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Middle East History Lecture Series

Middle East History Lecture Series

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Climate, the Little Ice Age, and Ottoman History

Climate, the Little Ice Age, and Ottoman History

Current global warming poses important but difficult questions for historians: How has climate changed, and what has is ... Read more

25 Feb 2014

44mins

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The History Behind the Hustle: Petrodollars, Abscam, and Arab-American Political Activism 1973-1981

The History Behind the Hustle: Petrodollars, Abscam, and Arab-American Political Activism 1973-1981

The sharp spike in the price of oil in the early 1970s provided petroleum-producing countries with enormous revenues--pe... Read more

1 Apr 2014

45mins

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Leaving Iberia: A Muftī, His Fatwās, and the Islamic Obligation to Emigrate

Leaving Iberia: A Muftī, His Fatwās, and the Islamic Obligation to Emigrate

During the fall of al-Andalus (known to Christians as the reconquista) some of the first substantial Muslim populations ... Read more

23 Apr 2014

43mins

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Headscarf Controversies go Global

Headscarf Controversies go Global

In early 1990s, Turkey was the only Muslim country where a headscarf ban in schools, universities and public institution... Read more

1 Apr 2014

54mins

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Home Life and Mass Media in Modern Iran

Home Life and Mass Media in Modern Iran

Unlike other parts of the Middle East, the Iranian home as a storehouse of people’s belongings has not been paid the sch... Read more

11 Feb 2014

54mins

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The Global Politics of Palestinian Liberation, 1967-75

The Global Politics of Palestinian Liberation, 1967-75

Between 1967 and 1975 the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) burst onto the world stage and transformed the contour... Read more

27 Nov 2013

42mins

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Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

From furious reactions to the cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, contemporary news fro... Read more

6 Nov 2013

36mins

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The Tectonics of Turkish History

The Tectonics of Turkish History

Who are the Turks? The answer differs vastly, depending on whether we start from today's Turkey and look back, or whethe... Read more

9 Oct 2013

1hr 5mins

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Iran and the Arab World - Connecting the Dots

Iran and the Arab World - Connecting the Dots

Since the summer of 2009 in Iran, and the Spring of 2011 in the Arab world, a succession of world historic events have r... Read more

12 Jul 2013

59mins

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Patron and Patriot: Dinshah Irani and the Revival of Indo-Iranian Culture

Patron and Patriot: Dinshah Irani and the Revival of Indo-Iranian Culture

This talk examines the life and work of Dinshah Irani, a prominent Parsi scholar, lawyer, and philanthropist who was a k... Read more

20 Mar 2013

54mins

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