This talk traces the extraordinary and extraordinarily mobile career of Si Azouaou Mammeri, an Algerian painter renowned for his Orientalist depictions of North Africa who served for decades in the French colonial government in Morocco. Dr. Matsushita argues that, by situating him in a transcolonial context, we can tease out the ways that imperial systems sought to accommodate...
Prof. Rustem Aslan, archaeologist, gives a talk in the series titled, "Turkish History and Culture." {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/1_kmp9qhtn.jpg?itok=35uHt1VE","video_url":"https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_kmp9qhtn","settings":{"responsive":1,"...
Dr. Rose argues that cumulative effects of health crises he describes should be considered among the triggering factors for the uprising of 1919 that became known as the Egyptian Revolution, especially in rural areas and among the urban poor. {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/...
This talk assesses the actual monetary policy stance in three countries in the MENA region: Tunisia, Egypt, and Morocco, and is based on the Taylor-rule framework.
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Dr Alon works on the social history of “ordinary” people in the Middle East, and specifically on the Egyptian Jewry and now the Shami (Lebanese and Syrian) Jewries in the 20th century. Combining Archival work with oral history, life stories and testimonials my work gleans new information and allows a better understanding of modernity, gender and family in these societies and often challenges...
Sept. 17, 2020 "Political Events in Post-Revolutionary Iran" Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Director, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
Oct. 1, 2020 "Nationalism and Ethnic Diversity in Iran" James Berry, Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/1_s8vyeup1.jpg?itok=yr3B5Lzr","video_url":"https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_s8vyeup1","settings":{"...