Past Events: 2007
JANUARY
Wednesday, January 17, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"Maimonides’ Theological Conservatism in His Later Writings: Possible Sources and Implications"
Charles Manekin, University of Maryland
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, January 17, 7 PM
"An Intimate Encounter: Jewish Culture under Islam in its Classical Age"
A lecture by Dr. Ross Brann, Cornell University and Adjunct Fellow, University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Location: PENN Center for Advanced Judaic Studies 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Program is free and open to the public.
Seating is limited: RSVPs required to Dr. Elsie Stern at erstern@sas.upenn.edu or 215-238-1290 ext. 507
Program co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and Middle East Center and made possible by a generous endowment from the Harry Stern Family Foundation
Thursday, January 18, 4 PM
The Seminar On Women And Islamic Law Presents:
"Modernizing The Islamic Woman For Iranian And International Audiences"
A lecture by Professor Camron Amin, Associate Professor of History, University of Michigan, Dearborn
Location: History Department Lounge, 209 College Hall, on Penn's campus
Sponsored by the Middle East Center
Tuesday, January 23, 12 Noon
The ME Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Presents:
"Colonial Visions: Spanish Views of Morocco, 1860-1920" Abstract
Erika Tapp, PhD Candidate in History of Art
Location: Williams Hall 816 ~ Pizza will be served
RSVP firat@sas.upenn.edu
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, January 24, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"‘The Best of Compositions’: Medieval Judeo-Arabic Descriptions of Biblical Structure and Their Possible Motivations"
Miriam Goldstein, Hebrew University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, January 24, 5 PM
Tenth Annual Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Lecture
"Defining the Karaites: Between Self-Perception and Scholarly Evaluation"
A Textual Seminar with Prof. Haggai Ben-Shammai, Department of Arabic,
Hebrew University
Location: College Hall 209
If you plan to attend the program, please read the study text beforehand. It is available through the CAJS website at http://www.cajs.upenn.edu/meyerhofflecturepaper.pdf
No RSVP required
Sponsored by the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, the History Department, the Middle East Center and the Jewish Studies Program.
POSTPONED: (new dateTBA)
Thursday, January 25, 12 Noon
Middle East Center presents:
Works-in-Progress Seminar
"Recruiting Wombs: Pronatalism and the Construction of Armenian Womanhood in late Ottoman Istanbul"
Presenter: Lerna Ekmekçioğlu, New York University
Discussant: Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Associate Professor of History, UPenn
Location: Williams Hall 816, 36th and Spruce St.
For a copy of the paper, contact: edwebb@sas.upenn.edu
Open to faculty and students of Penn and other area colleges only
Tuesday, January 30, 12 Noon
Solomon Asch Center Lunchtime Seminar
"Iraqi Kurdish Islamist Groups: A Challenge to Kurdish Nationalism?"
David Romano, Assistant Professor of International Studies, Rhodes College
Location: Solomon Asch Center - Suite 305 at St. Leonard's Court (39th & Chestnut Sts)
For more information: 215-898-3510
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center
Wednesday, January 31, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"New Paths of Transmission of Islamic Astronomy to Jews"
Robert Morrison, Whitman College
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
January 31 - February 4, 7 PM
Selections from The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 5th Edition
Free admission International House members (except Internationalist level); $5 Internationalist members, students & seniors, $7 general admission
For more information see the International House website
Presented by International House in conjunction with Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and co-sponsored by the Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethno-political Conflict, the Greenfield Intercultural Center and the Middle East Center
FEBRUARY
Tuesday, February 6, 12 Noon
Solomon Asch Center Lunchtime Seminar
"The Rise and Fall of the Islamic Courts in Somalia"
Dr. Lee Cassanelli, Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Asch Center, Suite 305, St. Leonard's Court (39th and Chestnut Sts)
Please feel free to bring your lunch.
For more information, contact Roy Eidelson
Co-sponsored by the Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict,
the Middle East Center and the African Studies Center
Open to the Penn community only
Wednesday, Feburary 7, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"The Duties of the Hearts – from Christianity via Islam to Medieval Jewish Pietists"
Sara Sviri, Hebrew University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, February 7, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"An Arabesque Scripture: How Islam Changed The Way We Look At The Bible"
Dr. Mirian Goldstein, Hebrew University
Location: Main Line Reform Temple, 410 Montgomery Ave, Wynnewood
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Main Line Reform Temple, the Kehillah of Lower Merion, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Friday, February 9, 9:30 AM
Middle East Center Symposium
"Cosmopolitan Egypt"
"Sex Orgies, A Marauding Prince, and Other Urban Myths about Gulf Tourism in Egypt" ~ Lisa Wynn, Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University
"Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt" ~ Deborah Starr, Assistant Professor, Department of Near East Studies, Cornell University
"Egyptian Politics Today: The Mubarak Regime and the Muslim Brotherhood" ~ Samer Shehata, Assistant Professor of Arab Politics, Georgetown University
Moderator: Eve Troutt Powell, Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Room 209, College Hall, on Penn's campus
Continental breakfast served from 9:00 AM
To RSVP and for further information, contact edwebb@sas.upenn.edu
Co-sponsored by the African Studies Center at Penn
Friday & Saturday, February 9 -10, 8 PM
Yuri Lane: From Tel Aviv to Ramallah ~ Performance in the Present Tense
Hip-hop performance at The Painted Bride Center
Tickets: Non-members: $25; Members: $12.50
For more information and tickets visit the Painted Bride website
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center
Wednesday, Feburary 14, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"The Poetics of Jewish Political Legitimacy in the Medieval Islamic World"
Jonathan Decter, Brandeis University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, February 14, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"Maimonides, Moderation, and Religious Extremism"
Dr. Charles Manekin, University of Maryland
Location: Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, 1001 Remington Rd., Wynnewood
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, the Kehillah of Lower Merion, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Tuesday, February 20, 12 Noon
The ME Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Presents:
"Old Pleasures, New Pleasures - Opium and the Modernization of Iran " Abstract
Rami Regavim, PhD Candidate in History
Location: Williams Hall 816 ~ Pizza will be served.
