Nov 13, 2019
Greg Burris – Palestine in Black and White: Black-Palestinian Transnational Solidarity
12 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Middle East Studies
The Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University promotes knowledge, understanding, and informed discussion about the Middle East, Islam, and Muslim societies through research, teaching, and public engagement.
Nov 11, 2019
Marie Grace Brown ─ Setting up House: Bachelors, Domesticity, and Mobility in Imperial Sudan
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 3rd Floor, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 7, 2019
Gender, Governance and Islam
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 1, 2019
Alia Al-Senussi ─ The Art World Ecosystem: Politics, Morality and Controversies
2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Leung Conference Room (110), Watson Institute Stephen Robert Hall, 280 Brook Street
Oct 31, 2019
Alia Al-Senussi ─ ‘How the Art World Works - Cultural Strategies’ Middle East and Beyond
4 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 3rd Floor, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 22, 2019
Adeeb Khalid – The Uyghurs’ China Problem, or How We Got to the Political Re-Education Camps of Xinjiang
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 17, 2019
Paul Kohlbry – Property, Capital, and Palestinian Land Defense
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 9, 2019
Clare Davies – The Artist’s Map of Tehran, 1956-1966
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 8, 2019
Nada Mustafa Ali & Khalid Medani – New Voices from Sudan
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 27, 2019
Workshop – Death and Afterlives in the Middle East
8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 26, 2019
Samine Tabatabaei – A Graft to Remember, an Archive to Survey
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 20, 2019
Sep 4, 2019
Fall 2019 Welcome Reception
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Maddock Alumni Center, 38 Brown Street
May 6, 2019
MES Senior Paper Presentation Day 2019
10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Kim Koo Library, 111 Thayer Street
May 1, 2019
Art at Watson presents Syrian Eyes of the World Artist Talk
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Stephen Robert '62 Hall, Room 110, 280 Brook Street
Apr 30, 2019
Film Screening of The Seven Doors with Dr. Mehmet Kurt
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 30, 2019
Art at Watson presents Syrian Eyes of the World Opening Reception
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Stephen Robert '62 Hall, First Floor, 280 Brook Street
Apr 29, 2019
Raef Zreik – Palestine as a Question
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 25, 2019
Sadia Abbas, PhD '02 – Why Write (Fiction)?
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 24, 2019
Rawan Arar – Leveraging Sovereignty: Syrian Refugees and the Jordanian State
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 17, 2019
Peter Green Lecture on the Modern Middle East with Niloofar Haeri – The Story of Moses and the Shepherd: Debating Non-Ritual Prayer in Iran
4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 9, 2019
MES Comedy Film Series – Tazzeka (2018)
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 20, 2019
MES Comedy Film Series – Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Friedman Auditorium, Metcalf Research Building, 190 Thayer Street
Mar 15–16, 2019
New Directions in Palestinian Studies 2019 – Palestinian Homes and Houses: Subjectivities and Materialities
By invitation
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Pembroke Center, PH305, 172 Meeting Street
Mar 13, 2019
Asli Zengin – Caring for the Dead: Intimacy, Abandonment and Transgender Funerals in Turkey
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street