Spring 2018 MEHAT Workshop Schedule

Posted on April 9, 2018 by kyle
Dear all, 
 
At last we have finalized the Spring 2018 Middle East History and Theory Workshop (MEHAT) Schedule. Please note that the meeting time for all MEHAT workshops this quarter has changed to Wednesdays, 1:30-3:00 PM at Pick Hall Room 218. The schedule is as follows:
 
April 18th: Samuel Lasman (Comparative Literature): “Dangerous Authenticity: What It Means to be from the Iranian ‘Otherworld.'” Discussant: Samantha Pellegrino (Islamic Studies, Divinity School)
 
May 2nd: Kara Peruccio (NELC)  “Bad Romance: Toxic Masculinity and Problematic Relationships in Italian and Turkish Women’s Novels, 1923-1933.” Discussant Claire Roosien (NELC/History).
 
May 16th: Amir Toft (NELC) “A Gentleman and a Scholar: Profiling an Ottoman Judge in the Late Sixteenth Century” Discussant: Dr. Basil Salem (Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Chicago).
 
May 30th: Kareem Rosshandler (CMES) “Arab-Israelis and the ‘Right to Culture’: Obstacles and Progress” (Discussant to be determined)
 
We will also be mixing up the usual food and beverage options! 
 
Hope to see you all there,
Kyle Wynter-Stoner
2017-2018 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator
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April 4th Workshop with Oğuz Alyanak

Posted on March 30, 2018 by kyle
Hello MEHAT attendees, please join us for our first MEHAT workshop of the spring quarter with Oğuz Alyanak, a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Washington University, St. Louis. He will be presenting his paper entitled “The Migrant Coffee House: A Place for Empty Men?”,  which deals with coffeehouse socialization among Turkish immigrants in Strasbourg. The workshop will take place this Wednesday, April 4th at 1:30-3:00 PM in Room 218 at Pick Hall. As always, food and beverages will be served.
 
Finally, keep your eyes open for the MEHAT Spring 2018 schedule, which will be posted shortly!
 
Best,
Kyle Wynter-Stoner
2017-2018 Middle East History and Theory Workshop Coordinator
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March 7th Workshop with Chad Mowbray

Posted on March 3, 2018 by kyle

Hello Middle East History and Theory Workshop attendees, please join us for our last workshop of the winter quarter this Wednesday, March 7th from 3:00-4:30 pm at Room 218 in Pick Hall. Chad Mowbray (NELC) will be giving a workshop on his paper entitled ‘Generic Ambiguity in al-Ḥuṭay’a’s ‘Wretched Hunter’ Poem.”

Hope to see you all there,

Kyle Wynter-Stoner

2017-2018 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator

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February 28th Workshop with Kyle Wynter-Stoner (NELC)

Posted on February 23, 2018 by kyle
Hello Middle East History and Theory Workshop attendees, please join us this Wednesday, February 28th at 3:00-4:30 pm in Pick Hall Room 218 for a MEHAT Workshop by me, Kyle Wynter-Stoner (NELC). I will be talking about my paper entitled “The Movement and Destruction of Library Books in Mamluk Cairo.” My discussant will be Arlen Wiesenthal (NELC). And as always, food and beverages will be served!
 
Best,
Kyle Wynter-Stoner
2017-2018 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator.
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February 7th Workshop with Carl Shook

Posted on February 6, 2018 by kyle

Hello Middle East History and Theory Workshop attendees, please join us this Wednesday, February 7th, at 3:00-4:30 PM at Pick Hall Room 218 for a workshop with Carl Shook (NELC) on his paper entitled “Preliminary Conclusions About the Border Formation Process in Mandate Iraq, 1920-1932.” His discussant will be Pelle Olsen. If possible, please try to read Carl’s paper before coming, which you should have gotten if you are on the MEHAT list serve. As always, there will be food and refreshments served.

Best,

Kyle Wynter-Stoner

2017-2018 MEHAT workshop coordinator

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January 24th Workshop with Theo Beers

Posted on January 22, 2018 by kyle

Greetings Middle East History and Theory Workshop attendees. Please join us this Wednesday, January 24th at 3:00-4:30 PM in Pick Hall Room 218 for a workshop with Theo Beers (NELC) on his paper: “The Tuḥfah-i Sāmī and the Persian Taẕkirah Tradition.” His discussant will be Sam Lasman. As always, food and soft drinks will be served.