RSVP firat@sas.upenn.edu
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Tuesday, February 20, 12 - 1:30 PM
Solomon Asch Center Lunchtime Seminar
"Turkey, Kurds and the US's Iraqi Conundrum "
Dr. Henri Barkey, Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University
Location: Asch Center, Suite 305, St. Leonard's Court (39th and Chestnut Sts.)
Please feel free to bring your lunch.
For more information, contact Roy Eidelson
Co-sponsored by the Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict,
the Middle East Center and the African Studies Center
Open to the Penn community only
Wednesday, Feburary 21, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"Writing the History of Karaite Philosophy"
Daniel Lasker, Ben-Gurion University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, February 21, 7 PM
Penn Russian Jewish Network presents:
Film Screening and Director-led Discussion ~ "Dark Night" (click for info)
The film is 30 minutes with English subtitles throughout. A discussion with the director, Leonid Prudovsky, will follow.
Location: Huntsman Hall, Room 255, 38th and Walnut St.
For further information contact penn.russian.jewish.network@gmail.com
Cosponsored by the Middle East Center and the SAS Cinema Studies Program
Wednesday, February 21, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"What Jews Should Know about Islam"
Dr. Robert Morrison, Whitman College
Location: Adath Israel, 250 N. Highland Ave., Merion Station
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Adath Israel, the Kehillah of Lower Merion, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Thursday, February 22, 12 Noon
Middle East Center presents:
Works-in-Progress Seminar
"Digging Up the Past to Contest the Present: Politics and Archaeology in Jerusalem's Old City"
Presenter: Marc Ross, Bryn Mawr College
Discussant: Benjamin Porter, Dept. of Anthropology, UPenn
Location: Class of '55 Conference Room, Second Floor, Van Pelt Library
Participants are welcome to bring lunch.
For a copy of the paper, contact: edwebb@sas.upenn.edu
Open to faculty and students of Penn and other area colleges only
Thursday, February 22, 3 PM
"Observations on Federal, State, and Local Collaboration in Fighting Terrorism"
Presenter: Nadav Morag, PhD, Center for Homeland Defence and Security; Chair, Dept. of Political Science, University of Judaism
Location: McNeil Social Science Building, Suite 483 (3718 Locust Walk, Penn Campus)
RSVP by Wed, Feb 20, Noon to: academia@philadelphia.mfa.gov.il, attn: Lou Balcher
Cosponsored by UPenn's Department of Criminology, the Middle East Center, and the Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia
Sunday, February 25, 7 PM
The Tabadol Project - film with live score
Philadelphia composer Gene Coleman with Lebanese musicians and artists Raed Yassin, Christine Sehnaoui, Mazen Kerbaj, Sharif Sehnaoui and Ziad El Ahmadie
Presented by International House: $8 members; $10 general admission
For more information see the International House website
A production of Soundfield, NFP. Major funding for the Tabadol Project is provided by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State and The Kennedy Center in Washington DC. With support from the Middle East Center.
Tuesday, February 27, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"Muslim Rulers and Their Non-Muslim Subjects: Between Tolerance
and Suppression"
Dr. Milka Levy-Rubin, Hebrew University
Location: Or Hadash: A Reconstructionist Congregation, 190 Camp Hill Rd.,
Fort Washington
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Or Hadash, Kehillah of Bux-Mont, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Wednesday, Feburary 28, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"‘Grains and Greens’: Tracing the Evolution of Shi’i Restrictions on the Food of Non-Muslims"
David Freidenreich, Columbia University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, March 8, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"Food, Fellowship and Foreigners: Who You Aren't Supposed to Eat With and Why in Judaism, Christianity and Islam"
Dr. David Freidenreich, Columbia University
Location: Urh Library at Temple Beth Sholom, 1901 Kresson Rd., Cherry Hill
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by South Jersey Jewish Librarians' Council, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Wednesday, March 14, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"Did Muhammad Keep Court?"
Dr. Michael Cook, Princeton University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Thursday March 15, 4:30 PM
A Public Lecture
"The Gendering of Death in the Islamic World in the 10th Century"
Nadia El-Cheikh, Professor of History at the American University in
Beirut and Visiting Professor at Harvard University
Location: History Department Lounge, College Hall Room 209 , University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored by the Middle East Center, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the Department of Religious Studies
Thursday, March 15, 5 PM
The Middle East Center & the Huntsman Program in International Studies present a public lecture:
"Are We Trapped in the War on Terror?"
Marking the publication of Trapped in the War on Terror
Featuring author Ian Lustick, Professor of Political Science at UPenn
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room 355 (38th and Walnut)
Reception and book-signing follow at the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business-Student Lounge, 3732 Locust Walk (across from Jon M. Huntsman Hall)
Tuesday, March 20, 12 Noon
The ME Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Presents:
"Qur'ânic Orality: The Implications Of Audience And Performance On Qur'ânic Meaning" Abstract
Adnan Zulfiqar, PhD Candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Location: Williams Hall 816 ~ Pizza will be served.
