Upcoming Events

Intellectual Freedom in the Middle East: Perspectives & Opportunities
April 16 - 17, 2008
Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island
Keynote: Joshua Rushing, Correspondent, Al Jazeera International; Zafar Siddiqi, Chairman, CNBC Arabiya
The Colloquium will bring an impressive group of academics, practitioners, thought leaders and those interested in the region for an important discussion on the state of intellectual freedom, civil discourse and expression of ideas in the Middle East.
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Jerusalem: Heights, Warrens, Peripheries, Seams
May 1, 2008, 5:00 PM
Sultan Room  340 Stephens Hall, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California Berkeley, CA
Sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Speaker: Annabel Jane Wharton, Department of Art and Art History, Duke University
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The Summer Institute on Oman and the Gulf
June 10-July 29, 2008 5:30PM-7:00PM
Rome Auditorium, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center
Speakers: Dr. Thomas F. McDow, Dr. Aysa Al Lamki, Dr. Herman Franssen, Dr. Edmund Ghareeb, Mr. Peter Ochs II
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The 19th International Annual Conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation: The Essential Needs of The Iranian Woman
July 4-6, 2008
Wheeler Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley
Sponsored by The Iranian Women's Studies Foundation
Despite a myriad of social and legal setbacks in the last thirty years where Iranian women lost many of the rights they had attained in the past 100 years, they have continuously strived to improve their social and political status. Consequently they have established their presence in different spheres of life, particularly that of civil society. This conference will examine the socio-political needs of the Iranian woman in regards to ethnicity, gender, religion, class background, sexuality, and sexual orientation.
For more information: iwsf2008@yahoo.com or www.IWSF.org

Mirror Images: Challenges for Arab and Islamic Studies
April 2-4, 2009
The Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA
Sponsored by the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Villanova University
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Juan R. I. Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan, President of the Global Americana Institute.
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Western Missions in the Levant
April 14-16, 2009
University of Chicago
Sponsored by ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies
For more information: aram@aramsociety.org or http://www.aramsociety.org/forthcomingconferences.htm