Events

Tunisian Women's Activism: The Struggle for Social and Gender Justice Continues

Thursday, April 13, 2023 - 9:30am to 11:00am

Tunisian women have long participated in struggles for liberation, first in anticolonial movements, then against state corruption and dictatorship in independent Tunisia especially during the 'Arab Spring.' Dr. Grami’s talk will discuss the rich history of the women’s movement in Tunisia to help us understand how women interact with various forms of power to renegotiate their identities and their status Read more

Women. Life. Freedom: A Conversation on the Iranian Uprising

Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died after being arrested by Iranian morality police in Tehran on September 13, 2022 for allegedly violating a state mandate requiring women to cover their hair. Since Ms. Amini’s death, many protesters have taken to the streets in Iran demanding an end to state violence and policing. Join us for an informative discussion with Iranian feminist scholar-activists on the uprisings. Read more

Famine and Civil War in Fatimid Egypt: The "Great Crisis" - A book talk by Dr. Rachel Howes

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 11:00am to 12:15pm

In the medieval Islamic world, famines were devastating and so were civil wars. In eleventh-century Egypt, the two combined into a man-made and environmental disaster that was known to later medieval historians as "the Great Crisis." The turmoil of the period between 1058 and 1074CE was a turning point in Fatimid and Middle Eastern history. Read more

AL-ÁNDALUS AND THE DECOLONIZATION OF EUROPE: REVISITING THE “CONVIVENCIA” IN AMÉRICO CASTRO’S WORK

Monday, April 25, 2022 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us for a fascinating discussion about the historical period called “la Convivencia” or the peaceful “co-existence” of Catholics, Jews, and Muslims before 1492 in Muslim Spain. Come and gain a new view of Europe and its relationship with the East. Guest Speaker renowned decolonial historian: Javier Garcia Fernandez, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy and Arts, University of Granada, Spain Read more

Intimate Histories: A Virtual Conversation with Rafia Zakaria

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - 9:30am to 11:00am

Rafia Zakaria is an author, attorney, and human rights activist. She is the author of Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption, The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan, and Veil. She has written for Al Jazeera, The Nation, CNN, the New York Times Book Review, Guardian Books, The New Republic, The Baffler, Boston Review, and DAWN, Read more

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