RSVP firat@sas.upenn.edu
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, March 21, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"Women Slave-Concubines in Jewish Households in the Ottoman Period"
Yaron Ben-Naeh, Hebrew University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, March 21, 6:45 PM
A Public Discussion:
"Islamic Extremism: Are Israel and the West Dealing with Another War?"
Haim Koren (Klein), Director of Middle East 1 Division, Center of Political Research at the Ministry of Foreign Affaris in Jerusalem.
Location: Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethno-political Conflict, UPenn,
St. Leonard's Court, 3819-33 Chestnut St.
Light refreshments will be served, RSVP academia@philadelphia.mfa.gov.il
Presented in cooperation with the Solomon Asch Center, the Middle East Center, and Young Jewish Leadership Concepts
Thursday, March 22, 12 Noon (Postponed from January 25)
Middle East Center presents:
Works-in-Progress Seminar
"Recruiting Wombs: Pronatalism and the Construction of Armenian Womanhood in late Ottoman Istanbul"
Presenter: Lerna Ekmekçioğlu, New York University
Discussant: Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Associate Professor of History, UPenn
Location: Williams Hall 816, 36th and Spruce
For a copy of the paper, contact: edwebb@sas.upenn.edu
Open to faculty and students of Penn and other area colleges only
Thursday, March 22, 6 PM
Philomathean Annual Oration:
"The Shi'a Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape The Future"
Dr. Vali Nasr, Senior Research Fellow for Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations & Professor of Middle East and South Asia Politics at the Naval Postgraduate School
Location: Logan Hall, Room 17 (36th & Spruce Sts.)
Reception to follow.
Co-sponsored by The Philomathean Society, SPEC Connaissance, The Office of the Provost, the History Department, the Near Eastern Languages & Cultures Department, and the Middle East Center
Thursday, March 22, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"What Jews Should Know about Islam"
Dr. Robert Morrison, Whitman College
Location: Bell Library, Katz Educational Center, Appel Campus of Congregation Beth El, 8000 Main St., Voorhees
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by South Jersey Jewish Librarians' Council, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Thursday, March 22 - Saturday, March 24
Middle East Film Festival - A Showcase of Syrian Cinema
Location: International House, 3701 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Free admission for IHouse members, $5 Internationalist members, students and seniors, $7 general admission
For a complete schedule visit: http://www.ihousephilly.org/syriancinema.htm
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center
Saturday, March 24, 9 - 3 PM
Workshop for K-12 Teachers
"Iran: Ancient and Modern"
Featuring: Dr. Ayse Gursan-Salzmann, University of Pennsylvania Museum; Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi, Rutgers University and President, American Iranian Council; Meresedeh Moshfeghi, Pharm. D.; and Dr. Pardis Minuchehr, Penn. This workshop will include: four presentations; resource materials; Middle Eastern food; door prizes; Act 48 credit and much more!
Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum, Classroom II, 3260 South St.
Cost: $25
To register, please contact Amanda Ciaccio at 215-898-4016 or email ciaccio@sas.upenn.edu
Co-sponsored by the Museum's Education Department, the Middle East Center, and the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Monday, March 26, 8 PM
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and Arts in Community Program at Tyler School of Art, Temple University present:
"In The Crossing"
Written and performed by: Leila Buck, NYC-based Lebanese-American performer.
A storytelling performance: When a Lebanese-American woman brings her Jewish husband to Lebanon for the first time, their visit is interrupted by Israeli bombardment and the two face a series of choices and contradictions between family, responsibility, war and love.
Location: Kiva Auditorium, Temple University, Ritter Hall Annex, 13th St & Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Free for Temple Students with ID, $5 for others.
Co-sponsored by Jewish Studies, Temple University Department of Religion, Greenfield Intercultural Center, Penn Arab Student Society, American Friends Services Committee, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Philadelphia Chapter, and the Middle East Center
Monday, March 26, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"Maimonides: The Man and His Thought"
Dr. Charles Manekin, University of Maryland
Location: Sanders Memorial Library at the Betty and Milton Katz JCC,
1301 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by South Jersey Jewish Librarians' Council, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Tuesday, March 27, 5:30 PM
UPenn Turkish Student Association presents a seminar and discussion:
"New challenges for Turkey and Turkish-American Relations"
Presenter: Dr. Şahin Alpay
Professor of Turkish Politics, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul and columnist for Zaman & Today's
Zaman
Reception begins 5:30 PM and the seminar at 6:00 PM
Location: Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, Room 107
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center
Tuesday, March 27, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"What Jews Should Know about Islam"
Dr. David Freidenreich, Columbia University
Location: Congregation Or Ami, 708 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Congregation Or Ami, Kehillah of Bux-Mont, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Wednesday, March 28, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"Literary, Polemical and Pictorial Features of Imrani’s Judeo-Persian Epic, Fath-namah (15th cent.)"
Vera Moreen, Independent Scholar
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, March 28, 4:30 PM
The Middle East Center presents a public lecture:
"Gulf Monarchies in Transition: Democratic Reform or Authoritarian Modernization?"
Steffen Hertog, Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton Environmental Institute
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room 250 (38th and Walnut Streets)
For more information contact: Ed Webb
Co-sponsored by the Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business and the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies
Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 PM
Public Lecture
"The Elite Slaves of Slavs: Turks in the Princely Service of Ancient Rus'"
Oleksander Halenko, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Political and
Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Location: College Hall History Lounge, RM 209
Contact: rholod@sas.upenn.edu
Co-Sponsorerd by The Middle East Center, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of History, and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Wednesday, April 5, 1 PM
Bryn Mawr College, Middle East Studies Initiative presents
"Hebrew Language and Israeli Literature: An introduction"
Prof. Nili Gold, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Bryn Mawr College, Carpenter B21
Supported by the Middle East Center
Tuesday, April 10, 6 PM
Penn Arab Student Society presents
"Iraq in Fragments"
An Academy Award-nominated documentary film shedding light on the contrasting perspectives of three different Iraqis - a Kurd, a Shiite Sadrist, and an 11 year-old Sunni orphan - regarding the US presence in Iraq, the consequences of the war, and the future of Iraq.
