Columbia MEI

Sharia Workshop
"Taqiyah and Tawriyah: Dissimulation and the Art of Ambiguity"

Devin J. Stewart
Professor of Arabic and Islamic
MESAS Dept., Emory

Thursday, April 25, 2024
4:10 PM 6:10 PM
Knox Hall 207

Join us for a book talk with Professor C. Cehyun Arslan on “The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures” accompanied Professor Yaseen Noorani.

April 19, 2024
11:10-12:30
Online, register here: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P4-qaUJ5R0iXfTj-76NePA #/registration

Abstract
The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures fleshes out the Ottoman canon's multilingual character to call for a literary history that can reassess and even move beyond categories that many critics take for granted, such as 'classical Arabic literature' and 'Ottoman literature'. It gives a historically contextualised close reading of works from authors who have been studied as pioneers of Arabic and Turkish literatures, such as Ziya Pasha, Juri Zaydän, Marüf al-Rusäft and Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar.

The Ottoman Canon analyses how these authors prepared the arguments and concepts that shape how we study Arabic and Turkish literatures today as they reassessed the relationship among the Ottoman canon's linguistic traditions. Furthermore, The Ottoman Canon examines the Ottoman reception of pre-Ottoman poets, such as Kab in Zuhayr, hence opening up new research avenues for Arabic literature, Ottoman studies and comparative literature.

New York Forum of Amazigh Film:
"Memory and Resilience"

Friday April 19 2024
10 am- 12 pm
612 Schermerhorn Hall, 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, NY

Join us on for a screaning of three short films followed Q&A with Guest Speaker Izza Genini and Professor Madeleine Dobie as part of the 9th Edition of the New York Forum of Amazigh Film.

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK0f_0eeHLu-cGJOiSQbtavqCdUUzeyeoeSkqy98RYAaugIg/viewform

About the Films:
The Song of Sin | Khalid Maddour, Morocco, 2022, 14 min
Two poets and musicians from the Rif plateau, heirs of an ancestral art, play out much more than a love story. An entire history of people.

Aita | Izza Genini, France/Morocco, 1988, 27 min
Led by cheikhate, nomadic musicians, the aïta converts cries into melodies, songs into calls, embodying love and hope through anguish, remembrance, and transcendence. At the Moulay Abdallah Moussem, near Casablanca’s southern outskirts, Moroccan diva Fatna Bent El Hocine and her ensemble Oulad Aguida warmly welcome countless passionate riders and dedicated aïta enthusiasts.

The Citron, Fruit of Splendor | Izza Genini, France/Morocco, 1998, 30 min
Deep in the valley of the Moroccan Anti Atlas, the fruit of the citron tree is cultivated by Amazigh farmers, following the rules of perfection demanded by the Divine Law of the Hebrews

"War Reporting: The Case of Gaza et Israel"

Monday, April 15, 2024
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Joseph D. Jamail Hall, Journalism School

RSVP Here: https://maisonfrancaise.columbia.edu/events/war-reporting-case-gaza-and-israel

A Discussion with Tanya Habjouqa, Ameera Harouda, Gideon Levy, and Gilles Paris, moderated by David Remnick

This panel discussion will explore the obstacles encountered by journalists in conflict zones, using the example of Gaza, who bear witness to the rest of the world.

The Middle East Institute at Columbia University invites applications for an appointment as Arcapita Visiting Professor of Modern Arab Studies for a one-semester position for the Fall 2024 or Spring 2025 semester.

Applications due Friday, April 5, 2024

Learn more here:

Applications Open | Arcapita Visiting Professor in Modern Arab Studies — Middle East Institute The Middle East Institute at Columbia University invites applications for an appointment as Arcapita Visiting Professor of Modern Arab Studies for a one-semester position for the Fall 2024 or Spring 2025 semester!

APPLICATIONS DUE TOMORROW, MARCH 29, 2024!

The Middle East Institute (MEI) offers the annual Theodore de Bary Language Study Fellowship for intensive language study in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish. The fellowship is open to Columbia and Barnard undergraduate students who are not US citizens or permanent residents.

Learn more here:

Applications Open | Theodore de Bary Language Study Fellowship — Middle East Institute The Middle East Institute (MEI) offers the annual Theodore de Bary Language Study Fellowship for intensive language study in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish. Submit your application by March 29th!

A reminder that we host weekly language conversation circles. All levels are welcome!

- Persian: Wednesdays, 4:10pm - 6:00pm, 207 Knox Hall Room
- Arabic: Wednesdays, 6:10pm - 7:30pm, 207 Knox Hall Room

TOMORROW!
Adab Colloquium, "Sacred Language, Vernacular Difference: Global Arabic and Counter-Imperial Literatures"
Friday, March 29, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Online, Registration in QR Code Below

Join us at 6pm on September 13th in the World Room (Pulitzer Hall), for Civilizing Interventions: Humanitarianism and Gender Violence, a book launch for “The Cunning of Gender Violence: Geopolitics and Feminism.”

Registere here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civilizing-interventions-humanitarianism-and-gender-violence-tickets-694093350897?aff=oddtdtcreator

Arabic Cultural Forum in the UK Presents...

A Cultural Evening: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 2pm New York Time

"Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: The Peddler of Knowledge"

Speaker: Dr Muhsin Jassim al-Musawi, Professor of Arabic and Comparative Studies, Columbia University, New York

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87139589252?pwd=U1crWkFDLzRnVTVtRE5wakNCQ0FHQT09

Meeting ID: 871 3958 9252
Passcode: 615076

لكم أجمل التحيات

أمسية ثقافية باللغة الأنكليزية ليوم الجمعة 9 حزيران/يونيو 2023

" جبرا ابراهيم جبرا.. بائع المعرفة المتجول"

مع الدكتور الأستاذ محسن جاسم الموسوي

يسّر المنتدى الثقافي العربي في المملكة المتحدة دعوتكم لحضور أمسيته على منصة الزوم ليوم الجمعة المصادف 9 شهر حزيران/يونيو 2023

وذلك في تمام الساعة السابعة مساء بتوقيت لندن أو التاسعة مساء بتوقيت بغداد والعاشرة مساء بتوقيت الأمارات العربية...

Reminder: Adab Colloquium, this Friday, April 28 -

The topic of this talk is an anonymous collection of fourteen tales which survived in a single manuscript, written in Middle Arabic, in Maghribī script.

https://mailchi.mp/6895a90cb944/islamic-history-workshop-dr-tanvir-ahmed-20256493

Save the Date! Adab Colloquium, April 28 - https://mailchi.mp/96afadae7e03/islamic-history-workshop-dr-tanvir-ahmed-20255725