Sep 30, 2016
Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Displacement | Concepts of Displacement
2pm – 7pm Pembroke Hall 305, 172 Meeting Street Providence, RI 02912 United States
Webcasts
Sep 29, 2016
Book Talk | Adventures in Field-Building: On the History of Area Studies/MES in the USA/Zachary Lockman NYU
12pm – 2pm Brown Faculty Club, One Magee Street Providence, RI 02912 United States
Sep 20, 2016
Turkish Film Series Screening/ Gölgeler ve Suretler, 2010 (Shadows and Faces)
Original Title: Gölgeler ve Suretler (Shadows and Faces)
7pm – 9:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Sep 15, 2016
The Coup, the Purge, and the Future of Democracy in Turkey: A Teach-in
5:30pm – 7:45pm ListArt120, 64 College Street, Providence, RI 02912 United States
May 9, 2016
Apr 21, 2016
“Everyday Piety: Islam and Economy in Jordan” – Sarah Tobin Book Launch
Dr. Sarah A. Tobin is an anthropologist with expertise in Islam, economic anthropology, and gender in the Middle East.
4pm – 6pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Apr 12, 2016
Peter Green Lecture: “Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East”
Between people power uprisings and armed jihadism, how can we best understand transgressive mobilization in the Middle East and North Africa?
12pm – 2pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Mar 22, 2016
Film Screening: “Men on the Bridge” / Turkey
Men on the Bridge (2009) written and directed by Aslı Özge.
7pm – 9pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Mar 10, 2016
Lecture / Gaza: Cast Backwards, A Way Forward
12pm – 1:35pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Mar 4–5, 2016
“Approaches to Research on Palestine and the Palestinians” / closed workshop
This closed workshop will be the third annual meeting of New Directions in Palestinian Studies (NDPS).
McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street Providence, RI United States
Mar 3, 2016
Critical Conversations # 6: Suffocating Embrace? The Futures of Palestinians in Israel
Every semester, Middle East Studies holds a public discussion, Critical Conversations on Palestine/Israel featuring distinguished panelists.
5:30pm – 7:30pm Macmillan 117, Starr Auditorium, 167 Thayer Street Providence, RI 02912 United States
Dec 3, 2015
Dec 2, 2015
“Why Arab youth give the Middle East some hope”
Bessma Momani is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo and Balsillie School of International Affairs.
12pm – 1:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Nov 16, 2015
Middle East Studies/Brazil Initiative Speaker Series: “Value of Transregional/Transnational Comparative Scholarship”
This inaugural speaker series explores the “south-south” historical and contemporary linkages, impacts, and influences of these two regions upon one another.
4pm – 6pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Nov 3, 2015
“From Forbidden Love to The Magnificent Century: Turkish Soap Operas in the Arab Middle East”
5pm – 6:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Oct 29, 2015
Critical Conversations: The U.S. and the Future of Syria
A discussion of the historical forces shaping the conflict in Syria, the internationalization of the conflict, and of US policy and actions to date.
5:30pm – 7:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Oct 16, 2015
“Distant Reading and the Islamic Archive” symposium
The third annual Digital Islamic Humanities symposium was organized by Elias Muhanna, Manning Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, and Middle East Studies. With generous funding from the Brown Humanities Research and Teaching Fund.
9am – 5:45pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St, Providence, RI 02906
Workshops, Conferences, Seminars
Webcast - Session 1
Webcast - Session 2
Webcast - Session 3
Webcast - Session 4
Sep 16, 2015
“Security, Theology, Surveillance and the Politics of Fear”
12pm – 1:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
May 21, 2015
May 6, 2015
MES Senior Capstone/Thesis Presentations
10am – 2:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Apr 24–25, 2015
Politics of Time, Material Culture and Islamic Religiosity
Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Apr 20, 2015
Ilana Feldman ─ Security Society in Gaza: Police Encounters under Egyptian Rule
5 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Apr 15, 2015
Mar 30, 2015
Feb 19, 2015