Location: Huntsman Hall, 38th and Walnut, room 265
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and the Penn Cinema Studies
Department
Wednesday, April 11, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"Epistolary Culture: Merchant Letters from the Cairo Genizah and Their Context in the Medieval Mediterranean"
Jessica Goldberg, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Thursday, April 12, 12 Noon
The Seminar On Women And Islamic Law presents
"En-Gendering Nationalism In Kurdistan: Women and Kurdish Nationalism at the Turn of Two Centuries”
Professor Janet Klein, University of Akron
Location: History Lounge, College Hall, Room 209
Middle Eastern lunch and refreshments.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center
Thursday, April 12, 8:30 PM
Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Music Concert program presents:
Miriam Merghani performing "Mediterranean Dialogues"
Original arrangements of traditional music from around the Mediterranean
Location: Howard Prince Theater, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts,
3680 Walnut St
Tickets: $20, $10 with Penn ID ~ call 215-898-3900
Part of the 2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies, co-sponsored by the Middle East Center
Friday, April 13, 11:15 AM
Sakhna presents
"Kyrgyz Epic Songs"
Members of Sakhna present epic songs and traditional music played on Kyrgyz folk instruments.
Location: Community College of Philadelphia, BG-10 (Large Auditorium)
Co-sponsored by the Yara Arts Group and the Middle East Center
Monday, April 16, 11:30 AM
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia in cooperation with the Middle East Center present:
A Lunchtime Lecture and Booksigning
"The U.S. and Iraq: An Insider’s View on What Lies Ahead"
Ali A. Allawi, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq
Location: Union League of Philadelphia, 140 S. Broad Street
Program includes: 11:30 am Registration and cash bar reception, 12:00 pm Luncheon, 12:45 pm Program, 1:45 pm Book-signing (The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace)
Luncheon and program: Member $60; Non-members, $70. Program only: Members $20; Non-members $25. Full-time students FREE with valid ID (based on availability). Business attire required.
Reservations required: call the World Affairs Council at 215.561.4700, or click here for more information and to register online.
Monday, April 16, 5 PM
Middle East Center Presents a Public Lecture:
"The Origins of Jihad"
Professor Chase F. Robinson, Oriental Institute, Oxford University
Location: Griski Room, Houston Hall 311, 34th and Spruce Streets
Monday, April 16, 7 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"Reshaping Judaism: Jews in the Medieval Islamic World"
Dr. Menahem Ben Sasson, Hebrew University, Member of Israeli Knesset
Location: Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, 300 S. 18th St., Philadelphia
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, Kehillah of Center City, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Wednesday, April 18, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"Shi’i Readings of Jewish Scriptures in Eighteenth-Century Iran"
Daniel Tsadik, Hebrew University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Wednesday, April 18, 12 Noon
Penn International Law Association presents
Special Briefing on International Law and Terrorism
Prof. Amos Guiora, Case Western Reserve University
Location: Tannenbaum 253, University of Pennsylvania Law School (3400 Chestnut St)
RSVP by Tuesday, April 17, 3 PM to academia@philadelphia.mfa.gov.il
Co-sponsored by Penn Law School, Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia, and the Middle East Center
Thursday, April 19, 5:30 PM - 8:15 PM, & Friday, April 20, 9 AM - 5:15 PM
First Annual Penn Global Development Initiative Forum:
"The University As An Agent Of Global Change"
Keynote speakers:
Timothy Unwin, University of London, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D;
Wadi Haddad, World Bank, Former Deputy Secretary;
Vanessa Tobin, UNICEF, Deputy Director of Programs
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 38th and Walnut Sts.
The Spring GDI Forum is designed primarily for the Penn community to discuss how to create new synergies across global development issues on campus. A full program and online registration are available at: www.gdi.upenn.edu
Co-sponsored by Office of International Programs, Graduate School of Education, School of Social Policy and Practice, International Literacy Institute, School of Nursing, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, South Asia Center, African Studies Center, Center for East Asian Studies, and the Middle East Center.