Hope to see you all there,
Kyle Wynter-Stoner
2017-2018 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator
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Winter 2018 MEHAT Workshop Schedule

Posted on January 18, 2018 by kyle

Hello Middle East History and Theory Workshop attendees. I’m excited to announce that our Winter 2018 schedule is finally ready. Please note that all of the following workshops will be held on Wednesdays from 3:00-4:30 PM in Pick Hall, Room 218:

January 24th: Theo Beers (NELC): “The Tuḥfah-i Sāmī and the Persian Taẕkirah Tradition.”

February 7th: Carl Shook (NELC): “Preliminary Conclusions About the Border Formation Process in Mandate Iraq, 1920-1932.”

February 28th: Mustafa Kaya (NELC): “Zayn al-Din Khwafi (d. 1435) in the networks of the religious elite from Herat to Bursa.”

March 7th: Chad Mowbray (NELC): “Ambiguity in the ‘Wretched Hunter’ poem of al-Ḥuṭay’a”

As always, there will be food and beverages served. I hope you can all make it!

Best,

Kyle Wynter-Stoner

2017-2018 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator

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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR WINTER QUARTER 2018

Posted on December 11, 2017 by kyle
The Middle East History and Theory (MEHAT) Workshop is accepting submissions for the Winter 2018 Quarter. We aim to provide a forum for graduate students to present new work, receive feedback, and generate discussion across disciplines. We are eager to hear from historians, anthropologists, sociologists, musicologists, linguists, scholars of religion, and political scientists whose work engages with the Middle East, defined broadly to include the Mediterranean, North and West Africa, and South and Central Asia, over a span of time extending from Late Antiquity and the advent of Islam to the present. 

Drafts of dissertation proposals, chapters, and master’s theses are especially welcome, along with other works in progress. Professors are also encouraged to present their recent work. Papers are generally circulated a week prior to the workshop on the MEHAT listserv to encourage attendance and informed academic discussion. 

Please email abstracts of no more than 300 words to mehat.workshop@uchicago.edu if interested.  We have a few slots remaining for the Winter Quarter. Please note all dates are Wednesdays, between 3:00 and 4:30 PM:

January 24th
March 7th
If none of these dates work for you, you can also present in the Spring Quarter. Please email mehat.workshop@uchicago.edu  and we can arrange a slot for you then.
 
With best wishes, 
2017-18 MEHAT workshop coordinator
Kyle Wynter-Stoner
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MEHAT Workshop 10/18/2017: Rao Mohsin Ali Noor

Posted on October 16, 2017 by kyle
Dear MEHAT Attendees,
Plean join the Middle East History and Theory Workshop this Wednesday, October 18th, at 3:00-4:30 PM in Pick Hall 218 (Farouk Mustafa Memorial Lecture Room).
Our speaker is Rao Mohsin Ali Noor (NELC) and he will be discussing his paper: “Of Sonic Pieties and Attendant Anxieties: Religiosity, Aesthetics, and the Political in the Muslim Call to Prayer in Modern Egypt, Turkey, and Pakistan.” His discussant will be Kara Peruccio.
Food and beverages will be served. 
 
Hope to see you all there, 
Kyle
2017-2018 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator
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MEHAT Workshop: Fall 2017 Schedule

Posted on September 29, 2017 by kyle

Dear MEHAT Workshop Attendees,

I am thrilled about the full schedule this Fall quarter and look forward to fruitful discussions with you all. The MEHAT workshop will meet on Wednesdays, 3:00-4:20 PM in Pick Hall 218. Please mark your calendars and come:

Wednesday, October 4: Workshop with Dr. Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago) on her new book Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel.

Wednesday, October 18: Workshop with Rao Mohsin Ali Noor (NELC): “Of Sonic Pieties and Attendant Anxieties: Religiosity, Aesthetics, and the Political in the Muslim Call to Prayer in Modern Egypt, Turkey, and Pakistan.”

Wednesday, November 1: Workshop with Yaqub Hilal (Anthropology): “Rethinking the Middle East.”

Wednesday, November 15: Workshop with Mariam Sheibani (NELC): (Title to be determined and announced in a future email.)

Wednesday, November 29: Workshop with Rachel Schine (NELC): “Locating Blackness in Arabic Literature: Early Sources.”

As always, there will be food and beverages. Additionally, there are still spots available for the winter and spring quarters. If you would like to present then, please feel free to contact me at any time.

Take Good Care,

Kyle Wynter-Stoner

2017-2018 MEHAT Coordinator

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