Events & News 2009-2010

NEWS

● The Abbasi Program welcomes new program director, Assoc. Prof. Shahzad Bashir.
● Prof. Michael Cooperson joins the Abbasi Program as a visiting professor in Autumn 2009 and Winter 2010.
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● Miriam Ellora Marks joins the Abbasi Program as Student Assistant.

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FALL 2009 EVENTS (click here to print a copy)

ISLAMIC STUDIES WORKSHOP SERIES
Unless otherwise noted, all workshops will take place on Thursdays from noon to 1:30 pm in Encina Hall West, Room 208. Papers are available to Stanford faculty and students upon request by email to abbasiprogram@stanford.edu.

“SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST”
September 30***: Joel Beinin (Professor of History, Stanford University), “A Workers’ Social Movement on the Margin of the Global Neoliberal Order, Egypt 2004-08”
*** PLEASE NOTE: The event will take place in CISAC Central Conference Room, Encina Hall (616 Serra Street)

October 22: Marwan Daoud Hanania (Ph.D. Candidate in History, Stanford University), "From Colony to Capital: A Socio-Economic and Political History of Amman, 1878-1928"

November 5: Alan Mikhail (Mellon Scholar in the Humanities, Stanford University, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Yale University), “An Irrigated Empire: The View from Ottoman Fayyoum”

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FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION SESSION:
“Who Speaks for Islam?: Muslims on Screen”

Wednesday, October 28, 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm, Cubberley Auditorium.
Join us for the premier of “Muslims on Screen” and a post-screening discussion session with distinguished guests. The film will feature interviews with various Hollywood actors, writers and producers about the evolving portrayal of Muslims in American film and television.  Panelists will shed light on the production process and also critically engage with depiction of Muslims in contemporary films and television programs. (more)

Lisa Aliferis, Co-producer, “Who Speaks for Islam?: Muslims on Screen”
Ronnie Khalil, Co-producer, the Middle Eastern Comedy Festival
Jisha Menon, Assistant Professor of Drama, Stanford University
Wendy Hanamura , Executive Producer, “Who Speaks for Islam?: Muslims on Screen”

 [Co-sponsored with LinkTV, Muslim Student Awareness Network]

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WORKSHOP ON ALIENATED NATIONS, FRACTURED STATES: AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN

OPEN ONLY TO STANFORD FACULTY AND STUDENTS

Thursday, December 3, 9:00 am- 6:00 pm
Encina Hall Central, CISAC Central Conference Room.
This one-day event will provide a culturally and historically informed discussion with the entangled politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Presentations will focus on the territory, kinship groups, and languages as well as the varied exchanges, networks, and ideas that join the populations of the two countries. Workshop Schedule

Tahir Andrabi, Economics, Pomona College
Shahzad Bashir, Religious Studies, Stanford University
James Caron, South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Robert Crews, History, Stanford University
Gilles Dorronsoro, The Carnegie Endowment
Jamal Elias, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, History, James Madison University
Fariba Nawa, Journalist, San Francisco
Thomas Ruttig, Afghanistan Analysts Network
Lutz Rzehak, Humboldt University
Farzana Shaikh, Asia Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)
Amin Tarzi, Middle East Studies, the Marine Corps University

[Co-sponsored with CISAC, Center for South Asia, Department of History, CREEES]


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GLOBAL POLITICS OF AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN

FREE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC

Thursday, December 3, 4:30 pm- 6:00 pm
Encina Hall Central, CISAC Central Conference Room
This public discussion session will provide a culturally and historically informed discussion with the entangled politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Presentations will focus on the territory, kinship groups, and languages as well as the varied exchanges, networks, and ideas that join the populations of the two countries. Event Poster

A Discussion Session with

Tahir Andrabi, Economics, Pomona College
Shahzad Bashir, Religious Studies, Stanford University
James Caron, South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Robert Crews, History, Stanford University
Gilles Dorronsoro, The Carnegie Endowment
Jamal Elias, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, History, James Madison University
Fariba Nawa, Journalist, San Francisco
Thomas Ruttig, Afghanistan Analysts Network
Lutz Rzehak, Humboldt University
Farzana Shaikh, Asia Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)
Amin Tarzi, Middle East Studies, the Marine Corps University

[Co-sponsored with CISAC, Center for South Asia, Department of History, CREEES]


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CO-SPONSORED EVENTS

Wednesday, October 7, noon, Encina Hall, Rm. 464
Samia Kassab-Charfi, (Professor of Literature, University of Tunis), “From Minor Key to Major one: The Story of a Black Slave Transfiguration in the Tunisian Sixteenth Century. A Postcolonial Reading of a Tunisian Novel”
[Co-sponsored with the Mediterranean Studies Forum, Center for African Studies, the Department of French and Italian]


Friday & Saturday, October 23-24, Building 200 &Bechtel International Center
Conference on Negotiating the Sacred:
Politics, Practice, and Perceptions of Religion in Africa (more)
Keynote Speaker: Saba Mahmood ( Associate Professor of Anthropology, UC-Berkeley)
[Co-sponsored with Student Forum for African Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Center for African Studies, Department of History, Department of Anthropology]

Tuesday, October 27, 2:30 pm, Archaeology Center (Bldg. 500), Seminar Room (more)
Islam Past and Present Workshop Series
Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels (Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University), “The Habous and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Heritage in Islamic Endowments”

Friday, October 30, 7:30 pm, Cubberley Auditorium
MSAN Comedy Show with
Azhar Usman, "Allah Made Me Funny"
Aron Kader, "Axis of Evil Comedy Tour"
[Co-sponsored with Muslim Student Awareness Network, Program on Writing and Rhetoric]

Friday, November 6, noon, Lane History Corner (Bldg. 200), Rm. 307
Hussein Fancy (Assistant Professor of History, University of Michigan), “Theologies of Violence: Muslim Soldiers in Medieval Catalonia”
[Co-sponsored with Center for European Studies, the Mediterranean Studies Forum]

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MIDDLE EASTERN FILM SERIES (more)
All screenings will take place on Thursdays at 7:30 pm in Building 200, Room 303 and are hosted by David Giovacchini, Middle East Collection, SUL-AIR.

September 24: “Ahlaam” (Iraq; Directed by Mohamed al-Daradji)
October 8: “Vicdan” [Conscience] (Turkey; Directed by Erden Kıral)
October 22: “Silence of the Sea” (Iran; Directed by Vahid Mousaian)
November 5: “Gitmek: My Marlon and Brando” (Turkey; Directed by Hüseyin Karabey)
November 12: “al-Turbini” [The Turbine] (Egypt; Directed by Ahmad Midhat)

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For more information, please contact the Abbasi Program Office at abbasiprogram@stanford.edu