Looking back at 24 years of fiction writing, storytelling, and psychodrama work, Elmougy will review intersections among her tracks of work. She has come to realize that everything she does carries with it the spirit of resistance. In her talk, she will explain what she means by “resistance,” and what it is like to be on this journey at this particular moment in Egypt’s history.
Pitt Global Studies Center, International Week, CMU IFF
Join us for an International Week Event featuring films about refugee displacement followed by a discussion by Pitt Professor Heath Cabot.
Mare Nostrum (14 minutes)
On the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, a Syrian Father makes a decision that puts his daughter's life at risk.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybh4czwN6YE
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh for a screening of the short film, 77 steps, followed by a discussion with special guests GHAIDA RINAWI ZOABI & MYRIAM DARMONI CHARBIT on the complexities of being an Arab citizen in the Jewish state and on efforts being made through education to foster a shared society. 77 steps follows filmmaker Ibtisam Mara’ana who leaves her childhood home in an Arab village near Haifa, to make a life for herself in Tel Aviv while experiencing the complexities of dating a Jewish man.
Roots, The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Two Roots activists – Antwan Saca, a Palestinian Christian and Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, an Israeli settler – tell their personal stories and seek peace and justice for Palestinians and Israelis. Roots is a grassroots Palestinian and Israeli initiative for understanding, nonviolence and transformation. They work in both the Holy Land and the United States for education, dialogue, and action in service of peace with dignity for all.
Middle East Studies, Gender Studies & The Honors Program
Dr. Dennis Jett is the former American ambassador and senior director at the National Security Council. He joined the School of International Affairs at Penn State University after a 28-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. His experience and expertise focus on international relations, foreign aid administration, and American foreign policy. He will join the Middle East Studies Center at Slippery Rock University for a lecture concerning the incredibly relevant pitfalls of U.S. Foreign Policy specifically regarding nuclear policy. If you are interested in how the U.S.
Global Studies Center, Humanities Center, the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Cultural Studies, Department of Communication, Department of English, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Sociology and CERIS
Deepa Kumar is an Associate Professor of Media Studies at Rutgers University and President, Rutgers AAUP-AFT faculty union. She is a leading scholar in communication, prominent public intellectual, and champion of the humanities on the national stage. The title of her lecture, “Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, the Media, and the War on Terror,” stems from her 2017 Media Education Foundation video, designed to support pedagogical efforts to teach critically about media discourse on Muslims.
Sponsored by the Consortium for Educational Resources www.cerisnet and the Center for Christian – Islamic Dialogue, Duquesne Unveristy and Seton Hill University
This reading group gathers educators to discuss works to expand knowledge on the broad subject of Islamic Studies. Fall 2017 discussion at Seton Hill University in Greensburg PA on October 27th. You can also participate via Internet.
In the past few years, Islamophobia Studies has experienced the arrival of numerous new scholars, researchers, community organizers, journalist and social media contributors to the field. The field has been enriched and challenged by this rapid expansion. Each contributor to the field has set out to provide a working definition for Islamophobia, selection of an academic and research methodology and collecting relevant data to qualify their thesis.
Samyukta: A Journal of Gender & Culture is glad to announce a different kind of Call For Papers for an academic journal which has so far been engaged in bringing forth analytical pieces of critical thought pertaining to Gender and Cultural Studies. This unique call evolved from the deliberations and discussions generated by the previous issue of the journal which was on Islamic Feminism (January –-2017 Vol. XVII No.1) guest edited by the distinguished scholar, Prof. Margot Badran.