Thursday April 5, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at Smith Recital Hall, Music Building (Cosponsored by the San Diego Dialog Group)

The Middle East in Sound and Color: an evening of Persian and Turkish Visual and Musical Artistry.  This event features Turkish musician Yusuf Gurtas, Turkish visual artist Asiye Yamen, and Persian music group Dornob.  It is free and open to the public.

Thursday March 8, 2007 at 7:00 PM at the Aztec Athletic Auditorium (cosponsored with the Women's Studies Department)

Lecture: "Islam and women in South Asia," by Dr. Farzana Shaikh, Princeton University.

Thursday February 1, 2007 at Little Theater (cosponsored with the History Department)

Screening of "West Beirut," followed by a discussion led by Prof. Sandra Campbell.

Spring 2007 Our visiting Fulbright scholar from Tetouan University, Morroco, returned to continue his research at CIAS in the Spring of 2007.  Mr. Abderrazzak Esshir, whose research focuses on orientalist themes in the works of T.E. Lawrence and Walter Harris, was hosted by CIAS in July-December 2005 and June-September 2006