Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Saturday Sampler Tour | Egypt and the Egyptians (September 8, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53616 53616-13418595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Discover 4,500 years of ancient Egyptian history on a guided tour of the Kelsey Museum’s pre-Dynastic, Dynastic, and Graeco-Roman Egyptian artifacts. Artifact highlights include the mummy coffin of the priest Djehutymose, bright blue faience ushabtis, a delicate fringed shawl, and a cute cat mummy.

Saturday Sampler tours are free and open to all visitors. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this tour, please contact the education office (734-647-4167) at least two weeks in advance. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Other Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:22:53 -0400 2018-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-08T15:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Other This is one of the many scenes on the coffin of the ancient Egyptian priest Djehutymose. In this scene, the jackal-headed god Anubis stands at the foot of a bed with his arms outstretched. The coffin of Djehutymose lies on the bed while overhead a ba bird flies holding the heart of Djehutymose.
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (September 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-13565707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Fits and Starts (September 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54813 54813-13645243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
Professor Muehlberger will be discussing the origins of her latest project, a book now in production about how early Christians thought about death. In this lecture, she will show that research projects, especially book-length projects, grow and develop over time in direct relationship to the opportunities that a writer takes to think about them. She encourages researchers to seek out opportunities to write about a project, long before they are certain what the topic or approach will be.

Speaker Bio:
Ellen Muehlberger is Associate Professor of Christianity in late antiquity in the departments of Middle East Studies and History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on ancient history, contemporary religious traditions, scholarly methods, and Coptic and Syriac language. Muehlberger has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. She edited Practice, a 2017 collection of newly-translated primary sources about early Christian education, asceticism, and reading for the series Cambridge Editions of Early Christian Writings, and her new book, Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity, will appear with Oxford in Spring 2019. You can find her on Twitter @emuehlbe

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:44:53 -0400 2018-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion muehlberger_image
Medieval Lunch. "Risk (Genoa, 1154)" & "No shoes allowed: Jewish Traditions between Spain and the Maghreb" (September 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55373 55373-13722868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

Risk (Genoa, 1154)
The word "risk" entered the languages of western Europe in the mid-12th century. The Latin resicum first appeared in notarial archives in Genoa, and was used to describe a payment awarded to those who invested in dangerous trans-Mediterranean shipping. It comes from the Arabic word al-rizq, which in the Qur'an referred to the means of subsistence provided by God. In this presentation, we'll look at the very earliest attested uses of the Latin resicum and think together about how the word entered Latin, what it meant in these earliest contracts, and why the word and its cognates was embraced with such enthusiasm in the European languages.

No shoes allowed: Jewish Tradition between Spain and the Maghreb
Sephardi Jews living in the early modern Maghreb struggled to preserve their old traditions while adjusting to their new Islamic surrounding. This short talk will discuss a specific rabbinical answer from the mid-15th century, which tried to offer a general principle for Jewish cultural adaptability. More broadly, it will look at responsa literature as a fundamental source for the study of Mediterranean scholarly networks.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:01:55 -0400 2018-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Risk image
Arab American National Museum and CMENAS Film Screening. Arab Film Series: “Time for Ilhan” (September 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54844 54844-13645314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Arab Film Series at the Arab American National Museum kicks off this fall on Thursday, Sept. 20 with the new documentary about America's first Somali American lawmaker, Minnesota's Ilhan Omar. "Time for Ilhan" shadows Ilhan and her scrappy group of dedicated campaign staffers throughout the entire campaign’s dramatic uphill battle.

A fresh take on the old story of the American Dream, the film offers an inspiring, stereotype-busting portrait of a rising political star and a vision of what is truly possible for women and New Americans in politics today. Up against a 43-year incumbent, Omar is a Muslim, refugee, a woman of color who challenges the party’s status quo and defies gender norms within her own community. A talkback will follow the film.

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The Arab Film Series is made possible in part by Cinema Lamont, Detroit SheTown Film Festival, Cinema Detroit, Henry Ford College, FINAL GIRLS, Center for Arab American Studies, TAKE ON HATE, The Seventh Art Stand, The Henry Ford, and the Dearborn Public Library.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:37:29 -0400 2018-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening Ilhan_image
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Coffee and Literature (September 24, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54847 54847-13645319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
How did a literary scholar come to write a book, "A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture," about coffeehouses and their role in multilingual modern Jewish literature and culture? Professor Pinsker will explain how the project grew out of the research he did for his previous book. The discussion will focus on how issues of audience, mode (and language) of publication, access to archives and materials influence how we think of projects and books, and how they develop organically. Professor Pinsker will also explain the collaborative nature of the work on the book, and how a Digital Humanities project complements the book, combining mapping with images, texts, networks analysis, and storytelling.

Speaker Bio:
As a specialist in modern Hebrew and Jewish literature and culture, Professor Pinsker is interested in Hebrew literature written in Palestine/Israel, Europe and America, as well as Jewish literature in Yiddish, English, German and other languages. He has a joint appointment at the Department of Middle East Studies and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. He is the author and editor of five books, and currently writing a new book on Yiddish in Israeli LIterature.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:45:14 -0400 2018-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T14:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
MES Lecture Series - A Profession Unregulated: The Americanization of the American Imam (September 24, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55708 55708-13775073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 4:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

"A Profession Unregulated: The Americanization of the American Imam,” depicts competing points of authorization for Islam in America to demonstrate how the profession of the American imam is still in gestation and is being co-constituted by an Islamic tradition, a historically Christian American religious culture, and the bureaucratic processes of institutionalization to argue that there is a transition unfolding from a more dominant traditional Islamic authority to an administrative authorizing power through pursuit of greater professional regulation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:29:00 -0400 2018-09-24T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T18:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Language Issues: Ancient and Modern (October 1, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55927 55927-13805096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
People sure love to talk and write, ancients and moderns alike. But how can we know what people four thousand years ago were trying to do when they used language? We will look at various language questions raised by ancient Middle Eastern sources and discuss how modern linguistic, anthropological, and historical methodologies can bridge thousand-year gaps, so that we can communicate with women and men from long ago. And, just as importantly, how do we explain these methodologies to non-expert readers—how do you write a book about one topic, while simultaneously taking your readers into other fields that require different modes of thinking and evaluation? How do you address one audience while speaking the language of a different one?

Speaker Bio:
Jay Crisostomo is an Assyriologist, researching language and social and intellectual histories of the ancient Middle East. His book Translation as Scholarship: Language, Writing, and Bilingual Education in Ancient Babylonia will be published in early 2019. He is currently working on the linguistic and social history of the Sumerian language, one of the world’s earliest and most important recorded languages.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:45:57 -0400 2018-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Advisors, CGIS Alumni, and program representatives from around campus and the world will answer your questions about UM study abroad opportunities. Learn about UM faculty-led programs and meet with staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office. Enjoy performances from global student orgs, maize-n-blue giveaways, and free candy from around the world!

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (October 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-13565708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
CMENAS Colloquium Series. How Islam Was Studied: From Dynasties and Civilization to Anthropology, Gender, and the Internet (October 8, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54840 54840-13645310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
After defining the five major components of religion (discourses/teachings, practices, communities institutions, and leaders), Professor Knysh will examine the applicability and suitability of this analytic rubrication for the academic study of Islam. He will then address various past and present conceptualizations of Islam and the principal methodological frameworks used by Western scholars and scholars of Muslim background trained in the West to represent Islam and Muslims to various audiences. Professor Knysh emphasizes the critical importance of who, when and where interprets and articulates the malleable and multi-faceted abstract/construct called “Islam.” He also addresses the impact of new information technologies and cyberspace on the meta-discourses about Islam, while revisiting the abiding relevance of Marxian and Weberian theories of religion generally and Islam in particular.

