Middle East Lecture Series for 2003-2004
Community College of Philadelphia
Department of Education Title VI Grant:

The Middle East and Cross-Regional Connections
Project Description
Lectures 03-04
Lectures 02-03
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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
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

Mysteries of Middle Eastern Music: Turkish, Syrian,
and Armenian

Professor Dematoruvian
University of Sciences

Wednesday, March 31, 12:20-1:15
Bonnell Large Auditorium BG-10

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


Arabic Language Workshop
Fatma Kaddech, CCP Foreign Language Dept.
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2:15-3:45
Hebrew Language Workshop
Ayala Guy
Temple University
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2:30-4
 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
November 24, 2003, 3:30-5:00
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
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
10:10-11:05
Small Auditorium, BG-11

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
Thursday, October 30, 2003
12:30-2:00 pm
Large Auditorium, BG-10

Teaching Center Workshop 2:15
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

Tuesday, November 11, 2003
9:30-11:00 am
Large Auditorium, BG-10

Teaching Center Workshop 11:15