, a workshop for educators seeking new ways to look at the old world. Speakers: Greta Scharnweber, PIER/Yale University, Karen Pollinger Foster, History of Art, Yale University Benjamin Foster, Assyriology, Yale University, Dimitri Gutas, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Yale University, Eric Davis, Political Science, Rutgers University, Ronald Gregg, Film Studies, Yale University, Ulla Kasten, Yale University, Chris George, IRIS, Stephen Kobasa (3/1/2008)

CMES CINEMA: THE TV IS COMING (two 35mm screenings) A hilarious new comedy directed by Tunisian filmmaker Mouncef Dhouib. After film discussion with Mohamed Redissi and Adel Allouche, Yale University (3/3/2008)

Inventing the Nation, Reshaping Gender: Integrating the Middle East into Social Theory with Professor Mounira Charrad, Sociology, University of Texas (3/3/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Oil, Islam, and Women with Michael L. Ross, University of California at Los Angeles (3/4/2008)

Turkish Movie Nights: Yol (The Road) Directed by Serif Goren/Yilmaz Guney (Turkey, 1981) (3/5/2008)

Iran Colloquium: Bihzads Heart: The Painter and his City in the 15th Century-and Today with Michael Barry, Princeton University, Metropolitan Museum of Art (3/7/2008)

Cagatay Colloquia: Intertwining of Religion and Politics in Turkey: Implications for Women with Yesim Arat , Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (3/25/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Dramatic Secularism: Globalization, Islamization, and Syrian Television with Christa Salamandra, SUNY Lehman College (3/25/2008)

Behind the Blindfold of Justice: Security, Individual Rights and Minority Communities after 9/11 An Expert Panel and Community Discussion (3/26/2008)

Turkish Movie Nights: Ademin Trenleri Directed by Baris Pirhasan (Turkey) (3/26/2008)

Iran Colloquium: Islamic Secularization: The Case of Youth in the Holy City of Qom with Farhad Khosrokhavar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Yale University (3/28/2008)

Charged in the Name of Terror. Post-Screening Discussion with filmmakers Annelisse Fifi and Mary Billyou, Mohamed Yousry (NYU) and Michael Gasper (Yale). (3/31/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Visual Artists, Islamic Televangelists, and the Battle for Culture in Egypt with Jessica Winegar, Temple University (4/1/2008)

CMES Spring Reception With Turkish food from Saray (West Haven) and live acoustic music by Ozan Aksoy and Ramzi El-Edibli (4/1/2008)

Turkish Movie Nights: Anlat Istanbul Directed by Umit Unal, Selim Demirdelen, Yucel Yolcu, Kudret Sabanci, and Omur Atay (Turkey) (4/2/2008)

CMES CINEMA: No End in Sight (35mm screening) The Oscar-Nominated Documentary feature that interrogates the initial steps of the Bush Administration in the War on Iraq. After-film discussion with Director Charles Ferguson (4/3/2008)

Egypt Study Tour: Center for Global Studies (4/3/2008 - 4/16/2008)

CMES CINEMA: Crossing The Bridge-The Sound of Istanbul (35mm screening) Directed by Fatih Akin. After-film discussion with musician Munir Beken (UCLA) and Asli Bali, Yale Law School (4/4/2008)

Istanbul in History, Music, Literature, and Translation With Halil Berktay, Sabanci University, Munir Beken, UCLA, Hande Tekdemir, USC, Ed Foster, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Murat Nemet-Nejat. (4/4/2008)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas: Language Exposure: Turkish, Hande Altun (4/4/2008)

Film Screening: Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath with Professor Amy Chua and filmmaker Valarie Kaur Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath" has been praised as a compelling and nuanced look at race and religion in America. (4/7/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: Islam in the 21st Century Muslims in the Public Eye with Riz Khan, Al-Jazeera correspondant (4/7/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: The Human Costs of the War on Terror with Chaplain James Yee, former US Army Chaplain in Guantanamo Bay, and Brandon Mayfield, American Lawyer known for his erroneous linkages to the 2004 Madrid train bombings (4/7/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: From Russia with Iltizam: Egypt and the Legacy of Soviet-Era Cultural Exchange with Margaret Litvin, Yale University (4/8/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: Islam in the 21st Century Muslim Women in Business with Tayyibah Taylor and Mubarakah Ibrahim (4/8/2008)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas: Language Exposure: Turkish, Hande Altun (4/8/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: Islam in the 21st Century ISLAM 101: Everything You Wanted to Ask a Muslim but Never Could (4/9/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: Islam in the 21st Century Israel and Palestine at 60: Is There a Solution? With Ghada Karmi, Exeter University (4/9/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: Islam in the 21st Century Muslims in the Arts With Elinor Holland, Calligraphy Class (4/9/2008)

