Past News Articles

  • November 6, 2023

    Thursday, November 9 | 12:00-1:00 PM FedEx GEC 4003 UNC-CH   Join the Center for Middle East & Islamic Studies and International Student and Scholar Services during lunch to come together in community, meet new students to expand your network of support, engage in conversation, and learn about available resources. [...]

  • November 6, 2023

    Wednesday, November 8 | 3 PM Duke University Zoom - contact us for Zoom link Dr. Hacks is Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Oregon, where he joined the faculty in 2003. In the same year he received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages [...]

  • November 5, 2023

    Monday, November 6 | 4:00-5:00 PM Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff Fetzer Hall – Room 109 UNC-CH   Navin Bapat and Jeff Spinner-Halev will explain the origins of the current conflict, assess the strategic aims of key political actors in the conflict, and assess the ethics of the combatants’ tactics using [...]

  • October 19, 2023

    As part of UNC's Research Week, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies is launching Prof. Nadia Yaqub’s edited volume, Gaza on Screen, on Friday, October 27 from 12 pm-2:00 pm. The event will be held in Phillips Hall room 275 at UNC-Chapel Hill. Copies of the book will be [...]

  • September 26, 2023

    Professor Pamela Karimi is a Professor of History of Art & Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She is an architect and historian of art and architecture who obtained her PhD from the History, Theory & Criticism of Art and Architecture Program at MIT in 2009. Her expertise lies [...]

  • June 5, 2023

    Lecture: "Life and Legacy of Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi" Wednesday, 7 June 2023 6:45-9:00pm (EST) Online at https://duke.zoom.us/j/96155107120

  • May 10, 2023

    Wednesday, May 17 from 6:45-8:30pm Join online at https://duke.zoom.us/j/96155107120

  • April 23, 2023

    CMEIS “Year End Celebration” Friday, April 28 |1:00 - 3:00 pm  FedEx Global Center (4th floor) UNC - Chapel Hill Please join us for UNC Center for Middle East and Islamic studies to celebrate the accomplishments of our students, staff, faculty, partners, and center work. We will have refreshments from [...]

  • April 17, 2023

    Cooking Workshop “Arabic Sweets” Friday, April 21 |12:00-2:00pm 241 Rosenau Hall (Nutrition Kitchen) UNC-Chapel Hill This workshop session will be in Arabic. Arabic students, speakers and learners are all welcome to attend. Bring your “Top Chef” spirit. For questions contact Professor Doria El Kerdany at Elkerdan@unc.edu Sponsored by UNC Department [...]

  • April 11, 2023

    Lecture “Constitutionalism in Iranian Perception” Wednesday, April 26 |6:45 - 7:30 pm  Aria Cultural Center Duke University Dr. Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh is associate professor of history at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. A multiple award-winner for his scholarship and service, Dr. Farzaneh’s The Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the Clerical Leadership [...]

  • April 11, 2023

    Film Screening “Holy Spider” Friday, April 21 |7:00-9:00pm Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater Duke University A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so-called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets [...]

  • April 11, 2023

    Lecture "Solivagant Adventures: Behind the Lens of an Itinerant Documentarian in Iran" Wednesday, April 19 | 6:45-8:30 PM Online via Zoom The Duke University Emamian Lectureship presents a lecture by photographer Sia Yazdanfar. Yazdanfar is a freelance photographer. His current series of exhibitions focus on traditional women’s clothing in different [...]