17th MIDDLE EAST HISTORY AND THEORY CONFERENCE
Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637

MAY 10-11, 2002
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Chicago


Conference Schedule
Accomodation
Panel List
Contact Information
Keynote Address
Current State of Mamluk Studies
A Lecture by the Turkish Ambassador
Annual Lamb Roast
Photograph Exhibition
CMES Public Education Program
The 2002 Central Asian Music Festival
Middle East History and Theory Workshop



KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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DOES NATURE HAVE HISTORICAL AGENCY?
Perspectives from the Silk Road, the Middle East, and Elsewhere
 

Professor Richard Foltz
University of Florida
 

May 10, 2002; 5:00
Ida Noyes Hall
Library




A LECTURE BY THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR
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TURKEY AND THE MIDDLE EAST

His Excellency Faruk Logoglu

May 11, 2002; 3:00
Ida Noyes Hall
Theatre




PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITION
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WHAT IS HOME AFTER EXILE?
An Iranian-American Homecoming

Aphrodite Désirée Navab

May 10-11, 2002
Ida Noyes Hall




ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
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THE CURRENT STATE OF THE MAMLUK STUDIES


Bruce Craig
The University of Chicago
Li Guo
University of Notre Dame
Carl Petry
Northwestern University
Warren Schultz
DePaul University

May 10, 2002; 2:45
Ida Noyes Hall
East Lounge




THE 2002 CENTRAL ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
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SHASHMAQAM
Bukharan Jewish Music and Dance from Central Asia

May 11, 2002; 7:30 p.m.
International House Assembly Hall
 

TALANT MAWKANULI
Kazakh Music from Xinjiang

May 10, 2002; 8:00-10:00
Ida Noyes Hall Theatre Room

LECTURE AND DISCUSSION ON CENTRAL ASIAN MUSIC

Ted Levin
Dartmouth College

Martin Stokes
University of Chicago

May 11, 2002; 1:00-3:00
Ida Noyes Hall West Lounge




CMES PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECT
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THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE MIDDLE WEST

May 11, 2002; 9:00-11:00
Ida Noyes Theatre

LAB SCHOOL-CMES IBN KHALDUN SYMPOSIUM

May 11, 2002; 12:30-2:30
Ida Noyes Theatre




ANNUAL LAMB ROAST
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May 11, 2002; 5:00-7:00
Ida Noyes Hall

Sponsored by
Middle Eastern Students Association


ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

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Ilker Evrim  Binbas, Conference  Coordinator
iebinbas@midway.uchicago.edu
Patrick G. Wing, Conference Coordinator
pgwing@midway.uchicago.edu
John E. Woods, Faculty Advisor
j-woods@midway.uchicago.edu
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Chicago
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60637
Tel: 1-773-702 8297
Fax: 1-773-702 2587