Upcoming events - Page 2
Much has been written about democracy (or the lack of it), political Islam and violence in the Middle East after the ‘Arab Spring’. But how do these aspects relate to the realities of everyday life in the post-revolutionary Arab world? And aren’t there many other matters that are much more important to ‘ordinary’ Arabs than these three catchwords of western media coverage?
A seminar with Cole Bunzel, Yale University.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Associate Professor Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Professor Lutz Eberhard Edzard, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Elizabeth Hoff, WHO Representative in Syria.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Professor Julie Peteet, the University of Louisville, and Professor Rex Brynen, McGill University.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Dr. Nadim Farajalla, American University of Beirut.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Associate Professor Einar Wigen, University of Oslo.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Professor Mohammed Tozy, the University of Hassan II (Casablanca) and Sciences Po Aix (France).
The seminar is primarily aimed at faculty and graduated students, but admission is open to all.
A light lunch and coffee/tea will be served before the seminar from 11.45.
A seminar with Associate Professor Ragnhild Johnsrud Zorgati, University of Oslo.
Free admission and open to all.
Midtøstens dramatiske historie har i stor grad dreid seg om kontrollen over og forbindelsene mellom de klassiske byene i regionen: Jerusalem, Bagdad, Mekka, Kairo og andre. Byene er brennpunkter i det større regionale bildet - liksom Midtøsten selv er et brennpunkt internasjonalt.
A seminar with Professor Jenny White, Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Professor Marnia Lazreg, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Postdoctoral Fellow Elena Chiti, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Professor Andrew George, the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Professor Ussama Makdisi, Rice University.
Free admission and open to all.
Den arabiske våren skapte stor optimisme og tro på demokratisering da den brøt ut i 2010/2011. Men etter hvert som folkelige opprør i land som Syria, Jemen, og Libya ble til borgerkrig og kaos har tonen blitt en annen. Velkommen til lansering av Jon Nordensons nye bok "Fra opprør til kaos. Midtøsten etter den arabiske våren."
A seminar with Professor Maja Janmyr, the Norwegian Center for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.
Free admission and open to all.
A book launch seminar in honour of Professor Emeritus Gunvor Mejdell.
A seminar with Dr Cécile Boëx, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS).
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Professor Emeritus Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Associate Professor Walter Armbrust, University of Oxford.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Dr Lori Allen, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Associate Professor Marc S. Bernstein, Michigan State University.
Free admission and open to all.
A seminar with Assistant Professor Vemund Aarbakke, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.
Free admission and open to all.