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| FEATURED EVENT May 14: 2008 ME/SA Annual Hafla/Mela: Join UC Davis Middle East/South Asia Studies Program for an evening of free food and entertainment. Graduating students with a ME/SA minor will receive special recognition. This is a great opportunity for those interested in the ME/SA minor or major to speak with ME/SA faculty. Come find out about the new ME/SA major to be launched Fall 2008. Click through for more details.
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Title: “EMPTY GRAVES: THE TOMB TOWERS OF NORTHERN IRAN” Date: October 12, 2007, 4:30pm Location: 210D Art Sponsors: Middle
East/South Asia Studies
Date: October 17, 2007, 5:00 – 7:00pm Location: ARC (Activities and Recreation Center ) Ballroom B Sponsor: Middle East/South Asia Studies
Title: “Challenges and Opportunities in the Creation of Arab-Israeli Peace and Dealing with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Issues: An Egyptian Perspective” Date: October 22, 2007, 4:00 – 6:00pm, Reception 3:00 - 4:00pm Location: Wyatt Pavilion Sponsors: Institute of Governmental Affairs, International Relations Program, Middle East/South Asia Studies Program, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
Title: “Connecting Students from Arabic-Speaking Countries with U.S. Society through Homestay Experiences”. Date: October 24, 2007, 4:00 – 7:00pm Location: Workshop at International-House, 10 College Park
Read by: Flagg Miller, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies Date: October 24, 2007, 12:00 – 1:00pm Location: UC Davis, Bookstore
Date: October 31, 2007, 12:00 – 2:00pm Location: Alumni Center, West Conference Room Sponsor: Middle East/South Asia Studies
Title: “Curricular Activism and Academic Freedom Representations of Arabs and Muslims in Print and Internet Media”. Date: October 31, 2007, 4:00 – 6:00pm Location: 53A Olsen Hall Sponsors: Middle East/South Asia Studies
Speakers: STEVEN SALAITA,
Assistant Professor, English, Virginia Tech. Moderator: SUNAINA MAIRA, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, UC Davis Date: November 1, 2007, 6:30 – 8:00pm Location: MU II, UC Davis Sponsors: American Studies, Asian American Studies, Asian American Cultural Politics Research Cluster, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Davis Humanities Institute, English, Middle East/South Asia Studies, Office of Campus and Community Relations.
Date: December 3, 2007, 7:00pm Location: Mondavi Center Sponsors: Middle East/South Asia Studies
Speaker: Walid Raad, Associate Professor of Art in the Cooper Union (New York) Date: January 14, 2008 Location: 3104 Hart Hall, 4–6pm Sponsors:
Date: January 16, 3-5 pm Location: 912 Sproul Hall “RIGHTS TALK AND RIGHTS WORK IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND
SOUTH ASIA” Click here to download a printable program PROGRAM Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:30-7:00pm Dinner 7:00-8:00pm Welcome: Steven
Sheffrin, Dean, Division of Social Sciences, UC Davis Friday, February 29, 2008 8:30-9:00am Registration and breakfast 9:00-10:00am Chair:
Gayatri Gopinath, Women & Gender Studies, UC Davis 10:00-11:00am Chair:
David Simpson, English, UC Davis 11:00-11:30am Coffee break 11:30-12:30pm Chair:
Carolyn de la Pena, Director, Davis Humanities Institute 12:30-2:00pm Lunch, University Club Lounge 2:00-3:00pm
Chair: Elizabeth Constable,
French and Italian, UC Davis 3:00-4:00pm Chair:
Clarence Walker, History, UC Davis 4:00-5:00pm Roundtable: "Rights
Talk and Rights Work" 5:00-6:00pm Reception Sponsors:
Title: “Rethinking the Nation as Ethical Horizon” Date: March 4, 2008, 5–7 pm Location: Memorial Union, East Conference Room Sponsor: Middle East/South Asia Studies
Title: “Reading Hindi Poetry: Some Basic Principles” Date: March 13, 2008, 12 noon–1:30 pm Location: Memorial Union, East Conference Room Sponsor:
Middle East/South Asia Studies Presenter: NADIA KAMAL, Egyptian filmmaker Title: “Salata Balada” (film screening) Date: March 13, 2008, 4–7 pm Location: Art Annex
Date: May 14, 2008, 5–7 pm Location: University Club Lounge Join UC Davis Middle East/South Asia Studies Program for an evening of free food and entertainment. Graduating students with a ME/SA minor will receive special recognition. This is a great opportunity for those interested in the ME/SA minor or major to speak with ME/SA faculty. Come find out about the new ME/SA major to be launched Fall 2008. Entertainment and food provided. Entertainment: Zindagi
Hindi Film Dance Team; Middle Eastern Dance Group; poetry; Middle
Eastern and South Asian music
Title: “Sexuality, Modernity, and Authenticity: The Checkered Career of zina’ in the Islamic Legal Tradition” Date: May 19, 2008, 4–6 pm Location: Memorial Union, East Conference Room Sponsors: Middle East/South Asia Studies Program, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages Department of Education Grant, Cultural Studies, Department of History |
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