Events and Meetings
Fall 2012

Regular Meetings
Open to all faculty, Visiting Lecturers, students and Staff

Thursday, Sept 27, 2012 @ 3:30pm-4:45pm, Room, Maxwell Library, MCIE, A300
Monday, October 30 @ 12:00pm-1:30pm, Room TBD
Thursday, Nov 29@12:00pm-1:30pm, Room TBD

Monday. September 17, 2012
6:00pm-9:00pm, Dunn A & B
Celebration
Iftar Ramadan: Eid al-Fitr Celebration (100 people expected/dinner/three speakers/ and music)

Tuesday, September 11, 2012
2:00pm-3:30pm, The  Heritage Room, Library
Lecture: The Middle East in the Shadow of September 11
Randa Fahmy Hudome, President, Fahmy Hudome International, LLC

Thursday, September 13, 2012
Center for Middle East Studies Luncheon Reception
Dr. Luqman Dosky, President of Duhok University, Kurdistan, Iraq.

President Dana Mohler-Faria of BSU and President Lugman Dosky of Duhok University, Kurdistan-Iraq.

Thursday, September 13, 2012
 2:00pm-3:30pm.The Heritage Room, Maxwell Library
Higher Education in Kurdistan v. Educational Systems in Baghdad
Speaker. Dr. Luqman Dosky, President of the University of Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq     

 

 

                                     

 

 

Left: Fred Clark, Executive VP&VP, External Affairs, President Luqman Dosky of Dohuk University, Kurdistan,
Jabbar A-Obaidi, Director, CMES,& Michael Kryzanek, Executive Director of MCIE

Wednesday, September 19, 2012, Middle East Film Series
6:00pm, Conant Bldg (new) Lecture Hall 120 & Atrium
Title: Blackboards by Samira Makhmalbaf, (1997). Iran.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012, Middle East Film Series
2:00-4:00pm, Dunn A
Title: Turtles Can Fly (2005).Iraq.
Light refreshments.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Middle East Film Series
3:25pm-4:40pm, The Heritage Room, Maxwell Library
Title: Ha-Kochavim She Shlomi Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi. Israel

Thursday, October 11, 2012,
11:00am-12:15pm, The Heritage Room, Maxwell Library
Lecture: Images in Islam: Perspectives and Theological Interpretations.
Dr. Khalid Nasr, Islamic Center of New England

Thursday, October 18, 2012
12:30pm-1:45pm, Moakley 221
Academic and Educational Partnership in the Middle East: research, teaching, and Mentoring. Panelists include:
Dr. Lee Torda, English Department
Dr. Peter Sietins, Management Department
Dr. Fernanda L. Ferreira, Foreign Languages Department
Moderator: Dr. Jabbar Al-Obaidi, Communication Studies Department
Lunch will be served. Kindly reserve at CARS@bridgew.edu or by calling 508.531.1767
Cosponsors: CARS and the Center for Middle East Studies

October 13-24, 2012
Visiting delegate from Jordan.
Dr. Khaled Alshogran, Director, Alra'a Studies Center
Dr. Amjad Al-Kadi, Commissioner, Audiovisual Commission
Their program will  be announced

Tuesday, October 25, 2012, Middle East Film Series  
 6:00pm-8:00pm, The Heritage Room, Maxwell Library
Title: Distant (2005). Turkey.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012
12:20pm., Moakley Center Auditorium
Lecture: Is The Time for a Palestinian State Now? Palestinian- Israeli Peace Negotiations and the Current Constraints
Speaker: H.E. Ambassador and Chief  Representative of the PLO to the United States Maen Rashid Areikat

Monday, November 5, 2012
1:50pm-4:30pm, The Heritage Room, Library
Title: The Yacoubian Building (2007). Egypt.
Light refreshments.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
2:00pm-4:00pm, ECC 112/East Campus Center
Lecture: Iraqi Literary and Culinary Culture: A Unique Experience via Mind and Stomach 
Speakers:
Dr. Shakir Mustafa, Northeaster University
Writer: Nawal Nasrallah
Nasrallah will also make an Iraqi dish.
Moderator: Dr. Joyce Rain Anderson, Coordinator, US Ethnic Studies Program.
Cosponsors: Center for Middle East Studies, English Department, and US Ethnic Studies Program.
Refreshments will be served.
This event also comes as a contribution for the celebration of the International Educational Week.

Events and Meetings
Spring 2012

Regular Meetings
Open to all faculty, Visiting Lecturers, students and Staff
Thursday, January 26 @ 3:30pm-4:30pm, Room, Maxwell Library, CIE, A300
Thursday, February 16 @ 3:30pm-4:30pm, Room Maxwell Library, CIE, A300
Thursday, March 29 @ 3:30pm-4:30pm, Room Maxwell Library, CIE, A300
Thursday, April 26 @ 3:30pm-5:00pm, Room Maxwell Library, CIE, A300

June 4-5, 2012 Conference
Women and Gender in the Middle East:  Recognition, Reflection, and Realignment
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA.
To register for the conference, follow this link to the website at:
https://secure.touchnet.com/C20026_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=19&SINGLESTORE=true

Spring 2012
Middle East Educational Weeks
The Center for Middle East Studies will present the 3rd Middle East Educational Weeks from March 27-April 12, 2012.