Speaker Bio:
Alexander Knysh is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Michigan and Principal Investigator of a research project on political Islam/Islamism sponsored by the Rectorate of the St. Petersburg State University, Russia. His academic interests include Islamic mysticism (Sufism), Qur’anic studies, the history of Muslim theological, philosophical and juridical thought, and modern Islamic/Islamist movements in comparative perspective. He has numerous academic and instructional publications on these subjects, including twelve books. Since 2006, he has served as section editor for “Sufism” on the Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition (E.J. Brill, Leiden and Boston). He is also Executive Editor of the Encyclopedia of Islamic Mysticism and the Handbooks of Islamic Mysticism book series associated with it (E.J. Brill, Leiden and Boston). Professor Knysh serves on the editorial boards of the following academic journals: Al-Abhath (Beirut), Vestnik Sankt Peterburgskogo Universiteta (Saint Petersburg), Al-Farabi (Almaty), Islamovedenie (Makhachkala, Russian Federation), Islam v sovremennom mire (Moscow), and Journal of Sufi Studies (Leiden and Boston).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:11:24 -0400 2018-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion knysh_image
MEMS Workshop. Domesticating Dragomans: Affect, Homosociality and Textual Circulations (October 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56315 56315-13878514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The chapter under consideration is from a book in progress about dragomans (diplomatic interpreters) in seventeenth-century Istanbul and explores the relationship between (homosocial) space and affect in the making of a dragoman corps. Through two case studies it examines how Venetian officials sought (and often failed) to cultivate dragomans’ heteronormative affective ties and loyal Venetian political subjectivity through the practice of extended residential apprenticeship in the Venetian embassy compound (bailate) and attended technologies of surveillance and controlled textual circulation. The two cases explored here, of dragomans’ attempted unionization in 1660 and of an aborted love affair between a dragoman apprentice and the bailate barber in 1588, suggest the competing ways in which dragomans and their Venetian employers attempted to control publicity about potentially scandalous affairs, how they mobilized patronage networks that linked the bailate with Venetian metropolitan institutions and powerful patrons, and how the archival traces from which these cases of "misplaced" affect are reconstructed themselves need to be situated in the context of evolving diplomatic protocol and Ottoman--as much as Venetian--social structures and sexual regimes.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:08:36 -0400 2018-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Dragoman ms illustration
20th Century Origins of the Middle East Conflict (October 16, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53238 53238-13313001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire (1918) and the Iranian Revolution (1979) changed the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. In this study group for those 50 and above we will examine how these events have destabilized the region and led to the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS).

The class draws from four texts, which are helpful--though not required--reading: War that Ended Peace (M. McMillan); Balfour Declaration (J. Schneer); Lawrence in Arabia (S. Anderson); and Myth of the Great Satan (A. Milani).

Instructor Gourdji who has taught on the Ottoman Empire and Iranian history will lead each two hour session which will meet on Tuesdays from October 16 through December 4 (except on November 20).

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Class / Instruction Sun, 29 Jul 2018 09:10:46 -0400 2018-10-16T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
AMAS Lecture: "SyrianamericanA: A Nation-State of Mind" (October 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54298 54298-13565716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

From the jasmine tree-lined courtyards of Nizar Qabbani's Damascene homes to the flooded riverbanks of Langston Hughes' Harlem Renaissance poems, this unique performance-lecture is equal parts presentation / conversation. With a decade-long artistic journey that has both paralleled the rise of social media & borne witness to major sociopolitical shifts in Syria, Omar Offendum discusses how he's been able to develop a special blend of Hip-Hop & Arabic poetry to bridge cultural divides.

Omar Offendum is a Syrian-American rapper / poet living in Los Angeles. Known for his unique blend of Hip-Hop & Arabic poetry, he’s been featured on prominent world news outlets, lectured at a number of prestigious academic institutions, collaborated with major museums & cultural organizations, and helped raise millions of dollars for various humanitarian relief groups. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, he’s been able to carve a distinct path for himself as a thoughtful entertainer / activist able to speak to a multitude of relevant issues & diverse global audiences over the course of his decade-long career. Offendum was recently named a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow for 2018-2019.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:57:25 -0400 2018-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Lecture / Discussion Picture
Michigan Medieval Seminar (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52007 52007-12349051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

Featured Speakers:
Samer Ali, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, U-M Department of Near Eastern Studies

Matthew Champion, Lecturer in Medieval History, Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London

Patricia Dailey, Associate Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

Christian Schneider, Assistant Professor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis

Helen Solterer, Professor, Department of Romance Studies, Duke University

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:13:52 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar 202 S. Thayer
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) Workshop. Queer Liminality: Gender and Sexuality in Raafat Hattab’s "Ho(u)ria" (October 19, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56118 56118-13832588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Dr. Sascha Crasnow is lecturer of Islamic art in the Residential College at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in art history, theory, and criticism from the University of California San Diego in 2018. Her current book manuscript, "After the Intifadas: Art in the Age of Disillusionment," examines shifts in contemporary art production in the post-Second Intifada period among Palestinian artists living and making work within historic Palestine. This project, which is based on her dissertation research, has been solicited by Duke University Press.

Workshop Topic:
For LGBTQ individuals in Palestine, issues of gender and sexuality are inherently intertwined with their positions as individuals living under occupation. This is perhaps most notably visible through the eliding of Israel’s human rights abuses against Palestinians by Brand Israel (the primary pro-Israel propaganda project) through a portrayal of Israel as the singular gay-friendly, culturally progressive Middle Eastern country—a practice that has been termed “pinkwashing.” For Palestinians living within the state of Israel who identify as queer, they may feel caught between two societies into which they do not fit: Israeli society, where they are an outcast because of their Palestinianness, and Palestinian society, where they are an outcast because of their gender expression or sexuality. This leaves some individuals in a state of twofold liminality. In this paper, I utilize this notion of liminality as relates to the trans* experience discussed by Diane Dentice and Michelle Dietert to examine Ho(u)ria (2010), a video work by genderqueer Palestinian artist Raafat Hattab. Haatab’s video alternates between three scenes: a mermaid (Hattab) on the beach, Hattab’s aunt telling the story of her family’s expulsion from their homes during the Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe” referring to the formation of Israel and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians), and Hattab getting a tattoo of Arabic calligraphy on his chest. While on the surface appearing disparate, these three scenes all speak to the intrinsically interwoven nature of liminality, the omission of certain voices from the nationalist struggle, and the persistent fight for liberation, as embodied by the work’s title—houria, meaning mermaid, and horia, meaning freedom.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:46:34 -0400 2018-10-19T12:30:00-04:00 2018-10-19T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Sascha Crasnow
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Introduction to MENAS Research Resources & Strategies (October 22, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55148 55148-13689435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract: This workshop will introduce fundamental research resources and strategies for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, broadly defined. Coverage will include an overview of important sources and bibliographic tools; methods of identifying, gathering and citing sources of various types; and approaches to negotiating practical issues (language, transliteration, naming conventions, dates, etc) when navigating bibliographic resources and the scholarly literature.

Speaker Bio:
Evyn Kropf is Librarian for Middle East Studies and Religious Studies and Curator of the Islamic Manuscripts Collection at the University of Michigan Library where she provides research, collection, and instructional support. A specialist of Islamic manuscript culture, her research interests include Islamic codicology with a focus on bookmaking (specifically writing material and structural repairs) and the use of pictograms and other visual content in Sufistic cultures of knowledge transmission.
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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:21:51 -0400 2018-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion kropf_image
Mediterranean Seminar. Margins of the Mediterranean (October 26, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53454 53454-13383548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The Mediterranean is defined by its margins: the edge that connects land and sea, the cultural boundary that delineates the maritime region and links it to the continents that circle it. This conference studies boundaries and transit zones in order to think about the connections between Mediterranean and continental networks of trade and transit.

Friday, October 26
10:20 AM - 1:30 PM: Workshops
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Workshops
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Keynote: Persis Berlekamp

Saturday, October 27
10:30 AM - 1:15 PM: Roundtables
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Mediterranity From The Edge Workshop

Full schedule and registration at http://myumi.ch/Lrdd2.

Sponsors: Global Islamic Studies Center; Armenian Studies Program; Center for European Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Department of Anthropology; Department of Classical Studies; Department of Comparative Literature; Department of History; Department of History of Art; Department of Middle East Studies; Department of Romance Languages & Literatures; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Institute for the Humanities; U-M Office of Research

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:26:30 -0400 2018-10-26T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Margins of the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Seminar. Margins of the Mediterranean (October 27, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53454 53454-13383549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The Mediterranean is defined by its margins: the edge that connects land and sea, the cultural boundary that delineates the maritime region and links it to the continents that circle it. This conference studies boundaries and transit zones in order to think about the connections between Mediterranean and continental networks of trade and transit.

Friday, October 26
10:20 AM - 1:30 PM: Workshops
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Workshops
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Keynote: Persis Berlekamp

Saturday, October 27
10:30 AM - 1:15 PM: Roundtables
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Mediterranity From The Edge Workshop

Full schedule and registration at http://myumi.ch/Lrdd2.

Sponsors: Global Islamic Studies Center; Armenian Studies Program; Center for European Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Department of Anthropology; Department of Classical Studies; Department of Comparative Literature; Department of History; Department of History of Art; Department of Middle East Studies; Department of Romance Languages & Literatures; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Institute for the Humanities; U-M Office of Research

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:26:30 -0400 2018-10-27T10:30:00-04:00 2018-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Margins of the Mediterranean
ASP Workshop | "Mediterranity from the Edge" in Association with the Margins of the Mediterranean Seminar (October 27, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53421 53421-13381388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

This workshop is part of the "Margins of the Mediterranean" seminar which is meeting at the University of Michigan this year. For full workshop program, see https://ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies/news-events/events/conferences.html

"Mediterranity from the Edge" seeks to offer a "view from the edge" into Mediterranean studies by looking at it from areas traditionally considered marginal to the Mediterranean world, either in terms of geography or representation in the field: Armenia, the Caucasus, Ethiopia, and the Iranian plateau.

