University of Pittsburgh Muslim Student Association
Are you curious as to why some Muslim women wear hijab? Do you want to find out what a Muslim man's hijab is? Ever wanted to try on a hijab? Come to the Muslim Student Association Islamic Awareness month event: The Hijab Panel! We will have a variety of speakers on the panel with different experiences with Hijab. Join us for an informative discussion with a Q&A afterwards (So have your questions prepared!) Finally, we will have two of our stylish Hijabis to help you try on a Hijab!
University of Pittsburgh and the New York Times Readership Program in collaboration with the Student Government Association
Michael Slackman helps to oversee all global coverage at The New York Times, with an emphasis on coordinating the Middle East report. Before returning to New York in May of 2011, Mr. Slackman was a foreign correspondent for The Times.
Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, The Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh and Chatham University
Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran
The public is invited to attend a presentation by authors of the book Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic
Republic of Iran, by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
The Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS) is inviting students from any department to submit papers they have written for a course that may cover the arts, sciences, humanities, social sciences or professional disciplines. These can relate anywhere from people and politics to religion and philosophy to culture and society in historical and/or contemporary contexts.
University of Pittsburgh Muslim Student Association
Halal-a-palooza is an Islamic culture fair, with different booths from around the world representing countries that Islam has impacted. Each booth will have a brief history of how Islam has influenced its country, cultural facts, authentic snacks, and little trinkets and clothing from that country. This event is part of the Pitt Muslim Student Association's Islamic Awareness Month.
Robert J. Donia is a leading historian of Bosnia & Herzegovina (Islam under the Double Eagle: The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina 18781914 [1981]; Bosnia & Hercegovina: A Tradition Betrayed [with John Fine, 1994], Sarajevo: A Biography [2006]) and was a frequent expert witness for the Office of the Prosecutor in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
A series of workshops for educators. M. Safa Saraçoğlu, associate professor of history, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania will present the first of five workshops. You may participate in person or online. There is a $10.00 fee for those participating in person to cover the cost of parking, dinner and handouts. Registration required. Other sessions on the citizenship and nation state in the Middle East, Palestine, Syrian and it's neighbors, and the Middle East through literature to follow.
Center for Iranian Music, College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University
The Carnegie Mellon University Center for Iranian Music is sponsoring the residency of Turkish music master Önder Özkoç through April at the College of Fine Arts (CFA). Özkoç’s residency will feature free lectures and research on Turkish music, as well as a recital on Thursday, April 10, at Kresge Recital Hall.
Beginning Feb. 19, the free lectures will take place weekly from 6:30 - 8:20 p.m. every Wednesday through April 23 in Room 157 of the CFA Building. These lectures are open to all CMU and the public. Lectures will cover the following topics:
Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee and the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee invite you to join us for "Opening Doors: Coexistence in Medieval Spain." This presentation, titled "Vignettes of Coexistence in Al-Andalus" will be given by guest speaker, Maria Del Mar Rosa Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at Carnegie Mellon University.
Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee and the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee invite you to join us for "Opening Doors: Coexistence in Medieval Spain." The presentation, titled "Vignettes of Coexistence in Sepharad" will be given by guest speaker, Michal Rose Friedman, Adjunct Professor, Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University.