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An Evening with Rep. Elissa Slotkin:
The Importance of Military, Financial, and Humanitarian Support for Ukraine from a U.S. National Security Perspective
Thursday, September 1, 2022
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. EDT
Required Registration Link
*The exact location of this on-campus event will be provided 24-48 hours in advance to those who RSVP'ed.
This town hall is open to the public and co-sponsored by the Ukrainian-American Crisis Response Committee of Michigan and the MSU Ukrainian Students Organization in association with the MSU Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES).
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Palenstinian History, Demographics, and Politics
Muslim Studies Program and Visiting International Professional Program
Hybrid Event
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. EDT
Registration Link
Join the Muslim Studies Program and Visiting International Professional Program for their event on Palenstinian History, Demographics, and Politics featuring Nizar Farsakh Lecturer of International Affairs from George Washington University
Organized by the Muslim Studies Program and Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP) and cosponsored by the Asian Studies Center; Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Department of Political Science; Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities; James Madison College; and Peace and Justice Studies. |
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Muslim Journeys at the Broad, MSU Broad Art Museum
Join us for this three-part event, which includes an after-hours opportunity to view the exhibition Zaha Hadid Design: Untold from 6–7 p.m.; a lecture by and conversation with a renowned scholar of Muslim American, African American, and Arab American history Dr. Edward Curtis IV from 7–8:15 p.m.; and a book signing with the author from 8:15–9 p.m. Copies of Dr. Curtis’ new book Muslims of the Heartland will be available for purchase at the event. Attend for one, two, or all three parts! Reading the book is not required to attend and enjoy the program.
This event is in partnership with the Muslim Studies Program and the MSU Libraries with support from the Honors College, the Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, Global DEI (International Studies and Programs), Global Studies in the Arts & Humanities, James Madison College, the Department of History, and the Department of Religious Studies.
Zaha Hadid Design: Untold is on view through February 12, 2023, a signature celebration of the museum’s 10th anniversary.
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New Course for Fall 2022
ANP 419: Anthropology of the Middle East
In-person
Time: TU/TH: 3:00 - 4:20 p.m.
Location: T108 Berkley
Is Islam uniquely “incompatible with modernity”? Are Arabs congenitally anti-democratic, possessed by an “authoritarian mind”? Many scholars, pundits, and policymakers – on both the left and the right - seem to think so. They point to gender-based oppression or the post-Arab Spring resurgence of authoritarianism and proclaim an unchanging “culture” of the cause.
This course is a critical introduction to the complexity of the modern Middle East. Do the peoples and cultures of the region stand, somehow, outside of global processes and discourses? Or is it precisely because the region has been historically so central to the world order that its peoples and cultures have been, in part, shaped by its position within that order? The course explores how the peoples of the Middle East have experienced, understood, and engaged in global dynamics and discourses; and how they have, in turn, shaped the global itself, through political, economic, and cultural exchange.
For more information contact Professor Najib Hourani, Dept. of Anthropology and Global Urban Studies Program at houranin@msu.edu.
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Call for Papers
16th Annual Muslim Studies Program Conference Measuring
Muslim Publics: Curves, Columns, Spheres and Squares
Conference Dates: February 23-24, 2023
Michigan State University, International Center
Abstract Submission Portal
Abstract Deadline: August 31, 2022
*Accepted papers will be announced by September 30, 2022.
Michigan State University is hosting an international conference entitled “Measuring Muslim Publics: Curves, Columns, Spheres, and Squares.” Does this conference investigate who is ‘the public’ in public opinion? What effect does it have on politics? These questions have received a great deal of attention from scholars of American and European contexts where their contributions have taken on a universalistic overtone. Are these generalized assumptions valid in other societies – notably in Muslim-majority contexts? In addressing these questions, this conference aims to contribute to the interdisciplinary study of public opinion and ‘the public’ in Muslim contexts inside and outside of the Muslim world.
Organized by the MSU Muslim Studies Program
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Registration Open
71st Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA)
Conference Dates: September 16 – 18, 2022
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Registration Link
MCAA will be accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers from all disciplines focusing on China and Inner Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Asian Diaspora, along with comparative, inter-Asian, and global Asia topics.
The conference will also include workshops and roundtables on book/journal publication and professional development. Some workshops are organized around mentoring purposes and are particularly beneficial to junior scholars and graduate students. We also hope to start building networking among graduate students in the Midwest for scholarly communication exchanges and future collaborations.
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Serling Institute of Jewish Studies Fall Events
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Please email the Serling Institute at (jewishst@msu.edu) with any questions on how to access our events online or if you would like to be added to our listserv to get email reminders of our upcoming events and more!
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Negotiations Between Israel and the Palestinians in the ‘Nonnegotiations’ Era, 2000-2022
by Yuval Benziman
Hybrid Event
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Club Spartan (3rd Floor, Case Hall)
7:00 - 8:30 pm
After the collapse of the Palestinian-Israeli Camp David peace negotiations in 2000, both sides accused each other of being a “non-partner.” In the 22 years that passed since, there were few official negotiations between the parties. While both sides have claimed at different times that official peace negotiations would be unsuccessful, the reality of the conflict forces them to talk to each other. This lecture will discuss seven methods to provide necessary communication.
Organized by the Muslim Studies Program and Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP) and co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Center; Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Department of Political Science; Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities; James Madison College; and Peace and Justice Studies.
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Diversity as a Mechanism of Depoliticization: The Case of Palestinian Career Women in Israel featuring Amalia Sa'ar
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Club Spartan (3rd Floor, Case Hall)
5:00 p.m. EDT
Dr. Sa’ar will address Israel’s recent endorsement of the idea of diversity employment towards its Palestinian-Arab citizens, through the case of Palestinian career women. Her vantage point is the seeming paradox, by which the same governments, over the past two-three decades, have allocated unprecedented funds for Arabs’ economic integration, while simultaneously initiating legislation (notably the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People) that is designed to curb their symbolic and political entitlements. She argues that, in Israel, “diversity” serves as a mediating concept between two contradictory (yet intertwined) forces: neoliberalism, which compels the state to adopt inclusion measures dictated by international bodies, and the state’s commitment to maintaining its Jewish character. The economic integration of the Palestinian citizens is expected to boost productivity and thus benefit corporations and the national economy as a whole. At the same time, it is expected to improve Palestinians’ own living standards, and thus to tame their political resentment. She discusses the implications of these dynamics through the concept of ‘economic citizenship’: examining what happens when diversity becomes a means of addressing minority groups’ economic interests but not their political aspirations.
This event is sponsored by the James Madison College and Serling Institute of Jewish Studies
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