Due to the pandemic, our ability to hold traditional events is limited. However, we are seeking to develop different kinds of online events to engage and educate our communities on the Middle East. Please check again soon.
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Race and the Question of Palestine
The recent recognition of Israel as an apartheid regime by the international human rights community and the growing use of the apartheid framework to conceptualize the Israeli colonization of Palestine have brought to the fore the question of race and its applicability in the Palestinian context. The claim that race is an irrelevant category...Human Rights and Social Justice in Mental Health Work: Lessons from Palestine
Abstract: Join us for this important conversation with renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Samah Jabr. Speaking against the depoliticization of mental health work, Dr. Jabr will discuss the dire need to integrate social justice and human rights approaches into psychological and psychotherapeutic models of treatment. The conversation will impart important lessons from Palestine on...13th Western Ottomanists’ Workshop (WOW)
The Workshop will include keynote lectures from Elyse Semerdjian (Whitman College) and Richard Antaramian (USC).2023 MEICON-BC Student Conference
Baraye Iran teach-in – Parin Dossa – Women’s Rights and Women-led Activism
Dr. Parin Dossa (SFU, Department of Sociology and Anthropology) will run a teach-in on “Women’s Rights and Women-led Activism” at UBC (BC Hydro Theatre – CIRS Building) with a focus on Iran. Organized by the UBC Persian Club and co-sponsored by UBC Middle East Studies and Anthropology, the event is the first “Baraye Iran” teach-in...UBC Middle East Studies presents: Coexistence and Colonialism in the Modern Middle East
UBC Middle East Studies is pleased to invite you to “Coexistence and Colonialism in the Modern Middle East”, a lecture presented by Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at UC Berkeley. This talk can be attended either in-person or virtually via Zoom. However you choose to attend, please register using the RSVP...