Call for George N. Atiyeh Prize 2021
“The deadline for applying is September 30th 2021,”
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Season Two of Social Justice Lecture Series Announced: GoFundMe Launched!
“We will invite librarians, archivists, conservators, curators, and other cultural heritage workers and information professionals from around the world to discuss working with Middle Eastern library collections…”
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Re-Centering the Bench
“Can we reject such white-centric, Euro-centric, orientalist, colonialist practices of description?”
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MELA Affirms Solidarity with the Palestinian People
We strongly condemn Israeli attacks on historic Palestine…
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Challenges of Diversity: Nationalism and Minorities in Iran
The MELA Social Justice Committee will host a virtual lecture with Azadeh Vatanpour as part of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series 2020-2021 season, Stories and Silences: Research on Race in the Middle East. The lecture will be on April 27th, 2021, at 11AM EDT (UTC -4). This lecture *will not be recorded*, so
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Slaves of One Master: Globalization and Slavery in Arabia in the Age of Empire
The MELA Social Justice Committee will host a virtual lecture with Matthew Hopper as part of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series 2020-2021 season, Stories and Silences: Research on Race in the Middle East. The lecture will be on March 18th, 2021, at 11AM EST (UTC -5). This lecture *will not be recorded*,
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Revisioning Research: Looking at Identity and Visual Culture
The MELA Social Justice Committee will host a virtual lecture with Tiffany Bradley as part of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series 2020-2021 season, Stories and Silences: Research on Race in the Middle East. The lecture will be on February 18th, 2021, at 11AM EST (UTC -5). This lecture will be recorded, though as
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“We had no slaves in Iran”: Uncovering Evidence of an Erased History
The MELA Social Justice Committee will host a virtual lecture with Dr. Beeta Baghoolizadeh as part of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series 2020-2021 season, Stories and Silences: Research on Race in the Middle East. The lecture will be on January 21st, 2021, at 11AM EST (UTC -5), and *will not be recorded*, so we
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Slavery, Race and the Archives in Morocco: Upcoming Lecture by Dr. Chouki El Hamel
The MELA Social Justice Committee will host a lecture with Dr. Chouki El Hamel as part of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series 2020-2021 season, Stories and Silences: Research on Race in the Middle East. The lecture will be on December 17th, 2020, at 11AM EST (UTC -5). **This lecture will not be recorded.
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Imagining Africa in Arabic Popular Literature: Upcoming Lecture by Rachel Schine
UPDATE: You can now view the recorded session on the MELA YouTube channel. The MELA Social Justice Committee will host a lecture with Dr. Rachel Schine as part of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series 2020-2021 season, Stories and Silences: Research on Race in the Middle East. The lecture will be
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