New MEHAT Workshop Website

You can find the most up to date information about the weekly MEHAT workshop on our new website here. This website will remain as a place to host resources about annual Middle East History and Theory Conference, now in its 38th year.

Theo Knights & Darragh Winkelman
2023-24 MEHAT Workshop Co-Conveners

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MEHAT Fall 2023 Schedule

MEHAT Poster Fall 2023

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MEHAT Workshop with Evelyn Richardson, Wed., April 27

Dear MEHAT attendees, 

I am pleased to present Evelyn Richardson (Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature) who will present his dissertation chapter “History as ‘Mainstay of Certainty’:  Arabic Historical Thought in the Tanzimat Era” with the discussant Prof. Ahmed El Shamsy (NELC). Please try to read Eveyln’s chapter for an informed discussion and please do not cite or circulate it without the author’s permission. 

We will meet in person on Wednesday, April 27 from 12:00 pm to 13:20 pm at Pick Hall 218. As always, food and drinks will be served at the end of the workshop. 
 
I look forward to seeing you.
 
Elif 
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MEHAT Workshop with Sylvia Wu, April 13

Dear Mehat attendees,

I am pleased to present Sylvia Wu (Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Art History) who will be discussing her paper “In the Name of Shiraz: The Stone Mosques of the East African Coast Reconsidered” with the discussant Prof. Ahmed El Shamsy (NELC).

The workshop will be held in person on Wednesday, April 13 from 12:00 to 13:20 pm at Pick Hall 218. Please try to read the attached paper for an informed discussion and please do not cite or circulate papers without authorial permission. As always, food and drinks will be served at the end of the talk.

Best,

Elif Bozgan

2021-2022 Middle East History and Theory Workshop Coordinator

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MEHAT Workshop with Elon Harvey, Wed., March 30

The Middle East History and Theory Workshop is pleased to present 

Elon Harvey (Ph.D. Candidate in NELC)

The Edict of ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz about Nabīdh”

We are going to meet in Pick Hall 218 on Wednesday, March 30 between 12-13:20 pm. Please try to read Elon’s attached dissertation chapter for an informed discussion. Please do not cite or circulate it without authorial permission. Food and drinks will be served at the end of the workshop. 

Best wishes,
Elif Bozgan
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MEHAT Workshop Spring 2022 Schedule

The Middle East History and Theory Workshop is very pleased to share the Spring schedule. You can find the details of each workshop below. The Zoom link will be sent out for those who would like to join us virtually. As always papers will be sent to the listserv prior to each event. If you would like to access the papers, you can subscribe to the MEHAT list serve using this link.

March 30, 12-13:20 pm Pick 218 

Elon Harvey (Ph.D. Candidate in NELC)

The Edict of ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz about Nabīdh.

 

April 13 (time and place TBA) 

Erin Atwell (Ph.D. Student in NELC

 

May 11, (Zoom and Pick 218 12-13:20 pm)

Maysoun Shehadeh (Bar Ilan University)

“Sectoral Realism at the Junction of the Partition Plan of Palestine.”

 

May 25 (Via Zoom and Pick 218 12-13:20 pm)

Lucia Admiraal (Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Groningen

Celebrating Maimonides in Cairo, 1935: Egyptian Jewish Historiography in a Global Context.

Best regards,

Elif Bozgan

2021-2022 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator

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MEHAT Workshop with Kara Peruccio- Wed., March 9

Dear Mehat attendees,

 
I am very excited to announce the last speaker of the Winter quarter 
Kara Peruccio (Assistant Professor in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies and History at the University of Maine)

“The Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Conversation on Academic Job Market During Covid-19 Pandemic”

Discussant: Kyle Wynter-Stoner (Ph.D. Candidate in NELC)

We will meet in person on Wednesday in Pick 218 from 3:30 to 5 pm. Please email me if you plan to attend in person and give me any dietary restrictions by Monday 12 pm. For those who would like to join us virtually, you can do so via this Zoom link. You can find the full invitation below. There is no reading material for this event. We hope to have an interactive workshop, so please bring all your questions and comments. 

Warm regards,
Elif Bozgan 
2021-2022 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator 
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MEHAT Workshop with Owen Green

The Middle East History and Theory Workshop is pleased to present

                          Owen Green (Ph.D. Student in NELC) 

                “Bound by Tradition: “Civilization,” Medicine, and “Modernity” in the                       anti-Corset Discourse in Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete.” 

                           Discussant: Monica Ringer (Amherst College) 

 We are going to meet on Wednesday, Feb 23 at 12:30 pm in Pick Hall 218. For those who would like to join us virtually, you can access the meeting using this Zoom link. 

To have access to Owen’s paper, you can subscribe to the MEHAT listserv using this link. 

If you require any assistance or have any questions, you can contact me at ebozgan@uchicago.edu 
 
Warm regards,
Elif Bozgan
2021-2022 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator 
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MEHAT Workshop with Aamir Bashir-Wed., Feb 9

Dear Mehat attendees,
 
Please join the Middle East History and Theory Workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 9th, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM (Central Time)via Zoom, for our third workshop of the winter quarter: 
Aamir Bashir (Ph.D. Candidate in NELC“Private Muftis in a Postcolonial State: Pakistani Deobandis on Islamic Banking.”
 
Please try to read Aamir’s attached dissertation chapter for an informed discussion. Prof. Ahmed El Shamsy (NELC) will serve as the discussant. You can access the meeting using the following Zoom link. A full meeting invitation is at the bottom of this email. 
 
You can subscribe to the MEHAT list serve using this link. If you require any assistance or have any questions, you can contact me at ebozgan@uchicago.edu 
 
Warm regards,
Elif Bozgan
2021-2022 MEHAT Workshop Coordinator 
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MEHAT Workshop with Hayri Gökşin Özkoray

Hello Mehat attendees,

Please join the Middle East History and Theory Workshop on Wednesday, January 26th, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM (Central Time), via Zoom, for our second workshop of the winter quarter:

Hayri Gökşin Özkoray (Assistant Professor of Early Modern History, Aix-Marseille University
“Plague Epidemics and Mobilization of the Workforce in the Central Provinces of the Ottoman Empire (16th-17th c.)” 
 

Gökşin will present his recent research, which is in conversation with the attached article by Prof. Nükhet Varlık. Please try to read it for an informed discussion. Prof. Cornell Fleischer (NELC) will serve as discussant. You can find the zoom invitation below.

 
I look forward to seeing you and discussing this very timely topic. 
 
Warm regards,
Elif 
Mehat Workshop Coordinator 
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