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Wed, Dec 5, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Dec 4, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Dec 3, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Thu, Nov 29, 2012 6:30 PM | CAL 100

Turkish Film Series: Vavien

Wed, Nov 28, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Nov 27, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Nov 26, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Wed, Nov 21, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Nov 20, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Nov 19, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 3:00 PM | Student Activity Center 1.106

The Monarch as Saint: A Connected History of Safavid Iran and Mughal India

Tue, Nov 13, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Nov 12, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Wed, Nov 7, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Nov 5, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Mon, Nov 5, 2012 5:00 PM | DFA 2.204

"The Senate and the Sun: Inspiration for the Arch of Constantine"

Sat, Nov 3, 2012 6:30 PM | MEZ 1.306

Turkish Film Series: Fetih 1453

Wed, Oct 31, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Oct 30, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Oct 29, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Wed, Oct 24, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Oct 23, 2012 6:30 PM | MEZ 1.306

Turkish Film Series: Karpuz kabugundan gemiler yapmak

Tue, Oct 23, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Oct 22, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Wed, Oct 17, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Oct 16, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Oct 15, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Fri, Oct 12, 2012 5:00 PM | Texas Union, Governor's Room (3.116)

Eusebius of Emesa (4th century) and his Commentary on Genesis ”Between Greek and Syriac; between Judaism and Christianity”

Wed, Oct 10, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Wed, Oct 10, 2012 7:00 PM | UTC 3.124

A Reading by Fady Joudah and Ghassan Zaqtan

Tue, Oct 9, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Oct 8, 2012 3:00 PM | SAC 2.120

Shah-Rah or the King’s Road: Reinterpreting the European travel writings of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar

Mon, Oct 8, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Wed, Oct 3, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Oct 2, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Oct 1, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Mon, Oct 1, 2012 4:00 PM | Littlefield House (24th and Whitis)

Digital Occupation: Hi-Tech Borders in Palestine-Israel

Thu, Sep 27, 2012 3:00 PM | SAC 2.120

Framing Pictures: Women Fomenting the Art Scene in Amman

Wed, Sep 26, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Sep 25, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Sep 24, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Wed, Sep 19, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Sep 18, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Wed, Sep 12, 2012 11:00 AM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table

Tue, Sep 11, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Egyptian Dialect Table

Mon, Sep 10, 2012 1:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Darija Table

Mon, Jun 18, 2012 3:00 PM | AVAYA Auditorium (ACES 2.302), 24th and Speedway

Artist Talk: From the Diaspora to the Arab Spring

Wed, May 2, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:00 PM | MEZ 1.120

Turkish Film Series: Eşrefpaşılılar

Wed, Apr 25, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Thu, Apr 19, 2012 4:00 PM | SAC 1.106

"Form and Meaning and the Meaning of Forms in the Poetry of Mowlana Jalal al-Din Rumi"

Thu, Apr 19, 2012 3:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Circle: "Orientalism and the Orient in Israel"

Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Wed, Apr 11, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Mon, Apr 9, 2012 4:00 PM | LBJ Room (5.160), CMA Building

Listening to Whispers: The Legacy of Anthony Shadid and his Reporting on the Arab World

Wed, Apr 4, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Wed, Apr 4, 2012 6:00 PM | AVAYA Auditorium (ACES 2.302), 24th and Speedway

Framing/Reframing: The Five "Media Pillars" of Islam

Thu, Mar 29, 2012 1:30 PM | SAC 1.118

Mosquitoes, Feasts, and Tombs: An Andalusian Gentleman’s Travels in the Fourteenth Century Muslim West

Wed, Mar 28, 2012 6:00 PM | WAG 420

Turkish Film Series: Büyük Oyun (A Step into Darkness)

Wed, Mar 28, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Mon, Mar 26, 2012 1:00 PM | AVAYA Auditorium (ACES 2.302), 24th and Speedway

Picking Up the Pieces: Refiguring Jerusalem and Rome in Late Antiquity

Thu, Mar 22, 2012 4:00 PM | SAC 1.106

On Sponges and Lost Love: Three Poems and a Few Comments on Arab-Jewish History in Iraq

Wed, Mar 21, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Wed, Mar 14, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Thu, Mar 8, 2012 3:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Circle: "The Law of the Horse and I"

Wed, Mar 7, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Thu, Mar 1, 2012 6:00 PM | MEZ 1.120

Turkish Film Series: Cenneti Beklerken (Waiting for Paradise)

Thu, Mar 1, 2012 4:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Circle: "An Israeli Family Business in the Lone Star State"

Wed, Feb 29, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Mon, Feb 27, 2012 12:00 PM | BEN 1.126

Israel and the Arab Spring: Responses to Israel among Revolutionary Demonstrators

Thu, Feb 23, 2012 3:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Hebrew Table: "Growing Up Sane in a Kibbutz"

Wed, Feb 22, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Tue, Feb 21, 2012 1:00 PM | SAC 1.102

History Lecture Series: The Introduction of Family Names in Iran

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 12:00 PM | SAC 2.120

Structuring and Restructuring the National Narrative: The Case of Algeria

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 4:00 PM | BUR 436A

Mesopotamian Magic in Action: A Ceremony Against Witchcraft

Mon, Feb 20, 2012 2:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Persian Table for Graduate Students

Wed, Feb 15, 2012 12:30 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Moroccan Table

Mon, Feb 13, 2012 12:00 PM | SAC 2.120

Double, Triple Entrapment: The Harki Story

Fri, Feb 10, 2012 5:00 PM | ART 1.120

How Words Color Pictures: Critical language and the perception of late antique art

Wed, Feb 8, 2012 5:30 PM | PAR 203

"Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder? Domesticating the Elusive Lover of the Song of Songs in Early Rabbinic Interpretation"

Mon, Feb 6, 2012 5:30 PM | PAR 203

Does Patristic Exegesis Have a Place in Biblical Scholarship? Jerome and Gregory of Nyssa on Ecclesiastes

Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:00 PM | WAG 420

Turkish Film Series: Yüreğine Sor (Ask Your Heart)

Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:30 PM | PAR 203

"Sects and the City: The Essene Hypothesis in Imperial Rome"

Tue, Jan 31, 2012 3:00 PM | Middle East Reading Room (WMB 6.146)

Turkey Summer Program Information Session

Mon, Jan 30, 2012 6:30 PM | AVAYA Auditorium (ACES 2.302), 24th and Speedway

Rethinking the Arab Uprisings One Year Later

Mon, Jan 30, 2012 12:00 PM | SAC 2.120

Local Texts: Shari'a in Mid-Century Yemen

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