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IFF: Live Performance by Tair Haim of A-WA
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Join us for a virtual performance by Yemenite Israeli singer-songwriter Tair Haim, of the sister band A-WA, on March 7th 3:30-4:30. She will be singing in Arabic and in Hebrew, and discussing the songs and what shaped them; she will also take questions from the audience.
Live virtual discussion and Q&A with Ma'abarot Documentary Director Dina Zvi Riklis and Producer Arik Bernstein.
Register to get access to the film, and watch film ahead of March 7
Required Registration Link: Muslim Journeys: An Early Modern Anglo-Muslim Archive: Cross-Cultural Encounters and Identity Formations - LibCal - Michigan State University Libraries
An Early Modern Anglo-Muslim Archive: Cross-Cultural Encounters and Identity Formations from the MSU Libraries' Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections with Professor Jyotsna G. Singh.
Muslim Journeys: An Early Modern Anglo-Muslim Archive: Cross-Cultural Encounters and Identity Formations Online with Professor Jyotsna G. Singh (Department of English) Drawing on selected pre-1800 archival materials from the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections at the MSU Libraries, this special online talk and discussion will present the interactions and "translations" between early modern English and Muslim travelers and empires, with a focus on the Ottoman (Turkey) and Mughal empires (India). As the frontiers of geographical knowledge were expanding and changing, so were the cultural, linguistic, religious, and racial/ethnic coordinates by which Europeans (Christians) and Muslims defined their own identities. These changes figure in many cross-cultural "encounters," which reveal the process of confronting "otherness" -- both as real and imagined – and as specters or projections of familiar fears and fantasies. This talk will look afresh at the concept of the "encounter" in the context of Anglo-Muslim interactions, with a thematic emphasis on representations of Islamic cities and cultures from the perspective of English travelers, emissaries, and ambassadors who visited these empires. Selections from the books will be on display via Zoom, presented by Tad Boehmer, Curator of Rare Books. Professor Singh's talk will be followed by facilitated small group discussions.
Free livestream registration at Malcolm X Muslim Studies Community lecture | Zaid Shakir on Livestream
The Inaugural Malcolm X Muslim Studies Community Lecture featuring Zaid Shakir In late January of 1963, Malcolm X delivered a famous speech at the Erickson Kiva entitled "The Race Problem in America." Hybrid format: In person (open to the public) and livestreamed.
Organized by the Muslim Studies Program and cosponsored by the Department of Religious Studies; James Madison College; and Peace and Justice Studies
Register for Ukraine, Russia, and the United States at: msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lmw4wN5yRTuxNQvuz0cD-w.
Speaker: William B.Taylor Jr Former United States Ambassador to Ukraine William Brockenbrough Taylor Jr. (born September 14, 1947) is an American diplomat, government official, and former military officer. He served as the 6th United States ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009 under President Bush and Obama, and as acting ambassador to Ukraine from June 2019 to January 2020 under President Trump. Taylor is a former captain and company commander in the United States Army; he served in the Vietnam War and earned a Bronze Star and an Air Medal with a V device for valor. He proceeded to work in the United States Department of Energy and then the Department of Defense. From 1992 to 2002, Taylor served as a U.S. diplomat in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Iraq, and at the Quartet on the Middle East. From 2006 to 2009, Taylor served as the United States ambassador to Ukraine under the Bush and Obama administrations. He continued his diplomatic work in the Middle East from 2011 to 2013.
Co-sponsors: Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies; Ukrainian Student Organization
By Malaka Gharib. I Was Their American Dream is a graphic memoir about Malaka Gharib's identity and culture.
A part of the Muslim Journeys scholar-led book discussion series presented by MSU Muslim Studies Program and MSU Libraries.
This event will feature a short
presentation from Dr. Anna Pegler-Gordon (James Madison College, MSU),
followed by small group discussions of the book led by graduate students
and question and answer time.
Part of MSU Comics Forum.
Required Registration Link: msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkfu-vrjIjEtO1nKzDNcdX7CBkVGVTy9Hl
All educators are welcome to participate in this interactive discussion. Educators are asked to bring teaching strategies and ideas relevant to teaching about Ukraine.
Panelists:
LATTICE is a learning community and international network that cultivates and supports global perspectives and identities in K-12 classrooms through personal and professional development opportunities.
For more information on LATTICE and future events, please visit the LATTICE website.
Professor Takaaki Kajita, Nobel Laureate and Director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, will be talking about neutrinos. Nuetrinos are sub-atomic particles which are very difficult to observe. Kajita will discuss the discovery of neutrino oscillations. The implications of the discovery of the neutrino oscillations and the small neutrino masses will also be discussed. A light luncheon will be provided.
Sponsored by the Asian Studies Center, College of Natural Science, and MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy
Refreshments will be served in the BPS atrium at 7:30 pm, Free parking is available in the Abrams Planetarium parking lot
Professor Takaaki Kajita, Nobel Laureate and Director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, will be talking about neutrinos. Neutrinos are sub-atomic particles which are very difficult to observe. Kajita will discuss the discovery of neutrino oscillations. The implications of the discovery of the neutrino oscillations and the small neutrino masses will also be discussed.
For more information please contact Kim Crosslan at .
Sponsored by the College of Natural Science and MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy
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