Friday, April 20, 8 AM
Center for Global Communication Studies Symposium
"Beyond Media Censorship: Speech and State in the Middle East"
Location: Annenberg School for Communication, RM 300
Open to Penn community only
Entrance is free, but RSVP to Sylvie Beauvais
In conjunction with the Middle East Center and Annenberg's Scholars Program in Culture and
Communication
Saturday, April 21, 8 PM
Turkish-American Friendship Society of the United States, Turkish Cultural Foundation, and the Middle East Center present:
Music of the Ottoman Court and Contemporary Art Music
Concert by Ayca Yesim, voice soloist, with virtuoso oud accompaniment
Location: Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Tickets: $20 at the door, $15 for TAFSUS members, $10 students with ID
For more information visit www.mirrorofbeauty.com/turkishconcert
Monday, April 23, 3:30 PM
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies presents:
"Adoption in Late Antiquity and Early Islam: The Zayd Affair"
Prof. David S. Powers, Cornell University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Monday, April 23, 6:30 PM
Public lecture:
"The War of Ideas: Jihadism vs. Democracy"
Prof. Walid Phares, Florida Atlantic University
Location: Stiteler Hall, Room B-21 - 208 South 37th St, between Walnut and Locust
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Forum Club, the Political Science Department, and the Middle East Center
Tuesday, April 24, 7 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"What Jews Should Know about Islam"
Dr. David Freidenreich, Columbia University
Location: Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad St., Philadelphia
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Kehillah of Center City, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Wednesday, April 25, 12 Noon
Seminar Series: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2006-2007 ~ Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Life Under Caliphs and Sultans
"Pietism and Politics – Can They Go Together? The Medieval Egyptian Sufi Case"
Menahem Ben Sasson, Hebrew University
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
RSVP to allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
Fellowship program organized with the cooperation of the Middle East Center
Open to Penn faculty and students only
Thursday, April 26, 5 PM
Pennsylvania Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty and Middle East Center present:
"Religion and Politics in Islam: Realities and Stereotypes"
A round-table discussion of Islam with an emphasis on Iran and Iraq
Featuring: Marhmoud Ayoub, Temple University; Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University; Phebe Marr, National Defense University; Moderator: Thomas Naff, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Wu-Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall - enter from 34th St on south side of Bennet Hall
Open to the public. Refreshments available from 4:30 PM
For more information: www.upenn.edu/emeritus
Thursday, April 26, 8 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"The Jews of Iran"
Dr. Daniel Tzadik, Hebrew University
Location: Congregation Kol Ami, 8201 High School Rd., Elkins Park
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Congregation Kol Ami, Kehillah of Old York Road, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Friday, April 27, 8:30 PM
A concert of Persian-Urdu World Music
Niyaz
Location: Trocadero Theatre, 10th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia
All ages welcome, 21+ with ID to drink. Tickets $16 in advance thorough Ticketmaster
For more information: Niyaz
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center, The Philadelphia Persian Society, and Asleep By Dawn Magazine
Mondays, May 7, 14, and 21, 7 - 8:30 PM
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Mini-Course
"Jewish Life under Caliphs and Sultans"
Location: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, 420 Walnut St
Cost: $75 ~ To register or for more information: 215-238-1290, ext 507
Part of the 2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies, co-sponsored by the Middle East Center
Tuesday, May 8, 7 PM
2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies presents:
"Between Cooperation and Conflict: Jewish-Muslim Relations
in the Middle Ages"
Dr. Jessica Goldberg, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Society Hill Synagogue, 418 Spruce St., Philadelphia
Free and open to the public. For more information contact Dr. Elsie Stern at 215-238-1290, ext 507
Co-sponsored by Society Hill Synagogue, Kehillah of Center City, Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Middle East Center
Monday, May 14, 6 PM
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology presents:
"Archeological Updates: What is Happening Today in Iraq and Afghanistan"
Dr. Richard Zettler, University of Pennsylvania/Penn Museum
Dr. Fredrik Heibert, National Geographic Society
Location: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia
Free Lecture. For registration and more information please contact the Museum Events Office
or call 215-898-2680.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and the Center for Ancient Studies
Friday, May 25 - Sunday, May 27
Sudan Studies Association - 26th Annual Conference
Location: Houston Hall, 34th & Spruce
Free admission for Penn students. For registration and complete schedule,
please go to the Sudan Studies Association Website.
Hosted by the Center for African Studies; co-sponsored by the Middle East Center, the Program for Global Communication Studies at Annenberg and others
JUNE
Monday, June 25 - Friday, June 29
The Middle East Center, African Studies Center, South Asia Center, and Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania present:
2007 Summer Institute for Middle & High School Teachers
"The Arts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East: An Exploration of Art, Music, Theatre and Film"
Location: TBA
For an application, visit our outreach page.
For more information, contact Nicole Riley or call 215-573-8367.
JULY
Wednesday, July 18, 10:30 AM
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
and Al-Bustan Seeds of culture present:
"An Andalusian Summer Night"
A Musical collaboration of Twelve Philadelphia Artists
Location: Rainey Auditorium at Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA
Admission: $15 adults; $10 students with ID. To purchase tickets in advance, call 215-898-2680
or online at http://www.museum.upenn.edu/andalusian.
Co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center, Greenfield Intercultural Center, and Department of Romance Languages; and Asociacion de Musicos Latino Americanos (AMLA).
AUGUST
Wednesday, August 1, 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology presents:
Religion, Deities and Power Hungry Queens in Ancient Egypt
A Teachers' Workshop at the Museum
Location: Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelpha, PA
Fee: $40 (Middle Eastern lunch included)
Attendance qualifies for NJ Teacher's Certification and Pennsylvania Act 48 credits.
For more details about the workshop and registration info go to Penn Museum Teacher Workshops
Cosponsored by the Middle East Center of the University of Pennsylvania and Camden County College
SEPTEMBER
Monday, September 17, 12 PM
Middle East Lecture Series
"Questioning 'Islamofascism': Egyptian Representations of Fascism and Nazism, 1933-1945"
A talk by Prof. Israel Gershoni, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University
Location: College Hall 209, History Lounge (3450 Woodland Walk)
For more information, contact 215-898-6335.
Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Middle East Center.
Tuesday, September 25, 4:30-6 PM
Penn's World's Fair 2007: International Development
Location: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (3417 Spruce Street)
For more information visit their website here.
Co-sponsored by Office of International Programs, Middle East Center, and others.
Wednesday, September 26, 12 PM
Works-in-Progress Seminar
"Liberated Bodies, Saved Souls: Missionaries and Freed Slaves in Egypt"
Presenter: Prof. Beth Baron, Department of History, CUNY
Discussant: Prof. Eve Troutt Powell, Department of History, UPenn
Location: 219 College Hall (3450 Woodland Walk)
For a copy of the paper, contact tapp@sas.upenn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and the African Studies Center.
