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Speaker(s) / Presenter(s) Date
Distress Signals: Obama Lore and the New Normal Patricia A. Turner (UCLA)
“Panoramas, Periodicals, and Nineteenth-Century Commemoration.” Vance Byrd -
"The Uses of Blackness in Yugoslavia: Dimensions and Legacies of an Idea" Sunnie Rucker-Chang -
Race, Identity, and Equity in the Americas (in the Classroom and Beyond) Mini-Symposium Dr. Leni Ribeiro Leite, Universidade Federal do Espíríto Santo Vitoria, and Dr. Melissa Johnson, Southwestern University -
Interactive Discussion: "The Teatro del Barrio of Lavapiés and the Cultural Economy of Post-Crisis Madrid" Matthew Feinberg
Europe in Our Lives: Faculty Panel Discussion Anna Bryzski (Art History); Suzanne Pucci (French); Jeremy Popkin (History)
Year of Europe Film Screening: The Class (France) Presented by Professor Leon Sachs (French) -
“The Street is Ours”: Beirut Graffiti and the Art of Beautification, Commemoration & Social Critique." Nadine Sinno
Claudia Roden "Gefilte Fish and Couscous" Claudia Roden
Katherine Bullock “Women and Islam” Katherine Bullock
Mina Yazdani “Religious Diversity in Iran” Mina Yazdani
Religion, Identity and Competing Visions of Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia Professor Devin Deweese
“The Arab World and American Democracy” Dr. Jacob Berman -
“The Arab Spring: The Youth Revolts of the Arab World Aren't Over Juan Cole
Yousif Sheronik “Percussion of the Middle East” Yousif Sheronik
Tanya Habjouqa, Palestinian Photography
"Religion, Identity and Competing Visions of Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia" Devin Deweese
"The Israelite Samaritan Today: Past, Present and Looking to the Future." Benyamim (Benny) Tsedaka -
"My Father’s Paradise: How a Jewish Kid from Los Angeles Traveled to Wartime Iraq in Search of Roots, Identity and His Father's Improbable Life Story " Ariel Sabar
The Significance of Being First; Competing: Jewish and Arab Discourses Ilan Troen
“Democracy at Risk Around the World” with Amaney Jamal; co-sponsored by QPSIR Amaney Jamal -
“Islamist Thought and the Egyptian Revolution” Mohammad Fadel
"How US Policy on Palestine Contributes to the Impasse." Rashid Khalidi
UK Art Museum opening of the exhibit "Containing Culture: Art of the Middle East"
"Pilgrimage in a Tourist Age: The Case of Birthright Israel and the Shaping of Jewish Identity" Shaul Kelner