Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies
Art History and Visual Culture Between Africa and Middle East
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United States
BOOK TALK: THE PALESTINIAN IDEA W/ GREG BURRIS
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesTuesday Nov. 12 6:00pm-8:00pm Hagop Kevorkian Center 255 Sullivan St. NYC
DAY 1: FIFTH ANNUAL INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL (IAAC) LITERARY FESTIVAL
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesThe fifth annual IAAC Literary Festival will take place in New York City on October 19th and 20th and will feature the work of authors from around the world, whose heritage lies in the Indian subcontinent as well as literary pieces that are inspired by India. Along with the addition of Poetry, IAAC will be expanding the Literary Festival to provide a platform for Children's Literature emanating from India […]
BOOK TALK: THE BAGHDAD CLOCK A Reading and Conversation with Award-Winning Iraqi Novelist Shahad Al Rawi and Translator Luke Leafgren
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesBaghdad, 1991. In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbors in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war, sharing their dreams, their hopes and their desires, and […]
BOOK TALK: AFGHANISTAN RISING WITH FAIZ AHMED
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesAugust 19, 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from Britain. Commemorating the roots and legacies of that watershed event, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to form a fully sovereign government, ratify a constitution, and promulgate an original body of national laws after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. […]
LECTURE: ROBERT VITALIS: ENDING OILCRAFT’S SPELL OVER US
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesABSTRACT: In his forthcoming book Robert Vitalis takes apart an ideological construction that he calls “Oilcraft,” a set of deeply-held, pervasive beliefs about the world, together with the actions these vivid truths license—op eds and classified memoranda, documentaries, classroom lectures, naval patrols and calls at port, journal articles, podcasts, press conferences, and protests, to name […]
SPRING 2019 ARABIC LECTURE SERIES: BELAL FADL
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesThe Hagop Kevorkian Center and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU kindly invite you to attend our Spring 2019 Arabic Lecture Series. The Series is a student-led initiative to encourage academic and intellectual discussion in Arabic of history, politics and the arts. All events are open to the public, and will […]