May 6, 2019
MES Senior Paper Presentation Day 2019
10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Kim Koo Library, 111 Thayer Street
Middle East Studies
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.
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
Mar 11, 2019
Chas Freeman ─ Order in Turmoil: Making Sense of Kaleidoscopic Change in the Middle East
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 26, 2019
Rosie Bsheer – Yemen’s Forgotten Wars
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Room 101, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Feb 14, 2019
Maya Mikdashi – Afterlives of a Census: Inheritance, History, and Biopower in Contemporary Lebanon
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Jan 30, 2019
Nadje Al-Ali – Feminist Dilemmas: How to Talk about Gender-Based Violence in the Middle East?
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Jan 29, 2019
Critical Conversations: Experiences of Incarceration in the United States & Syria
5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Room 101, Stephen Robert Hall, 280 Brook Street
Nov 28, 2018
Ahoo Najafian – Staging the Aborted Past: Scenes from Alternative Theater in Iran
5:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 9, 2018
Warzones as Displacement in the Middle East: The Kurdish Case
9:15 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 9 – Dec 13, 2018
Art at Watson presents The Displaced Language of Mesopotamia
Weekdays, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Watson Institute
Oct 23, 2018
Alia Al-Senussi – The New Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom Embraces Soft Power
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Oct 18, 2018
The Music of Syria: A Concert by Contemporary Syrian Composers and Performers with Ashraf Kateb & Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Maddock Alumni Center, 38 Brown Street, Providence, RI
Oct 15, 2018
Shenila Khoja-Moolji – Forging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia
12 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Sep 25, 2018
Sep 19, 2018
Alireza Doostdar – Signs of Satan in Iran: Hollywood, Cosmopolitanism, Paranoia
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Joukowsky Forum