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Please join the Middle East History and Theory Workshop on Thursday, December 3rd, at 12:00 Noon in Pick 218 (Farouk Mustafa Memorial Lecture Room). Our speaker is Ida Nitter (CMES) who will present her paper entitled“Going to the West: Responses to Orientalists in the Travels of the Fārīyaq, … Continue reading →

Please join the Middle East History and Theory Workshop on Thursday, November 12th, at 12:00 Noon in Pick 218 (Farouk Mustafa Memorial Lecture Room). Our speaker is Marshall Watson (CMES) who will present his paper entitled“Nablus from Revolution to War: Ihsan al-Nimr and his Local History.” The … Continue reading →

Please join the Middle East History and Theory Workshop on Thursday, October 29th, at 12:00 Noon in Pick 218 (Farouk Mustafa Memorial Lecture Room). Our speaker is Theo Beers (NELC) who will present his paper entitled “Sam Mirza’s Biography and Its Sources.” The discussant is Drew DeRouin (NELC). The paper will … Continue reading →

Please join the Middle East History and Theory Workshop on Thursday, October 15th, at 12:00 Noon in Pick 218 (Farouk Mustafa Memorial Lecture Room). Our speaker is Tunç Şen (NELC) who will present his dissertation chapter entitled “Chronicling the Past, Mirroring the Present, Divining the Future: Taqwims (Almanac-prognostications) … Continue reading →

The Middle East History and Theory Workshop (MEHAT) welcomes you back for another year.  We are pleased to announce our schedule for Fall 2015. All meetings will be held from 12-1:30pm in Pick 218 unless otherwise noted. Pizza will be served. … Continue reading →

The Middle East History and Theory (MEHAT) Workshop is now accepting submissions for the 2015-16 academic year. We aim to provide a forum for graduate students to present new work, receive feedback, and generate discussion across disciplines. We are eager … Continue reading →

The Middle East History and Theory Workshop fall schedule All meetings scheduled for 12:00–1:30 in Pick 218 unless otherwise noted October 23 Ed Hayes (NELC) The historical genesis of the wikāla-network and the development of its legal foundations with the … Continue reading →

Ferenc Csirkes University of Chicago (NELC) “Messianic Oeuvres in Interaction: Misattributed Poems by Shah Ismail and Nesimi” Discussant: Christopher Markiewicz (University of Chicago, NELC) Thursday, May 29th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University Avenue To request … Continue reading →

Sam Hodgkin University of Chicago (NELC) “Revolutionary Springtimes: Reading Soviet Tajik Poetry, from Ghazal to Lyric“ Discussant: August Samie Thursday, May 15th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick 218, 5828 S. University Avenue To request a copy of the paper, … Continue reading →

Orit Bashkin University of Chicago (Assoc. Prof., NELC) “When Jerusalem and London Mattered to Khanaqin: A Few Comments on Jews in Northern Iraq, 1921-1932” Discussant: Annie Greene (University of Chicago, NELC) Thursday, March 13th 12 pm to 1.30 pm Pick … Continue reading →