Middle Eastern and Islamic StudiesMedia
Islam and Human Rights: A 50-Year Retrospective
When: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 — 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM (MST)
Where: Telus Centre, University of Alberta, Room 134
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Resistance, Social Movements, Democracy: Myth of Middle East Exceptionalism
When: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 — 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: Telus Centre, Room 150
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Songs of the New Arab Revolutions (excerpts):
by Prof. Michael Frishkopf
You can view the entire film here.
The Islamic History Month’s Special Virtual Panel
Multiple Manifestations of Being Muslim
When: Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM (MDT)
Where: Zoom webinar
What’s Happening in Iran? “Women, Life, Freedom” (Zan, Zendegi, Azadi)
When: Friday October 14, 2022, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (MST)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar.
Speakers:
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, President-Elect of Association for Iranian Studies
Nader Hashemi Associate Professor; Director of the Centre for Middle Studies, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver
In conversation with, and moderated by Mojtaba Mahdavi Professor of Political Science; ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta
The Geostrategic Curse in the Middle East: Regional Rivalries and Western Powers
Public Talk by Fawaz A. Gerges Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics
When: Monday September 26, 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (Edmonton time)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar.
Rethinking China, the Middle East and Asia in a ‘Multiplex World’
Speaker:
Manochehr Dorraj, Professor of Political Science, Texas Christian University, USA
Habibul Khondker, Professor of Social Sciences at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mojtaba Mahdavi, Professor of Political Science and the ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta
Commentator:
Ashley Esarey, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the interdisciplinary program in Taiwan Studies, University of Alberta
When: Thursday, May 26th, 2022, 10:00 am (Edmonton Time)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar.
Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for the Middle East and the Muslim world
Public talk by Juan Cole
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, USA
When: Wednesday Mar 23 at 6:00 PM (MST)
Where: Zoom webinar.
Upholding White Supremacy through Anti-Muslim Racism
Public Talk by Sherene H. Razack Distinguished Professor and the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies in the Department of Gender Studies, UCLA
When: Thursday January 27, 2022 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (Edmonton time)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar.
Muslim Feminisms: In and Against the Islam/Secular Dichotomy
Public Talk by Amina Jamal Associate Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University
When: Thursday October 21, 2021 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM (Edmonton time)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar
The U.S. War on Terror: Lessons Learned Twenty Years After 9/11
Public Talk by Fawaz A. Gerges
Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics
When: Wednesday September 8, 2021 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (Edmonton time)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar.
Islam and the Experience of Toleration: The Past and the Future
Public Talk by Arash Naraghi, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion; Chair, Department of Philosophy, Moravian College, USA
When: Saturday, March 27, 2021, 10 AM-12 noon (Edmonton time)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar.
Book launch on International Women’s Day | A White Lie: Women’s Voices from Gaza Series
Speaker: Dr. Ghada Ageel, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta
When: Monday, March 8, 2021, 12 noon-1:00 pm (Edmonton Time)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar.
U.S. Middle East Policy in the Post-Trump Era Public
Online Talk by Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Professor and Director of School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, USA
When: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 6:00-7:30 PM (Edmonton time)
Where: Online Zoom Webinar.
In Memory of Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Talk by:
Professor Rob Simms, University of York
Majid Derakhshani
Performance by:
Barbad Ensemble: Mehdi Rezania (Santur) and Abtin Ghaffari (Tombak)
Islamic Liberation Theology as Critique: Critical Islamic Political Thought in the Age of Systemic Racism and Exclusion Public
A Talk by Farid Esack, Professor in the Study of Islam at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa
When: Saturday November 28, 2020, 1:00-2:30 PM (MST)
Where: Zoom Webinar
Can Islam Provide The Antidote To Racism in North America?
A Public Talk by Dr. Muqtedar Khan, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware, USA
When: Wednesday October 7, 2020, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (MDT)
Where: Zoom Webinar
Iran’s Post-Islamist Democracy? Challenges and Opportunities : A Public Talk by Mojtaba Mahdavi
When: Thursday, 12 March 2020, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Where: Room 1-5, Business Building, University of Alberta
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Understanding Islam in an Age of Polarization and Misinformation: A Public Talk by Ali S. Asani
When: Thursday, 5 March 2020, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: Room 1-5, Business Building, University of Alberta
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Video:
David Barsamian: “End the Palestinization of Kashmir”
When: Friday November 22 — 6:00 PM
Where: 150 Telus Centre – 87 Ave & 111 St. University of Alberta
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Muslims Actions and Contributions to Humanity; Then and Now
Keynote address by Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi at “Islamic History Month of Edmonton Council of Muslim Communities”
Were: Edmonton City Hall
When: October 22, 2019, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
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Tweets and ‘Deals of the Century’: Trump & Chaos in the Middle East: A public talk by Robert Fisk
When: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 — 7:00 PM
Where: Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Alberta
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Imagining “Indigenous” and “Glocal” Democratic Socialism: Can Freedom, Social Justice, and Civil Spirituality Coexist in Muslim Societies?