The papers explore the various ways in which the cultural production of Armenia and other "peripheral" regions interfaced with the pre-modern Mediterranean world. It therefore invites a broader conversation about notions of periphery, border, and contact across so-called national, linguistic, or religious communities--concepts that can be productive and problematic in equal measure. As the workshop suggests, "marginality" as a concept can be utilized to rethink Mediterranean interconnectivity, both culturally and geographically, by considering every spot on the map as both a center and an edge.

Presentations will include:

"Transmission in Medieval Marian Stories in the Levant, Europe, and Africa in a Comparative Perspective"
Wendy Laura Belcher, Princeton University

"The Girl Next Door: Reading the Margin as a Site of Continuity"
Cameron Cross, University of Michigan

"Against Fate: Parsing Armenian Literary History from the Margins"
Michael Pifer, University of Michigan

Respondent: Ryan Szpiech, University of Michigan

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us (tumanyan@umich.edu) at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Attendance is free; registration required at http://bit.ly/MarginsMed.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:06:34 -0400 2018-10-27T14:30:00-04:00 2018-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion ASP Workshop | "Mediterranity from the Edge" in Association with the Margins of the Mediterranean Conference
CMENAS Teach-In Town Hall. What is BDS? And Why Does it Matter? (October 29, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57064 57064-14077290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 29, 2018 9:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Lorde cancelled her show in Israel in protest. So did the Pixies, Elvis Costello, Roger Waters, and Santana. More than one 100 artists and musicians have joined the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement in solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent activists. What motivates them? Since 2014, twenty-five U.S. states have passed anti-BDS legislation, citing anti-Semitism. In recent days though, federal courts in Kansas and Arizona have ruled that such laws violate First Amendment rights to freedom of expression. What is fair and just, in light of our diverse histories: members of the U-M community recall boycotts of Jewish businesses in Nazi Europe, America's history of civil rights boycotts, and boycotts in response to Palestinian displacement under Israeli Occupation?

The CMENAS Teach-in Town Hall will explore this vital moment in world history with experts and take stock of BDS, now active for thirteen years. Meet our speakers:

Susan Abulhawa, author of Mornings in Jenin (2010) and The Blue Between Sky and Water (2015), poet, political commentator, human rights activist, and founder of Playgrounds for Palestine

Tom Pessah, Israeli sociologist and activist, board member of Zochrot

Huwaida Arraf, Civil Rights Attorney and Co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, which was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize


Everyone is welcome!

Funding Support: CMENAS Endowments, Institute for the Humanities, Department of Anthropology, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Department of American Culture, the International Institute, Conflict and Peace Initiative, Colonialism, Race, and Sexualities Initiative (through IRWG), Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA), Department of Women Studies, and the College of LSA

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:22:02 -0400 2018-10-29T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-29T11:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion
CANCELLED [CMENAS Colloquium Series. “‘Warrants’ in Research: How to Deconstruct Cognitive Bias and Change the Conversation in Your Field, with Consideration of DEI Issues”] (October 29, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54831 54831-13645299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 29, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Speaker: Samer Ali, CMENAS Director and Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Culture, U-M Department of Middle Eastern Studies
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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
In the Craft of Research, Booth et al point to “warrant” as the principle that connects reasons to claim. It’s what enables your reader to see the relevance of your reasoning. Today, Prof. Ali will lead a discussion of the textbook Craft of Research, focusing on warrants, and how they might evince and reinforce biases (sexist, racist, or presentist assumptions), thus foreclosing certain discussions. By the same token, you can deploy new warrants to revise and substantiate principles, and in effect change the conversation in your field. Warrants are vital for diversifying discussions to include underrepresented researchers.

Speaker Bio:
Samer Ali conducts research on Arabo-Islamic social life in the Middle Ages through the lens of literature, arts, and culture. He authored Arabic Literary Salons in the Islamic Middle Ages and now writes on the role of women in the Arabic literary tradition and rituals of scapegoating and redemption. He has been honored with seven awards from The Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin, the American Institute of Maghrib Studies, and Fulbright Association.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:10:35 -0400 2018-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-29T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Samer_image
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (November 2, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-13565709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-05T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-05T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) Workshop. Sainthood Between the Ineffable and Social Practice: Jesus Christ in the Writings of Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi and Later Sufism (November 8, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57063 57063-14077288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This dissertation investigates the various portrayals of ʿĪsā b. Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) in the thought of the Andalusian mystic Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 1240) and later Sufism, specifically the teachings of two celebrated North African mystics, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dabbāgh (d. 1719) and Aḥmad al-Tījānī (d. 1815). After discussing the organization and methodology of the research in the Introduction, chapter two explores the corpus of secondary references on Jesus in Islam and Ibn al-ʿArabī studies. Thenceforth, chapters three and four delve into Christ’s presence in Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Meccan Openings and Bezels of Wisdom respectively. The results of this analysis is then used to gauge the son of Mary’s depictions in the teachings of al-Dabbāgh and al-Tījānī; all the while also situating Ibn al-ʿArabī’s own image in these later mystics’ Weltanschauungs. Lastly, the concluding chapter synthesizes the results from chapters three, four and five in an attempt to answer some overarching questions regarding the importance of Jesus for Sufi mystics like Ibn al-ʿArabī, al-Dabbāgh and al-Tījānī. In this regard, the emphasis in this final chapter pertains not only to the concepts in these saints’ writings, but the contexts in which these concepts arise and insights that they provide into the unique pedagogical and writing styles of these Sufi authors. It is in this last sense that the dissertation contributes to the ongoing research in Sufi intellectual history by also considering the religious concerns and approaches of Sufi figures in Islamic history.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to IslamicStudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:29:19 -0400 2018-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T16:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Ali Hussain
WDI M2GATE Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition (November 9, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56757 56757-14217854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Join us in person or through Facebook Live for a Global Pitch Competition that caps off the MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action Through Entrepreneurship (M²GATE) program that has involved more than 500 students.

For the last 18 months, the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan has managed a virtual exchange program that paired University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University undergrads with fellow students in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco. Working together online, via chat and through streaming video workshops, each team came up with a business concept designed to tackle a social or environmental challenge in the MENA region - from youth unemployment to water access to trash pickup to soft skills development - just to name a few examples.

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, three winning teams made of both U-M and MENA students, will gather at U-M’s Ross School of Business to present their ideas to judges as part of the Global Pitch Competition. In addition to U-M students, six students from Egypt, three from Tunisia and three from Morocco will compete in the event after meeting one another in person for the first time.

The program, known as the MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action Through Entrepreneurship (M²GATE) is funded the U.S. State Department and the Stevens Initiative, whose namesake is the late Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador killed in 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya.

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Presentation Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:49:04 -0500 2018-11-09T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William Davidson Institute Presentation M2GATE participants
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 12, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-12T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
White Monastery Fragments in the University of Michigan Collection (November 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56571 56571-13949135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The Monastery of Apa Shenoute, commonly known as the White Monastery, situated in Upper Egypt near Sohag, once possessed the largest Coptic library in Egypt. Unfortunately, none of the books that belonged to this monastery have survived intact. As the manuscripts were torn to pieces and sold to various individuals, fragments of them are scattered today in different collections around the world. The University of Michigan features prominently as one of the most significant repositories of White Monastery fragments. Using some of these, our workshop aims to document the content of the White Monastery library, offering at the same time a glimpse into the methods of reconstructing dismembered manuscripts out of scattered fragments.

This workshop will be presented by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The workshop is offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:22:58 -0400 2018-11-12T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-12T11:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Workshop / Seminar Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origen: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Opening Lecture and Reception: Written Culture of Christian Egypt (November 12, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56575 56575-13949137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

To celebrate the opening of the new exhibit Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection, we invite you to join us for short lectures from our two guest curators, followed by an opportunity to explore the exhibit. Refreshments will be provided.

Dr. Frank Feder from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities will discuss the reconstruction of the Coptic Bible. The Coptic translation of the Old Testament is one of the oldest Christian versions of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint (LXX). Manuscripts with Coptic biblical texts can be dated back to the late third and early fourth century. Thus, the Coptic manuscripts are often older than the extant Greek manuscript transmission. Moreover, the earliest Coptic texts show different dialectal varieties. The extreme dispersal of the Coptic manuscripts, mainly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, over about 106 different collections in Europe and North America has prevented until today a complete reconstruction and edition of the Coptic Old Testament. The Göttingen Academy project created a Virtual Manuscript Room to virtually reunify the dispersed manuscripts for a digital edition on the internet.

