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August
18 Fall Graduate Student Orientation
20 Fall Classes Begin
September
1 Labor Day Holiday
18 MEC Discussion Group: Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University, will present the talk "Roots of Jurisprudence in Recent Shii Thought." Thursday 4:30 p.m. in 255 OSH, Hinckley Caucus Room. This event is cosponsored by The Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Foundation and The College of Humanities.
19 The Eleventh Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Lecture in Iranian Studies- Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University, will present the lecture "The Strange and Marvelous in Persian Art and Literature." Friday 6:30 p.m. in The Dumke Auditorium, at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (next to The David Eccles School of Business).
October
2-3 Fall Break
14 Second Session Begins
24 MEC Discussion Group - Keith Watenpaugh, Assistant Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern History and Associate Director of Peace and Global Studies, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York will present the lecture "Journalism and Civil Society in an Era Revolution: Aleppo 1908; Baghdad 2003." Friday 4:30 p.m. in 255 OSH, Hinckley Caucus Room.
25 "Middle East Mosaic: Cultural Connections in the Most Unlikely Places" workshop at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
25 2003-2004 International Seminar "Tunisia, Sicily & North Africa"
31 MEC Discussion Group - Mujeeb R. Khan, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, DePaul University will present "9/11 and Post War International Relations Theory: Going Behind and Beyond the Fukuyama-Huntington Paradigms" Friday 4:15 p.m. in 255 OSH, Hinckley Caucus Room.
November
13 MEC Discussion Group - Abdullahi A. Gallab, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, BYU will present the lecture "The Sudanese Islamists' Regime from Totalitarian to Strong Authoritarian State" Thursday 4:15 p.m. in 255 OSH, Hinckley Caucus Room.
15 2003-2004 International Seminar "Tunisia, Sicily & North Africa"
20 MEC Discussion Group - Jon Alterman, Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC will present the lecture "Is it Time to Give up on Arab Liberals?" Thursday 4:15 p.m. in 255 OSH, Hinckley Caucus Room.
20 The Second Brad Skinner Memorial Lecture - Jon Alterman, Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC will present the lecture "The Impact of the New Media on Middle East Politics." Thursday 7:30 p.m. at the Holladay United Church of Christ, 2631 East Murray-Holladay Road (4785 South).  
27-28 Thanksgiving Holiday
December
4 Classes End
8-12 Final Exams
23 Grades Available on the web