Middle Eastern Science Fiction in Translation - multi-day event

This inaugural Middle Eastern Science Fiction in Translation Conference is co-funded by the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas. Both centers are National Resource Centers (NRCs) funded by the US Department of Education from TVI funds.
 

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SCHEDULE

Friday, November 1st at 4PM (AZ time) in-person and (via Zoom) Hybrid event
 In-person location: Chavez 110 (to see what time this is where you are click here)

– Talk by Zoha Kazemi, PhD student, University of Washington, about symbolism in Iranian Sci-fi and issues of bilingual authorship

ME Sci-Fi In-person talk - Fri Nov 1

Time: Nov 1, 2024 04:00 PM Arizona

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Saturday, November 2nd from 9AM-11AM (via Zoom)
Middle Eastern Sci Fi in Translation Panel (to see what time this is where you are click here)

– Oded Nir, Associate Professor, Department of Classical, Middle Eastern, and Asian Languages and Cultures, Hebrew Studies Coordinator, Queens College, City University of New York (Talk co-sponsored by the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies) 

– Kamyab Ghorbanpour, PhD Candidate in AI and Digital Humanities, Tilberg University, Netherlands
"Trapped in Translation"

– Buran Utku, Lecturer, University of Texas A&M

Saturday, November 2nd noon (AZ time) (via Zoom) (to see what time this is where you are click here)

– Lavie Tidhar, Israeli-born writer working across multiple genres

Talk title TBA

Middle Eastern Middle Grade and Young Adult Sci-Fi in Translation: Final Panel Sunday, November 3rd at 11:30AM AZ time (please note the time changes between the Saturday and Sunday sessions, because Arizona doesn't do Daylight Saving Time) (to see what time this is where you are click here)

– Sonia Nimr, Author, Birzeit University

– Maria Dadouch, Author