Past Lectures
2019-2020
- October 3, 2019: Lecture by Khaled Elgindy, "Blind Spot: Americans and Palestinians from Balfour to Trump"
2018-2019
- October 15, 2018: An Afternoon of Sufi Mystic Music, Dance, and Poetry
2017-2018
- October 26, 2017: Lecture by Ovamir Anjum
- November 9, 2017: Lecture by Fateh Azzam, senior fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and an affiliate at the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School,
- March 18, 2018:
- Performance of “Give Us This Day” by composer David Maslanka by the university’s Symphonic Band lead by Shelley Jagow, professor of music at Wright State
- Performance of “Embrace,” a new commission by composer Hyekung Lee by the Wright State Saxophone Quartet
- Photo documentary presentation by Benjamin J. Montague, associate professor of photography
Wright State Newsroom, October 23, 2017: Lecture series will help students learn more about Middle Eastern culture
2016-2017
- November 14, 2016: Lecture by Amr Al-Azm, associate professor of history and anthropology at Shawnee State University
- November 30, 2016: Lecture by Fadhel Kaboub, associate professor of economics at Denison University and president of Binzagr Institute of Sustainable Development
- January 25, 2017: Lecture by Mehnaz Afridi, an assistant professor of religious studies and director of the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College
- February 14, 2017: Lecture by Judith Tucker, professor of history at Georgetown University
Wright State Newsroom, November 10, 2016: Lecture series focuses on current events in the Middle East
