The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies invites you to a lecture by Dr. Toby Dodge, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. Dr. Toby Dodge will present on interviewing techniques for qualitative research, and how collecting data through interviews has shaped his work throughout his career. Dr. Dodge will specifically discuss Iraq as a case study. This lecture is part of the required CCAS curriculum in the course Studying the Arab World. This talk will be moderated by Dr. Joseph Sassoon.
Join CCAS for an event on the aftermath of the Syrian revolution. CCAS Professor Dr. Marwa Daoudy will be in conversation with prominent Syrian intellectual and dissident, Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, and prominent Syrian activist Muzna Dureid to discuss the birth of a new Syria and the hopes and challenges lying ahead for Syrians.
UC Berkley Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
In this talk, Katherine Blouin will share some reflections on how some questions have informed the 2024 Routledge Handbook of Classics, Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory. Blouin will also reflect on what the last year has taught her about the intimate relationship between ancient history and modern settler colonialism, the moral duties of critical historians, and the disruptive potential of public-facing scholarship.
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, MESA Global Academy
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
Join CCAS and the MESA Global Academy for a webinar with Dr. Saja Al Zoubi, Lecturer in Global Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada, and MESA Global Academy Scholar.
Georgetown Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Arabic and Islamic Studies Department, and the Disability Studies Program will host a screening and critical discussion with director Rehab Nazzal. This event features Nazzal’s short films, Vibrations from Gaza and Canada Park, followed by a dialogue with the director and two interdisciplinary panelists specializing in ecology and disability studies.
