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  September 28, 2026; 5:15 PM FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003 Dr. Kristen Alff, Associate Professor, Department of History, NCSU Violent Interests examines processes of capital accumulation in the Eastern Mediterranean and the dynamic relationships of Beiruti entrepreneurs with centers of capital in Western Europe to reveal the inner [...]

On November 3, as part of the 2025–26 UNC-CH CMEIS Annual Academic Lecture Series, artists, scholars, and authors Danielle Dardashti and Galeet Dardashti will discuss their documentary podcast series, The Nightingale of Iran.   

As part of the 2025–26 UNC-CH CMEIS Annual Academic Lecture Series, on October 1 we will screen the documentary The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life, followed by a Q&A session with co-director, Dr. Persis Karim (San Francisco State University).  This 60-minute documentary explores the history, struggles, and [...]

As part of the 2025-26 UNC-CH CMEIS Annual Lecture Series, artist Maryam Safajoo will speak about her exhibition, My Bitter Childhood Window. The exhibition will be on display from August 8 to September 25, open on weekdays from 7:30AM-7:30PM in the FedEx Global Education Center atrium. A reception will be held [...]

On August 28, CMEIS is excited to kick off the AY 25-26 CMEIS Annual Lecture Series with a talk by Dr. Dominic Brookshaw (University of Oxford). The lecture will explore the feminist essays of Esmat Ashtiyani. This event will also include a welcome reception in the FedEx Global Education Center [...]

Dr. Amal Eqeiq will be joining the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies on March 20th to discuss “Brush Strokes of Global Dissent: On South-South Solidarities.” Dr. Eqeiq is Chair of Arabic Studies and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Williams College. Her lecture will be based on work [...]