Join the Middle East Studies Program (MESP) for a day filled with insightful political and cultural discussions and networking opportunities.
Explore the rich diversity and history of the Middle East through engaging talks, interactive sessions, and delicious cuisine. Connect with experts, enthusiasts, and like-minded individuals passionate about the region.
Don’t miss this chance to broaden your horizons and deepen your understanding of the Global Middle East. Mark your calendars and get ready for an unforgettable experience!
Free and open to the public!
Event speakers:
- Ryan Calder is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of the Program in Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on new and fast-changing transnational markets and industries.
- John Tseh-han Chen is an Assistant Professor of History at California State University-Bakersfield. He is a historian of Islam and Muslims in China with an interest in mobility and complex identities as well as the relationships between religion, race, majoritarianism, and political power.
- Youssef Chouhoud is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Christopher Newport University, where he is affiliated with the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution. Additionally, he is a Public Fellow with the Public Religion Research Institute, producing accessible scholarship on religious, racial, and ethnic pluralism in the US.
- Stacy D. Fahrenthold (Associate Professor at University of California Davis) is a historian of the modern Middle East specializing in labor migration; displacement/refugees; border studies; and diasporas within and from the region.
- Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen is a Lecturer in African Studies and Middle East Studies and faculty affiliate in Anthropology and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. Her work focuses on the geopolitics and economics of race, especially as they relate to mobility and migration.
- Marya Hannun is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, where she serves as the Managing Editor of MERIP (Middle East Research and Information Project).
- José D. Najar is an Assistant Professor of History at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is a historian of nineteenth and twentieth-century Brazil and Latin America.
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Bryan K. Roby is an Associate Professor of Jewish and Middle Eastern History at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and co-editor of the Darom book series at Wayne State University Press. His research focuses on race, Black diasporas, and Jewish identity in Israel/Palestine and North Africa.
- Rachel Silvey is Richard Charles Lee Director of the Asian Institute and Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto.