Dr. Alin Suciu, also from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, will discuss the White Monastery. Only fragments and dismembered leaves have survived from the manuscripts of the White Monastery, which once possessed the most important Coptic library in Egypt. The vestiges of these manuscripts are scattered today in numerous collections all over the world. This lecture discusses the way in which the first fragments of the White Monastery manuscripts emerged from their cache in the second half of the 18th century to be integrated in Western collections. He will also show how scholars have virtually reconstructed the library in modern times, and the impact of this endeavour on our knowledge of Coptic literature.

This event is offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:22:10 -0400 2018-11-12T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origen: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 13, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-13T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-13T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
AMAS Poetry Reading: "Diary of a Daughter in Diaspora" (November 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54103 54103-13528402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

Bayan Founas is an educator and youth mentor in Detroit. She graduated from the university of Michigan in 2014 with a Women's Studies degree and will receive her Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Michigan in 2019. Passionate about making educational reforms in predominately poor communities of color, she created an art & poetry club for Detroit youth to creatively heal. Founas enjoys writing, reading, and performing spoken-word poetry.

In her first book, Founas outlines her life experiences and views through poetry. As the daughter of Algerian immigrants, she depicts the realities of growing up in America in the diaspora – leaving her between two foreign lands. She also provides a unique glimpse into the glories and traumas of educating black and brown youth in Detroit. This body of work is HER story as a first-generation Arab and Muslim woman growing up in America – a narrative that is rarely told from one’s own perspective.

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Performance Fri, 09 Nov 2018 09:38:15 -0500 2018-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Performance Flyer
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 14, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-14T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
WDI M2GATE Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition (November 14, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56757 56757-13994913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Join us in person or through Facebook Live for a Global Pitch Competition that caps off the MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action Through Entrepreneurship (M²GATE) program that has involved more than 500 students.

For the last 18 months, the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan has managed a virtual exchange program that paired University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University undergrads with fellow students in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco. Working together online, via chat and through streaming video workshops, each team came up with a business concept designed to tackle a social or environmental challenge in the MENA region - from youth unemployment to water access to trash pickup to soft skills development - just to name a few examples.

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, three winning teams made of both U-M and MENA students, will gather at U-M’s Ross School of Business to present their ideas to judges as part of the Global Pitch Competition. In addition to U-M students, six students from Egypt, three from Tunisia and three from Morocco will compete in the event after meeting one another in person for the first time.

The program, known as the MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action Through Entrepreneurship (M²GATE) is funded the U.S. State Department and the Stevens Initiative, whose namesake is the late Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador killed in 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya.

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Presentation Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:49:04 -0500 2018-11-14T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T16:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Presentation M2GATE participants
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 15, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-15T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-15T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar. Living in a Liminal Age: Cairo’s al-Darb al-Ahmar District Enters the Early Modern (November 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56913 56913-14023823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Early modern Cairo was crowded urban environment replete with centuries of architectural models from which to draw. Both builders and inhabitants of its neighborhoods engaged with Cairo’s past while simultaneously encountering the incremental transformations associated with the early modern. Interactions with the city from public demonstrations of state power to buying and selling modest private residences were enmeshed with a sense of place. A sustaining local identity was manifest in shops and mosques and homes made of mudbrick and finely dressed Muqattam limestone that grounded Cairo and Cairenes even as the world changed.

Shauna Huffaker is an urban historian at the University of Windsor in Ontario who studies the medieval and early modern Middle East. She will be speaking on the lived experiences of the builders of Cairo’s historic al-Darb al-Ahmar district and its early modern inhabitants and the documents that make their lives visible to us.

This event is organized by the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) with support from the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and the Department of Architecture.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to IslamicStudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:18:23 -0400 2018-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T17:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Qijmas_Huffaker
Arab American National Museum and CMENAS Film Screening. The Feeling of Being Watched + Talkback (November 15, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55928 55928-13805097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

In the Arab American neighborhood outside of Chicago where director Assia Boundaoui grew up, most of the neighbors think they have been under surveillance for over a decade. While investigating their experiences, Boundaoui uncovers tens of thousands of pages of FBI documents that prove her hometown was the subject of one of the largest counter-terrorism investigations ever conducted in the U.S. With unprecedented access, The Feeling of Being Watched follows Boundaoui as she pieces together a secret FBI operation and grapples with the effects of a lifetime of surveillance.

Dir. Assia Boundaoui
2018/USA/86 minutes
English and Arabic with English Subtitles

After the screening, there will be a talkback with director Assia Boundaoui

Cosponsor: Arab American National Museum

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Film Screening Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:00:14 -0400 2018-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening film_image
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 16, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-16T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-16T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar. Domestic Architecture and Urban History: The Promise and Limitations of Property Deeds Written in Cairo’s Early Ottoman Courts (November 16, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56914 56914-14023824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The documentary record of Cairo is among the richest for any part of the pre-modern Islamic world. Using examples from the archive of the Coptic Patriarchate in Abbasiya and Dar al-Wathiq in the Egyptian National Archives, we will consider the format of deeds of sale and their utility for historians of urbanism. Property boundaries and descriptions were an essential part of uniquely identifying the property for sale for owners, sellers, notaries and court officials. In the present, the finely textured details of these descriptions invite us into the streets, neighborhoods and intimate spaces of Mamluk and Ottoman Cairo. But reading these descriptions to meet the presentist needs of the historian comes with its own perils. We will also discuss the challenges of gaining access to and working with the archives which house these documents.

Shauna Huffaker is an urban historian at the University of Windsor in Ontario who studies the medieval and early modern Middle East. She will be leading a workshop on the lived experiences of the builders and inhabitants of early modern Cairo and the documents that make their lives visible to us.

This event is organized by the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) with support from the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC).

Snacks and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by emailing IISScoordinators@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:23:31 -0400 2018-11-16T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T11:50:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar sijil_huffaker
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 17, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 17, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-17T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-17T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 18, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-18T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-18T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 19, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 19, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-19T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-19T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 20, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-20T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-20T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 21, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-21T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-21T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 26, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 26, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-26T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-26T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 27, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-27T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-27T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 28, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-28T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-28T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 29, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-29T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-29T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 29, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-29T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (November 30, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-11-30T08:30:00-05:00 2018-11-30T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 1, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 1, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-01T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-01T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 2, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 2, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-02T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-02T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 3, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-03T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-03T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 4, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-04T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-04T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 5, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-05T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-05T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 6, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-06T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-06T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Arab and Muslim American Studies in Urgent Times: Celebrating the Scholarship of Evelyn Alsultany (December 6, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57915 57915-14373149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

Please join us to discuss and celebrate the significant contributions of one of the foremost scholars of Arab and Muslim American Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:06:41 -0500 2018-12-06T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T18:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 7, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-07T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-07T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (December 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (December 7, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-13565710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu)

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2018-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 8, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 8, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-08T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-08T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 9, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 9, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-09T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-09T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 10, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 10, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-10T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-10T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (December 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-14401059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-12-10T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-10T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 11, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-11T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-11T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 12, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-12T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-12T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 13, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-13T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-13T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Transnational Contemporary Literature Paper Workshop w/ Nadav Linial (December 13, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55174 55174-14363810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Hosted by the Transnational Contemporary Literature Workshop. Please email Elizabeth McNeill (emcneill@umich.edu), Nadav Linial (nadavl@umich.edu) or Martha Henzy (mhenzy@umich.edu) for a copy of the paper.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:44:06 -0500 2018-12-13T11:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 14, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-14T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-14T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 15, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 15, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-15T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-15T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 16, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 16, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-16T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-16T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 17, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 17, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-17T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-17T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 18, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-18T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-18T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 19, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-19T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-19T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 20, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 20, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-20T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-20T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 21, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960729@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 21, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-21T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-21T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 22, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 22, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-22T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-22T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (December 23, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 23, 2018 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2018-12-23T08:30:00-05:00 2018-12-23T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 2, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-02T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-02T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 3, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 3, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-03T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-03T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 4, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 4, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-04T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-04T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 5, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 5, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-05T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-05T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 6, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 6, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-06T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-06T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 7, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 7, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-07T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-07T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 8, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-08T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-08T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 9, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-09T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-09T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 10, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-10T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-10T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 11, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-11T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-11T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 12, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 12, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-12T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-12T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 13, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 13, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-13T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-13T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 14, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 14, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-14T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-14T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 15, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-15T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-15T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
FellowSpeak: "At the Gates of the Temple: Culture, Politics and Public Space in Ptolemaic Egypt" (January 15, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58131 58131-14426853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

U-M Associate Professor of History and 2019 Helmut F. Stern Faculty Fellow Ian Moyer reconstructs a history of public space in Ptolemaic Egypt by examining the gates and forecourt areas of Egyptian temples as places of communication, interaction, and translation that connected indigenous Egyptian élites, the Macedonian Greek dynasty of the Ptolemies, and the wider population of Egypt.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:08:11 -0500 2019-01-15T12:30:00-05:00 2019-01-15T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Egyptian courtyard
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 16, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-16T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-16T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 17, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-17T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-17T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 18, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-18T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-18T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
CMENAS Film Screening. "Rachel" (January 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58856 58856-14567897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

On March 16, 2003, in the almost uninterrupted tide of Middle Eastern current affairs and just before the war in Iraq, a small tragic event was reported by some press agencies, just a few lines in the newspaper, or a 45 -second report on television: A young American peace activist was killed in the Gaza Strip, crushed by an Israeli bulldozer while she was trying to prevent the destruction of a Palestinian house.

