January
12 Spring Classes Begin
19 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
29 The Middle East Through its Films, 6;00-9:00 pm The Dumke Auditorium, at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The University of Utah
February
2 Lecture Series: Khalil Shikaki, Director, Palestine Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah, 3:00-4:30 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
11 Lecture Series: Moshe Ma'oz, Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 3:00-4:30 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
12 The Middle East Through its Films, 6:00-9:00 pm The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
16 President's Day Holiday
19 Lecture Series: Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo and a prominent Human Rights Advocate. 3:00-4:30 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
24 Lecture Series: William Quandt, Edward R. Stettinius Professor of Politics, University of Virginia and Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. 3:00-4:30 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
26 Discussion Group: Tom Farer, University of Denver, "International Law and Order after Iraq: From Co-existance to Concert" in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4;15 pm
26 The Middle East Through its Films, 6:00-9:00 pm The Dumke Auditorium, at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The University of Utah
March
2 Lecture Series: Shlomo Ben-Ami, Former Israeli Foreign Minister and member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the Knesset, 3:00-4:30 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
4 Discussion Group: Caglar Kaydar, Bogazici University, Turkey, "Lessons from the Ottoman Empire" in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 pm
5 Discussion Group (in conjunction with the Economics Department): Caglar Keydar, Bogazici University, Turkey "Changing Parameters of Social Policy in the South: The Turkish Example" in 306 Business Classroom Building (BuC) at 10:00 am
10 Lecture Series: Joseph Saba, Director of the World Bank's Middle East and North Africa Region, 3:00-4:30 pm at the Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
11 The Middle East Through its Films, 6:00-9:00 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
24 Lecture Series: Rosemary Hollis, Head of the Middle East Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, 3:00-4:30 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
25 Discussion Group: Kemal Silay, Indiana University, "Poets and Politicians: Islamist Transformations of Ottoman Love Lyrics" in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 pm
25 The Middle East Through its Films, 6:00-9:00 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
31 Lecture Series: Edmund Ghareeb, Professor of International Affairs at the School of International Service in the American University in Washington D.C., 3:00-4:30 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
April
6 Lecture Series: David Malone, President, International Peace Academy since 1998, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, 1992-1994, 3:00-4:30 pm at The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
15 Discussion Group: Nancy Arthur Hoskins, University of Oregon, "The Coptic Tapestry Albums and the Archaeologist of Antinoe, Albert Gayet" in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 pm
21 Discussion Group: Roger Owen, Harvard University, "Biography and Imperialism: The Case of Lord Cromer (1841-1917)" in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 pm
28 Classes End
29 Reading Day
30 Final Exams
May
3-6 Final Exams
7 Commencement
17 Summer Classes Begin
18 Grades Available on the Web
31 Memorial Day Holiday
June
15-16 Outreach Workshop: Demystifying the Middle East at The Homestead, Midway. *Registration required
24 Second Session Classes Begin
July
4 Independence Day (Observed on Monday July 5th) Campus Closed
10 Shahla Sarshar, Persian Vocalist from California, 8pm at the Dumke Auditorium, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah *This event is sponsored by Eastern Arts, tickets are available at Pars Market, call 801-272-2822 for more details
24 Pioneer Day (Observed on Friday July 23rd) Campus Closed
August
4 Summer Session Ends
5-6 Final Exams
17 Grades Available on the Web
24 Middle East Center Student Orientation: New Incoming Students at 9:00 am, Graduate Students at 10:00 am in the College Lounge, LNCO 2110
25 Fall Classes Begin
September
2 MEC Graduate Discussion Group: Peter Sluglett, History, U of U , "The Urban Bourgeoisie and the Colonial State" in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
6 Labor Day Holiday (Campus Closed)
9 Discussion Group: Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Professor of Persian Language and Literature, University of Washington, at 4:30 pm in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall, at 4:30pm. *This lecture is part of the Twelfth Annual Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Lecture in Iranian Studies
10 The Twelfth Annual Reza Ali Khazeni Memorial Lecture in Iranian Studies: Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Professot of Persian Language and Literature, University of Washington, will present "They Mystical Masternarrative in Persian Poetry: Its Emergence and Evolution" at 6:30 pm in The Dumke Auditorium, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
9-11 Conference: The Transformation of Turkish Politics: The Case of the Justice and Democratic Party (JDP)" *More information to come.
9-11 The Second Annual Middle East and Central Asia Politics, Economics, and Society Conference: Transitions and Inequality in the 21st Century. For more information visit www.utah.edu/CentralAsia-MiddleEast/ or call (801) 581-6047
10 Fall Tuition Due
16 MEC Graduate Discussion Group: Alan Griffiths, Ph.D. Candidate in History, U of U, "Economic Stress on Hebron's Ceramic Industry During the Hyksos War: A working hypothesis based on the dissertation 'A Technological and Historical Interpretation of Middle Bronze II Pottery Fragments From the American Expedition to Hebron'" in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
20 Spring 2005 Schedule available on the web
29 Middle East Studies SAC Opening Social, 1 pm in the LNCO Lounge
30 MEC Graduate Discussion Group: W. Matt Malczycki, Ph.D. Candidate in History, U of U, "ORIENTALISM RIDES AGAIN! An Old School Mid East Studies Project in the American West" in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
October
7-8 Fall Break
13 Screening of film Control Room in the Dumke Auditorium in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, at 6:00 pm
20 Second Session Classes Begin
23 Outreach Workshop: "Caravans, Carpets, Calligraphy: Contact Across the Sahara" 9:00-4:00pm at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah * Event is Free, however registration is required.
28 MEC Graduate Discussion Group: Abdul-Qayum Mohmand, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, U of U, "The Islamic State: Myth or Reality?," in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
31 Daylight Savings
November
4 MEC Graduate Discussion Group: Gladys Frantz-Murphy, Regis University, "Mesopotamia and Taxation in Egypt: The Evidence From the Papyri," in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
12 Middle East Center SAC: "Meet the Professors" Event, 12:00 noon in 2100 LNCO lounge
13 Seminar: Countries of the Gulf: Arabian or Persian? *For more information contact Outreach
16 Open Forum Discussion: "The Middle East After Arafat" 10:45-12:00 in the Hinckley Causuc Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall. Panelists include Dr. Ibrahim Karawan, Dr. Peter Sluglett, Dr. Harris Lenowitz, and Dr. Peter von Sivers
18 MEC Graduate Discussion Group: Hale Yilmaz, Ph.D. Candidate in History, U of U, "Women‚s Dress Regulations in Turkey and The Case of †smail Efe of Ödemifl, 1938," in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
25-26 Thanksgiving Break (Campus Closed)
December
2 MEC Graduate Discussion Group: Stefan Weber, Orient-Institut Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, " Giving History Space: Architecture as a source for cultural history of Ottoman Syria and Lebanon (Damascus, Tripoli, Sidon)," in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
6 CANCELLED SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE MEC Graduate Discussion Group: Charles M. Brown, MA Candidate in History, U of U, "Primary Education in Iraq, 1958-68," in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
9 Fall Classes End
9 MEC Graduate Discussion Group: Pawel Maciejko, Whiting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, University of Chicago, "Orientalism at the court of Jacob Frank in Offenbach," in the Hinckley Caucus Room, 255 Orson Spencer Hall at 4:15 PM
10 Reading Day
13-17 Final Exam Week
24 Christmas Eve Holiday (Campus Closed)
28 Grades Available on the Web
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