Ranked #1
Qawwali Music with Asif Ali Khan Ensemble
Qawwali Music with Asif Ali Khan Ensemble
Asif Ali Khan is Pakistan's reigning prince of Qawwali music. His distinctive style of this form of Sufi devotional musi... Read more
29 Apr 2014
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Ranked #2
Summer of 2013: A Focus on Egypt and Turkey
Summer of 2013: A Focus on Egypt and Turkey
This event was a panel discussion including Amr Adly, Ayça Alemdaroglu, Alexander Key, and Kabir Tambar on the popular p... Read more
10 Mar 2014
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Ranked #3
Protest Soundscapes in the Middle East
Protest Soundscapes in the Middle East
This talk will explore the Tahrir and Gezi Park protests in light of some recent thinking about crowds and social moveme... Read more
14 Feb 2014
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48mins
Ranked #4
Redefining Islamicate Knowledge
Redefining Islamicate Knowledge
In this session of the workshop series, "Literary Cultures of Muslim South Asia", Audrey Truschke discusses Abu al-Fazl'... Read more
13 Feb 2014
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31mins
Ranked #5
Local Poets, Regional Rivals
Local Poets, Regional Rivals
In this session of the workshop series, "Literary Cultures of Muslim South Asia", Kevin Schwartz discusses Tazkira writi... Read more
13 Feb 2014
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29mins
Ranked #6
Women's Empowerment in the Xian Muslim District, China
Women's Empowerment in the Xian Muslim District, China
The talk explores women's empowerment among Chinese Muslims (Hui) living in Xian, China. The speaker evaluates structura... Read more
26 Aug 2013
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29mins
Ranked #7
Islam on the Silk Road
Islam on the Silk Road
Johan Elverskog gives a talk to problematize the preconceived image that Islam is bad and violent, while Buddhism is goo... Read more
21 Dec 2012
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41mins
Ranked #8
We the People: Faith and Democracy
We the People: Faith and Democracy
The panel focuses on the historical, philosophical, and theological links between democracy, Islam, Christianity, Judais... Read more
20 Dec 2012
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #9
The Unripe Fruits of Rapprochement: Greek- Turkish Relations and the Cyprus Question in the Post Helsinki Era
The Unripe Fruits of Rapprochement: Greek- Turkish Relations and the Cyprus Question in the Post Helsinki Era
Ioannis Grigoriadis presents an overview of Greek-Turkish rapprochement since December 1999. He discusses many of the in... Read more
20 Dec 2012
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42mins
Ranked #10
Migration and State Formation in the Aftermath of the Ottoman Empire
Migration and State Formation in the Aftermath of the Ottoman Empire
Resat Kasaba identifies different types of migration in the Ottoman Empire, explains the forces that brought the shifts,... Read more
10 Apr 2012
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43mins
Ranked #11
Incomplete Assimilation Among Muslims in France
Incomplete Assimilation Among Muslims in France
David Laitin investigates why Muslim assimilation into French cultural norms is incomplete and provides experimental/sur... Read more
10 Apr 2012
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46mins
Ranked #12
Minorities in the Middle East: A Roundtable Discussion
Minorities in the Middle East: A Roundtable Discussion
Hillel Cohen leads a roundtable discussion about minority groups in the Middle East. He looks at how they affect the cur... Read more
3 Apr 2012
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19mins
Ranked #13
The Legibility of Ritual at the End of Al-Andalus
The Legibility of Ritual at the End of Al-Andalus
Seth Kimmel speaks on the transformation of scholarly disciplines in early-modern Iberia. Kimmel explores how the conver... Read more
18 Jan 2012
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33mins
Ranked #14
Musical Geographies of Islam in Europe: Variations on an Andalusi Theme
Musical Geographies of Islam in Europe: Variations on an Andalusi Theme
Charles Hirschkind gives an overview of his research of contemporary Granadan musicians who perform medieval music, and ... Read more
18 Jan 2012
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16mins
Ranked #15
Emergence of Nationalism in Greece and Turkey: A Comparative Historical Account
Emergence of Nationalism in Greece and Turkey: A Comparative Historical Account
Thanos Veramis gives a comparative analysis of the emergence of Turkish and Greek nationalisms that were both influenced... Read more
18 Jan 2012
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36mins