A few weeks later, some media reports mentioned that the Israeli military police conducted an inquiry, concluding that Rachel Corrie's death was accidental. Despite many eyewitnesses claims that she was intentionally murdered by the bulldozer driver, the American administration never asked for an independent inquiry, and the case was classified and forgotten.

Five years later, director Simone Bitton is somehow doing what a court should have done. "RACHEL" is a deep cinema investigation into the death of a young unknown girl, made with a rigour and scope normally reserved for first-rate historical characters. It gives word to all the people involved in Rachel's story, from Palestinian and international witnesses to Israeli military spokespersons and investigators, doctors, activists and soldiers linked to the affair. The film begins as a classical documentary, but very soon it develops and transcends its subject, transforming into a cinematographic meditation on youth, war, idealism and political utopia. Palestine, the reality of which is filmed close-up, becomes a metaphor - a tomb for a child of today.

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Jessica Hill Riggs, jessmhil@umich.edu

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Film Screening Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:28:17 -0500 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening film_image
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 19, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 19, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-19T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-19T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 20, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 20, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-20T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-20T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 21, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-21T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-21T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 22, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-22T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-22T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
CMENAS Teach-In Town Hall. BDS, Nonviolence, and MLK's Legacy in the Middle East (January 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59162 59162-14692578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” -- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Nobel Peace Prize, 1964)

The legacy of MLK not only demands justice at home, but justice abroad -- dignity, socio-economic equality, and human rights globally. The world's threats were characterized by him as the “triple giant evils” of racism, poverty, and militarism. How does that legacy inform the quest for justice in Israel/Palestine today?

The CMENAS Teach-In Town Hall will explore the implications of MLK's message as it pertains to a particular protest strategy: the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement in solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent activists. More than 100 artists and musicians, in addition to 37 Jewish groups in 15 countries, have joined the BDS movement to protest state structures of oppression in Israel deemed "apartheid" by many thinkers and activists, including Nobel Peace Laureates, Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu.

CMENAS hosts three BDS experts to discuss MLK's legacy in the Middle East, including activists Cindy and Craig Corrie (Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice) and Prof. David Palumbo-Liu (Stanford University). After their brief presentations, an open exchange will unfold with Q & A and discussion in a Town Hall format.

A luncheon reception will follow the event. Everyone welcome!

Funded by CMENAS Endowment, International Institute, Arab & Muslim American Studies, International Studies (U-M Library), Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar, the Departments of American Culture, Sociology, Afroamerican and African Studies, Women’s Studies, Anthropology, and the Humanities Institute.

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Contact: jessmhil@umich.edu, 7-4143

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:56:28 -0500 2019-01-22T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion bds_image
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 23, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-23T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 24, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-24T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-24T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 25, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-25T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (January 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-14433280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu)

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 26, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 26, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-26T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-26T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Is it Dementia (January 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60049 60049-14814819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

On Saturday, January 26, 2018, the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer's Disease (MCCFAD) will hold its second event to connect with the community to provide more information and resources.

Experts from the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Michigan Chapter will connect with the Arab-American community to provide information and resources in situations where one suspects dementia. This will be followed by a panel of community members who will share their experiences of what they did when they first noticed a family member had memory loss.

The event is open and free to the public, desserts and refreshments will be provided.

WHERE: ACCESS Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services,
6450 Maple, Dearborn, MI 48126, Second building from Schaefer 2nd floor

WHEN: 11 am - 1 p.m. Saturday, January 26,2019

RSVP: The researchers encourage but do not require an RSVP. To register, email Donna Jawad at donjawad@umich.edu or call the University of Michigan Life Course Development Program at 734-763-4993.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:47:11 -0500 2019-01-26T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-26T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion logo
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 27, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 27, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-27T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Luigi Ferri: The Survival of a 12-year-old Italian Child at Auschwitz (January 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59200 59200-14717505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Seven hundred and seventy six Italian children under the age of 14 were deported to Auschwitz. Only 25 survived the gas chambers. Luigi Ferri was one of them.

As the child of mixed marriage he could have avoided deportation, but he refused to abandon his beloved Jewish grandmother when she was arrested in June 1944 in Trieste.

At Auschwitz they were sent to the gas chambers, but Luigi was spared at the last moment, only because a Jewish inmate who was working as a doctor at the hospital of the camp, Dr. Otto Wolken, took him under his protection.

Luigino remained hidden for weeks in a barrack and was then registered (tattooed) and "employed" as an errand boy. He and his protector miraculously survived the liquidation of the camp. In April 1945, Luigi was one of the first witnesses of the atrocities of the camp to appear before a Polish tribunal. Afterwards, he mysteriously vanished for the
rest of his life, the only Italian Auschwitz survivor of whom no news ever surfaced again - or at least this is what is commonly repeated. Newly discovered documents are now revealing us the whole story.

Presented by The Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan, in collaboration with the Department of Middle East Studies, the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago.

This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is welcomed, but it is not required for UM Faculty and students.

RSVP by January 25, 2019 at: dantemichigan.org

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:14:59 -0500 2019-01-27T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Boccaccini Lecture Poster
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 28, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-28T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 29, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-29T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 30, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-30T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (January 31, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-01-31T08:30:00-05:00 2019-01-31T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 1, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-01T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
CMENAS and International Economic Development Program Lecture. Beyond the Headlines: Morocco 8 Years after the February 20th Movement (February 1, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59606 59606-14754558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 11:45am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Eight years have passed since Morocco’s iteration of the “Arab Spring” with the February 20th Movement. Since then, Moroccans have continued expressing dissent in varying forms, while the state has responded with varying forms of oppression. Despite promises for reforms and grandiose development projects, socioeconomic indicators remain grim, contributing to an ongoing emigration of the country’s skilled and educated population. This talk will examine recent political, economic, and social developments in Morocco to better understand where the country stands today and to consider what possibilities for the future may hold.

Samia Errazzouki is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in history at the University of California, Davis. She is a former Morocco-based journalist, where she reported for the Associated Press and, later, Reuters. While in Morocco, Samia also worked as a research associate with the University of Cambridge, researching the media landscape in the country. Samia is a co-editor with Jadaliyya and a co-founder of their Maghreb Page. Her past publications have appeared in the Journal of North African Studies, the Washington Post, the Middle East Institute, and the Guardian, among others.

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: jessmhil@umich.edu, 7-4143

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:45:57 -0500 2019-02-01T11:45:00-05:00 2019-02-01T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion speaker_image
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 2, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 2, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-02T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-02T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 3, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 3, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-03T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-03T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 4, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-04T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-04T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 5, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-05T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-05T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 6, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-06T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 7, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-07T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 8, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-08T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
De-Centering the Global Middle Ages (February 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52918 52918-13142328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

De-centering the Global Middle Ages invites researchers to consider scholarly perspectives of the “global turn” of the premodern world, addressing connectivity and mobility of the globe c. 500-1600 CE. What work does the idea of “the medieval” do, and for whom? What do we gain and what do we lose by insisting on a shared notion of the medieval? By conceiving of a more diverse Middle Ages characterized by mobility and connectedness rather than isolation and limited travel? This symposium will explore what the “medieval” means for scholars of various geographic regions, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in hopes of facilitating a dramatic shift in our visions of what it means to do medieval history, and the meaning of global history more broadly.

Please see the conference website for the program and registration details.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:08:18 -0500 2019-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T20:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Conference / Symposium Tisch Hall
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 9, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-09T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
De-Centering the Global Middle Ages (February 9, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52918 52918-13142329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 9:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

De-centering the Global Middle Ages invites researchers to consider scholarly perspectives of the “global turn” of the premodern world, addressing connectivity and mobility of the globe c. 500-1600 CE. What work does the idea of “the medieval” do, and for whom? What do we gain and what do we lose by insisting on a shared notion of the medieval? By conceiving of a more diverse Middle Ages characterized by mobility and connectedness rather than isolation and limited travel? This symposium will explore what the “medieval” means for scholars of various geographic regions, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in hopes of facilitating a dramatic shift in our visions of what it means to do medieval history, and the meaning of global history more broadly.

