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Disclaimer: The events listed below are announced and/or sponsored by individual CERIS member institutions, and are not necessarily approved by all CERIS member institutions.
| Wednesday, February 10 | 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm |
| 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall | |
Lecture/Forum--Higher Education in Turkey Announced by: University of Pittsburgh, Global Studies Program, Institute for International Studies in Education, School of Education, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies Enes Gok will give a talk on higher education system in Turkey, its historical roots, structure and relationship with the European Union.
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| Thursday, February 18 | 8:30 pm- 10:30pm |
| William Pitt Union- Kurtzman Room | |
Film--Jerusalem: East Side Story: Monthly Palestine Film Screening http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/pittsjp/recent.html Jerusalem: East Side Story
"The latest shipment of history is the Israeli occupation. In 1948, the western part of the city fell under Israeli control; in 1967, the eastern part fell under Israeli occupation. Since then, Israel has pursued a policy of Judaizing the city, aiming to achieve a Jewish demographic superiority. Part of this policy is to drive Palestinian Muslims and Christians out of the city; denying their presence, history, and ties to the land.
The documentary takes you on a journey exposing Israel''s policy to gain supremacy and hegemony over the city and its inhabitants. It also touches on the future of the city: Jerusalem is the key to peace; without Jerusalem, there is no peace for anyone.
The film includes interviews with Palestinian and Israeli leaders, human rights activists and political analysts."
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| Wednesday, February 24 | 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm |
| The Rivers Club, 301 Grant Street, One Oxford Centre, Downtown Pittsburgh | |
Lecture/Forum--Great Decisions: The U.S. and the Persian Gulf http://www.worldaffairspittsburgh.org/programsCalendarList.jsp?restrictids=nu_re This program is presented in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Middle East Institute.
Now more than ever, the Persian Gulf region offers many difficult challenges to U.S. policymakers. How will Obama's direct appeal to Arabs and Muslims impact U.S. foreign policy in the region? What will the fallout of withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq be? Can the U.S. and its allies prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons? Join us as we discuss these issues from a security perspective with Eisenhower Fellows of the U.S. Army War College. | |
| Wednesday, February 24 | 7:00 pm |
| Duquesne University, 105 College Hall | |
Film--Dishonored http://www.sites.duq.edu/modern-languages/_2010humanrightsfilmseries/dishonored. Alison Colbert, Ph.D., and Khlood Salman, Ph.D., Assistant Professors, Duquesne University's School of Nursing. Free and open to the public. More about the films series at
http://www.sites.duq.edu/modern-languages/_2010humanrightsfilmseries/schedule.cfm
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| Wednesday, February 24 | 7:30 pm |
| 311 Washington Road • Pittsburgh, PA 15216 | |
Lecture/Forum--St. Bernard Young Adult Ministry presents Christian-Muslim Dialogue Announced by: University of Pittsburgh, St. Bernard Young Adult Ministry News St. Bernard Young Adult Ministry News presentation. Speaker Matthew Sudnik will in the Adult Formation Room in the Fontenay Building at St. Bernard Parish..
Matthew teaches at Central Catholic High School in Oakland. Last summer, he had an opportunity to visit Egypt on a Fulbright-Hayes study tour for secondary teachers. Matthew will give a presentation and engage us in a discussion about Christian-Muslim dialogue.
Matthew has a BA in Philosophy from Catholic Univeristy of America and a MTS in Religion from Harvard.
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| Friday, February 26 | |
| University of Pittsburgh | |
Conference/Workshop--7th Annual REES and GOSECA Graduate Student Conference http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/Goseca2010/ The conference theme for 2010 is “Environment, Identities, and Space in Europe and Central Asia”
For more information check conference website
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| Sunday, February 28 | 2:00 pm |
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill Branch, 5801 Forbes Avenue | |
Lecture/Forum--Palestine Israel and the U.S. Empire Announced by: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, ANSWER Coalition-Pittsburgh Presentation by author Richard Becker, join presentation and discussion that will interest both long-term Palestinian rights activists and those who are new to understanding the issue. Becker is a write and commentator on the Middle East affairs. "This book is a clarion call to end the last vestiges of colonialism in the 21st century", Imam Mahdi Bray, executive Director, Muslim American Society Freedom | |
| Thursday, March 18 | 8:30 pm- 10:30pm |
| William Pitt Union- Kurtzman Room | |
Film--Rachel-- Monthly Palestine Film Screening http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/pittsjp/recent.html Directed by Simone Bitton (The Wall). On March 16, 2003, in the almost uninterrupted tide of Middle Eastern current affairs and just before the war in Iraq, a small tragic event was reported by some press agencies, just a few lines in the newspaper, or a 45 -second report on television: A young American peace activist was killed in the Gaza Strip, crushed by an Israeli bulldozer while she was trying to prevent the destruction of a Palestinian house.
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| Saturday, April 10 | 8:00 am- 4:00 pm |
| Washington and Jefferson University | |
Conference/Workshop--CERIS Undergraduate Research Symposium http://www.cerisnet.org Students are encourage to submit research papers and present with others from 25 institutions in Ohio and Pennsylvania on topics related to Islamic studies in the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, or professional disciplines. Build your academic portfolio by expanding a paper developed for a course...and papers are eligible for cash prizes of up to $500. Papers should pertain to questions of policy and politics in the Muslim world, or to issues of religion and culture in Islam. Deadline for paper submissions is March 27, 2010. | |
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