Events Calendar 2011-2012
NELC's sponsorship of events does not imply that the Department endorses the content of the event.  Every Friday of the quarter, the Central Asian Turkic Languages and Culture Circle hosts a get-together to introduce various aspects of the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz cultures and their respective languages. Join them Fridays, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in Denny Hall 123. Printable flier (pdf file).
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February 25: Dr. Abbas Milani presents, "Islamic Revolution in Iran and the Arab Awakening: Ruptures or Continuities?," as part of the Afrassiabi Distinguished Lecture in Persian and Iranian Studies. Printable flyer (pdf file). Presented 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2012, in Kane Hall 210.
Reception to follow in Kane 225.
Much has been written about the nature of Arab Awakening. Is it a continuation of the Islamic revolution
or more akin to the 2009 democratic movement in Iran? Are we already in a post-Khamenei/Khomeini
Middle East? Is the Iranian regime strengthened or weakened by the Arab democratic wave?
Upcoming lecture series: The University of Washington’s Persian and Iranian Studies Program is happy to announce the following series of informal lectures, showcasing the research of local and visiting scholars. Printable flier (pdf file). **All meetings will be held in Smith Hall, room 306, unless otherwise announced.** Save the dates: Friday, February 24, 12:30-2:00 p.m.:
Sima Daad (Ph.D. candidate, Comparative Literature) "Medieval Texts and Modern Context: The Composition and Reception of the Persian Treatise Čahār Maqāla (The Four Discourses, 12th c.)" **Please note: Presented in Smith Hall 203E**
Friday, April 13, 12:30-2:00 p.m.: Alyssa Gabbay (Affiliate Professor, NELC)"'Inspired by the Sacred Breath of Jesus': Persian Poets and Prophetic Revelation"
Friday, May 11, 12:30-2:00 p.m.: Bryan Averbuch (Ph.D. candidate, Harvard) "Luxury and Commerce in the Sasanian and Islamic Empires, 6th-10th Centuries C.E."
All meetings will be held in Smith Hall, room 306, unless otherwise announced. Monday, April 30, 2012: Lila Abu-Lughod (Columbia University) presents, "Authorizing Moral Crusades to Save Muslim Women: Literary Trafficking and Rights Talk in the Public Sphere," as part of the Farhat J. Ziadeh Distinguished Lecture in Arab and Islamic Studies. Room and time TBA, please check back for updates. Tentative flyer in PDF format. Abstract of talk: What lies behind the new American common-sense that we should go to war for global women’s rights? This lecture will show how two industries that we rarely think of together are authorizing the current moral crusade to save Muslim women: the international human rights regime and mass-market publishing, which has brought us a sordid genre of pulp non-fiction about Muslim women’s bondage and oppression. Drawing on my experiences in rural Egypt over the past thirty years and urging us to think carefully about our own lives, I offer an alternative way to think about the key terms of this crusade—choice versus force, freedom versus bondage. |
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