Journalist Peter Beinart: Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and American Democracy
Peter Beinart
"Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and the Future of Democracy" with Peter Beinart will explore the intersection of law, humanity,...
Halaloween: Tiger Stripes (Malaysia, 2023)
Oct. 20, 2026, 7:00 PM @ State Theatre
Join us for a free screening of the Malaysian horror film Tiger Stripes (2023) on October 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre in Ann...
Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel | Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies
Dr. Adam Marks, Hospice Program and Adult Hospice; Dr. Nurah Omobola Lawal, Pediatrics & Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Dr. Karla Mallette, Founder, Halaloween, Chaplain LJ Brazier, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department; Chaplain Maryam Ashraf, Mi
Join us on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League at the University of Michigan for the first-ever...
CMENAS 2026 Fall Colloquium Series | Chokepoints: Temporalities of Navigation in the Red Sea
Jatin Dua, University of Michigan
The story of shipping and of global trade is often narrated as one of ever-increasing efficiency and speed, of transitions from sail to...
Halaloween: Devil’s Night Detroit: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape" Musical Retrospective and Short Films
Reginald Thiessen, Victor Ghannam
Join us on October 29, 2026, at 9:00 PM for the first-ever Halaloween collab between the Global Islamic Studies Center and Devil’s Night...
CMENAS 2026 Fall Colloquium Series | Western Sahara: Multi-scalar Struggles, Recognition and Change in a Thawing Conflict
Irene Fernández-Molina, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Irene Fernández-Molina is a senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter. She is a scholar of international...
Guest Lecture | Heritage Forensics: Culture on the Front Lines of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Lori Khatchadourian (Cornell University)
This talk introduces the concept of heritage forensics, a framework for studying abuses of cultural heritage in contexts of conflict,...
CMENAS 2026 Fall Colloquium Series | ‘Vernacular Sovereignty’ Without a State: Kurdish Studies, Decolonial Thought, and the Making of Online Kurdistan
M. Mashuq Kurt, Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
What does it mean to imagine a nation without a state? This talk draws on my broader research in Kurdish studies to examine how Kurdish...
Manoogian Postdoctoral Lecture | A Captive's Testimony: The Lives and Lies of an Ottoman-Armenian Prisoner in the Bastille
Daniel Ohanian, Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellow in Armenian History
Inside a hefty volume of multilingual documents stored in La Courneuve, France, there sits nestled a 60-page work written in early modern...
CMENAS 2026 Fall Colloquium Series | Middle Eastern Christians: The Struggle for Recognition and Rights
Fiona McCallum Guiney, University of St Andrews, Scotland
A continued presence of Christians in the Middle East is perceived as at risk due to demographic change, adverse socio-economic conditions,...