Monday, April 9, 2012
12:20pm-1:50pm, Dunn Suite B, East Campus        
Dr. Yahya R. Kamalipour, Professor & Head, Department of Communication & Creative Arts, and Director of the Center for Global Studies, Purdue University
Lecture:Internet and Social Media: Empowering People.
Moderator:  Dr. Bjorn Ingvoldstad, Communication Studies Department
Cosponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies and Communication Studies Department, BSU.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
* 9:30am-11:30am, the Burnell Cafeteria, East Campus
Dr. Vernon Domingo & Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan, Geography Department, BSU         
Presentation: Teaching Geography of the Middle East and Beyond for Middle and High School Students.
Cosponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies, the Office of University and Community Partnerships & the Geography Department.          

*12:30pm-1:45pm, RCC 208 (The Demo Room)
Panel Discussion:
Oil, Honey, and Arms: Searching for a Middle Ground in the Middle East
Panelists:
Professor Shahram Shadbash, Suffolk
University
Professor Yoav Mehozay, Northeastern University: Tahrir is Here? The Arab
Spring Influence and Vision on Israel and on Constitution Making in Non-Secular Societies.
Dr. Shakir Almakzomy, Former Member of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq: Democracy in a Corrupt Environment.
Moderator: Dr. Tahir Al-Bakaa, Visiting Professor, BSU and Suffolk
University, Former Minster of Higher Education, Iraq

* 3:30pm-5:00pm
Arabic Musical Instruments Workshop, RCC119 (Green Room), Campus Center
By Karim Nagi (Mr. Nagi is a native Egyptian percussionist, DJ, folk dancer and creator of Turbo Tabla)
* 8:00pm-10:00pm
Arabic Music Concert. Horace Mann Auditorium
ARABIZED by Karim Nagi.
ARABIZED is a mash of civilizations. This intense solo stage performance features Arab music, folk dance, and oration. Karim Nagi re-imagines the Arab traditions, performing acrobatic Sufi drumming, Saidi cane dances, and soulful buzuq taqasim, all within a greater story and narrative about identity and diaspora. 
Cosponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies and the Music Department.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012,
12:20pm-1:35pm, Burnell Cafeteria, East Campus
Presentation: Coffee from Yemen: Test and Culture
Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan, Geography Department, Bridgewater, BSU.
Cosponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies and the Geography Department.    

 

Thursday, April 12, 2012,11:30am-1:00pm, Council Chambers (Room 201, Campus Center)
3rd Annual Passover Celebration
Cosponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, and the U.S. Ethnic Studies Program, BSU.

Enjoy and thank you for our speakers and your kind support. Have a good summer.

              

FALL 2011 Events and Meetings
Regular Meetings
Open to all faculty, Visiting Lecturers
Monday, September 19 @ 3:00pm-4:30pm, Room, Maxwell Library, CIE, A300
Monday, October 31 @ 3:00pm-4:30pm, Room Maxwell Library, CIE, A300
Monday, November 28 @ 3:00pm-4:30pm, Room Maxwell Library, CIE, A300

Confirmed Events

Tuesdays/Every Tuesday: Lunch and Language, Dr. Jabbar Al-Obaidi @12:00-1:00pm, cosponsored by CMA, in RCC room 212 all semester with the exception of November 15^th where you will be in RCC 209. 

  esalamu elyakum            Dr. Jabbar AL-Obaidi

Monday, September 12, 2011@ 6:00pm Eid al-Futer (the Festival of Fast-Breaking/End of Ramadan). Dunn Suite, A and B, East Campus.


Thursday, September 22, 2011
Lecture: current issues in Israel and the Middle East by

Mr. Shai Bazak Consul General  of Israel to New England @ 12:30pm in Dunn Conference Suite, East Campus. Read More.


Monday, September 26, 2011 Lecture: Libya, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democratic Uprising by Professor Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Chair, Department of Political Science, and Ludcke Chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences University, @1:50pm in RCC Small Ballroom.
Professor Ali Abdullatif Ahmida. Read More.
 

Tuesday, October 11, Breakfast @9:15-10:15am. We will have two guests from Jordan and celebration of the establishment of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES), at 2:30-1:30pm in Maxwell Library Heritage Room.

Monday, November 7, 2011, Small Ballroom, Campus Center: Presentation: Why We Need to Know About the World: The Geography Bill in the Massachusetts Legislature.
Presenters: Professors James Hayes-Bohanan and Vernon Domingo, Department of Geography.
Moderator: Dr. Madhu Rao, Department of Geography.

Dr. Madhu          Dr. Domingo   Dr. Hayes-Bohanan

Tuesday, November 15, 2011, Dunn Conference Room , Suite B at 2:00pm: Lecture by:

Dr. Teresa King, Department of Psychology:
Middle East Meets West: A Cross-National Examination of Body Image and Media Exposure in Jordanian Women.

World Café, Wednesday, November 16, 2011, Park Ave, Campus Center at 3:30pm, in collaboration with International Student Services.

Thursday, November 17, 2011, International Education Week: Film Screening: BUDRUS, A Just Vision Film.  Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:30pm, Maxwell Heritage Room. Watch official Trailer.

Thank you for our speakers and your great support. Have  a good holidays.

 

 

 

Last Modified: October 9, 2012