The University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Critical Languages Program, and the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
*Note the time is in Pacific Standard time*
A Taste of Kurdish (Kurmanji): Please join this free introduction to Kurdish (Kurmanji), a five-week long course which will be held via Zoom. Kurmanji, the northern Kurdish dialect, is the most widely used Kurdish language, spoken primarily in Turkey, and in smaller numbers in Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
International Islamophobia Studies Research Association
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
The International Islamophobia Studies Research Association is accepting papers for the 4th International Islamophobia Studies & Research Association (IISRA) Annual Conference. They are looking for papers that engage with these questions from various critical perspectives and from a range of intersectionalities, histories, and contexts that flesh out the interconnected nature of oppressions and emancipations.
Center for Jewish Civilization; Mortara Center for International Studies; Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; and Theology and Religious Studies Department
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
Welcoming the Stranger: Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary Implications (2024), a collection of essays, explores hospitality and inclusion in Abrahamic traditions from historical, theoretical, theological, and practical perspectives. It offers an enlightening and compelling discussion of what the Abrahamic traditions teach us regarding welcoming people we don’t know. Join this conversation with authors Ori Soltes and Rachel Stern, followed by refreshments and a book signing.
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
On October 1st, we published American Muslim Poll 2020: Amid Pandemic and Protest, the fifth annual poll of attitudes and policy preferences on issues concerning American Muslims across faith and non-faith groups. (And there's still time to register for our webinar on civic engagement today!) This nationally representative survey includes groundbreaking data on Americans who are Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, Catholic, white Evangelicals, and non-affiliated. This research will inform journalists, policymakers, advocates, organizers, educators, and the general public for years to come.
FOSNA Pittsburgh, United Nations Relief and Work Agency
Friends,
Are you ready to run, walk (or just watch) the 2020 Virtual Gaza Run/Walk + Digital Festival?
After the success of our first Pittsburgh “4K4GazaKids” last October we were hoping to expand this year’s walk to a regional event. Unfortunately, the Covid 19 virus has put an end to those plans, but at the same time it has opened up an exciting new opportunity for us.
Some students and faculty have organized a teach-in to teach about the political climate in India. The teach-in is on Friday, Jan 17 from 3 to 6 pm in 1500 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh.
The teach-in will consist of short informational sessions, viewings, readings, and activities that will contextualize the most recent happenings in India. Participants can drop in or stay for the duration.
Teach-in: Friday, 17th January, 3-6 pm, 1500 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh.
Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS)
spring 2020 book discussion for educators
February 28, 2020
UNIVERISTY OF PITTSBURGH, 4217 Posvar
5:00 PM Dinner, 6:00 PM Discussion
You are invited to participate in the spring 2020 book discussion at the University of Pittsburgh. The book selected is Jihad, Radicalism and the New Atheism by Mohammad Hassan Khalil.
Jeanette S. Jouili, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh will facilitate the book discussion.
Funding for these three participants is provided by the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs through an agreement with CAORC
Announced by University of Pittsburgh
2020 Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine Travel Fellowships
A FUNDED program for full-time community college/university faculty is the Palestinian American Research Center’s Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine. It will be held in Jerusalem and the West Bank, from June 3-16. Applications are due Jan. 15. For a lot more information and an application, go to: http://parc-us-pal.org/facultyDevSem.htm
Program dates: June 3 - June 16, 2020 in Jerusalem and the West Bank
