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(EVENT RECORDING) Non-State Actors and the Preservation of Threatened Heritage in Syria
On November 11, 2020, the Middle East Center was proud to host Professor Amr Al-Azm, Professor of Middle East History and Anthropology at Shawnee State University in Ohio.
(EVENT RECORDING) The Origins of the Kurdish Question
On October 29, 2020, the Middle East Center was privileged to host Dr.
Congratulations to Professor Renata Holod!
In recognition of her extraordinary contributions to the training and support of others in Middle East studies, Professor Renata Holod has been awarded the 2020 MESA Mentoring Award.
(EVENT RECORDING) Crisis in the Caucasus
On October 14, 2020, the Middle East Center was privileged to host an esteemed panel of experts who explained both the history and on-the-ground reality of the recent conflict that has erupted between Armenia and Azerbai
(EVENT RECORDING) Commercial Publishing and the Middle East Scholar
Scholars of the Middle East are frequently called upon to share their knowledge and expertise with a diverse range of publics outside the confines of academia—from policymakers to civic organizations to the media.
(EVENT RECORDING) Ethnicity and Conflict in Iraq's Oil City
On September 23, 2020 the Middle East Center welcomed the University of Washington's Dr. Arbella Bet-Shlimon who spoke on the topic of ethnicity and conflict in Iraq's oil city of Kirkuk.
(EVENT RECORDING) Blackness in the Middle East
On September 16, 2020 -- the Middle East Center of the University of Pennsylvania engaged in an important conversation on blackness in the Middle East.
Fenjan: Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies
Congratulations to Fenjan -- Penn's undergraduate journal on the Middle East and North Africa for their first published issue! Click here to read the Summer 2020 issue
(EVENT RECORDING) Coronavirus Crisis: A Historic Conversation Between Iranian and American Experts
Since the beginning of the global coronavirus pandemic, at least 17 million people have been infected worldwide, and more than 600,000 have lost their lives to the disease.
Mourning Amy Kaplan and Tajmeh Assefi-Shirazi
The Middle East Center has been devastated to hear in recent days of the passing of two its beloved affiliated faculty members, Professor Amy Kaplan and Dr Tajmeh Assefi-Shirazi.
Course offerings on the Middle East at Penn are rich and multidisciplinary. All are taught by world-renowned scholars in their field with exemplary records of teaching and publishing some of the most innovative research on the Middle East and Islam.