Turkish Movie Nights: Agir Roman Directed by Mustafa Altioklar (Turkey, 1997) (4/9/2008)

CMES CINEMA: Half Moon (two 35mm screenings) The latest feature film (2007) by Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi (Turtles Can Fly, Marooned in Iraq) After-film discussion with Abbas Amanat and Farhad Khosrokhavar, Yale University (first screening only) (4/10/2008)

CMES Papers in Islamic Studies: Wahhabism: How Sectarian Islam Became Islam With Mohamad Redissi, Yale University (4/10/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: Islam in the 21st Century Comedys Odd Couple: One Jew, One Muslim, One Stage With Rabbi Rob Alper and Azhar Usman (4/10/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: Islam in the 21st Century Masters Tea: Muslims in Washington With Nihad Awad, Executive Director of CAIR (4/10/2008)

ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK 2008: From Comedy to Business: Islam in the 21st Century Community Jummah With Yasir Kazi (4/11/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: The Exposure Effect: Existential Insecurity and In-Group Solidarity among Israelis and Palestinians with Daphna Canetti-Nisim, Yale University (4/15/2008)

CMES Cinema: Mainline (Khoon Bazi) (two 35mm screenings) The latest feature film (2007) by Rakhshan Bani Ehtimad (Under the Skin of the City) After-film discussion with Arang Keshavarzian (Connecticut College) and Kaveh Khoshnood (Yale University) (4/17/2008)

CMES Papers in Islamic Studies: The Ideology of the New Jihadist Movement in the West and in the Muslim World With Farhad Khosrokhavar, Yale University (4/17/2008)

Iran Colloquium with Ali Banuzizi, Psychology Research and Political Science, Boston College (4/18/2008)

CMES Cinema: Ararat After-film discussion with Mushegh Asatryan (Yale University) (4/22/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Environmental Refugees and the Ethics of Border Security: The Politics of the Moroccan-Spanish Border with Gregory White (Smith College) (4/22/2008)

Happy Hour with PIER, A Hot Topics Workshop for Educators: WATER? Speakers: Greta Scharnweber (PIER Director- Middle East Studies) and Sean Johnson and Olivia Kaplan (Yale School of Forestry) (4/22/2008)

Borders and Identity in the Middle East: Remapping our understanding of the Region. (4/23/2008)

Turkish Film Nights: The Wrestler (Pehlivan) Directed by Zeki Okten (4/23/2008)

CMES Cinema: Le Grand Voyage (35MM SCREENING) Directed by Ismael Ferroukhi (4/24/2008)

FACING OTHERS: Iranian Identity, Boundaries and Modern Political Cultures A Three-Day conference (4/25/2008 - 4/27/2008)

Teaching the Medina: A Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas Field Trip to New York City (4/25/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Revolution and Socialization: Explaining the Revolutionary Zeal in Irans Foreign Policy with Maximilian Terhalle (Cornell University) (4/29/2008)

Multicultural Awareness Day: Middle Eastern Hip-Hop (4/29/2008)

CMES Cinema: Jellyfish Winner of the Camera DOr at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Directed by Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen After-film discussion with filmmaker Etgar Keret (4/30/2008)

The Politics of Water in the Middle East and Teaching about the Iraq War (4/30/2008)

CMES Luncheon Series: Sovereignty and Citizenship in Modern Arab Political Thought with Ellis Goldberg (University of Washington) (5/6/2008)

Project Learn: Debke and Heelotia (Greta Scharnweber) (5/16/2008)

Teaching the Medina: a Middle Eastern Marketplace of Ideas: Medina Project Final Project Reports and Celebration (speakers include Greta Scharnweber and Ramzi El-Edibli) (5/30/2008)

World Refugee Day with PIER (6/19/2008)

The Politics of Water in the Holy Land: What no one wants you to know about the Jordan River (6/22/2008)

The Politics of Water in the Holy Land: What no one wants you to know about the Jordan River (and other stories of water resource mismanagement) (6/24/2008)

From Sand to Sea: Cultural Exchange Through Trade on the Silk Road (7/7/2008 - 7/15/2008)

From Sand to Sea: Cultural Exchange Through Trade on the Silk Road: Field Study (7/16/2008 - 8/1/2008)

Tribal Areas of Pakistan Imtiaz Ali Washington Post and Geo TV (9/10/2008)

Palestinian-Israeli Peace? Some Opportunities and Constraints Raja Shamas Booz Allen Hamilton (9/17/2008)