Open to faculty and students of Penn and other area colleges only.
Wednesday, September 26, 5-8 PM
Multicultural Youth eXchange
"Y PHILLY / Y TURKEY - Youth Identity Murals"
Reception for they leave Philadelphia for their permanent homes in Turkey. Featuring live Turkish music by Baris Kaya.
Location: International House (3701 Chestnut St.)
For more information, visit the MYX website here, or contact contact Faye Kendall faye@myxworld.org at 215-923-1415, ext 2.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center, and Arts for Anyone.
Saturday, September 29, 12:30-4:30 PM
PaCIE Post-Conference K-12 Workshop on Islam and Politics
"Teaching about Islam and Politics in the Middle East: A Comparative Overview of Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia"
Presenters: Prof. David Commins, Dickinson College; Haroon Moghul, Columbia University; Prof. Ed Webb, Dickinson College; Prof. Mehdi Noorbaksh, Harrisburg University
Location: Heritage Room, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harrisburg
Cost: $30 (includes lunch)
For more information visit the PaCIE website here.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and South Asia Center.
OCTOBER
Monday, October 1, 5 PM (reception to follow)
Middle East Folklore and Folklife Series
“In Quest of a Narrative -- An Ethnography in a Israeli Kibbutz"
Presenter: Dr. Haya Bar-Itzhak, University of Haifa, currently a
Fulbright Scholar at Penn State University, Harrisburg
Location: Moose Room, Fiji House (3619 Locust Walk)
For more information, contact linda.lee@mindspring.com
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Program in Folklore and Folklife, the Jewish Studies Program, and the Middle East Center.
Friday, October 5, 1:30-3 PM
The Second Annual Nearing Award for the Advancement of Social and Political Issues in the Face of Institutional Resistance Presentation
"Blogging as a Challenge to the Academy"
Presenter: Prof. Juan Cole, Modern Middle East and South Asia History, University of Michigan
Location: The Foum in Stiteler Hall (208 South 37th St.)
For more information, contact Sarah Salwen at sfsalwen@sas.upenn.edu
Sponsored by the Political Science Graduate Student Organization with the co-sponsorship of GAPSA, South Asia Center, Department of Policital Science, Center for International Politics, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the Middle East Center.
The event is open Penn students, faculty, and staff. Penn ID required.
Monday, October 8, 12 PM
Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Colloquium
"Activist vs. Quietist Ayatullahs? Correcting Misrepresentations by a Comparative Textual Analysis of 'Ali al-Sistani and Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah"
Presenter: Robert Riggs, Ph.D. candidate, NELC
Location: Williams Hall 816 (255 S. 36th Street)
Pizza lunch will be served, RSVP requested.
For more information and to RSVP, contact tapp@sas.upenn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Monday, October 8, 12-1:30 PM
Annenberg Lunchtime lecture and discussion
"Alternative Media in the Arab World"
Presenters: Daoud Kuttab, founder AmmanNet; Yahia Shukeir, Editor at the Jordanian
Alarab Alyawm; Prof. Marwan M. Kraidy, Annenberg School for Communications
Location: Room 500 Annenberg School for
Communication (3620 Walnut Street)
For more information and to RSVP (by October 4th), contact lmorgan@asc.upenn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Annenberg School's Center for Global Communication Studies and the Middle East Center.
Wednesday, October 17, 12 PM
Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Power-Sharing in Deeply Divided Places
"After Iraq: Cleaning Up After America's Biggest
Foreign Policy Mistake"
Presenter: Ambassador Peter Galbraith
Location: 240A Silverman Hall, UPenn Law School (3400 Chestnut St.)
For more information, contact Stephan Stohler at sstohler@sas.upenn.edu
Presented by the Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict, and
co-sponsored by the Middle East Center.
Sunday, October 21 –Sunday, October 27
Muslim Student Association at Penn
Islam Awareness Week: Celebration of Eid and Islamic Culture
There will be several events and lectures throughout the week. For more information visit the MSA website here.
Co-sponsored by the Greenfield Intercultural Center, Center for Spirituality and the Mind, South Asia Center, Department of Political Science, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Annenberg School for Communication, GAPSA, SPEC, T-Change, the Chaplain's Office, VPUL, and the Middle East Center, all at the University of Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, October 24, 5PM
Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia: Past, Present, and Future Lecture Series
“Imperial Jumble: Buddhists, Muslims, Adherents to the old Rite, Orthodox, and Scientists”
Presenter: Stephen Kotkin, Professor of History, Princeton University, Director of Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies
Location: Logan Hall, Room 402 (249 S. 36th St.)
For more information, contact the Middle East Center at 215-898-6335
Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, Department of History, and the Middle East Center.
Thursday-Friday, October 25-26
The Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
"Gender, War, and Militarism: An International Conference"
Location: Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St.)
For more information, visit the conference website here.
Sponsored by the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality & the Women's Studies Program, with co-sponsorship from The Middle East Center, the Annenberg School, Greenfield Intercultural Center, the African Studies Center, the Penn Women's Center, the English Department, the History Department, the LGBT Center, the Political Science Department, the Anthropology Department, the History and Sociology of Science Department, and distinguished alumnae, Gloria Allred, CW'63, and Andrea C. Roberts, C'77, G'77.
Monday, October 29, 7 PM
Middle East Film and Pizza Night
Screening of the Documentary Pickles and Discussion with the Director, Dalit Kimor
Location: Penn Hillel (215 S. 39th St.)
