COLLOQUIUM SERIES
Fall 2017
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September 8: What Kind of Wine did Rudaki (d. 941) like?
Kamran Talattof, Professor of Persian Language and Literature and School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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September 22: A Conversation with the Artist
Wafaa Bilal, Associate Arts Professor, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
Co-sponsored by the UA School of Art
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September 29: "Perspectives on Current Events in the Arabian Peninsula" Symposium
JE Peterson, Associate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UA, Thomas Stevenson, Professor Emeritus, Ohio University, Leila Hudson, Associate Professor of Modern Middle East Culture and School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, UA, and Discussant: Gökçe Günel, Assistant Professor of Anthropology of Energy and Climate Change, UA
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Kevan Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Time: 12 pm
Location: TBA
Co-sponsored by CMES and MENAS
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October 13: Brothers Apart: Palestinian Citizens of Israel and the Arab World
Maha Nassar, Assistant Professor of Modern Middle East History and Islamic Studies, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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October 20: Update from the Field - University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
Pearce Paul Creasman, Associate Professor and Curator of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
In collaboration with the Archaeological Institute of America’s International Archaeology Day 2017
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October 27: The Influence of Standard Arabic (Fus’ha) on the Syrian Dialect in Damascus
Muhammad Al-Khudair, Arabic Language Instructor at the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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November 3: Russia and the Muslim World
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: Student Union Pima Room
Co-sponsored by Russian and Slavic Studies, College of Humanities Teaching and Outreach Grant, MENAS, Arizona Center for Turkish Studies
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