The Sheik Popular Culture, Orientalism, and the Benjaminian Dialectical Image Steve Caton Harvard University (9/24/2008)

Conference Reconfiguring a Region Opportunities and Challenges in the Middle East (9/26/2008 - 9/27/2008)

Iran Colloquium Astrology in Iran The Cosmic Dimension of Change Debates on Astrology in Late Qajar Iran, with speaker Eva Orthmann. (9/30/2008)

Afghanistan A state in danger of failure or an emerging democracy Orzala Ashraf Nemat, World Fellow at Yale (10/1/2008)

Global Lens/CMES Cinema The Fish Fall in Love Mahiha Ashegh Mishavand. Directed by Ali Raffi Persian, with subtitles in English, Iran, 2006, 96 minutes. (10/2/2008)

Global Lens/CMES Cinema The Kite Le Cerf-Volant. Directed by Randa Chahal Sabbag Arabic, with subtitles in English. Lebanon, 2003, 80 minutes (10/2/2008)

Youth Development Programs in Gulf Cooperation Countries Marwah Al-Khalifa The Crown Prince Training Program for Youth (10/8/2008)

Being a journalist in the Pakistans lawless Tribal Areas Risks and challenges in covering the War on Terror Imtiaz Ali Yale World Fellow (10/15/2008)

CMES Cinema Presents a documentary film I Love Hip Hop in Morocco. Directed by Jennifer Needleman and Joshua Asen. After-film discussion with Joshua Asen, Filmmaker. Rizz Productions Morocco, 2007, 90 min In Moroccan Arabic, French. (10/16/2008)

Deepening Democracy in Lebanon The Challenge of Managing Diversity Gilbert Doumit Yale World Fellow (10/22/2008)

CMES Cinema The Bands Visit Once-not long ago-a small Egyptian police band arrived in Israel. Not many remember this...It wasnt that important. Directed by Eran Kolirin Israel, 2007. (10/23/2008)

Cagatay Turkish Speakers Series Turkish-American Relations Since 9-11, with speaker Omer Taspinar, Brookings Institution. (10/24/2008)

The Representation of Islam in the Writings of Arab Women Mounira Soliman Cairo University (10/29/2008)

American Policies and Middle East Studies The Disappearing Frontier of Modernity Waleed Hazbun Johns Hopkins University (11/5/2008)

Iran Colloquium Drug Addiction in Iran, with speaker Richard Schottenfeld, Yale University School of Medicine. (11/7/2008)

Health in Adversity Glimpses from the Occupied Palestinian Territory Tarik Ramahi Yale University (11/12/2008)

Mapping Local Distinctions Knowledge Production, Development and Social Orderings in the Middle East zlem Altan Ko University (11/12/2008)

Civilizing and Conquest Indigenous Jews and Military Strategy in 19th Century French Algeria Joshua Schrieir Vassar College (12/5/2008)

I Love Hip Hop in Morocco - CMES Film Series (1/20/2009)

Shiite Islamism in Contemporary Iran Shiite Political Ideologies in Construction and Transition Majid Mohammadi West Virginia College (1/21/2009)

Happy Hour with Tarik Ramahi (1/24/2009)

CMES Cinema Noodle. Directed by Ayelet Menachemi. (1/26/2009)

Erdogans Third Way Marcie Patton Fairfield University (1/28/2009)

Conference Rethinking Development Societal Transformations and the Challenges of Governance. Organized by Ellen Lust-Okar. (1/30/2009 - 2/1/2009)

The Politics of Muslim Universality Faisal Devji New School (2/3/2009)

Has Irans Islamic Revolution Ended? Said Arjomand SUNY Stony Brook (2/11/2009)

Singing to So Many Audiences Women and Imagined Publics in Morocco, with speaker Rachel Newcomb, Anthropology, Rollins College. (2/12/2009)

Cosmopolitan underbellies Trans-Saharan traders and national morality in the Algerian South, with speaker Judith Scheele, University of Oxford. (2/17/2009)

Arab, Berber, Muslim? Framing the Nation in Colonial Morocco, with speaker Jonathan Wyrtzen, Georgetown University. (2/18/2009)

International Assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo Political Guilt, Wasted Money, with speaker Anne Le More. (2/18/2009)

The Political Obstacles of the Economic Reforms in Algeria Lahouari Addi University of Lyon (2/18/2009)

Is it None of Their Business? Business and Democratization in Turkey, with speaker Isik Ozel, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Sabanci University, Istanbul. (2/19/2009)

CMES Cinema I Love Hip Hop in Morocco, Jennifer Needleman and Joshua Asen, directors. (2/20/2009)

