Dr. Roham Alvandi, Associate Professor of International History, Director of the IDEAS Cold War Studies Project at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Nov 12, 2018
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In this lecture Dr. Roham Alvandi will explore the impact of the Cold War and decolonization on Pahlavi Iran in the 1960s and 70s, and the response of the Pahlavi state and its opponents to those two major global…
Join us for a book talk with Ayça Çubukçu, Associate Professor in Human Rights & Co-Director of Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr. Çubukçu will be discussing the World …
Azadeh Akhlaghi's photography has been exhibited in prestigious exhibitions and galleries around the world. Her innovative work includes staging political deaths in the history of contemporary Iran. At this special…
Lior Sternfeld, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Penn State College of Liberal Arts
Oct 29, 2018
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In the early 20th century, the Iranian Jewish communities were largely disenfranchised, marginalized and, impoverished. By the 1979 revolution, that situation was radically changed. In this talk, Dr. Sternfeld explores…
Emily Sutcliffe, Director of Social Justice at Penn Law, Raha Rafii, Ph.D. Candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at UPenn
Oct 25, 2018
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This workshop which deals with women in the Middle East features Emily Sutcliffe and Raha Rafii. Teachers will receive credit and a $50 stipend for a submitted lesson plan.
Please contact Valerie Concordia to sign up:…
Nowhere to Hide, a film by Zaradasht Ahmed, follows nurse Nori Sharif through five years in the "Triangle of Death" in Central Iraq.
Introduction and Q&A are hosted by Kimberley Pulliam and Mohammed Salih. Kimberly…
Ali Ali-Dinar, Zoe Cormack, Marc Flandreau, Katie Hickerson, Dwaune Latimer, Eve Troutt Powell, Heather Sharkey, Ahmed Sikainga, Alon Tam, Alden Young
Oct 19, 2018
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This symposium brings together scholars of race and slavery, economic history and material culture to understand the violence of Nile Valley slavery and its global legacies. The Nile Valley (from southern Sudan, Egypt…
