Oct 2024

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. In this Crown Seminar, Wendy Pearlman, in conversation with Basileus Zeno, will explore how this violence not only drove Syrians from their homes but also forced them to rethink the meaning of home itself.

Department of Languages, Arts and Culture - Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta “Indonesian Children's Literature in the Struggle to Support Literacy and Multicultural Education” Thursday, October 10, 7:30 pm online only (registration required)

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Join the American University in Cairo Press for the virtual book discussion of Making Routes: Mobility and the Politics of Migration in the Global South, (AUC Press, 2024), a rich interdisciplinary study of the diversity and dynamics of the migrations of displaced peoples across the Global South. The discussion will be with book editors Gerda Heck, Eda Sevinin, Elena Habersky and Carlos Sandoval-García, with contributor Kudakwashe Vanyoro and in conversation with discussant Sujata Ramachandran.

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Tunisia’s democratic transition, under severe strain in recent years, stands at the precipice of total collapse. Recent presidential elections on October 6 saw the exclusion of nearly all candidates and restrictions on the few who ran. Are there any prospects left for democracy in the birthplace of the “Arab Spring”?