The GEM of Giza: The Grand Egyptian Museum Gala Livestream
On November 1, 2025, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will hold a gala opening attended by queens, kings, and presidents from around the...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. The Storied Gulf: Storytelling, Migration, and Masculinities
Salman Adil Hussain, Miami University
The injustices of the Gulf visa sponsorship system and the harsh aspects of migrant life there are well documented. And yet, the heavy...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Violence, Refusal, and Political (Im)possibility
Loay Al-Arab, University of Michigan
This lecture is concerned with analyzing anti-colonial struggle in the Arab world through the frameworks of refusal and structured...
CAS Guest Lecture. The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860–1979
Houri Berberian, University of California, Irvine; and Talinn Grigor, University of California, Davis
With this book, Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor offer the first history of Armenian women in modern Iran. Foregrounding the work of...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Memory as Perseverance: Memory: Archiving Palestine between Homeland and Diaspora
Tamara Rayan, University of Michigan
Tamara Rayan explores how Palestinians preserve collective memory amid the destruction of archives from 1948 to the present. Focusing on...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Sub-Saharan Community Leaders in Morocco
Cynthia Magallanes-Gonzalez, University of Michigan
In cities like Rabat and Tangier, Sub-Saharan African migrants, many from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria build tightly knit communities...