Conference The Politics of Dissent in North Africa. Organized by Nadia Marzouki. (2/20/2009 - 2/22/2009)

Turkey Decoded, with speaker Ann Dismorr, Swedens former Ambassador to Turkey, and Author. (2/23/2009)

The Disenchantment of the Orient Expertise in Arab Affairs and the Israeli State Gil Eyal Columbia University (2/25/2009)

Medina Project in Hamden Barbara Pretzen (2/27/2009)

Peace Process in the Middle East Ayman Abdel Nour All4Syria (3/4/2009)

Imperial Culture, National Culture Minority Musical Space in the Turkish Republic, with speaker Maureen Jackson, University of Washington. (3/23/2009)

Medina Project Workshop at ACES (3/25/2009)

The Strategic Implications of the Gaza War Haim Malka Center for Strategic and International Studies (3/25/2009)

Celebrating Rumi, with Iraj Anvar. Performance reading of selected Persian poetry from the Divan of the 13th century mystic and poet, Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi, followed by English translations from Say Nothing, a collaborative translation of Rumi, by Dr. Iraj Avar and Anne Twitty. (3/27/2009)

A Letter to President Obama from the Middle East and the Muslim World, with Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. (3/30/2009)

Syrian Ambassador Imad Mostapha The Middle East and the Obama Vision - community lecture (3/30/2009)

In Honor of Fadime Murder and Shame, with speaker Unni Wikan, University of Oslo. (4/1/2009)

Politics of Human Weapons The Death Fast Struggle in Turkey Banu Bargu New School (4/1/2009)

CMES Cinema A Moment of Innocence. (4/6/2009)

Globalization and Gametes Reproductive Tourism, Islamic Bioethics, and Middle Eastern Modernity Marcia Inhorn Yale University (4/8/2009)

The Eighth Annual Critical Islamic Reflections Conference Community Leadership In American Islam. Keynote Address by Professor Edward Curtis. (4/11/2009)

Interfaith Seder Event with Slifka Center (4/15/2009)

Political Activism and Social Welfare in Lebanon Melani Cammett Brown University (4/15/2009)

Inspiration ilham as a Source of Scientific Knowledge How Ghazali Applied the Avicennian Notion of Acumen hads, with speaker Frank Griffel Religious Studies, Yale. Working Group on Arabic Philosophy at the Whitney Humanities Center. (4/20/2009)

Back to the future Upcoming Lebanese parliamentary elections under the 1960 and 2000 electoral laws Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj Yale University (4/22/2009)

Iran Colloquium From Bio-medical to Social Sciences The Shifting Frameworks of Iranian Sociocultural Reforms, 1930s-1950s, with speaker Cyrus Schayegh, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University. (4/24/2009)

CMES Cinema And in Love I Live, with speaker PanteA Bahrami, Director. (4/27/2009)

Transformation of the Politics of Religion Sultan Tepe University of Illinois-Chicago (4/29/2009)

Iranian Colloquium Religion, Culture and Politics in Iran From the Qajars to Khomeini, with speaker Joanna de Groot, Yale University. (5/1/2009)

PIER Workshop How Real is Race? The Politics of Race in Comparative Perspective Reflections on the U.S., the Middle East, and Latin America. (5/2/2009)

The Middle East and The Obama Vision, with speaker Imad Moustapha, The Syrian Ambassador to the United States. (5/4/2009 - 11/4/2009)

A New Middle East? The Boom of the Visual Arts Origins, Vectors, Developments Silvia Naef Universit de Genve (5/6/2009)

Santa Clause in Baghdad - Professional Development Workshop (5/16/2009)

Medina Project Closing Event (5/27/2009)

Medina Project field trip to New York City (6/5/2009)

World Refugee Day (6/18/2009)

PIER Festival of Arts and Ideas - Village of Villages, New Haven Green. (6/20/2009)

Summer Institute on Health and Conflict in the Middle East (7/4/2009 - 7/17/2009)

Breaking the Veils Women Artists from the Islamic World (9/1/2009 - 12/12/2009)

Andre Azoulay, Fatima Sadiqi and Moha Ennaji Panel on Arts Festivals in Morocco (9/8/2009)

Opening Reception, Breaking the Veils Art Exhibition (9/8/2009)

Nationalist Mobilization in Colonial Morocco (9/9/2009)

The Anna Lindh Foundation Promoting Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean Region (9/9/2009)

An Analytical Assessment of Womens Rights in Morocco The 2004-2009 Period (9/10/2009)

The Revival of Amazigh Berber Language and Culture in North Africa (9/11/2009)

Moroccan Society and the New Family Code Reception, Impacts and Limits (9/15/2009)

