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In Memoriam
J.C. Hurewitz 1914 - 2008
The Middle East Institute of Columbia University, founded in 1954, has
helped to set the national pace in developing an interdisciplinary
approach to the study of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the
present, with a primary focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Fostering
an inter-regional and multi-disciplinary approach to the region, the
Institute focuses on the Arab countries, Armenia, Iran, Israel, Turkey,
Central Asia, and Muslim Diaspora communities.
The Institute sponsors approximately 30 lunch-time talks per year on
topics ranging from art and literature to current events, hosts
conferences, and provides a neutral atmosphere for scholarly and student
exchanges of views on issues concerning the Middle East, North Africa,
and Central Asia. It offers courses and outreach seminars to teachers
and adult education groups, briefs journalists, and generally acts as a
clearing-house for requests for information on the region and its
peoples by the media, educational professionals, and the interested
public, drawing upon the expertise of its own staff and the faculty of
the School of International and Public Affairs and Columbia University.
Three Decades of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Middle East Institute of Columbia University
Events – SPRING 2008
All MEI events take place on Thursdays from 12:30-2:00 pm in Room 1118 of the International Affairs Building on
Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus (unless otherwise indicated), and are free and open to the public.
- Thursday, January 24
"Iran And Its Place Among Nations"
With Aria Mehrabi & Alidad Mafinezam
Time: 12:00 pm-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Thursday, January 31
"Barriers to Democracy: the Other side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World"
With, Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics Princeton University
Time: 12:30 pm-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Tuesday, February 5
"Special Topics in Israeli Society: From Colonization to Separation: Exploring the Structure of Israel's Occupation"
With, Neve Gordon, Professor, Department of Politics and Government, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Time: 4:10-5:40 PM
Location: 411 Fayerweather Hall
Co-sponsor: The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
- Tuesday, February 12
"Japan-Middle East relations"
With, Saito Mitsugu, former Minister for the Embassy of Japan in the United Arab Emirates
Time: 12 pm- 1:30 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 918
Co-sponsors: East Asia Weatherhead Institute, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
- Thursday, February 14
"Lords of The Land"
With, Idith Zertal, Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Basel (Switzerland)
Time: 12:30 pm-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Wednesday, February 20
Middle East Institute and SIPA present the first lecture in the Spring 2008 series Three decades of the Islamic Republic of Iran:
"Regime Change and the U.S. Agenda for Iran"
With, Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsor: SIPA
- Thursday, February 21
"On the Questions of Progress, Authenticity and Enlightenment in Modern Arab Thought"
With, Elizabeth Kassab, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Cultural Studies, University of Balamand, Lebanon
Time: 12.30pm-2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Thursday, February 28
"The demographic Success of Zionism"
With, Yinon Cohen, Yosef Haim Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University
Time: 12:30 pm-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Thursday, February 28
"The Folly of Attacking Iran"
With, Steven Kinzer, Professor of Political science an Journalism, Northwestern University; Christopher Hedges, Journalist and author specializing in American and Middle Eastern politics; Bill Berkeley, Professor of human rights, Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism; Ervand Abrahamian, Professor of Middle East history at Baruch College of the City University of New York
Time: 7 pm-9 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsors: Just Foreign Policy, The Peace Action Fund of New York State, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Common Cause, World Policy Institute, and New York Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Monday, March 3
"The Crisis of the Nation-State: Lebanon, Israel and Palestine"
With, Nubar Hovsepian, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Chapman University
Time: 12:30pm- 2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Wednesday, March 5
"Explaining the Revolutionary Zeal in Iran's Foreign Policy"
With, Maximilian Terhalle, Visiting Scholar, Cornell University
Time: 12:30pm-2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Wednesday, March 5
Middle East Institute and SIPA present the second lecture in the Spring 2008 series Three decades of the Islamic Republic of Iran:
"Are there homosexuals in Iran?"
