For three summers between 1999 and 2001, underwater excavations off the Aegean coast of Turkey atTektaş Burnu revealed the remains of a small Greek merchant ship that sank between 440 and 425 B.C. or shortly thereafter. The vessel was carrying a primary cargo of wine and pine tar contained in more than 200 transport amphoras […]

The Graduate placement committee will hold a workshop on navigating the academic job market next Wednesday Oct. 19 at 4 pm in HSSB 4020. We will concentrate on preparing your application file, resources for identifying jobs and getting ready for interviews. If you are on the market, you might want to bring a copy of […]

Aleksei Kulegin, Curator of the Museum of Political History of Russia in St. Petersburg will present at 12:30-2:00 on Thursday, October 20, in HSSB, "Who Killed Rasputin? Myths and Reality of the Murder of the Holy Devil: Grigorii Rasputin." The presentation will be accompanied with interesting photographs and illustrations that his museum has collected. hm […]

subtitle: Pakistan's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) Movement The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) movement came into international visibility in 2007 when armed men, women and children occupied the oldest mosque in Islamabad, refusing to surrender until the Pakistani government met their demands. A notable aspect of this movement was the emergence of militant women activists affiliated […]

"In England, a swallow is the first sign of summer,” Wright says. “Hence we will discuss when will the Arab spring, representing potentiality, turn to summer, representing actuality, for the people of this region.” The speakers, who are married, were living in Egypt during the Egyptian Revolution and were based there during the past decade. […]

Hamid Naficy is Professor of Radio-Television-Film and the Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in Communication at Northwestern University, and he is also an affiliate faculty in Art History. He is a leading authority in cultural studies of diaspora, exile, and postcolonial cinemas and media and of Iranian and Middle Eastern cinemas. His Latest books are […]