Author Archives: elfenbein

Matthew Gillman CMES, University of Chicago “Beyond Narratives of Text and Image: A Safavid Khamseh as Comprehensive Object (BnF suppl. pers. 1029)” Discussant: Meekyung Macmurdie, Art History Thursday, May 2nd, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pick 218, 5828 S. University Ave. To … Continue reading →

  Prof. Ellen Amster History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “Healing the Body, Healing the Umma: Sufi Saints and God’s Law in a Corporeal City of Virtue” Wednesday, March 13, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Pick 218, 5828 S. University Ave. To request a … Continue reading →

Elham Mireshghi Ph.D Student, Medical Anthropology, University of California, Irvine “Sacred Knowledges and Expert Opinions: Understanding the Fatwas on Kidney Sales in Iran” Discussant: Madeleine Elfenbein (NELC) Wednesday, March 6, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Pick 218, 5828 S. University Ave. … Continue reading →

Judith Pfeiffer (Oxford) “Confessional Ambiguity vs. Confessional Polarization: Twelver Shi’i Reactions to Mongol Rule in the Later Middle Period of Islamic History” Tuesday, February 26th, at 4.30 p.m. (Room TBA)   A discussion between Robert Gleave (Exeter) and Alireza Doostdar (U … Continue reading →

Sami Sweis (CMES ’12) “Transjordanian Mukhtars: The Coalescence of State and Tribe” Discussant: Carl Shook (NELC) Wednesday, February 13, at 3:00 p.m. Pick 218. 5828 S. University Ave.  For a copy of the paper, please email mehat.chicago@gmail.com.

Esra Taşdelen (NELC) Ahmet Hikmet Müftüoğlu’s “Cultural Nationalism” and His Views on Turkish Language Reform at the Beginning of the 20th Century Wednesday, November 28, at 3:00 p.m. Pick 218. 5828 S. University Ave.  For a copy of the paper, please … Continue reading →

The Middle East History and Theory Workshop is pleased to present: Lotte Fasshauer (Freie Universität Berlin) Lyricism, Performativity and Melancholy in Ghassan Salhab’s Film and Video Works Wednesday, November 14, at 3:00 p.m. Pick 222, 5828 S. University Ave. For … Continue reading →

Please join us next Wednesday 3pm for our next MEHAT workshop, a rare presentation on Islamic archaeology by NELC’s own Dan Mahoney. The paper is attached. For this session, we’re happy to have the co-sponsorship of the the Interdisciplinary Archeology Workshop, and … Continue reading →

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium, in conjunction with the Middle East History and Theory workshop, presents: Down to Downtown:   Jericho in Late Antiquity and the recent excavations  at Tell al-­‐Hassan   Anthony Lauricella and Michael Jennings (NELC) Tuesday, … Continue reading →

Wednesday, October 24: Joseph Yackley (NELC) on Ottoman bankruptcy negotiations; with Corey Tazzara (Collegiate Assistant Professor in History) as discussant Tuesday, October 30: Special joint workshop with LANTBYZ: Anthony Lauricella and Michael Jennings (NELC) present “Down to Downtown: Jericho in Late … Continue reading →