Please see the conference website for the program and registration details.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:08:18 -0500 2019-02-09T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Conference / Symposium Tisch Hall
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 10, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-10T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-10T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 11, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-11T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-11T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
MES Lecture Series (February 11, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60936 60936-14990927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Panel discussion with:

Carol Bardenstein, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Culture

Cameron Cross, Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies

Katherine Davis, Lecturer in Egyptology

Adi Raz, Director of the Modern Hebrew Language Program

This panel is dedicated to sharing pedagogical approaches, including philosophies, course ideas, and classroom activities. The panelists offer multiple perspectives including teaching languages, ULWR, literature, cinema, and culture classes in both the ancient and modern Middle East.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:31:43 -0500 2019-02-11T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-11T14:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 12, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-12T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-12T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Kerning Cultures: A Podcast Listening Party (February 12, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57967 57967-14383888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Media surrounding the Middle East does not speak for its youth. And youth make up 65% of the region's population. That's 140M people between the ages of 15-35 who are largely rejecting the traditional media of their parents' generation because of its political nature.

Kerning Cultures is the premier Middle East podcast network, quoted by The Guardian as "This American Life for the Middle East." Kerning Cultures is partnering with the University of Michigan to give Middle Eastern-American students & allies the opportunity to share their experiences, learn about the current state of Middle Eastern media representation, and how they can make an impact.

On Tuesday, February 12th, 2019, The University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center will be hosting a Kerning Cultures listening party in 1010 Weiser Hall. We will listen to a Kerning Cultures episode and discuss it into the night with their Marketing Lead, Bella Ibrahim.

The event is free and open to the public, RSVP at http://myumi.ch/J9DzE. Light refreshments will be provided.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Sponsored by the Global Islamic Studies Center, with support from the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, and LSA Honors Program.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:07:00 -0500 2019-02-12T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Kerning Cultures
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 13, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-13T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 14, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-14T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-14T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 15, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-15T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Early Modern Colloquium Graduate Conference (February 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60782 60782-14963964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This is an annual interdisciplinary graduate conference featuring graduate student panels, faculty respondents, and keynote lectures.
The Friday keynote will be given by Christine Chism, Professor of English at UCLA, at 4pm. The Saturday keynote will be given by Bernadette Andrea, Professor English at UCSB, at 4pm.
For more information, please contact Rebecca Hixon (rjhixon@umich.edu).
https://michiganemc.com/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:25:43 -0500 2019-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (February 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-14433281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu)

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 16, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-16T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-16T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
Early Modern Colloquium Graduate Conference (February 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60782 60782-14963965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This is an annual interdisciplinary graduate conference featuring graduate student panels, faculty respondents, and keynote lectures.
The Friday keynote will be given by Christine Chism, Professor of English at UCLA, at 4pm. The Saturday keynote will be given by Bernadette Andrea, Professor English at UCSB, at 4pm.
For more information, please contact Rebecca Hixon (rjhixon@umich.edu).
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Conference / Symposium Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:25:43 -0500 2019-02-16T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium
Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection (February 17, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56679 56679-13960787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

The dry climate of the Egyptian desert offers an ideal environment for the preservation of ancient artifacts. As the sands of Egypt has preserved also numerous Coptic manuscripts, the transmission of the literary heritage of Egyptian Christians can be documented quite well from its beginnings in the 4th century CE until its decline in the 12th-13th centuries CE, when it was completely superseded by Arabic. This exhibit aims to show some of the hallmarks of Coptic literature using manuscripts kept in the Special Collections Research Center of the University of Michigan Library. Topics explored include the main Coptic dialects; bilingualism in Egypt; books read by the Egyptian monks; and the works of Shenoute the Great, the most important author of Coptic literature.

This exhibit is curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The exhibit and related programming are offered with support from the Department of Middle East Studies and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Join us for an opening lecture and reception at 4:30 p.m. on November 12 in the Hatcher Library Gallery.

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Exhibition Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:29:39 -0400 2019-02-17T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-17T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Shenoute of Atripe (ca. 348-465). Content: Canon 7. Acephalos work A13: 79: i.1-ii.32. Is Ecclesiastes Not Wise: 80: i.2-ii.33. Parchment, 1 leaf, 380 x 288 mm. Verso. Origin: White Monastery (Atripe, Egypt). 8th AD. Mich. Ms. 158. 14 b: White Monastery Codex YR 79/80
DAAS Africa Workshop “Get Along without It”: Contested Domestic Desires in Imperial Sudan (February 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59211 59211-14717515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

In recent scholarship and past imperial logic, the colonial marital home has stood as a symbol of civility, stability, and imperial order. However, a close examination of British civil servants’ domestic desires and relationships in Sudan reveal domesticity as a site of instability and persistent negotiation. Never formally declared a colony, Sudan’s marginal position within the British Empire resulted, in turn, in a marginalization of domestic desires, which were hidden, ignored, or relegated to “back-home” in England. Working with an expanded understanding of “domestic,” this paper traces complex and contested intimacies through a homosocial culture of bachelors, shifting relationships with Sudanese household help, and a generous yet disruptive annual leave policy. It reanimates the experiences of male and female civil servants, recasting them from fixed models of state power and instead recognizing their much more vulnerable position as desiring subjects in search of domestic care and comforts.


Marie Grace Brown (B.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is an Associate Professor of Middle East History at the University of Kansas. Her award-winning first book, Khartoum at Night: Fashion and Body Politics in Imperial Sudan (Stanford University Press, 2017), argues that Sudanese women used fashion and their bodies to mark and make meaning of the shifting sociopolitical systems of imperial rule. Before her career in academia, Brown worked at a nonprofit providing legal assistance to immigrant women fleeing gender-based violence. Her research has been supported by grants and fellowships from the American Association of University Women, the Social Science Research Council, and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:21:36 -0500 2019-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Arab and Muslim American Studies Program Open House (February 20, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60361 60361-14866460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

POSTPONED TO February 20th!

Join the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program for an Open House! Stop by, meet new AMAS Director Professor Su'ad Abdul Khabeer, say hello to your favorite profs (and meet some new ones!), and enjoy a slice (or two) of one of the many pies we will be serving. Feel free to bring along a friend!

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Reception / Open House Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:34:58 -0500 2019-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Reception / Open House Flyer
Stories Never Told: Yemen’s Crises & Renaissance (February 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58788 58788-14559366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Stories Never Told is a traveling display curated by local Yemeni-American social entrepreneur Hanan Ali Yahya. The display visually narrates the artistic renaissance born out of Yemen’s crises. It will pilot at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn in February 2019 and travel through Michigan, parts of the United States, and beyond. The gallery will feature the visual art, short films, poetry, writing and productions of Yemeni artists residing in Yemen and the diaspora.

The display will be open from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and there will be a film showing and talkback at 7:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public, with a $5 suggested donation. All proceeds will go to The Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. An RSVP is required at: http://arabamericanmuseum.org/Arab-Film-Series.

Sponsored by U-M's Global Islamic Studies Center and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum.

This display will have two showings, one in Dearborn at the Arab American National Museum on February 21st and one in Ann Arbor at Weiser Hall on February 22nd. Please ensure you RSVP to whichever showing you plan to attend by navigating the events tab on the GISC website.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:40:52 -0400 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Exhibition Stories Never Told
Stories Never Told: Yemen’s Crises & Renaissance (February 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58863 58863-14567902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Stories Never Told is a traveling display curated by local Yemeni-American social entrepreneur Hanan Ali Yahya. The display visually narrates the artistic renaissance born out of Yemen’s crises. It will pilot at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn in February 2019 and travel through Michigan, parts of the United States, and beyond. The gallery will feature the visual art, short films, poetry, writing and productions of Yemeni artists residing in Yemen and the diaspora.

Doors will open at 6:00 PM, and there will be a film showing and talkback at 7:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public, however, an RSVP is required at: https://goo.gl/forms/7lwjMHo4wHb23AFc2.

