Past News Articles
November 11, 2024
As part of the 2024-2025 Annual CMEIS Lecture Series, Art(s) of Protest: Social Movements, Artistic Practices, Literary Reimaginings," Dr. Amal Eqeiq (Williams College -- https://arabic.williams.edu/profile/ae8/) will be joining us for a talk titled: "Brush Strokes of Global Dissent: On South-South Solidarities". Date & Time: February 20, 2025 from 6:00-7:30pm. [...]
November 11, 2024
As part of the 2024-2025 Annual CMEIS Lecture Series, Art(s) of Protest: Social Movements, Artistic Practices, Literary Reimaginings," Dr. Annette Damayanti Lienau (Harvard University -- https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/people/annette-damayanti-lienau) will be joining us for a book talk titled: "Sacred Language, Vernacular Difference: Global Arabic and Counter-Imperial Literature". Time: TBD Location: FedEx Global [...]
September 28, 2024
Join us on Thurs., Oct 24 from 12-1pm to listen to Dr. Hanan Jasim Khammas discuss her work. Hanan is a postdoctoral fellow at The Duke Islamic Studies Center at Duke University. Her research explores contemporary Arab-Muslim feminist discourses of the past 10 years.
September 28, 2024
Join us on Wed., Oct 23 from 2:30-3:30pm to listen to Prof. O’Sullivan discuss his work. Prof. O’Sullivan is Assistant Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill. His publications focus on religious and economic history of Muslim communities in South Asia and adjacent regions.
September 28, 2024
Join us on Tues., Oct 22 from 12-1pm to listen to Prof. Gökarıksel discuss her work. Prof. Gökarıksel is a Professor of Geography and Environment at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research examines bodies, intimacy, and everyday spaces as key sites of politics and geopolitics. Prof. Gökarıksel will lead a discussion on public [...]
September 9, 2024
Abstract: This guest lecture (and book signing) will be based on Dr. Sinno’s recent monograph, A War of Colors: Graffiti and Street Art in Postwar Beirut (University of Texas Press, 2024). Arguing that graffiti making is a dialogical, affective and embodied process, Dr. Sinno will provide a contextual analysis of Beirut’s postwar [...]
September 9, 2024
On September 17 CMEIS will be organizing the first graduate student meet and greet of the academic year. Dr. Esra Bayraktar earned her PhD in Islamic Mysticism (Tasawwuf) from the Faculty of Divinity at Ankara University, an MA in Communication from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State [...]
September 9, 2024
Imam Abdul Hafeez Waheed (Center for Muslim Life, Duke University) will give a lecture on Muslim history in the state of North Carolina. Date & Time: Thursday, September 19th, 2024 (5:30pm - 7pm) Location: Fed Ex Global Education Center (GEC) Room 1009 Program schedule: 5:30pm-5:45pm: Refreshments 5:45pm: Welcome, [...]
August 5, 2024
Join us for the first Ali and Lila Paydarfar Lectureship of academic year 2024-2025. Dr. Kashani-Sabet’s new book, Heroes to Hostages: America and Iran, 1800-1988, analyzes the ties between America and Iran not only through international diplomacy, but also through cultural and social history, with a focus on race, gender, [...]
April 10, 2024
UNC Persian Cultural Society and CMEIS invites you to an end-of-the-year concert featuring folkloric music: Mazandarani, Khorasani, and Lorestani. The concert will be held on April 27 at 6pm in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium of UNC's FedEx Global Education Center. Purchase your tickets here. Note: there is a limited number [...]