April 3, 2022
The Middle East Center is very pleased to welcome Dr. Danya Al-Saleh, who has been appointed an Assistant Professor, tenure track, in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies beginning fall quarter 2022. Dr. Al-Saleh is trained as a feminist geographer with expertise in Environmental Studies and Middle East Studies. Dr. Al-Saleh received her
January 24, 2022
January 24, 2022
Asli Cansunar – Nation-making on the Blackboard: The Politics of Education in Republican Turkey Monday, January 31, 2022 12:30pm – 1:45pm (PST) Zoom registration at: https://bit.ly/3DxFWvX Free and open to the public Beeta Baghoolizadeh – Memory and Memorialization: Forgetting the History of Enslavement in Iran Monday, February 28, 2022 12:30pm – 1:45pm (PST) Zoom live
September 23, 2021
Nivi Manchanda – Imagining Afghanistan: 20 years after intervention Monday, October 25, 2021 12:30pm – 1:45pm (PDT) Zoom live stream | Registration required Free and open to the public Smadar Ben-Natan – Citizen Enemies: Palestinian Citizens and Military Courts in Israel/ Palestine Monday, November 15, 2021 12:30pm – 1:45pm (PDT) Zoom live stream | Registration
February 3, 2021
February 3, 2021
November 23, 2020
Join us Monday, January 25, 2021, 12:30 p.m. PST for a presentation titled: “Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt”. To register for this online talk, click here. Ziad Fahmy is Professor of Modern Middle East History, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University. He is the author of Street Sounds: Listening to
September 30, 2020
Join us for “The Science of Truth, Detective Fiction, and Persian Popular Culture” by Omid Azadibougar on October 26, 2020, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (PDT) via Zoom live stream. Register here. Omid Azadibougar is Professor of Comparative Literature at Hunan Normal University, China. He is the author of The Persian Novel: Ideology, Fiction, and Form in the
February 11, 2020
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October 10, 2018
JSIS 487 / 587 Wednesdays, 2:30PM – 4:20PM 3 credits Instructor: David Fenner Email: dmfenner@uw.edu This course will explore the meaning and potential of multi-sector entrepreneurship as defined and practiced in the US and the Middle East. Case studies involving projects that have economic, social, educational, and often environmental impact will serve as models for