Past Events



My Great (and Short) Great-Grandfather Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Revival of the Hebrew Language

A Talk by Gil Hovav
Oct 25, 2022 at

Please join us for an exciting in-person public lecture about the revival of Modern Hebrew. The speaker is Gil Hovav, great-grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. Ben-Yehuda was the driving force…



Middle East Film Festival Starts Today!

Sep 19, 2022 - Sep 23, 2022 at -



A Panel on Pedagogy and Teaching

Arthur Goldschmidt , Mostafa Hussein, Olga Verlato , Leah Rumsey
May 4, 2022 at -

This event has passed. An audio recording of the panel and subsequent Q&A can be found here: Teaching Modern Egypt.



How to Read a Cookbook: Cuisine and the Nation in Ottolenghi's London

Jan 31, 2022 at

Harry Eli Kashdan is a scholar of food culture and migration in the contemporary Mediterranean. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from University of Michigan, and was Lauro de Bosis Postdoctoral…



How the Bulgarians Survived the Holocaust

Jan 26, 2022 at -

Join us on January 26 for a Jewish Community Relations Council event, as we observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and remember the innocent six million Jews and millions of other people who fell victims to…



Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus, 1850-1890

Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform
Mercedes Volait
Jan 23, 2022 at -

This event has passed. A recording of the event and subsequent Q&A can be found here: A Discussion with Mercedes Volait.



Adventures in the Archives

Part II
Khaled Fahmy
Oct 13, 2021 at -

This event has passed. A recording of the second part and subsequent Q&A can be found here: Adventures in the Archives: Part II.

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Dr. Shams: Panel on Afghan Scholars at Risk

Sep 30, 2021 at -

With the help of Humboldt foundation’s Philip Schwartz Initiative, an information panel to urge European academic institutions to sponsor more at-risk scholars will present on their progress to date and…



Adventures in the Archives

Part I
Lucia Carminati, Michael Akladios, Roberta Dougherty
Sep 30, 2021 at -

This event has passed. A recording of the first part and subsequent Q&A can be found here: Adventures in the Archives: Part I.



A Discussion with Peter Gran

"Asyut in Modern Times: The Problem of Invisibility"
Peter Gran, Mirna Wasef, Joel Gordon
Jun 3, 2021 at -

This event has passed. A recording of the event and subsequent Q&A can be found here: A Discussion with Peter Gran.