The Association of Middle East Anthropology (AMEA) is hosting an inaugural photo contest to recognize and showcase the incredible work of our scholars. We invite all anthropologists (graduate students, junior and senior faculty, and independent scholars) whose work focuses on the Middle East and North Africa Region to submit up to three photos which best capture their work. Winners of this contest will have their photos showcased on our website (http://www.mideastanthro.com), as well as our social media pages.
Announcements
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Hybrid Workshop July 25-29 |
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University of Chicago Center for Middle Eastern Studies has a podcast called “Ventures.” Each episode contains an interview with a person such as a scholar, musician, artist, or journalist on a topic related to the Middle East. |
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Announced by the University of Pittsburgh Join us for a panel discussion on issues of mental health, trauma, and resilience in the Middle East with Devin Atallah, Keren Friedman-Peleg, and Orkideh Behrouzan. Moderated by Behdad Bozorgnia. Co-sponsored by the Penn Center for Global Health |
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Islam has been an issue of discussion in U.S. politics. How do we talk about Islam, its place and relationship within the context of U.S. security? How does the language we use to describe Islam influence the way we imagine it? How is Islam constructed as a security issue? These and similar questions will be discussed in this event. |
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ACMCU is pleased to invite you to register for this Thursday's virtual book talk: Registration: ZOOM LINK |
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Applications to the 2022 SLI are now open! Please visit our program pages for the details, including dates, costs, scholarship opportunities in each out our ten languages. Prospective program participants are welcome to subscribe to our mailing list below or to email us directly at sliadmin@pitt.edu with your questions about the institute, our application process, or your individual situation and learning goals. |
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French citizens will be heading to the polls in April 2022 to vote for the country’s next president. Islamophobia appears to be a running theme throughout the views of many of the candidates, including current President Emmanuel Macron, centrist candidate Valérie Pécresse and far-right contenders Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour. |
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In this book talk, Dr. Hadia Mubarak, author of Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands: Controversies in Modern Qur’anic Commentaries explores the impact of modernity on three influential, Sunni Qurʾanic commentaries in the twentieth century and the ways in which colonialism, nationalism, and modernization set into motion new ways of engaging with the subject of women in the Qurʾan. |
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French citizens will be heading to the polls in April 2022 to vote for the country’s next president. Islamophobia appears to be a running theme throughout the views of many of the candidates, including current President Emmanuel Macron, centrist candidate Valérie Pécresse, and far-right contenders Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour. |
