Near Eastern Studies Seminar Series

The Seminar Series is a weekly lecture and discussion organized by the Near Eastern Studies Department and Program. Prominent scholars, journalists, diplomats and others are invited to to speak on a range of topics relating to the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia. Previously called the “Brown Bag Lunch Talks,” the series has been running since the 1970’s. It meets on Mondays at noon while the university is in session. The events are open to the public and usually take place in Jones Hall 202. If an event is Hybrid, the registration link can be found in the announcement for each event on this page.

Conveners 2023-2024: Daniel Sheffield

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Upcoming Events

Between Text and Image: Gender and Embodiment in the 1001 Nights
Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 12:00 pm12:20 pm

Zayde Antrim is Professor of History and International Studies at Trinity College (Hartford, CT) and currently Patricia Crone Member in Near Eastern and Islamic Studies at the IAS. She is the author of Routes and Realms: The Power of Place in the Early Islamic World (Oxford University Press, 2012) and Mapping the Middle East (Reaktion Books…

Location
202 Jones Hall
Speaker
Free and open to the public
The Circulation of the "Kutub al-Mutawassiṭāt" Astronomical Curriculum, 9th-13th Centuries
Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 12:00 pm1:20 pm

Christine Roughan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Digital Humanities and Manuscript, Rare Book and Archive Studies. Christine earned her Ph.D. in the Ancient World from New York University in January 2023, where her doctoral work explored a premodern astronomical curriculum and its continued use in Greek and Arabic…

Location
202 Jones Hall
Speaker
Free and open to the public
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