Democratic Revolution in an Islamic State: The Maldives with Professor Scott Morrison
Co-sponsor: The Southern Asian Institute
Turkey's Alevi Enigma: A Historical Perspective with Riza Yildirim and Ahmet T. Kuru
Co-Sponsors: the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR), Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL), and The Middle East Institute (MEI)
Contact: Ahmet Kuru, ak2840@columbia.edu
Reception to follow
Beyond Martyrdom and Terror with Gilles Kepel
"Beyond Martyrdom and Terror"
Co-sponsor: Alliance Project, The Institute for Religion, Culture & Public Life
Religion and Politics Lecture Series: Self-Orientalization and Revitalization: The Decline Discourses in Egypt and Turkey with Professor Akif Kirecci and Professor Richard Bulliet
"Religion and Politics Lecture Series: Self-Orientalization or Revitalization: The Decline Discourses in Egypt and Turkey"
Co-sponsors: the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR), Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL), and The Middle East Institute (MEI)
Contact: Ahmet Kuru,ak2840@columbia.edu
Religion and Politics Lecture Series: Funny Jihad: Islamophobia and Muslim Ethnic Comedy
With Prof. Mucahit Bilici and Prof. Taylor Carman
Co-sponsors: the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR), Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL), and The Middle East Institute (MEI)
Contact: Ahmet Kuru, ak2840@columbia.edu
Turkey's Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan
Co-sponsors: Columbia's World Leaders Forum, Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR), Institute of Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL)
FILM: "I Love HipHop in Morocco"
"I Love HipHop in Morocco"
Co-sponsors: The Center for African Education (TC), School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), & The Gottesman Libraries
Website: http://library.tc.columbia.edu/news.php?id=375
*RSVP by Monday, November 10 to library@tc.edu
Yunus Emre: A Poetry Presentation by Professor Talat Halman
Co-sponsors: Light Millennium, Department of Middle East & Asian Languages & Cultures
Justice and War - Thoughts from Lebanon's Killing Fields with Judge Choucri Sader
Justice and War – Thoughts from Lebanon's Killing Fields
Co-sponsor: The Human Rights Institute
King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life with Dr. Nigel Ashton
Co-sponsor: The Center for International Histor
FILM: "While We're Waiting" with Ahang Bashi
Co-sponsors: School of the Arts (Film Division) and Middle East & Asian Languages & Cultures Department
The Arab Conquests of Iraq & Iran: A Revised Chronology and its Implications with Professor Parvaneh Pourshariati
Co-sponsor: Middle East & Asian Languages & Cultures Department
Turkish Cinema Today - A Panel Discussion with Binnaz Saktanber, Umit Unal, Tayfun Pirselimoglu, Selen Ucer, and Dr. David Cuthell
Cocktail reception to follow
Co-Sponsor: Moon and Stars Project
to RSVP email: guestlist@moonandstarsproject.org
Doomsday Movements in Contemporary Islam with Jean-Pierre Filiu (SciencePo, Paris)
Co-sponsor: Alliance Project
Arabic Poetry in an Islamic Context with Ali Ahmad Said (Adunis)
Arabic Poetry in an Islamic Context"
Co-sponsors: Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultulres, The Department of Religion, and the Institute for Comparative Literature & Society
Conflict Resolution: A New Vision for the Role of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
"Conflict Resolution: A New Vision for the Role of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)"
With HE Secretary General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
Co-sponsors: School of International and Public Affairs
The Secret War with Iran with Dr. Ronen Bergman
"The Secret War with Iran"
Co-sponsors: Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, The Comparative Defense Studies Program
The Role of the Media in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with Danny Rubeinstein
Co-sponsors: School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia's
Graduate School of Journalism, and Americans for Peace Now