Sponsored by U-M's Global Islamic Studies Center and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

This display will have two showings, one in Dearborn at the Arab American National Museum on February 21st and one in Ann Arbor at Weiser Hall on February 22nd. Please ensure you RSVP to whichever showing you plan to attend by navigating the events tab on the GISC website.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:52:45 -0500 2019-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T22:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Exhibition Stories Never Told
MES Lecture Series - Israel Through A Colored Lens: African-American Perspectives on Mizrahi Israelis (March 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61113 61113-15036262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

This lecture explores African-American interactions with Middle Eastern Jewish (Mizrahi) Israelis in the 1950s and 1960s, highlighting how African-Americans navigated race and their observations on racial dynamics in Israel. Roby focuses on the travels of scholar and social worker Ida B. Jiggetts, who wrote extensively on the social positioning of North African and Yemenite Jewish immigrants to Israel. He concludes with reflections on how Israeli Jewish racial constructs influence current-day societal issues.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 08:49:10 -0500 2019-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Event poster
Top Ten Dementia Headlines: Facts behind the news stories (March 13, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61923 61923-15239147@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join MCCFAD for the third Arab American Community Health Learning Event as neurologist, Dr. Seraji-Bozorgzad from the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center unveils the facts behind the top ten dementia headlines.

When: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 6pm to 8pm
Location: Islamic Center of America, 19500 Ford Rd., Dearborn, Michigan 48128

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:17:23 -0500 2019-03-13T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
The Author's Forum Presents "The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images": A Conversation with Christiane Gruber and Juan Cole (March 20, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58123 58123-14426748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Christiane Gruber (history of art) and Juan Cole (history) discuss Gruber's new book "The Praiseworthy One," which aims to bring back into scholarly and public discussion the ‘lost’ history of imagining the Prophet in Islamic cultures.

About the book:
In the wake of controversies over printing or displaying images of the Prophet Muhammad, Christiane Gruber’s aim is to bring back into scholarly and public discussion the ‘lost’ history of imagining the Prophet in Islamic cultures. By studying the various verbal and visual constructions of the Prophet’s character and persona over the course of more than one thousand years, Gruber seeks to correct public misconceptions and restore to Islam its rich artistic heritage, illuminating the critical role Muhammad has played in Muslim constructions of self and community at different times and in various cultural contexts.

The Praiseworthy One is an exploration of the Prophet Muhammad’s significance in Muslim life and thought from the beginning of Islam to today. It pays particular attention to procedures of narration, veneration, and sacralization. Gruber stresses that a fruitful approach to extant textual and visual materials is one that emphasizes the harnessing of Muhammad’s persona as a larger metaphor to explain both past and present historical events, to build and delineate a sense of community, and to help individuals conceive of and communicate with the realm of the sacred. The Praiseworthy One shows that Muhammad has served as a polyvalent symbol rather than a historical figure with fixed significance.

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Other Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:52:23 -0500 2019-03-20T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T19:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Other The Praiseworthy One book cover
Islamic Peace Studies Conference. The Abode of Peace: Spirituality and Harmony in Islam (March 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60785 60785-14963968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

This conference explores the spiritual dimension of peace in Islam. Negative peace has been defined as the absence of violent conflict and concerns security arrangements. Positive peace has been defined as actions, policies, and attitudes that promote peace. Our concern here is with positive peace, and with its inner manifestations, in affect, attitude and personal behavior. Sufism has been a major site of such peace-related themes, but they appear in other arenas of Islamic practice as well.

This conference includes:

Thursday, March 21, 6:00–9:00 p.m., Michigan Room, Michigan League
Evening Keynote, “Reframing Peace: Muslim Stories of Peacemaking for the 21st Century,” with Dr. Irfan Omar (Marquette University) at 7:00 pm.
Dinner starts at 6:00 pm.

Friday, March 22, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m., 1010 Weiser Hall
All day conference with presentations by Professors Juan Cole (University of Michigan), Valerie Hoffman (University of Illinois), Alexander Knysh (University of Michigan), Jennifer Nourse (University of Richmond).

Saturday, March 23: 6:00–8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church
Islamic Peace Presentations and Community Dinner
Presentations by Professors Juan Cole (University of Michigan), Valerie Hoffman (University of Illinois, Alexander Knysh (University of Michigan), and Jennifer Nourse (University of Richmond).
Dinner starts at 6:00pm. Presentations will begin at 6:30pm.

Funding for this project comes from the International Institute Enterprise Fund. This event series is free and open to the public.

Cosponsors: African Studies Center, Global Islamic Studies Center, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, Department of Middle East Studies, Michigan State University's Muslim Studies Program, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar, and the Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church.

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Jessica Hill Riggs, jessmhil@umich.edu, 7-4143

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:45:00 -0400 2019-03-21T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T21:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Conference / Symposium image
Islamic Peace Studies Conference. The Abode of Peace: Spirituality and Harmony in Islam (March 22, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60785 60785-14963969@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 9:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

This conference explores the spiritual dimension of peace in Islam. Negative peace has been defined as the absence of violent conflict and concerns security arrangements. Positive peace has been defined as actions, policies, and attitudes that promote peace. Our concern here is with positive peace, and with its inner manifestations, in affect, attitude and personal behavior. Sufism has been a major site of such peace-related themes, but they appear in other arenas of Islamic practice as well.

This conference includes:

Thursday, March 21, 6:00–9:00 p.m., Michigan Room, Michigan League
Evening Keynote, “Reframing Peace: Muslim Stories of Peacemaking for the 21st Century,” with Dr. Irfan Omar (Marquette University) at 7:00 pm.
Dinner starts at 6:00 pm.

Friday, March 22, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m., 1010 Weiser Hall
All day conference with presentations by Professors Juan Cole (University of Michigan), Valerie Hoffman (University of Illinois), Alexander Knysh (University of Michigan), Jennifer Nourse (University of Richmond).

Saturday, March 23: 6:00–8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church
Islamic Peace Presentations and Community Dinner
Presentations by Professors Juan Cole (University of Michigan), Valerie Hoffman (University of Illinois, Alexander Knysh (University of Michigan), and Jennifer Nourse (University of Richmond).
Dinner starts at 6:00pm. Presentations will begin at 6:30pm.

Funding for this project comes from the International Institute Enterprise Fund. This event series is free and open to the public.

Cosponsors: African Studies Center, Global Islamic Studies Center, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, Department of Middle East Studies, Michigan State University's Muslim Studies Program, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar, and the Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church.

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Jessica Hill Riggs, jessmhil@umich.edu, 7-4143

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:45:00 -0400 2019-03-22T09:30:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Conference / Symposium image
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (March 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-14433282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu)

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2019-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
Islamic Peace Studies Conference. The Abode of Peace: Spirituality and Harmony in Islam (March 23, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60785 60785-15212839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

This conference explores the spiritual dimension of peace in Islam. Negative peace has been defined as the absence of violent conflict and concerns security arrangements. Positive peace has been defined as actions, policies, and attitudes that promote peace. Our concern here is with positive peace, and with its inner manifestations, in affect, attitude and personal behavior. Sufism has been a major site of such peace-related themes, but they appear in other arenas of Islamic practice as well.

This conference includes:

Thursday, March 21, 6:00–9:00 p.m., Michigan Room, Michigan League
Evening Keynote, “Reframing Peace: Muslim Stories of Peacemaking for the 21st Century,” with Dr. Irfan Omar (Marquette University) at 7:00 pm.
Dinner starts at 6:00 pm.

Friday, March 22, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m., 1010 Weiser Hall
All day conference with presentations by Professors Juan Cole (University of Michigan), Valerie Hoffman (University of Illinois), Alexander Knysh (University of Michigan), Jennifer Nourse (University of Richmond).

Saturday, March 23: 6:00–8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church
Islamic Peace Presentations and Community Dinner
Presentations by Professors Juan Cole (University of Michigan), Valerie Hoffman (University of Illinois, Alexander Knysh (University of Michigan), and Jennifer Nourse (University of Richmond).
Dinner starts at 6:00pm. Presentations will begin at 6:30pm.

Funding for this project comes from the International Institute Enterprise Fund. This event series is free and open to the public.

Cosponsors: African Studies Center, Global Islamic Studies Center, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, Department of Middle East Studies, Michigan State University's Muslim Studies Program, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar, and the Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church.

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Jessica Hill Riggs, jessmhil@umich.edu, 7-4143

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:45:00 -0400 2019-03-23T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Conference / Symposium image
Dialogues in Contemporary Thought V | On Reading (March 25, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62193 62193-15311067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Dialogues in Contemporary Thought V | On Reading, will consist of two lectures. "Alphabetographies," by Prof. Cadava, will consider the photographic work of Susan Meiselas in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Kurdistan, and investigate her claim of being "attracted like a magnet to mass graves, destroyed villages, the missing." Prof. Cadava will then consider why photography is a privileged means of documenting violence, and the forms of resistance made available by it. "We have been misreading the camps," by Prof. Paloff, will re-evaluate the moral claims attached to camp literature, and propose an alternative ethics that embraces the reader's individual experience, and the community's memory of the past. The lectures are open to everyone. Questions - email: srdjan@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:10:15 -0400 2019-03-25T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Dialogues in Contemporary Thought | On Reading
Workshop | Erasures (March 26, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62195 62195-15311066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Prof. Cadava will lead a workshop on the Introduction of an unpublished book manuscript, which focuses on Fazal Sheikh's "The Erasure Trilogy," a three-volume photographic project on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Introduction, and two further texts, will be pre-circulated to all who sign up for the workshop. If you are interested, please contact srdjan@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:25:33 -0400 2019-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar Workshop | Erasures
The Threat to Global Press Freedom: Censorship, Imprisonment and Murder (March 26, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61744 61744-15179069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Harmful rhetoric towards journalists and the press casts doubt about the future of a free press and the safety of reporters. This was evident following the murders of five staff members at the Capital Gazette and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. As democratic nations fall short in protecting press freedom, what are the implications for journalists of all nations? In alarming numbers, reporters around the world are persecuted, jailed, exiled and even killed for exposing the truth.