With, Janet Afary, Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of Michigan
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsor: SIPA
- Thursday, March 6
"The Paradox of Perceptions: Interpeting the Ottoman Past through the National Present"
With, Christine Philliou, Assistant Professor of Ottoman History, History Department, Columbia University
Time: 12:30 pm-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Thursday, March 13
"ISRAEL'S IMPROBABLE ALLIES: Christian Zionism and its Strategic Consequences for the United States, Israel and the Palestinians"
With, Ms. Célia Belin, research scholar at the Middle East Institute of the School of International and Public Affairs, at Columbia University
Time: 12:30 pm-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Friday, March 28
Middle East Institute and SIPA present the Iran Conference in the Spring 2008 series Three decades of the Islamic Republic of Iran:
"US-Iranian Relations since 1953 and Prospects for the Post Bush Era"
Time: 10:am-4:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Altschul Auditorium
Co-sponsor: SIPA
- Tuesday, April 1
"The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace"
With, Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Time: 12:30 pm-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Wednesday, April 2
"pring Festival of Turkic Nations: A concert featuring folk and traditional music performances from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan"
*Dinner reception to follow, featuring the cuisines of all Turkic nations*
Time: 6pm- 9pm
Location: Earl Hall
Co-Sponsors: Columbia University's Eurasia Initiative, Turkish Initiative, Turkish student Association, Kyrgyz Club, Uzbek Initiative, Harriman Institute, MEALAC, and the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy
- Thursday, April 3
"HIV/AIDS in Iran: An Islamic Solution for a Global Problem"
With, Reza Arjmand, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of International & Transcultural Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University
Time: 12:30pm-2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Monday, April 7
Middle East Institute and SIPA present the third lecture in the Spring 2008 series Three decades of the Islamic Republic of Iran:
"Thirty Years of Islamic Revolution"
With, Asif Bayat , International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsor: SIPA
- Tuesday, April 15
Movie Screening: "The Breadwinner"
Followed by a Panel Discussion with Director and Producer, Sonia Nassery Cole And Marco Vicenzino, Director, Global Strategy Project
Time: 7:30pm-9pm
Location: Schermerhorn Building, Room 501
Co-sponsor: SIPASA
- Thursday, April 17
"Reality on the Ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Road to Peace"
With, Dr. Ryiad Mansour, Ambassador, Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
Time: 12:30 pm-2 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
- Monday, April 21
Middle East Institute and SIPA present the fourth lecture in the Spring 2008 series Three decades of the Islamic Republic of Iran:
"Three decades of the Islamic Republic of Iran"
With, Richard Bulliet, Professor of History, Columbia University
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Co-sponsor: SIPA
- Tuesday, April 22
"Invisible Nation. How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East"
With, Quil Lawrence, Middle East correspondent for BBC/ PRI's The World
Time: 2:30 pm-4 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1512
- Tuesday, April 22
Film Screening: "Knowledge is the Beginning"
Followed by a Panel Discussion and Q&A with Mariam Said, Vice-President of the Barenboim-Said Foundation; Nicole Foster, Project Manager; and musicians from the orchestra.
Time: 7:45pm-10:45pm
Location: Schermerhorn Building, Room 501
- Thursday, April 24
"The Enigma of Islamist Violence"
With, Laetitia Bucaille, Assistant Professor, Victor Segalen University, Bordeaux 2
Time: 12:30pm-2pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1118
Co-sponsor: Alliance
- Thursday, April 24
Film Screening: "Slingshot Hip Hop"
Followed by Q & A with award winning and critically acclaimed director Jackie Salloum
Time: 8 pm-10 pm
Location: International Affairs Building Altschul 417
Co-sponsor: Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Department
- Friday, April 25
Film screening: "About Baghdad"
Followed by Q&A with filmmakers: Sinan Antoon, Bassam Haddad, Maya Mikdashi and Suzy Salamy
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Schermerhorn Hall, Room 614
Past MEI Events
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