Mar 2024

23 Feb 2024

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Cheating Fate by Karim Chebli and Sara Abdo

Friday, February 23, 2024 (All day) to Sunday, March 3, 2024 (All day)
Henry Heymann Theatre, Oakland
Sponsored By: 
Pitt Stages

A production inspired by real people in real situations, Cheating Fate is a compelling exploration of the human condition, emphasizing the triumph of perseverance over adversity. Comprised of four interrelated stories set within a single apartment building in Beirut in 2020, it foregrounds the enduring power of unity and resilience, delving into the everyday lives of the building's diverse inhabitants as they each wrestle with their own unique challenges.

General Admission: $18.00 - $28.00 including fees

01 Mar 2024

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Palestine. A Talk Series and Study Group: Activism and Academic Repression

Friday, March 1, 2024 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
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Sponsored By: 
Center for Urban Education and the Commons for Critical Pedagogy at the University of Pittsburgh

Eastern Standard Time

Activism and Academic Repression with Dylan Rodriquez and Loubna Qutami

Register Here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v1nglY8YRWyDHsTTf3NFNA#/registr...

Contact: 
Sabina Vaught svaught@pitt.edu

05 Mar 2024

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Baher Azmy on Litigating Genocide in US Courts: Defense of Children International-Palestine V. Biden

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - 4:00pm
Room 419, Barco Law Bldg (3900 Forbes Avenue)
Sponsored By: 
Center for Civil Rights + Racial Justice

Join the Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice in a conversation with Baher Azmy (Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights) and professor Jules Lobel about the case defense of Children International-Palestine v. Biden, filed by the CCR in November 2023.

More information on the case: https://ccrjustice.org/home/what-we-do/our-cases/defense-children-intern...

11 Mar 2024

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Free Lecture: America's Troubled Foreign Policy

Monday, March 11, 2024 - 6:00pm
Duquesne University Student Union, Africa Room
Sponsored By: 
Duquesne University Political Science Department

"America's Troubled Foreign Policy," by Professor John Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago.

12 Mar 2024

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Educator Workshop: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
CERIS, Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh

CERIS and the Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh will host a workshop centered around the article written by Nathan Thrall "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama".

6 :00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Bob Ross, Professor of Social Justice Studies Point Park University will provide context of life in the West Bank in the Occupied Territories. Erin Brault long time education with Pittsburgh Public Schools is discuss ways to incorporate the content into curriculum.

15 Mar 2024

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Call for Applications: Global Across the Curriculum, Spring 2024

Friday, March 15, 2024 (All day)
online
Sponsored By: 
Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh

The Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce the sixth iteration of Global Across the Curriculum (GXC), an interdisciplinary seminar intended to help faculty incorporate global perspectives into their undergraduate and graduate courses.

Contact: 
Veronica Dristas dristas@pitt.edu

19 Mar 2024

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Sudan’s Vital Humanitarian and Political Situation

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Hybrid
Sponsored By: 
Georgetown University's The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown’s Conflict Resolution program, and the African Studies Program

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Contact: 
coco.tait@georgetown.edu

19 Mar 2024

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The Indigenous Anticolonial: Palestine, Memory, and Imaginaries of Liberation

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 5:00pm
Livestream
Sponsored By: 
UC Berkley International Consortium of Critical Theory Program and Center for Middle Eastern Studies v

A talk by Linda Tabar, Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex as part of “Thinking from Palestine: Dispossession, Liberation, and Return: Conversations on Three Recent and Forthcoming Books," a series presented by the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs.

Visit https://events.berkeley.edu/cmes/event/237537-linda-tabar-the-indigenous... to learn more about the series.

Livestream link below.

21 Mar 2024

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What Was Hamas Thinking?

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Zoom
Sponsored By: 
Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the African Studies Program, and Georgetown University Qatar are pleased to host Tareq Baconi from Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network.

26 Mar 2024

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The Impact of the Gaza War on US Presidential Election

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Online (Zoom)
Sponsored By: 
Arab Center Washington DC and Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

This event is free and open to the general public. Registration is required. This event is online only.

If you encounter registration issues, please contact NSharaf@arabcenterdc.org

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