COLLOQUIUM SERIES
Fall 2020
Talks are usually scheduled for 3pm on Friday afternoons and require registration 24 hours before the event. Please check individual talk webpage for date/time/location details as they may change. We are still finalizing the Fall schedule, so check back here for updated information.
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From Slavery to Freedom: The Challenges of Female Slaves in Iran
Presenter: Behnaz Mirzai, Professor of Middle Eastern History, Brock University, Canada
Friday, August 28th
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Ta’al Bachir (Come Tomorrow): The Politics of Waiting for Citizenship
Presenter: Noora Lori, Assistant Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Thursday, September 10th
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The Making and Unmaking of the African Community of Ottoman Izmir, 1870-1922
Presenter: Michael Ferguson, Affiliate Assistant Professor, History, Concordia University
Friday, October 23rd
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The Afro-Turks and Black Consciousness in the Middle East
Presenter: Nikki Brown, Associate Professor of History and African American & African Studies, University of Kentucky
Friday, October 30th
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Part of the Center for Latin American Studies Charla Con Café Series
Presenters:
Laura Goffman, Assistant Professor, MENAS, University of Arizona
Stefanie Graeter, Assistant Professor, Latin American Studies and Anthropology, University of Arizona
Friday, November 6th, 1-2:30 Tucson time
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Posing Slaves for the Camera: Race and Memory in Khartoum, 1882
Presenter: Eve Troutt Powell, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Friday, November 13th
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