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Qatamon in Colour:

The ethics and politics of a multimedia

project in Jerusalem

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Date: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Where: Dunning Hall 27

When: 2:30pm-4:00pm

Speaker: Dr. Dorit Naaman 

MSGP PRESENTS:

NOWRUZ SPRING FESTIVAL EVENT

Where: Wallace Hall

When: Wednesday, March 27, 2013

What time? 9:30pm-12:00am

**Expect food, music, and dancing

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On behalf our work-study students, Filza Naveed, M. Ali Parsa, Irfan Tahiri, and myself, I'd like to invite Queen's students, staff, and faculty to join a Nowruz celebration. It will be held on March 27, 2013 between 9:30 and midnight at Wallace Hall in the John Deutsch University Centre (Union Street at University).



Hosting a Nowruz celebration on campus is a joyous way to introduce ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ students to an ancient Iranian holiday (still celebrated by Zoroastrians, Muslims and Bahá'ís as well as by Jews, Christians, and Hindus from the Crimea and Kurdistan to Kashmir). It is also an opportunity for Canadians to participate in one of the vibrant and living examples of the multi-religious heritage of the Balkans, Middle East, Central and South Asia. In 2009, the Parliament of Canada designated the first day of spring and the vernal equinox, March 21st, as Nowruz Day. The following year, International Nowruz Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly.



The party will begin with a brief introduction to this pre-Islamic holiday, an explanation of its symbols (the Haft-Sin table), and a performance of the Afghan (Pastun) Attan dance. Food, non-alcoholic beverages, and a general party, featuring Middle Eastern pop, hip-hop and rock, will follow. This event has received support from the Muslim Societies, Global Perspectives Initiative and other campus organizations and departments.



We would appreciate your help in publicizing this event.

Happy Nowruz to all,





Ariel Salzmann,

Associate Professor,

Islamic and World History

Department of History

Dr. Ariel Salzmann, History Department, Queen's University on Wednesday, Feb 10th at 6:00 pm in the Chernoff Hall Rm 211.  Light refreshments will be offered. (see poster)

Acya Tomac, Cultural Studies, Poyraz Kolluoglu, Cultural Studies and Dr. Zozan Pehlivan, History Department, Queen's University on Thursday, February 25th at 6:00 p.m. in the Chernoff Hall Rm 211.  Light refreshments will be offered. (see poster)

Middle East & Muslim World Update: Managing the Muslim Menace: BILL C-51 and the Racial Politics of National Security.

Azeezah Kanji, toronto-based legal Scholar and writer on Thursday, March 10th at 6:00 p.m. in the Chernoff Hall Rm 211.  Light refreshments will be offered (see poster)

Dispossession in Context: Comparative Histories of Settler Colonialism. 
Panel by Dr. Marc Epprecht, Dr. Robert Lovelace, Grace Batchoun, Tuesday, September 27th, 6:00-7:30 pm, Wallace Hall (JDUC) (see poster)

Muslim Societies, Global Perspectives is sponsoring two events to mark Islamic History Month as a part of a series of events in Kingston organized with the Islamic Society of Kingston:

Dr. Adnan Husain "Muslim-Christian Encounters in the Medieval Mediterranean World", Thursday, October 13 at 7:00 pm, Dupuis Hall Rm 215 (see poster)

Dr. Adnan Husain, Dr. Ariel Salzmann, Imam Yasin Dwyer & Imam Sheharyar Shaikh, "Building Solidarities to Combat Islamophobia", Thursday, October 27 at 7:00pm, Stirling Hall A (see poster)

Upcoming talk: "Rethinking Islamic Modernity", Dr. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, University of Toronto, Monday, November 7th from 1:00-2:30 in Sir John A Macdonald Rm 3.  (see poster)

"'Delightful Horror': The Failed Coup Attempt in Turkey and War Diplomacy in the Region," Banu Helvacioglu, Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Oct 31 in MacCorry E230, 2:30-4:00.  Everyone Welcome.