CMENAS COLLOQUIUM SERIES
Crossing Borders in the Middle East and Beyond 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
1644 International Institute, 1080 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor *For CMENAS students only: 1:30 pm-2:00 pm —Workshop and discussion with the lecturer* This lecture series organized by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies brings together a diverse cohort of U-M faculty and outside speakers to address the theme "Crossing Borders in the Middle East and Beyond.” The series enables its audience to consider social and territorial borders across historical periods in and around the Middle East. Multiple perspectives and comparative research help address the implications for citizens and subjects moving within and beyond these changing borders. Moderated by Joseph Viscomi, University of Michigan.
SEP
19
Halal Metropolis: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit SALLY HOWELL, University of Michigan-Dearborn
SEP
26
Piracy, Slavery, and Ransom in the Early Modern Ottoman Mediterranean JOSHUA WHITE, University of Virginia
OCT
03
Engaging the Discourse of Universality: The Politics of Human Rights in North Africa SUSAN WALTZ, University of Michigan
OCT
10
Muslim Pathways: Ethics of Cohabitation, Assembly, and Informality CHAD HAINES, Arizona State University
OCT
24
Ambivalent Encounters: Migration, Conversion, and Historical Anxiety in Spain’s “Muslim City” MIKAELA ROGOZEN-SOLTAR, University of Nevada
OCT
31
Isolating Gaza: Enforced Immobility and the Production of an “Open-Air Prison” ILANA FELDMAN, George Washington University
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NOV
07
Trans-imperial History and the NorthSouth Divide MOSTAFA MINAWI, Cornell University
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