For information, read the filmaker notes here.
To RSVP or to find out more information about the event, call 215-546-5556 x512 or email academy@philadelphia.mfa.gov.il
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center, Penn Israel Cultural Commettee, Jewish Studies Program, Penn Dialogue Group, International House -Philadelphia, and the Consulate General of Israel.
Tuesday, October 30, 12 PM
Women and Islamic Law Seminar
"Islamic Law and Feminist Legal Theory: Raising (Im)Pertinent Questions"
Presenter: Prof. Judith E. Tucker, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Location: History Lounge, College Hall 209 (3450 Woodland Walk)
For more information, contact the Middle East Center at 215-898-6335.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and the Women's Studies Program.
Tuesday, October 30, 4 PM
Middle East Lecture Series
"Divided We Live, Together We Die: Peacebuilding and Separatism in the
Southern Sudan"
Presenter: Oystein Rolandsen, researcher at the Institute for Peace Research in
Oslo, and author of "Guerrilla Government: Political Changes in the
Southern Sudan in the 1990s"
Location: Irvine Auditorium, Green Room (3401 Spruce St.)
For more information, contact the Middle East Center at 215-898-6335.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center, African Studies Center, and the Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict.
NOVEMBER
Monday, November 5, 12 PM
Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Colloquium
"Narrative Meets Legal Exegesis: The Hermeneutical Principles of
Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1272)"
Presenter: Ludmila Zamah, Ph.D. candidate, Religious Studies
Location: Williams Hall 816 (255 S. 36th Street)
Pizza lunch will be served, RSVP requested.
For more information and to RSVP, contact tapp@sas.upenn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Tuesday, November 6, 4:30 PM
Jewish Studies Kutchin Faculty Seminar Series and Book-Signing
"City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa"
Presenter: Adam LeBor, journalist for the Times of London, The Economist, New York Times
Location: Golkin Room (2nd floor), Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St.)
For more information, contact Chrissy Walsh chwalsh@ccat.sas.upenn.edu.
Part of the Jewish Studies Kutchin Faculty Seminar Series, and co-sponsored by the Middle East Center.
Wednesday, November 7, 12 PM
Women and Islamic Law Seminar
"Gender and Criminal Law in Jordan"
Presenter: Prof. Catherine Warrick, Department of Political Science,
Villanova University
Location: History Lounge, College Hall 209 (3450 Woodland Walk)
For more information, contact the Middle East Center at 215-898-6335.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and the Women's Studies Program.
Wednesday, November 7, 6 PM
Public Lecture and Book-Signing
Author Adam LeBor discusses his new book Complicity with Evil: The United Nations in the Age of Modern Genocide
Location: Irvine Auditorium, Room G7 (3401 Spruce St.)
For more information, contact 215 898 6449, or visit the African Studies Center.
Co-sponsored by the African Studies Center, Middle East Center, Penn Program in International Relations, and Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict.
Thursday, November 8, 5:30 PM (Happy hour) 6:30 PM (Dinner)
UNESCO 2007 International Year of Rumi (click here for more information)
Special Evening at Konak Turkish Restaurant with Music, Poetry, and Special Menu
Location: Konak Restaurant, 228 Vine St., Philadelphia
Cost: $30 for prix fixe dinner; drinks $2-4. Seating is limited. Reservations are being accepted on a first come, first serve basis, until November 4.
Call Wallis Urmenhayzi at 215-222-8927 to reserve seats.
For more information and directions, contact Konak Turkish Resaurant at 215-592-1212 or info@konakturkishrestaurant.com
Sponsored by Turkish American Friendship
Society - US, and co-sponsored by the Middle East Center.
Saturday, November 10, 10 AM-3 PM
Workshop for K-12 Teachers
"Cruise the Nile through History: Explore Ancient and Modern Egypt "
Location: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (3260 South Street)
Cost: There is a $30 cost for this program (lunch is included.) Please make checks payable to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Attendance qualifies for NJ Professional Development Credits and PA Act 48 Credits.
For more information, contact the Education Department at the Penn Museum at 215-898-4015 or visit their website here.
Co-sponsored by the Education Department at the University Museum, the Middle East Center, and Camden County College.
Monday, November 12, 5 PM
Middle East Folklore and Folklife Series
"Authentic Folklorism: Israeli Folk Dancing in Israel and in America"
Presenter: Dr. Dina Roginsky, Posen Fellow, Jewish Studies Program, University of Toronto
Location: Moose Room, Fiji House (3619 Locust Walk)
For more information, contact linda.lee@mindspring.com
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Program in Folklore and Folklife, the Jewish Studies Program, and the Middle East Center.
Wednesday, November 14, 12 PM
Works-in-Progress Seminar
"Middle Eastern Americans: Immigration Patterns, Characteristics, and Identities "
Presenters: Prof. Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Co-Director, Middle East and Middle
Eastern American Center (MEMEAC) at the Graduate Center at CUNY; Prof.
Anny Bakalian, Associate Director of MEMEAC.
Discussant: Dr. Tom Ricks, independent scholar
Location: 209 College Hall, History Lounge (3450 Woodland Walk)
For a copy of the paper, contact tapp@sas.upenn.edu.
Sponsored by the Middle East Center and the South Asia Center.
Open to faculty and students of Penn and other area colleges only.
Wednesday, November 14, 12:20 PM
International Music Initiative Program at the Community College of
Philadelphia
Middle Eastern Drumming and Belly Dancing, A Performance and
Demonstration by the Mid-East Ensemble
Location: BG-10 (large auditorium), Community College of Philadelphia (1700 Spring Garden St.)