Walking the Extra Mile Women and Empowerment in Egypt and Other Societies (9/16/2009)

Islam and the Biotechnologies of Human Life conference and workshop (9/18/2009 - 9/20/2009)

Ocean Size Sharia Discourse in Lebanon (9/21/2009)

A Conversation with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan with Reception (9/22/2009)

Yale International Students A Resource for Your School (9/22/2009)

The Virgin of Zeitoun in 1968 Holy Images of Expansion and Return (9/23/2009)

Years of Belonging New Iranian Poetry Around the World (9/24/2009)

Troubled Lives Healed Bodies Perspectives on Conflict, Suffering and Compassion in the Middle East and Western Asia (9/26/2009)

Heritage Cosmopolitanism and the Contested Spaces of Cairos Islamic fabric. (9/30/2009)

Avicennas Almahad in 17th Century England Sandys, Pococke, Digby, Baron, Cudworth et alii (10/1/2009)

New Forms of Patronage and Political Economy of Welfare Regime Change in Turkey (10/2/2009)

Transnational Tides and the Future of the Arab City (10/2/2009 - 10/4/2009)

Opium Trade, Insurgency and HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan Relationships and Regional Consequences (10/7/2009)

High School Coop Language Program (10/12/2009 - 5/31/2010)

Presentation of preliminary research on the dynamics of civil war in Lebanon (10/12/2009)

The Incoherent State The Kurdish Naming Controversy in Turkey (10/14/2009)

Our Feelings Took the Pictures OPEN SHUTTERS IRAQ (10/15/2009)

Davids Harp Lecture Demonstration on Turkish taksim and Concert (10/20/2009)

Scarsdale Middle School - CHOICE Program (10/21/2009)

Sentry State The Policing of Egypt 1978-2008 (10/21/2009)

The Arab World and The United States Untapped Potential and Lingering Misconceptions (10/22/2009)

My First Sony (10/26/2009)

Keeping the Peace a Five Year Journey in Sudan (10/28/2009)

The Middle Eastern Economy (10/29/2009)

Hard Times Making Social Studies Connections to the Past, Present, and Future (10/30/2009)

Connecticut Council of Language Teachers COLT Fall Conference (11/2/2009)

Turkey into the EU Assessing the Current State of Affairs and Analyzing What is at Stake (11/4/2009)

Amity Middle School Orange (11/5/2009)

Entrepreneurship in the Middle East (11/6/2009)

A Journey of Balance (11/11/2009)

Paper presentation on Sayyid Qutb (11/13/2009)

Babylon and Hollywood A Century Ago (11/14/2009)

Saybrook College Orchestra, conducted by Arianne Abela and Ng Tian Hui (11/14/2009)

Sherlock Holmes in the Yale Babylonian Collection (11/14/2009)

The Fall of Babylon - Episodes from the 1916 film Intolerance by F.W. Griffith (11/14/2009)

They Wrote Against Clay Panbabylonism and the Language of Cultural Diffusionism (11/14/2009)

Treasures of the Yale Babylonian Collection and From Nineveh to New Haven SML (11/14/2009)

Yale and the Babylonians, 1909 (11/14/2009)

Rethinking the AKP-Led Government and Neoliberal Patronage Politics in Turkey (11/18/2009)

Politics and Ethnicity in North Africa The Amazigh Movement and the State in Morocco and Algeria (11/19/2009)

Amity Middle School Orange (11/25/2009)

Muslim and Secular Politics in Turkey Meeting, Feeding or Beating Each Other? (12/2/2009)

PIER-YICS School Visit Program - Meeting (12/7/2009)

Neo-Ottomanism and Civil Islam in Contemporary Turkey (12/9/2009)

Luncheon Meeting to discuss PIER/CIBER Collaboration (12/10/2009)

Global Health Flows in the UAE Asia-Middle East Connections (1/4/2010 - 1/8/2010)

Scarsdale Middle School - CHOICE Program (1/6/2010)

The Greater New Haven Cooperative International Studies Program CISP Meeting (1/7/2010)

Rethinking Arabs and Berbers in Morocco (1/8/2010)

The Arts and Material Culture Persian Carpets and the Production of Taste (1/13/2010)

Middle East Legal Studies Seminar MELSS (1/15/2010 - 1/17/2010)

The Arts and Material Culture Archival Anthropology (1/20/2010)

The Arts and Material Culture The Corpus of Modernity Poetic and Dioramic Representations of Dead Camels Along the Egyptian Railway (1/27/2010)

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Both Sides of the Table (1/29/2010)

Neoliberalism at play the case of Istanbul and its neighborhood bazaars (1/29/2010)

