[MES Forum] Save these dates!

[McClimans, Melinda]

Dear MES Forum,

Mark your calendars! Between now and April 22nd (the last day of classes next semester) there will be a number of opportunities to learn more about what our colleagues are working on, gain new perspectives on the Middle East and engage with students - see the list below and mark your calendar!

Thanks to all of you who joined our talks and community building events over the past semester. Also, keep in mind there are a couple of events next week:


  *   Monday December 4th, 2023, 2:00-3:30 PM, Seeking Peace at Home: Central Ohio Faith Leaders Speak, Organized by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies in cooperation with the Center for Ethics and Human Values, the Center for the Study of Religion, the Department of History, the Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, the Melton Center for Jewish Studies, and the Middle East Studies Center. Registration<https://mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/seeking-peace-home-central-ohio-faith-leaders-speak>


  *   Tuesday, December 5,  9-10 a.m., TIMELESS TREASURES: Exploring Egypt’s Rich Tapestry with the Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL) at the American University in Cairo. More details and event registration are at go.osu.edu/AUC-books<http://go.osu.edu/AUC-books>


Spring Semester Events and Important Dates

  *   Monday, January 8, 2024, 4:00PM, Hagerty Hall Room 186, “To Be the Wife of a Talmid Hacham [Torah Scholar]: How Ultra-Orthodox Women Perceive the Socio-Economic Reality of the 'Learners’ Society'” https://nesa.osu.edu/events/be-wife-talmid-hacham-torah-scholar-how-ultra-orthodox-women-perceive-socio-economic-reality for further details. Hosted by Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures.
  *   Monday, January 15 MLK Holiday
  *   Thursday, January 24 4:00pm, MES Forum, in-person
  *   Saturday, January 27th, 2024, Somali Night, hosted by the Somali Students Association, at the Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom
  *   Wednesday, February 28 10:00am, MES Forum with Dodie McDow<https://history.osu.edu/people/mcdow.4>, in person! In the Research Commons<https://library.osu.edu/researchcommons>, Brainstorming Room, hybrid, 18th ave library
  *   March 11- 15 Spring Break
  *   March (Exact Date tba), Jérémie Schiettecatte, Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World - New York University
  *   Thursday March 28th 4:00pm, MES Forum, online
  *   April (Exact Date TBA) Wouter Henkelman on Persepolis and the Achaemenids. He is the world’s leading scholar of Achaemenid history and the Elamite language and is a professor at the École Pratique des Hautes Études.
  *   Wednesday, April 10, 10:00am, MES Forum, Fireside in Hagerty Hall Crane Café area, end-of-year celebration showcasing faculty and student work.
  *   Monday, April 22nd, Last day of classes

Exhibit Ongoing Throughout SP24

  *   The upcoming exhibit The Silk Road, to be held during the Spring '24 semester at The Ohio State University-Marion, is another unique opportunity.  Our colleague, Amanda Respess, curated the exhibit with Gayle Strege, the curator of OSU's Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection.  The exhibit will run from January 19- March 15, 2024 at the Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery on the Marion campus (1465 Mount Vernon Avenue, Marion, Ohio 43302).  Stay tuned for details on an opening event in January.

We will host author and critic Dr. Adania Shibli of an online event in March – stay tuned for the date and time.  The event is organized by OIA, NESA, MESC and others.
If there are other events you believe your colleagues would be interested in attending, please feel free to write directly to this list.

Best wishes,

Melinda
[The Ohio State University]
Melinda McClimans, PhD
Assistant Director
International Affairs Middle East Studies Center
145 Enarson Classroom Building, 2009 Milikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-6506 / 614-974-4331Mobile
go.osu.edu/melindamcclimanszoom<https://go.osu.edu/melindamcclimanszoom>
mcclimans.2 at osu.edu<mailto:mcclimans.2 at osu.edu> / mesc.osu.edu<https://mesc.osu.edu/>
Pronouns: she/her/hers / Honorific: Dr.
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