Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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  Book Talk: "Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War." Dr. Rana Khoury

  4:00 pm

  Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

  • Lecture

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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  Book Talk: "Education 2.0: Chronicles of Technological and Cultural Change in Egypt." Linda Herrera

  4:00 pm

  Gregory Hall 810 S. Wright St. Urbana Room 223

  • Lecture

Friday, November 14, 2025

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  <SAS> Glorification of the Solitary Liṅga: Myth, Kingship, and Political Landscape in Medieval Rajasthan

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  • Lecture

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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  CSAMES Lecture: "Translating the United States for the Turkish Audience: Presidential Discourses, Award Ceremonies, and Wars." Ozum Arzik

  4:00 pm

  1080 LCLB- Lucy Ellis Lounge & Conference Center 707 S. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

  • Lecture

Monday, December 8, 2025

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  "Shrinking civic and academic space in Germany: an inventory of recent restrictions and violations." Dr. Ilyas Saliba, Part of "Palestine in the World "Series.

  1:00 pm

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