Hosting four panelists working with different communities of the Middle East, this workshop will unravel diverse uses of creative and experimental methods in anthropology beyond the conventional modes of academic writing – such as poetry, graphic novels and documentaries.

What role do gender and body play in Sama Alshaibi’s art on war, exile, borders and environmental destruction? How does Alshaibi’s art draw on historical sources and contemporary realities to express exploitations of freedom? Attend on Zoom or watch live on YouTube to learn more

Historical ceramics from the Islamic world are now held in elite collections worldwide. A new market was then generated by the colonial project’s fanatical harvesting of artifacts: the faking, forging, and fictionalizing of antiquities.

What would it mean to think of the Palestinian struggle—though a century old—as profoundly young? What political and intellectual insights come into view when thinking of Palestine through an intergenerational continuum of youth movements?

What are the varied reasons behind the postponement of marriage among university-educated youth in contemporary Iran? Explore this topic with Mehrdad Babadi in "Marriage Postponed: Idealism, Cynicism and Moral Ambivalence" Thursday, September 14 at 12pm ET. Register below

Please help us welcome Mehrdad Babadi, the 23-24 Omar Khayyam Postdoc Research Associate in Iranian Studies. Babadi is a sociocultural anthropologist focusing on marriage, waithood, modern intimacies, youth and gender, and generational change in Iran and the broader Middle East