Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Monday, September 25, 2023

- 4:00 pm
Lecture by Hasan Ayoub, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
- Lecture

Saturday, September 30, 2023

- 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana, IL-61801
Teacher Workshop on "The Living Sahara: New Horizons in Teaching Africa and the Middle East"
- Conference/Workshop

Thursday, October 5, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
Book Talk on "Circa: A Novel"
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
Between Mughal and Rajput, Muslim and Hindu: The Intertwined Histories of Shah Begum and the chhatri
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

- 12:00 pm
A Boat from Gaza: Poetry Reading with Yahya Ashour
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

- 12:00 pm
Desiccation of the World's Second Largest Salty Lake in Northwest of Iran: A Serious Ecological threat to the region
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

- 12:00 pm
TBA
- Lecture

Monday, November 6, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 108 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
Legislative Elections in Lebanon: Democratic Choices or Power Struggle?
- Lecture

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

- 4:30 pm
- Illinois Union Bookstore Author's Corner, 2nd floor, 809 S. Wright Street, Urbana, IL-61801
Reading by Laila Lalami
- Lecture

Monday, December 4, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 4:00 pm at the Illini Union Bookstore 2nd Floor Author’s Corner 809 S. Wright St, Champaign
Book Talk: On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of Al-Andalus
- Meeting

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

- 12:00 pm
China's Current Involvement in the Middle East
- Lecture