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Upcoming

Disruptive Journalism: Media and Politics in Lebanon During the 2019 Uprising

Time and place: May 20, 2022 12:15 PM–1:30 PM, Scene HumSam

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A seminar with Jacob Høigilt and Kjetil Selvik.

New! Spring 2022 CIMS events

Time and place: May 27, 2022, University of Oslo

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Connecting Research and Practice in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language

Time and place: Dec. 15, 2022 9:00 AM–Dec. 16, 2022, University of Oslo

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The University of Oslo – Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages In Collaboration with Leiden University Institute for Area Studies Announce "Connecting Research and Practice in TAFL"

BOOK TALK: A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Time and place: May 12, 2022 12:15 PM–1:30 PM, Eilert Sundts hus aud. 5

A Thursday seminar with Erik Skare on his book A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

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Anniken Huitfeldt: Norge i Midtøsten

Time and place: May 6, 2022 12:15 PM–1:15 PM, Sophus Bugge aud. 1

Hvilken rolle spiller Norge i Midtøsten? Velkommen til tale ved utenriksminister Anniken Huitfeldt.

Global Iran? Beyond Borders and Binaries

Time and place: Apr. 28, 2022 2:15 PM–3:30 PM, Zoom

A Thursday seminar with professor Arang Keshavarzian.

Arabic Science Fiction and Planetary Aesthetics: A Historical Approach to Genre

Time and place: Apr. 21, 2022 12:15 PM–1:30 PM, Scene HumSam

Merve Tabur explores the history of genre discussions in Arabic through the work of Egyptian pioneer Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm.

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The Arabian Nights in Contemporary World Cultures: Global Commodification, Translation, and the Culture Industry

Time: Apr. 8, 2022 2:15 PM–3:30 PM

A Friday seminar with Professor Muhsin al-Musawi.

Book Launch: The Islamic Movement in Israel

Time and place: Apr. 1, 2022 10:15 AM–11:30 AM, P. A. Munchs hus seminarrom 11

A Friday seminar with Dr. Tilde Rosmer on her book The Islamic Movement in Israel.

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Navigating War, Migration and the Taliban – Sufi Survival Strategies in Afghanistan

Time and place: Mar. 25, 2022 2:15 PM–3:30 PM, Zoom

A seminar with Dr. Annika Schmeding

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A Celebration of International Nowruz Day

Time and place: Mar. 24, 2022 4:00 PM–6:00 PM, Union371

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In a Forest of Humans: 'The Urban,’ 'The Global,’ and Studying 1970s Revolutionary Socialism in Iran

Time and place: Mar. 17, 2022 1:15 PM–2:30 PM, University of Oslo

A Thursday seminar with Dr. Rasmus Christian Elling.

Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran

Time and place: Mar. 10, 2022 2:15 PM–3:30 PM, Zoom

A Thursday seminar with Dr. Nazanin Shahrokni

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Shifting Conceptions of Translation in Turkey: An overview from the early republican period until our day

Time and place: Mar. 3, 2022 2:15 PM–3:30 PM, Zoom

A Thursday seminar with Dr. Şehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar

Muslim Women Travellers across the Indian Ocean: Traversing Straits before the 1500s

Time and place: Feb. 17, 2022 12:15 PM–1:30 PM, Zoom

A Thursday seminar with Dr. Mahmood Kooria.

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A Conversation on Revolutionary Bodies

Time and place: Dec. 3, 2021 12:15 PM–1:30 PM, Niels Kaffebar

A Book Talk with Dr. K. Soraya Batmanghelichi

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Book Talk: Mosul under ISIS - eyewitness accounts of life in the caliphate

Time and place: Nov. 26, 2021 12:30 PM–1:45 PM, Scene HumSam

Four years after the liberation of Mosul from ISIS, little is understood about the reality of its rule, or reasons for its failure, as seen by those who actually lived under it. In a new book Mathilde Becker Aarseth details what was going on on the inside of ISIS institutions.

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The Arab Ashkenazi: The Forgotten History of Jewish Eastern European Integration in the Levant

Time and place: Nov. 19, 2021 12:15 PM–1:30 PM, Eilert Sundts hus aud. 2

A seminar with Dr. Yair Wallach in cooperation with the Critical Historiography research group at IAKH.

Guardians of the Regime: The Varied Faces of Counter-Revolution during the Lebanon Revolutionary Uprising of 2019

Time and place: Nov. 5, 2021 12:15 PM–1:30 PM, Eilert Sundts hus aud. 2

A seminar with Dr. Jeffrey G. Karam in cooperation with Masahat.

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Book Launch: The Palestinian National Movement in Lebanon

Time and place: Sep. 24, 2021 2:30 PM–4:00 PM, Scene HumSam

Why do Palestinian leaders spend exponential resources to retain political and military control in the camps of Lebanon? This is one of several questions author Erling L. Sogge asks in his new book “The Palestinian National Movement in Lebanon: A Political History of the 'Ayn al-Hilwe camp”.