Past Events
Explore our past events, many of which you can watch recordings of with closed captions
Lectures & Panels Offshore Citizens: Permanent Temporary Status in the Gulf 12:00-13:00
Professor Noora Lori will discuss her recent book, Offshore Citizens: Permanent Temporary Status in the Gulf, an in-depth case study of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Lectures & Panels Digital Evidence and the Prosecution of Queerness in Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia 12:00-13:00
In this webinar, Afsaneh Rigot (she/her) will present her research on the impact of technology on marginalized populations in Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia. The session will be chaired by Kendra Albert (they/them) of the Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic.
Lectures & Panels Male Guardianship in Muslim Women’s Application for Marriage in Contemporary Malaysia 12:00-13:00
Dr. Nurul Huda Mohd. Razif, an anthropologist specializing in marriage and intimacy in the Malay world and Muslim-majority Southeast Asia, argues that the Islamic concept of “male guardianship” as interpreted and practiced by the Malaysian Syariah system often clashes with a more grievous reality, in which the bonds of kinship in Malay families are at times fragile.
Lectures & Panels Between Muslims: Religious Difference in Iraqi Kurdistan 12:00-13:00
J. Andrew Bush discusses his recently published book, Between Muslims: Religious Difference in Iraqi Kurdistan. Bush’s book is based on extensive fieldwork in the Kurdistan region of Iraq between 2004 and 2013, combining ethnography and textual analysis to describe the ethical lives of Muslims who do not aspire to pious commitment.