The Arts and Material Culture The Architecture of Time Contemporary Sacred Spaces in the Middle East (2/3/2010)

On Artificial Solidarities, Double Moral Codes and Heteronomy (2/5/2010)

Scarsdale Middle School - CHOICE Program (2/8/2010)

Modern Islamic Reform The Construction of Identity and Reformulation of hudud in Tunisia (2/10/2010)

Droughts, Climate Change and the Decline of the East-Mediterranean in the Mid 11th century (2/15/2010)

Modern Islamic Reform Naturalizing Sharia Modern Islamic Thought and the Din al-Fitra Doctrine (2/17/2010)

Coffee Futures (2/18/2010)

Inherited Histories A Local Reading of History in the City of Qum (2/19/2010)

Africa and the Middle East Intertwined From Athens to Baghdad to Timbuktu (2/24/2010)

AJAMI (2/24/2010)

International Night at Edgewood School (2/25/2010)

The Religious Diversity Gap A Global Comparison of Minorities in Christian and Muslim Countries (2/25/2010)

Africa and the Middle East Intertwined Arabization in the Sudan (3/3/2010)

Triangulating Identity New York, Paris, and Algeria in the Writings of Jean-Paul Sartre (3/4/2010)

Paper presentation on engagement in conservative Islamic practices (3/5/2010)

Connecticut Geographic Alliance Steering Committee Meeting (3/16/2010)

Africa and the Middle East Intertwined Brothers or Others? Migration, Exile and Belonging for Muslim Arab Sudanese in Egypt (3/24/2010)

The Uncertain State of Palestine (3/25/2010)

The Innovative Society Globalization, Economic Culture, and Citizen-Making in the Arab Gulf (3/26/2010)

Destiny Al-Masir, directed by Yousef Chahine (3/29/2010)

Africa and the Middle East Intertwined African Islam, Arab Islam, and the Colonial Crucible the Tijaniyya Sufi Order in Late Colonial West Africa (3/31/2010)

Bakhtiari Alphabet, directed by Reza Ghadiani and Cima Sadigh (4/5/2010)

Modern Islamic Reform The Anti-Salafi International Post-Modern Globalization, War on Terror and the Radicalization of Neo-Traditional Identity in the Muslim World (4/7/2010)

New York Ataturk Chorus (4/10/2010)

The 9th Annual Critical Islamic Reflection Conference The Muslim Women Question Competing Representations, Contested Futures (4/10/2010)

All About Darfur, Documentary, Producer/Director Taghreed Elsanhouri (4/12/2010)

Minorities and Hegemonies in the Modern Middle East Moroccos Jews Between Assimilation, Zionism, and Moroccan Nationalism (4/14/2010)

Colloquium Conceptualising Literary History Foundations of Arabic Literature Part I (4/16/2010 - 4/18/2010)

Zaynab Hifni and the Saudi Novel (4/16/2010)

Davenport College Masters Tea (4/19/2010)

Large-scale processes agrarian transformation, migration, and urbanization in contemporary Turkey (4/19/2010)

Organizing the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders of Israel, Palestine as a Force for Peace (4/19/2010)

Concert of Iraqi Classical Music with Rahim Al Haj (4/20/2010)

Lecture-Demonstration of Iraqi Taqsim Musical Improvisation (4/20/2010)

Terrorism A Multidisciplinary Approach (4/20/2010)

Minorities and Hegemonies in the Modern Middle East Rethinking Hegemonic Masculinities Islam, Assisted Reproduction, and the Political of Manhood in the Contemporary Middle East (4/21/2010)

Workshop on the History and Culture of North African Jewry (4/21/2010 - 4/28/2010)

A Conversation with Riz Khan (4/23/2010)

The political Incorporation of Religious Parties What Can Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century German Catholicism Tell Us About Contemporary Turkish Islam (4/23/2010)

Symposium on the History and Culture of North African Jewry (4/25/2010)

The Silences of the Palace, directed by Moufida Tlatli (4/26/2010)

Minorities and Hegemonies in the Modern Middle East Conversions to Christianity in North Africa (4/28/2010)

Introduction to the Middle East (5/20/2010)

Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning Workshop Exploring Pedagogical and Technological Models for Hybrid and Distance Collaborations (5/25/2010)

COFFEE The culture, politics and economy of one of the worlds most sought-after commodities (6/5/2010)

Innovative Approaches to the Teaching of World History (7/14/2010 - 7/16/2010)

Establishing Order Social, Political and Economic Equilibria (7/17/2010 - 7/18/2010)

Journalism and Power in Israel-Palestine (9/14/2010)

CMES Colloquium Hebrew Literature and the Israeli Cultures of War on Captives and Captivity (9/15/2010)

