The Post-Colonial Mosque: Modernity and
Authenticity?
The Relationship of Social Order and Settlement Patterns:
Recent Archaeological Findings in Jerba, Tunisia
Professor Renata Holod
University of Pennsylvania
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Wednesday, April 7, 2004
11:15 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Large Auditorium, BG 10
1:25 - 3:00 p.m. Room S2-3 Faculty Workshop
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Mysteries of Middle Eastern Music: Turkish,
Syrian,
and Armenian
Professor Dematoruvian
University of Sciences
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Wednesday, March 31, 12:20-1:15
Bonnell Large Auditorium BG-10
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Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Law:
Cultural Insights and Contributions
Professor Barry Eichler
University of Pennsylvania |
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004
11:15-12:05
S2-3
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Arabic Language Workshop
Fatma Kaddech, CCP Foreign Language Dept. |
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2:15-3:45
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Hebrew Language Workshop
Ayala Guy
Temple University |
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2:30-4
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Professor Cindy Giddle, English
Department
Teaching Center Workshop: Modern Egyptian Literature
Short stories:
Sundown- Shukri Ayyad
In Cellohane Wrapping - Yusuf
Idris
A House of Flesh - Yusuf Idris
The Sleeping City - Mona Ragab
Dreaming of Dishes - Etidal Osman
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November 24, 2003, 3:30-5:00
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Professor Pardis Minuchehr
Department
of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Pennsylvania
The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Ms. Shirin Ebadi,
Iranian Activist
Ebadi
Article
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Wednesday, November 19, 2003
10:10-11:05
Small Auditorium, BG-11
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RICHARD
ZETTLER,
Associate Curator-in-Charge
Near East Section
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology
Archaeology in Iraq: From the Garden of Eden to
First Cities
Art
of the First Cities -- MET
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Thursday,
October 30, 2003
12:30-2:00 pm
Large Auditorium, BG-10
Teaching Center Workshop 2:15
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Jeffrey H. Tigay
A.M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Jeffrey H. Tigay, a 1995 winner of the Lindback Award for distinguished
teaching, is A.M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures,
in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Graduate Chair
for Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. From 1995-1998 he was Chair
of the Jewish Studies Program.
He received his B.A. in Ancient History from Columbia, Master of Hebrew
Literature and Rabbinical Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary,
and his Ph.D. in Comparative Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies from
Yale. His specialty is the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation, particularly
in its original ancient Near Eastern context.
The Hebrew Bible in History
Intro to Bible Slides
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Tuesday, November 11, 2003
9:30-11:00 am
Large Auditorium, BG-10
Teaching
Center Workshop 11:15
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