Knight-Wallace international journalists Vanessa Gezari of The Intercept, Itai Anghel of Israeli TV, and Jawad Sukhanyar of The New York Times will discuss how threats and state censorship impact their work. In a discussion led by the University’s media law and First Amendment scholar Professor Leonard Niehoff, they will share their experiences reporting from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and Africa and discuss what can be done to protect journalists and foster press freedom around the world.

The Eisendrath Symposium honors Charles R. Eisendrath, former director of Wallace House, and his lifelong commitment to international journalism.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:40:54 -0400 2019-03-26T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T16:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Vanessa Gezari, Itai Anghel, Jawad Sukhanyar and Leonard Niehoff
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS). Al-Ghazālī and the Foundations of Medieval Islamic Ontology, Epistemology, and Scientific Inquiry (March 27, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61478 61478-15114926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Medieval Muslim scientists trace most of their foundational ontological and epistemological underpinnings to Al-Ghazālī’s (1058-1111 CE) contribution in bridging the gap between scholastic theology (kalām) and scientific inquiry and experimentation. In doing so, Al-Ghazālī draws on two related subdomains: philology and exegesis. This talk sheds some light on Al-Ghazālī's holistic rational view which informed Medieval Islamic ontology, epistemology, and the scientific method, falling at the nexus of language, scholastic theology, Qur’anic hermeneutics, and the philosophy of science. Al-Ghazālī’s thought has implications for positivism and post-positivism, including the rejection of the behavioral psychology view of knowing and learning through mere habituation.

Mohammad T. Alhawary is Professor of Arabic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. In addition to his research in applied linguistics, his interests lie in the Medieval Arabic grammatical tradition and its interactions with neighboring disciplines such as exegesis, jurisprudence, philosophy, and scholastic theology.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to IslamicStudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:50:34 -0500 2019-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion poster
Human Flow - Film Screening and discussion (March 28, 2019 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60994 60994-15000023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:45pm
Location: School of Nursing
Organized By: U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center

Human Flow Film Screening & Discussion

Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II.
Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration.
The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

https://www.humanflow.com/

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Film Screening Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:28:48 -0500 2019-03-28T17:45:00-04:00 2019-03-28T20:45:00-04:00 School of Nursing U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center Film Screening Human Flow Film Screening Poster
Omar Offendum Residency. Work in Progress Showing: Little Syria (March 30, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62632 62632-15414528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 30, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Omar Offendum’s residency culminates with a work-in-progress performance. Set amidst the backdrop of the fabled Little Syria neighborhood in NYC (1880-1940), this unique performance project bridges hip-hop & live Arabic instrumentation with the time-honored “Hakawati” storytelling traditions of the Levant. Offendum (Syria via LA) is joined by oud virtuoso Ronnie Malley (Palestine via Chicago) and DJ/beatmaker Thanks Joey (Syria via Brooklyn), to uncover what life in the heart of Arab-America was like over a century ago, while informing much of what is happening today in terms of immigration, xenophobia, Syria, and the ever-evolving notion of an “American dream.”

This event is free but registration is required, please register on the UMS website here: https://ums.org/performance/omar-offendum-residency-work-in-progress-little-syria/

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Performance Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:32:40 -0400 2019-03-30T20:00:00-04:00 2019-03-30T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Performance Omar Offendum
MES Lecture Series - Heads and Horror: Men's Severed Heads from the Bible to Netflix (April 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61115 61115-15036265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Judith and Holofernes. Salome and John the Baptist. Sheila and Gary. Stories of severed heads have long horrified and hypnotized audiences. “Heads and Horror” will explore how tales of decapitation, both ancient and contemporary, simultaneously reveal human aspirations and anxieties: What does it mean to be human? How are gender and power linked? And what happens when severed heads don’t stay dead?

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:40:41 -0400 2019-04-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Annual Middle East Poetry Night (April 3, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61926 61926-15239150@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

The Department of Middle East Studies is pleased to announce its fourth annual Poetry Night, with snacks and readings of poetry from across the languages and cultures we study as a community. Students, faculty, and friends are all welcome and encouraged to join the festivities!

Wednesday, April 3, 5:30–7:30 pm
Hussey, Michigan League
911 N University Ave

If you plan to attend this event, please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/nAz3xosQZH5Nz9Fo2 by March 26.

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Performance Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:18:27 -0400 2019-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-03T19:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Middle East Studies Performance poetry
Arab Folk Dance with Karim Nagi (April 10, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62292 62292-15344266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

As part of the ongoing celebration of Arab Heritage Month, you are invited to join the circle of Arab folk-dancing in this one-of-a-kind workshop with Egyptian dancer, percussionist, musician, DJ and composer Karim Nagi.

Wednesday, April 10 @ 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Vandenberg Room – The Michigan League (2nd Floor)
FREE!

Come and learn participatory group dances, including the Dabke (stomping line dance), Raqs Assaya (stick dance) and various other folk dances from around the Arab world.

Karim Nagi has performed extensively and taught Arab percussion, multiple forms of traditional Arab folk-dance and music through instructional DVDs and workshops in the United States, Asia, Europe, Cairo and at all major Arab Culture festivals in the US, and directed the Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble, Zaitoun Dabke Troup, Turbo Tabla and the Pan Eastern Ensemble.

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This event has been sponsored by: The Department of Middle East Studies, CMENAS (Center for Middle East and North African Studies), MESA (Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs), AMAS (Arab and Muslim American Studies), GISC (Global Islamic Studies Center) and Arts at Michigan Course Connections.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:44:54 -0400 2019-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Middle East Studies Class / Instruction Event Poster
IISS Book Workshop. Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (April 10, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61615 61615-15152489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Please join the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) for a lively discussion with Professor Juan Cole about his most recent book, "Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires," which discuses the Prophet Muhammad's origin story in the seventh-century. Cole shows how Muhammad came of age in an era of unparalleled violence. The religion Muhammad founded, Islam, spread widely during his lifetime, relying on soft power instead of military might, and sought armistices even when militarily attacked. Cole sheds light on this forgotten history, reminding us that in the Qur'an, the legacy of that spiritual message endures.

We will be providing free copies of the book to fifteen graduate students and researchers. Please RSVP using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/Wrz6CvVeqB9iArqz2.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to IslamicStudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:59:23 -0500 2019-04-10T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Juan Cole Muhammad
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (April 12, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-14433283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu)

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2019-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
Medieval Lunch. Oleg Grabar's Qasr al-Hayr Archives and the Beginnings of Islamic Archaeology. (April 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59686 59686-14777947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Medieval Lunch Series is an informal program for sharing works-in-progress and fostering community among medievalists at the University of Michigan. Faculty and graduate students from across disciplines participate, sharing their research and discussing ongoing projects.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:35:13 -0500 2019-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Oleg Grabar
Arab American National Museum and CMENAS Film Screening. Wild Relatives + Talkback (April 18, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55931 55931-13805100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Deep beneath Earth’s Arctic permafrost, seeds from all over the world are stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. For the first time ever, seeds from a major gene bank in Aleppo are now being replicated in the Beqaa Valley.Wild Relatives loosely links together different narratives and biographies, opening a space to reflect on biodiversity, resilience, global justice and climate change, as well as manmade disasters and the ambivalent efforts made to overcome them.

Dir. Jumana Manna
2018/Lebanon, Norway, Germany/ 66 minutes
Arabic, Norwegian, and English with English Subtitles

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Film Screening Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:03:21 -0400 2019-04-18T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Film Screening film_image
How to Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease (May 16, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63457 63457-15710551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 16, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join MCCFAD on Thursday, May 16th at 11 am at the St. Mary Cultural Center, for another Arab American community health event. Dr. Laura Zahodne, a clinical neuropsychologist at the University of Michigan, will present information on Alzheimer's Disease and ways to reduce your risk.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

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Presentation Wed, 01 May 2019 12:35:12 -0400 2019-05-16T11:00:00-04:00 2019-05-16T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Event flyer