Past Lectures, Seminars and Colloquia

From the Taqwīm al-ṣiḥḥa and Taqwīm al-abdān to the Schachtafelen der Gesuntheyt: A Culinary Journey in Text and Image                                                                                                                                                                                                            Thursday November 23, 2023
4:00pm Room 1227 Lawson Hall

Dr. Melitta Adamson - Graduate Chair, Comparative Literature
Languages and Cultures, Western University


The economic, social and cultural rights of vulnerable people in the Middle East and North Africa
Tuesday April 4, 2023
3:30pm Room 2270C Lawson Hall

Dr. Rachel Forrester - Jones, Professor and Director
School of Health Studies


Musical Inscription in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Thursday March 16, 2023
3:30pm Room 2270C Lawson Hall

Dr. Uri Jacob, Postdoctoral Associate
Don Wright Faculty of Music

Bridges from Babylon: The Afterlife of Cuneiform Culture in the Pre-Islamic Middle East
Thursday February 16, 2023
3:30pm Room 2270C Lawson Hall

Dr. Robin Baker, Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
University of Winchester, UK


Research Initiative on the Economics of the Middle East
November 14 - 15, 2019
Fourth workshop, Panmure House, Edinburgh 

Dr. Maya Shatzmiller, History Professor
Western University


The Transmission of Knowledge: Examples from Classical Arabic Medicine
Tuesday October 29, 2019
3:30pm Room 2270C Lawson Hall

Ingrid Hehmeyer, Associate Professor
History of Science and Technology, Ryerson University


Economic Reasoning in Early Islamic Law, Several Cases from the Muwatta 
Thursday, November 1, 2018
3:00pm Room 1227 Lawson Hall

Professor Mohammad Fadel, Professor of Law
University of Toronto


Can Turkish Democracy Survive the Rule of the AKP?
Wednesday April 11, 2018
4:00pm Room 2270C Lawson Hall

Dr. Feyzi Baban, Associate Professor
Department of Political Studies Trent University


Egypt Post the Arab Spring: Political Developments Since 2011
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
1:30pm Room 1227 Lawson Hall

SARA KHORSHID, MA candidate in History


The Kurdish State in the Middle East: a New Power Broker
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
3:30-5:00 Room 2270C Lawson Hall

Dr. ZHEGER HASSAN, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, King's University College at the University of Western Ontario.


HEALTH CARE IN GAZA, PAST AND PRESENT
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
3:30-5:00 Room 2270C Lawson Hall

Dr. TAREK LOUBANI, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Consultant physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre


RE-ESTABLISHING POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
3:30-5:00 Room 2270C Lawson Hall

Dr. VIVIAN MCALISTER, Professor, Division of General Surgery, University of Western Ontario


WHY IS IT SO HARD TO MAKE SENSE OF THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY? REFLECTIONS OF AN HISTORIAN
Friday, March 11, 2016
18th Annual Graduate Student Conference

Professor MAYA SHATZMILLER