The Jewishness of Medieval Spain Poetry, Painting, Politics? (9/22/2010)

Who is delegitimizing Israel? (9/23/2010)

CMES Colloquium Art, History, and Poetry in Safavid Iran The 1605 Berlin Shahnama Book of Kings (9/28/2010)

CMES Colloquium Fashion Circuits Feminist Politics and Fashion in Beirut (10/6/2010)

Activism and Transformation Arab Women as Agents of Change (10/9/2010)

CMES Colloquium Towards a Comprehensive History of Philosophy in Islam- The Post-Classical Period (10/13/2010)

Outside the Natural Order? Early Modern Spain and the Miraculous. (10/13/2010)

CMES Colloquium Islamic Higher Learning in Egypt and Syria Pedagogical Crisis and Reform (10/20/2010)

Yale Library Resources (10/22/2010)

High School Cooperative Language Program Arabic, Kiswahili, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese (10/25/2010 - 5/27/2011)

Crafting a Romance in Text and Image, The Illustrated Persian Manuscript of Varqa and Gulshah between Arabia, Iran, and Anatolia (10/26/2010)

CMES Colloquium What is Enlightenment? Arab and Postcolonial Perspectives (10/27/2010)

Lebanese Coalition Politics in a Regional and Global Context (10/28/2010)

Yale Art Gallery Resources (10/30/2010 - 11/30/2010)

CMES Colloquium Irrigation and the Ottoman Empire (11/3/2010)

Jewish Go-betweens in Iberian North African Settlements, XVIth-XVIIth Centuries (11/3/2010)

History and Myth in Israel-Palestine (11/11/2010)

CMES Colloquium Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shiism Mahdism in Contemporary Iran (11/17/2010)

Recent Developments and the AKP in Turkey, A Critical Assessment (11/17/2010)

A Panel on Economic Sanctions Moral, Legal, and Strategic Perspectives (12/1/2010)

El Islam en la Espaa Moderna lecture in Spanish (12/1/2010)

Caramel (12/2/2010)

Workshop on Cross Border Reproductive Care Traveling for Conception and the Global ART Market (12/3/2010 - 12/5/2010)

The Real Protest for Virtual Freedom in Tunisia An Insiders Perspective on the Fight Against Internet Censorship (12/6/2010)

Yale Arabic Language Program Resources (12/9/2010)

American Muslims and Rising Challenges A Perspective by a Muslim Leader (1/13/2011)

Persepolis (1/20/2011)

Yale Center for British Art Resources (1/20/2011)

Middle Ground/Middle East Religious Sites in Urban Contexts (1/21/2011 - 1/22/2011)

Book of Khalid Commemoration (1/25/2011)

CMES Colloquium Global Gametes Reproductive Tourism and Islamic Bioethics in the High-Tech Middle East (1/26/2011)

Love in Another Language (2/3/2011)

Discussion of Current Unrest in the Middle East and, in particular, Egypt (2/4/2011)

Zionist Historiography across Times and Spaces (2/6/2011)

Islamic Financial Ethics as Applied Business Ethics (2/8/2011)

TEACH IN Current Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa (2/8/2011)

The Islamic Department Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Vision and Reality (2/8/2011)

CMES Colloquium Islams American Frontiers Dynamics of Inhabitation (2/9/2011)

On Convivencia and Exile The Enduring Power of Amrico Castros Vision (2/9/2011)

A Long-lost Archive of a Long-forgotten People Muslim Cretans Between the Ottoman Empire and Greece (2/10/2011)

CMES Colloquium U.S.-Based NGO Advocacy for Iraqi Refugees and the Limits of Humananitarianism (2/16/2011)

A Matter of Size (2/17/2011)

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Resources (2/17/2011)

The Future of Egypt (2/22/2011)

All the Rage Thinking about Christians under Muslim Rule (2/23/2011)

CMES Colloquium Speech and Sacred Is Religious Injury A Problem For Secular Thought? (2/23/2011)

Global Oprah Celebrity as Transnational Icon (2/25/2011 - 2/26/2011)

HSCLP Winter Festival (2/28/2011)

Tense Tehran 2009, Critical Cairo 2011 Social Unrest and Popular Revolt in the Middle East (2/28/2011)

CMES Colloquium Merchants of Grain in the Ottoman Cities, 1750-1810 (3/2/2011)

Visual Strategies of Imperial Self Representation in History Painting of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan 1628-58 The Windsor Castle Padshahnama Reconsidered (3/3/2011)

A discussion with Lihi Ben Shitrit, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Yale University (3/4/2011)

Communicative Methodology Workshop for HSCLP and FLAP teachers (3/17/2011)

