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… Post-3.11: Everything Happens in the Conference Room THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER … Japanese bureaucratic system and business meetings, and how the notion of formalism is intensified via affective … Rio Katayama completed her PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultures at University of Southern …

… world. For the full program, visit the ALA website. The event is sponsored by the Councils on African Studies and Middle East Studies at Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for …

… Rice University. As a historian of the Jews of the modern Middle East and North Africa, her research focuses on Jewish-Muslim … the Press, and National Belonging in Modern Iran, explores how the intersection of education, the press, and nationalism …

… Somalia seven years ago after studying Islam in Yemen, he began a campaign to end the genital mutilation of his … part of Islam, though many religious leaders across the Middle East perform the procedure in the name of Islam. “I was …

… and expertise that characterize her scholarly journey. 1) How did your interest in culture and performance in colonial … of the richness and complexity of public festivals that I began to explore in graduate school, through coursework on … my recognition of the value of collaboration, although the shape that has taken has evolved. In my first job at the …

… 100-year-old October Revolution was the central political event of the 20th century. It created the vortex around which … In our first semester, we will look at the first decade of revolutionary film, from the early years of Soviet silent … at once takes us back to the colossal workers’ revolts in Russia at the turn of the century, and looks forward to the …

… for 2004, and co-author of The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945 . His book, … Slavery and the Culture of Taste (2011), focuses on how the violent exploitation of African enslavement actually … was sponsored by the Councils on African Studies and Middle East Studies at Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for …

… of letters received and his research notetaking. For biographical information and more about Padgett, visit the poet’s website at http://www.ronpadgett.com For biographical information and more about Roffman, visit the …

… land rights and corporatization of land (land-grabbing)? How can these threats be turned into opportunities for rural … for a critical analysis of food systems and the search for revolutionary alternatives. �Food,� in this framework, is … of an Insecure Population: The Case of Post-Soviet Russia Max Spoor, Professor of Development Studies, …