When: Saturday and Sunday 27-28 April 2019, 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM
Where: Room 134, Telus Centre, University of Alberta
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Three Minute Thesis Competition
Warm Congratulations to the Recipients of the ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies Three Minute Thesis Prizes:
* Banafsheh Mohammadi, PhD student, Art & Design, (First place Prize: $500)
* Sajad Soleymani Yazdi, PhD student, Modern Languague and Cultural Studies (Second place Prize: $300)
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Reading Edward Said and Saba Mahmood in Today’s Context
Yasmeen Abu-Laban (Political Science), Ann McDougall (History & Classics), Cressida Heyes (Political Science), Joseph Hill (Anthropology), Michael Frishkopf (Music), Siobhan Byrne (Political Science), Mojtaba Mahdavi (Political Science)
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Boustan: In a Fragrant Garden Contemporary Music of Middle Eastern and Muslim Societies
Habib Hoseini (Vocal), Ahmad al-Badr (Ud), Mehdi Rezania (Santur), Abtin Ghaffari (Tombak, Darabukah), Jenny Boutros (Vocal), Michael Frishkopf (Nay), Etelka Nyilasi (Violin), Roy Abdalnour (Violin), Ahmed Al-Auqaily (Riqq).
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Siavash Saffari | Assistant Professor of West Asian Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea
Mojtaba Mahdavi | ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta
A Panel Discussion on the Many Faces of Islamic Reform: Islamic Reform and Emancipatory Politics in the Age of Extremism and Neoliberalism
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Peyman Vahabzadeh | Professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria
Public Talk: The “Muslim Extremist” ’s Invisible Relative: How to Trace the Silent Violence that Informs Our Lives?
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Amyn B. Sajoo | Lecturer in history and global politics at Simon Fraser University
Public Talk: Who Are We? Populism, Citizenship, Religion
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Asma Afsaruddin | Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures in the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington
Public Talk: Islam, Gender and Feminist Hermeneutics
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Mojtaba Mahdavi | ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta
Public Talk: Muslims and the Middle East in a Post-Trump Era
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Tariq Ramadan | Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Oxford University
Public Talk: Creating Thriving Societies in Troubling Times
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Khaled Abou El Fadl | The Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Public Talk: The Promises and Perils of Shari’ah in the Modern Age
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Hamid Dabashi | The Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in the City of New York, USA
Public Talk: Can Non-Europeans Think?
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John Esposito | University Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, USA
Public Talk: The Future of Muslims in the West: Protecting Pluralism and Ending Islamophobia
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Fawaz Gerges | Professor of International Relations at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
Public Talk: In Defence of the Arab Spring Uprisings: How Al Qaeda and ISIS Proponents and Detractors Misappropriate the Narrative?
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Abdulkarim Soroush | Leading Muslim reformist public intellectual, a Rumi scholar, and a former professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran, Iran.
Public Talk: Language of Rights and Language of Obligations: An Islamic Perspective
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| International Conference
The Unfinished Project of the Arab Spring:Why “Middle East Exceptionalism” is Still Wrong University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada – September 25-27, 2015 |
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‣ Opening Remarks |
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‣ Keynote Address: Recolonizing the Arab World – Tariq Ali |
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— ‣ Panel 1 – Beyond ‘Middle East Exceptionalism’: “What the Middle East Offers to World History” |
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‣ Panel 2 – Critique From Within: Intellectual Discourses and the MENA Uprisings |
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‣ Panel 3 – “The Quiet Encroachment” of the Counter-revolutionaries: How the Autocrats Survived the MENA Uprisings |
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‣ Keynote Address: The Struggle against Fundamentalism after the Revolutions of 2011: Your Fatwa Still Does Not Apply Here – Karima Bennoune |
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‣ Panel 4 – Geopolitics of the Arab Uprisings: Oil, Foreign Intervention and Military Coup |
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‣ Panel 5 – What Happened to “Songs of the New Arab Revolutions”? |
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‣ Panel 6 – Gendering the MENA Uprisings: Women and Politics of the Body |
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‣ Keynote Address: Reformist Islam, Gender and the Questions of Authority – Amina Wadud |
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‣ Panel 7 – Finished or Unfinished Social Movements? Is the Return of the Repressed Possible? |
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‣ Panel 8 – Online Activism in the MENA Uprisings: Media and Politics of Representation |
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‣ Panel 9 – Five Years After the Uprisings: “A Tale of High Hopes and Dashed Expectations”? |
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‣ Panel 10 – “Why They Joined” Extremist Groups: ISIS, Boko Haram and al-Shabaab |
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‣ Panel 11 – Arts and Literature: Diaries and Performance of the MENA Uprisings |
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‣ Panel 12 – Gendering the Uprisings: Women’s Movements |
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Imagining “Indigenous” and “Glocal” Democratic Socialism: Can Freedom, Social Justice, and Civil Spirituality Coexist in Muslim Societies? 