(Archive of Events)

2015-2016

“Beyond the Heights”
Film screening with Samina Baig
Monday, October 5
7pm, Rose Hills Theatre
A documentary film about Samina Baig, who at the age of 22, became the first Pakistani woman to summit Mt. Everest. She climbed for awareness about women’s empowerment.

“Who are the Magh?: John Murray MacGregor’s Indo-Persian Archive on Arakanese Buddhism”
Lecture by Professor Thibaut D’Hubert (University of Chicago)
Thursday, October 15
4:15 pm, 101 Hahn Hall, Pomona

“The Art of Allegiance and Rivalry: Jahangir and Ibrahim Adil Shah II”
Lecture by Professor Keelan Overton (UCLA)
Tuesday, November 3
4:15 pm, 101 Hahn Hall, Pomona

“Culturing Youth: Democracy, Creativity and Development in the Middle East”
Lecture by Professor Jessica Winegar (Northwestern University)
Wednesday, November 4
7pm, Vita Nova 100, Scripps

“Subalterneities and The Politics of Fracture: Palestinian Acts of Speaking Together, Apart”
Lecture by Professor Amahl Bishara (Tufts University)
Monday, February 8
12:15pm, Hampton Room (Malott Commons), Scripps

Screening of “Degrees of Incarceration” followed by Q&A with filmmaker Professor Amahl Bishara (Tufts University)
Monday, February 8
6:15pm, Benson Auditorium, Pitzer

“From the Shoah to the Herero Genocide: A Singular Journey for an Arab Writer”
Lecture by Anouar Benmalek, O’Brien Visiting Professor at Scripps
Tuesday, April 19
4:15pm, Hampton Room (Malott), Scripps

“Tehran Underground Revisited” – Arash Sobhani of “Kiosk” in a solo concert
Monday, April 25
8pm, Dom’s Lounge, Smith Campus Center, Pomona