SLI is currently accepting applications for the 2024 institute, operating a primarily in-person program in Pittsburgh and at four abroad sites for the upcoming summer. Certain languages and levels will accommodate online participants as students demand and instructional resources allow. Prospective participants will be asked to indicate the instructional format in which they wish to study on their SLI application. The 2024 Institute will be offering domestic courses in 11 different languages, four study abroad programs, and an internship opportunity in Ukrainian studies.
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Join the Global Studies Center for a series of conversations with writers and artists exiled from their country and now living in Pittsburgh through the Pittsburgh Network for threatened Scholars (PiNTS) Each has a compelling story resisting and responding to violence, injustice and oppression. They will share their journey and their narrative art form. |
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Eastern Standard Time Activism and Academic Repression with Dylan Rodriquez and Loubna Qutami Register Here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v1nglY8YRWyDHsTTf3NFNA#/registr... |
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Organizing and Activism with Lara Kiswani, AROC and Ahmad Abuznaid, USCPR |
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Dr. Nadia Elia and Dr. Nadine Naber will present on Feminism and Liberation Struggle Register Here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pkzhUj-GSju3JvGA7eBPMw#/registr... Nada Elia has a PhD in Comparative Literature from Purdue University, and chaired the Global Studies minor at Antioch University-Seattle, before joining Fairhaven College in 2017, where she now teaches Arab American Studies and the occasional Comparative Cultural Studies. |
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Booker-nominated & Pulitzer winner Hisham Matar shares his brand new novel, My Friends, in City of Asylum debut. |
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Join us next week for a conversation with Nadim Nashif, Executive Director of 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media. |
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In case you missed yesterday's event with Dr. Raz Segal and Shannon Fyfe, please see a re-broadcast below on YouTube. This lecture focused on Israel’s assault on Gaza and discussions around the question of genocide in the conflict. It also discussed possibilities for a very different kind of future, one based on equality, dignity, freedom, and security for all people — Israelis, Palestinians, and others. Our discussant will be Shannon Fyfe from the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University. |
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"Feminism and the Fight for Liberation" - Thursday, January 19 This will be the first of three discussions concerning Palestine and will focus on feminism and the struggle for liberation. Stay tuned for updates concerning our spring study group that will dive into the issues we discuss throughout the series. Other talk themes and dates: "Organizing and Activism" - Friday, February 9 |
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In this talk, Dr. Nor Ismah explores the pivotal religious and community roles of Muslim women in Java, Indonesia, who assume positions as ulama (scholars) and religious leaders and issue fatwas, Islamic arbitration decisions. Their fatwas incorporate women's perspectives and traditional and progressive Islamic textual interpretations, earning them religious authority comparable to male ulama. Despite gender constraints in areas involving authority over men, women ulama actively challenge male dominance in Islamic scholarship. Dr. |
