Events & Notices
Upcoming Events at IMES - George Washington University
Middle East Policy Forum
Palestinians in Israel: Predicaments, Opportunities, and Challenges
Speakers will discuss the relationship between the Jewish majority and Palestinians in the state of Israel. They will look at the predicaments and challenges inherent in this relationship for both Jews and Palestinians, and at the challenges and possibilities that lie ahead.
with
Raef Zreik, Georgetown University
Ori Nir, Americans for Peace Now
Adina Friedman, Moderator, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, GW
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Lindner Family Commons
Room 602, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to rsvpimes@gwu.edu
The Middle East Policy Forum is presented with the generous support of ExxonMobil
Upcoming Middle East Policy Forum events include:
November 6: Guest Speaker, The Honorable Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat
November 11: “Underexposure: Iraq Spring 2003” – Film screening and discussion with independent Iraqi film-maker Ziad Turki
November 12: “Iran and Gulf Security” – Featuring Sami M.K.M. Al-Faraj, President of the Kuwait Centre for Strategic Studies
Visit www.gwu.edu/~imes/MEPF.cfm for the entire Fall 2009 MEPF schedule.
I RAN Home (In America) - an art exhibition November 5-29, 2009
American University Islamic Lecture Series
Engaged Conversations: Perspectives on Islam and Contemporary Global Issues
Sponsored by The Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University Muslim Students' Association, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Division, Center for Global Peace and the Washington College of Law International Legal Studies Program.
Islam and the Environment
Wednesday April 29, 2009
2:00 - 4:00pm
SIS Lounge
Panelists:
- Imam Johari Abdul Malik - Director of Outreach, Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center
- Mohamad Chakaki - Environmental Educator & Activist
- Sarah Jawaid - Organizer, DC Green Muslims
Moderator:
- Christos Kyrou - Professor, International Peace and Conflict Resolution
This panel is part of American University's newest lecture series, Engaged Conversations: Perspectives on Islam and Contemporary Global Issues, featuring a diversity of voices on critical topics related to Islam and Muslims in a globalized world. Upcoming panels and lectures include:
September 17, 2009: Muslim Women Peace Builders
November 19, 2009: Interfaith Dialogue and Action
The RUMI FORUM Presents
Tolerance's End: Religious Minorities, Philosophers, Free-Thinkers and the Rise of Fundamentalism in 12th and 13th Century Islamic Spain
Lourdes Maria Alvarez, Acting Director of Medieval and Byzantine Studies at the Catholic University of America
Thursday, April 23th 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
At the RUMI Forum
1150 17th Street NW, Suite 408,
Washington D.C. www.rumiforum.org
Free and open to the public (registration required). Light lunch will be served.
Explorations (and celebrations) of the so-called convivencia between Muslims, Christians and Jews in 10th- and 11th-century Spain have been the subject of an enormous amount of scholarship in the last 60 years. Far less attention has been paid to the complex interplay between competing religio-political understandings of Islamic military and economic decline and how these conflicts affected religious minority populations and the philosophers, mystics and intellectuals who would become the most visible targets of "fundamentalist" fury. Lourdes Maria Alvarez is acting director of Medieval and Byzantine Studies at the Catholic University of America and an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. A graduate of Yale University, she has published on Islamic mysticism, intellectual history and literature in medieval Spain. Her book, Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari: Songs of Love and Devotion published by Paulist Press is forthcoming this year.