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center at UPenn, Student Life Center at CCP, Music Department of CCP, and Audio Visual Services at CCP.
Wednesday, November 14, 4:30 PM
Middle East Lecture Series
"Islamic Hospitals in Tenth-century Baghdad: Between Tradition and Innovation"
Presenter: Prof. Peter E. Pormann, University of Warwick and American University of Cairo
Location: 402 Logan Hall (249 S. 36th St.)
For more information, contact the Middle East Center at
215-898-6335.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the Department of Classical Studies.
Wednesday, November 28, 12 PM
Issues in Contemporary East Asia
"The Welfare State or Faith? Explaining Weak Islamist Mobilization in Malaysia"
A talk by Kikue Hamayotsu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
Location: The Forum in Stiteler Hall (208 S. 37th Street)
For more information, contact nriley@sas.upenn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Political Science Department and the Middle East Center.
DECEMBER
Saturday, December 1, 6:30 PM
Middle East Poetry Slam
"The Arab Born Identity - Spoken Word Poetry Night" A presentation of poets/spoken word artists/activists on Arab women, contemporary politics, civil liberties, war and peace, and more.
Location: Terrace Room, Logan Hall (249 S. 36th St.)
For more information, click here, or contact miriams@seas.upenn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Penn Arab Student Society, Department of Near East
Languages and Civilizations, Penn Students for Justice in Palestine, and the Middle East Center.
Sunday, December 2, 1:30-4 PM
Penn Museum's Free Holiday Family Celebration
Peace Around the World - A Holiday Passport to Cultures, Learn about Holiday Traditions around the World
Location: Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (3260 South Street)
For more information, click here, email DESHMUKH@sas.upenn.edu , or call 215-898-4890.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center, Center for East Asian Studies,
and the Museum's Women's Committee.
Sunday, December 2, 3-5 PM
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture's Annual Celebration and Fundraiser
Activities, art demonstrations and displays, dessert and refreshments, and
dance and music featuring Sudanese singer, Alsarah and the Al-Bustan
Percussion Ensemble
Location: Hall of Flags in Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St.)
Admission: $25 for adults; $10 student or child; $50 for families (2 adults+kids)
Please RSVP to bbevan@albustanseeds.org or 267-809-3668.
Co-sponsored by the Penn Arab Student Society, African Studies Center, and the Middle East Center.
Monday, December 3, 12 PM
Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Colloquium
"'Zaghareet is always joy, you know': Social and Personal Meanings of Ululation in Ritual Performance"
Presenter: Jennifer Jacobs, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
Location: Williams Hall 816 (255 S. 36th Street)
Pizza lunch will be served, RSVP requested.
For more information and to RSVP, contact tapp@sas.upenn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Tuesday, December 4, 12 PM
Women and Islamic Law Seminar
"From the Cradle to the Grave: Women and Hadith Transmission in
Classical Islam"
Presenter: Prof. Asma Sayeed, Religious Studies, Lafayette
University
Location: Williams Hall, Room 816 (255 S. 36th Street)
For more information, contact: 215-898-6335
Co-sponsored by Middle East Center the Women's Studies Program, and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Wednesday, December 5, 5 PM
Middle East Lecture Series
"Iran Today: Cultural and Political Movement under Globalization"
Presenter: Prof. Brian Spooner, Department of Anthropology and Curator, Near Eastern Ethnology at the Penn Museum
Location: Room F55, Huntsman Hall (38th and Walnut Streets)
For more information, contact mariams@seas.upenn.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Penn Arab Students Society, Penn Persian Society, and the Middle East Center.
Wednesday, December 5, 8 PM
Middle East Cultural Event
Drexel University Percussion and Mediterranean Ensemble performs Azizah, Ay Ya Zayn, Il Hilwa Di, and a contemporary piece by Maurice Chedid –Accompanied by Michelle Tayoun and Roger Mrgdichian
Location: Mandell Theater, Drexel University (33rd and Chestnut Streets)
Cost: This event is free and open to the public.
For more information click here, or contact kyddbass@aol.com.
Co-sponsored by Drexel University and the Middle East Center.
Sunday, December 9, 5 PM
Middle East Cultural Event
University of the Arts Middle East Ensemble Performance
Location: Connelly Hall, 8th Floor of Terra Building, University of the Arts (211 South Broad St.)
Cost: This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact kyddbass@aol.com.
Co-sponsored by the University of the Arts and the Middle East Center.
Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15
Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature, and Music “Full Circle Project
“One House – Many Doors”
The Whirling Dervishes of Istanbul with Special Guest Coleman Barks at the Annenberg Center
Afternoon Colloquia (Free and open to the public.)
Friday, December 14, 2:30-5:30 PM and Saturday, December 15, 2:30-5:30 PM
Presenters: Jamal Rahman, Jawid Mojaddedi, Pardis Minuchehr, Sheikh Almed Tijani, Special Guest: Coleman Barks
Host and Moderator: Ashok Gangadean
Location for December 14 colloquium: Haverford College, Stokes Auditorium
Location for December 15 colloquium: UPenn Annenberg Center, Studio Theater
For more information, visit the PSALM website.
Evening Performances (ticket prices $30 and up)
Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15 at 8 PM
Location: Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts –Zellerbach Theatre
For more information and tickets, visit the PSALM website, or Penn Presents website.
Sponsored by the Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature, and Music (PSALM). Co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Dialogue Forum, Penn Presents, the Middle East Center, the Global Dialogue Institute of Haverford College, and the Turkish American Friends Society of US.