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Speaker(s) / Presenter(s) Date
CANCELLED An Evening With Walter Mosley Walter Mosley -
#CarefreeBlackGirls?: Creating On-Line Community as a Means of Survival Shantel Buggs (Florida State University), Candice Robinson (University of Pittsburgh), and Regina Hamilton (University of Kentucky) -
"Pulling from the headline: poems written after media" Interactive poetry workshop Javier Zamora -
Take Root: A Reproductive Justice Panel -
Claudia Roden "Gefilte Fish and Couscous" Claudia Roden
Katherine Bullock “Women and Islam” Katherine Bullock
Mina Yazdani “Religious Diversity in Iran” Mina Yazdani
“The Arab World and American Democracy” Dr. Jacob Berman -
“The Arab Spring: The Youth Revolts of the Arab World Aren't Over Juan Cole
Tanya Habjouqa, Palestinian Photography
"Religion, Identity and Competing Visions of Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia" Devin Deweese
"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
"Sleepless Nights/Wasted Time: Seeking Islam in Egypt's Hollywood" Joel Gordon -
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
“Messy Little Wars: U.S. Approaches to Iraq since 1990.” Peter Hahn
The "Arab Spring" in Social Media: Possibilities and Perils in a Networked Age Professor Todd Presner -
“Crossroads and Caravans: Ceramics in the Islamic World" Andrew Maske
Start-Up Army: Military Entreprenuers and the Evolution of Israel's Special Operations Forces Ami Pedahzur
UK Education Abroad Fair -
Modern Islamic Art and its sources in the Middle East Dr. Oliver Leaman