University of Pittsburgh

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*Promoted by the University of Pittsburgh*

Speaker: Ambreen Kazi Kamran

*Promoted by University of Pittsburgh*

The lecture will examine the role of Shia Islam in Iran's Tobacco Protest (1890-91) and Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911), in the support of Mohammad Mosaddegh (1951-1953) and Iran's Islamic Revolution (1979), as well as Shia Islam and politics in Iran today.

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“Ventures” is a podcast from the University of Chicago Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). Taking a cue from Marshall Hodgson, the former University of Chicago Professor and author of the renowned Venture of Islam series, this podcast dives into the expansive geographical and historical terrain covered by Middle Easterners. “Ventures” features interviews with leading lights in the field of Middle Eastern & Islamic studies as well as artists, musicians, and journalists.

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Featuring Ambreen Kazi Kamran, Assistant Professor, Princess Nora bent Abdallah Women Health Research Chair; Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine King Saud University.

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Speakers: Fara Abbas, Philipp Ackermann, Anand Gopal

Description: This Harvard University panel, co-sponsored by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and the Negotiation Task Force, will explore the lead up to the collapse of the Afghan government, as well as what the new Taliban regime holds for the future of the country and its people

The February 1 military coup in Myanmar has challenged
international law and the global institutions tasked with
protecting civilians and preventing mass atrocities. What
started as a short-term crisis has turned into an ongoing
conflict that has exacerbated existing concerns of atrocities
targeting ethnic minorities. The current abuses by the
Tatmadaw have raised concerns around the role that
international law and technology have played in failing to
prevent or even facilitating the military?s actions. At the