Rumi Forum, 1150 17th St. N.W., Suite 408 Washington, DC 20036
AT GWU's Institute for Middle East Studies
IMES Brownbag Lecture
The Islamic State: Myths and Realities
Guest Speaker:
- Asma Afsaruddin, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Notre Dame
Asma Afsaruddin specializes in the religious and political thought of Islam, Qur'an and hadith studies, Islamic intellectual history, and gender. She frequently consults with US governmental and private agencies on contemporary Islamic movements, inter-faith, and gender issues, and has lectured widely in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. She is the author of Excellence and Precedence: Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership, among other books, and has written over fifty research articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries on various aspects of Islamic thought. Her most recent book, The First Muslims: History and Memory (OneWorld Publications 2007), explains the impact of the earliest converts on the development of Islamic doctrine, law and ethics, and examines their status as moral exemplars for succeeding generations. (For more information, visit http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=25467.)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Suite 505, 1957 E Street NW
RSVP to rsvpimes@gwu.edu
*A light lunch will be served
Visit www.gwu.edu/~imes for more information
about the Institute for Middle East Studies.
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 512 • Washington, DC 20052 • 202-994-9249 • Fax 202-994-5477
Muslim Voices, an Islamic Arts Festival, in New York City
Performances, exhibitions, films, talks on theatre, visual arts, music from across the Muslim world. Check out the website here for a complete list of events. June 9-14, 2009 in New York City. Presented by the Asia Society, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and NYU's Center for Dialogues. Includes a conference on artists, their venues, their cultural and religious settings, and implications for the renewal of cultural diplomacy.
Islam and Peace
The American University Muslim Students' Association and the Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, cordially invite you to a lecture on "Islam and Peace" by renowned scholars from the American University's School of International Service.
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:00pm
Kay Spiritual Life Center
Speakers and topics:
- Mohammed Abu-Nimer: Nonviolence in Islam
- Abdul Aziz Said: Islam and Peacemaking
- Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana: Peace Building and Sources of Conflict Resolution in Islam
- February 26, 2009: Minority Rights and Pluralism in Islam
- April 22, 2009l: Muslim Women Peace Builders
- September 17, 2009: Interfaith Dialogue and Action
- November 19, 2009: Islam and the Environment
More details will be available soon - please mark your calendars!
The organizers are looking for support and contributions to help prepare for this important series. We greatly appreciate your support at any level- if you wish to make a contribution and/or be a sponsor, please contact Elli Nagai-Rothe at tawhid@american.edu.
Conference at Georgetown University
ISLAM IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES: Alternative Perspectives of the Gulen Movement
Georgetown University, Copley Formal Lounge
Date: 14-15 November 2008
The George Washington University, Institute for Middle East Studies
A Time of Transition: U.S. Impact on Reform in a Changing Middle East
A Future of Democracy series event co-sponsored by IMES and POMED
Monday, September 22, 2008
Speakers:
- Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Founder, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, Cairo
- Marc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GW
Moderator: Andrew Albertson, Executive Director, Project on Middle East Democracy
How are dynamics of reform in the Middle East changing, and what are the main drivers of that change? How have the last seven years shaped Middle Easterners' attitudes to American involvement in the region, to the word "democracy," and to democratic reform itself? What opportunities and challenges do these changes create for Middle Easterners dedicated to political reform? Following a time of transition in America's own domestic politics, how should the U.S. approach the region? Can the next administration play a positive role in supporting democratic reform in the Middle East, and if so, how?
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Elliott Room (Room 310)
The Cloyd Heck Marvin Center
800 21st Street NW
RSVP to rsvp@pomed.org
The Middle East: For the Next Administration
A Security Policy Forum panel discussion co-sponsored by IMES
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Aaron D. Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Political and Social Forces
- Marina Ottaway, Director, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- The Influence of Iran
- Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: Marc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GW
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street NW
RSVP to spf@gwu.edu
Middle East Policy Forum
The Honorable John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
Secretary Negroponte will speak on Iraq and the United States' ongoing involvement in the region. Negroponte will draw on his years of experiences as a career Foreign Service Officer, the Deputy Secretary of State, and a former United States Ambassador to Iraq, to provide a unique perspective on the situation in Iraq and U.S policies.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213
1957 E Street NW
RSVP to imes@gwu.edu
Visit www.gwu.edu/~imes for full information on all IMES events.
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 502 • Washington, DC 20052 • 202-994-9249 • Fax 202-994-5477
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