NEWS & EVENTS
The Middle East Center at Penn sponsors and supports programs and initiatives across the disciplines and professional schools, and runs a dynamic outreach program in the Delaware Valley. Faculty and students at Penn are also active and prominent in the field of Middle East studies, making significant and highly regarded contributions to scholarly output in their areas of interest. We will continue to update news of the Center's activities and highlight the achievements of our faculty and students here.
Wednesday, October 1, Noon--CANCELLED
Persian Cultural Series
"Translating Post-Revolutionary Fiction"
Presenter: Dr. Paul Sprachman, Rutgers University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Location: Room 209 History Lounge, College Hall
For more information, please contact the Middle East Center at 215-898-6335
Sponsored by the Middle East Center
Thursday-Saturday, October 2-4
PaCIE Conference
"Pennsylvania Council for International Education-Annual Conference "
Location: State College, PA
Panels on the Globalizing the K-12 Classroom and Building an International Education. PaCIE has provided vital professional development and networking opportunities to the state's international educators and has been a constant voice to advocate for international education in the Commonwealth for 40 years. For more information please visit www.pacie.org.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center
Friday, October 3, 8 PM
Iranian Cultural Society of America - Youth Chapter
"October Meeting "
Poetry by Monir Shahpari, Lecture by Dr. Mark Brack, "Developing Mosque Architecture," Film Screening of "Iran: Seven Faces of Civilization" by Farzin Rezaeian. Persian delicacies will be served.
Location: Rosemont College, Lawrence Hall (1400 Montgomery Ave., Rosemont, PA 19010).
For more information, please visit the Iranian Cultural Society of America at www.shabahang.org.
Co-sponsored by the Iranian Cultural Society of America and the Middle East Center
Wednesday, October 8, 8 PM
Film Screening
"Persepolis "
Directed by Vincent Paronnaud and written by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
Location: Kelly Writer's House, 3805 Locust Walk
Co-sponsored by Penn Cinema and the Middle East Center
Friday, October 10, 4 PM
Public Lecture
"Towards a Pre-History of the Islamization of the Turks: A Re-reading of Ibn Fadlan's Rihla "
Speaker: Professor Reuven Amitai, Eliyahu Elath Chair for the History of the Muslim Peoples, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Location: Room 816, Williams Hall
For more information, please contact the Middle East Center at 215-898-6335
Co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Middle East Center
Thursday, October 16 to Saturday, October 18
Historians of Islamic Art Association Biennial Symposium
"Spaces & Visions"
Location: Day 1: The University, Rainey Auditorium; Days 2-3: Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
For application information, click here.
For more information, visit www.arthistory.upenn.edu/HIAA
Co-sponsored by Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Hussah Sabah Salem al-Sabah, Director General, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait, Turkish Cultural Foundation, Center for Ancient Studies at Penn, Department of Cinema Studies, Department of the History of Art, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Women's Studies, Middle East Center, and South Asia Center
Friday, October 17, 5PM
Reception for International Students & Scholars
Location: The Chinese Rotunda, Penn Museum
For more information, call (215) 898-4065/4066/4067 or email ic@museum.upenn.edu
For more information, click here.
Co-sponsored by the Penn Museum, the Middle East Center, and Many Others
Monday, October 20, Noon
A Book Talk
"A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire"
Speaker: Professor M. Sükrü Hanioglu, Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Chair in Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Program in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Location: Cohen Auditorium G17
This lecture is only open to Penn Faculty and Students.
Sponsored by the Middle East Center
Thursday, October 23, 7PM
A Public Lecture
"Torture and Democracy: What Now? "
Presenter: Dr. Darius Rejali, Reed College, Dept. of Political Science
Location: JMHH 265, Huntsman Hall (3730 Walnut Street)
For more information, please contact the Middle East Center at 215-898-6335
NOTE: If you plan to attend this event, please RSVP to Aaron Hagler at mec-ra@mec.sas.upenn.edu. Please note in your RSVP whether or not you have a PennCard.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center, the Humanist Association of Greater Philadelphia, and the Department of Political Science
Tuesday, October 28, Noon
Works-In-Progress Seminar
"A Borderline Case: Hybridity in the Beur (North African) Imagination"
Presenter: Dr. Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Villanova University, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures, Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies
Location: Room 219, College Hall
For more information, please contact the Middle East Center at 215-898-6335
Open to faculty and students of Penn and other area colleges only
Sponsored by the Middle East Center
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