Civilization and Order Middle class Morality among the Greek-Orthodox in Izmir/Smyrna at the End of the Ottoman Empire (3/21/2011)

A Historical Look at the Military and the State in Morocco (3/22/2011)

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Khaled Al-Saai Career High School (3/22/2011)

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Khaled Al-Saai Metropolitan School (3/22/2011)

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Khaled Al-Saai Yale University (3/22/2011)

A Talk with The Man Behind Ground Zero Mosque (3/23/2011)

CMES Colloquium Moroccan Immigrant Childhoods in Spain The Everyday Politics of Difference and Belonging (3/23/2011)

The Glass House A Special Documentary Screening (3/23/2011)

The Glass House Gender, Health, and Poverty in Iran (3/23/2011)

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Khaled Al-Saai Choate Rosemary Hall (3/24/2011)

Popular Resistance in Palestine A History of Hope and Empowerment (3/24/2011)

TEACH IN Bahrain (3/24/2011)

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Khaled Al-Saai Sheridan Middle School (3/25/2011)

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop with Khaled Al-Saai Yale Muslim Students Association (3/25/2011)

In celebration of the Nawrooz of 1390 2011 The Story of Majid (3/25/2011)

Yale Resources Presentation West Haven High School (3/29/2011)

CMES Colloquium Secularizing Islam, or the Politics of Inclusion in France (3/30/2011)

Interfaith Dialogue with David Berg Judaism, Susan Hogan Christianity and Adrian Kirk Islam (3/30/2011)

The Secret Literature of the Last Muslims of Spain (3/30/2011)

Afghan Star (3/31/2011)

International Food and Nutrition Day Wilber Cross High School (3/31/2011)

Marwan Muasher and a Discussion of Current Changes in the Region (4/1/2011)

TEACH IN Egypt (4/4/2011)

The Litowitz Lecture Islamic Law and Political Reform in Iran (4/4/2011)

CMES Colloquium Mediterranean Mobilities in Contemporary Maghrebi Literature (4/6/2011)

Captive Bodies Abduction and Violence in the Early Modern Ottoman World (4/7/2011)

Doomsday Movements in Modern Islam (4/8/2011)

The 10th Annual Critical Islamic Reflections Conference Inward and Outward Nature An Islamic Portrayal of the Spirituality-Environment Nexus (4/9/2011)

Water and Middle East Peace, Challenges and Opportunities (4/11/2011)

Living Together in Late Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Salinoca. Greeks, Jews and Muslims and the Transformation of Middle-class Sociability, 1900-1922 (4/12/2011)

Judios Conversos The Descendants of the Secret Jews in Northeastern Brazil (4/13/2011)

Masquerades (4/14/2011)

TEACH-IN Libya (4/14/2011)

2011 Journal of Middle East Womens Studies Distinguished Lecture Youth, Gender, and Dignity in the Arab Uprisings (4/15/2011)

2011 Journal of Middle East Womens Studies Distinguished Research Workshops Gender and the Middle East Uprisings (4/15/2011)

Lebanon dissertation chapter (4/15/2011)

The Future of the Global Past Art and Antiquities in Times of War and Shock (4/16/2011)

Does Islam Need a Reformation? (4/18/2011)

The Academic Tourist as Queer Ethnographer Fouad Larouis Travel Writing (4/19/2011)

Edirne not Adrianople The Forgotten Ottoman Imperial Capital (4/21/2011)

TEACH IN Sudan (4/21/2011)

PIER Resources Workshop for Pre-Service Teachers (4/26/2011)

Prophecy and Illumination Among New Converts The Morisco Agustin de Ribera and His Followers c. 1540 (4/26/2011)

Libya Why is the United States involved in another conflict in the Middle East? (4/27/2011)

International Night Edgewood Elementary Public School (4/28/2011)

TEACH IN Syria (4/28/2011)

The Ties that Bind Ethnic Exclusion in Authoritarianism (4/29/2011)

Does It Take Democrats to Democratize? Lessons from Islamic and Secular Elite Values in Turkey (5/5/2011)

Heritage Language Workshop (5/16/2011 - 5/17/2011)

HSCLP Spring Festival (5/17/2011)

International Festival of Arts and Ideas (6/11/2011 - 6/12/2011)

World Refugee Day Celebration, featuring Stories of a New America (6/22/2011)

Religion and Politics in the Middle East (7/5/2011 - 7/10/2011)

FLAP Summer Immersion Arabic and Chinese Language Programs (7/11/2011 - 7/22/2011)

World Refugee Day Celebration, featuring Stories of a New America encore performance (7/14/2011)