Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/group/2563/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 9th Annual DISC Distinguished Lecture: Motaz Azaiza (April 1, 2024 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120339 120339-21844592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2024 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

DISC's 9th Annual Distinguished Lecture featuring Motaz Azaiza, renowned Palestinian photojournalist
Monday, April 1, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Michigan Theater
*Tickets will be available on March 28, 2024. *
Students & student groups are currently being prioritized.
For tickets: https://myumi.ch/5yJ2V

Motaz Azaiza, born in 1999 in Gaza, is an award-winning Palestinian photojournalist. His images have garnered global recognition during the latest phase of the conflict in Gaza, shedding light on the hardships endured by Palestinians. In 2023, one of Motaz's photos secured a spot in *TIME* magazine's Top 10 Photos, a testament to the power of visual storytelling and the importance of sharing narratives that capture the struggle for human rights.

This event is brought to you by the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum program and cosponsored by The Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, The Program of International and Comparative Studies, the Global Islamic Studies Center, and the Donia Human Rights Center.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact digital.islam@umich.edu.

Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

For inquiries, please email: digital.islam@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:41:22 -0400 2024-04-01T17:00:00-04:00 2024-04-01T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Photo of speaker Motaz Azaiza, renowned Palestinian photojournalist from Gaza
CMENAS And Georgia State University Spring Seminar: Pirates of the Red Sea? Maritime Violence and State Formation in the Indian Ocean's Seas in the Medieval Period (April 2, 2024 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119886 119886-21843734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Piracy in the Horn of Africa and Arabian seaboards has been a major dynamic of modern geopolitics of the Western Indian Ocean (and very dramatically so in recent months), and the phenomenon of maritime predation is certainly not new in the region. Moreover, the notion of thieves of the high seas is visible in medieval Arabic sources. As in other world contexts, the very definition of the terms “piracy” and “naval predation” is of the essence. For the period between the 7th and the 16th century, the maritime and naval capability of large and small polities active in the Red Sea area has been the subject of recent scholarship that is contributing new data and concepts, enhancing our understanding of regional and trans-regional economic networks and the development of premodern states. This inquiry also illuminates long-term structures, such as the role of islands and maritime geography in general, that can illuminate more recent events through comparison and contrast. This presentation will outline relevant sources and concepts and comment on the recent historiography.

Roxani Eleni Margariti is an associate professor at the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at Emory University. She is the author of *Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port* (University of North Carolina Press, 2007) and is currently completing a book manuscript entitled *Insular Crossroads: The Dahlak Archipelago, Red Sea Islands, and Indian Ocean History*, in which she examines the history of a Muslim, island polity in medieval and early modern times. She also co-authors an academic blog Archives of the Sea.

Register to the event: http://bit.ly/48BQxpS

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:34:23 -0500 2024-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 2024-04-02T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion CMENAS And Georgia State University Spring Seminar: Pirates of the Red Sea? Maritime Violence and State Formation in the Indian Ocean's Seas in the Medieval Period
Interreligious Solidarity in the Struggle Against Apartheid: The Role of the Muslim Community (April 11, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120276 120276-21844501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Please join us for a lecture on role of South African Muslims in the anti-Apartheid struggle with Dr. Abdul Rashied Omar.
Learn more about our speaker here: https://keough.nd.edu/people/rashied-omar/

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:31:53 -0400 2024-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2024-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
International Institute Graduation Ceremony and Reception (May 3, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/118776 118776-21841589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Graduation ceremony for undergraduate and graduate students affiliated with: International and Regional Studies, African Studies Center, Center for European Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Global Islamic Studies Center, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.

2:30 PM: Check-In
3:00 PM: Ceremony
4:00 PM: Reception with light refreshments

To all 2023-2024 MIRS & Center Graduates: Please confirm your attendance and RSVP at http://myumi.ch/n77rk

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at ii.graduation@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:05:28 -0500 2024-05-03T15:00:00-04:00 2024-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Ceremony / Service International Institute Graduation Ceremony and Reception