Online Seminar Archive
Since 2019, the Consortium has offered 45 free online seminars on subjects ranging from political theory, linguistics, and Arab literature to global public health, political economy, and climate change. Find all of our previous seminars by semester or subject matter below.
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Spring 2025
Fall 2024
- Debating Chinese Politics (激辩中国政治), co-led by Dr. Teng Biao and Dr. Andrew Nathan
- Environmental Justice: Theory, Practice, and Change, co-led by Dr Fatih Celebioglu and Dr. Ibrahim Ozdemir
- Exploring Global Public Health: Concepts and Challenges, co-led by Dr. Arash Nemat and Yasir Essar, MSc
- Navigating the Path to Transitional Justice in Myanmar, co-led by Dr. Nan Kham Mai and Dr. Yin Yin Win
- Women, Peace, and Security in the Afghan Context, co-led by Palwasha Hassan and Aziz Amin
Spring 2024
- Afghanistan After Two Years of Taliban Rule, co-led by M. Kazim Karimi and Fidel Rahmati
- Conflict, Knowledge, and Memory: Cases from Palestine and Syria, co-led by Ammar Kandeel and Mohamad Moustafa Alabsi
- Critical Issues in Global Health in Conflict Settings, co-led by Kholoud Alsaba and Mohammad Nour Audi
- Historical Memory During the Russo-Ukrainian War: Etatism, Securitisation, and Decolonisation, co-led by Olena Kondratiuk and Yurii Latysh
- Imprisonment in Contemporary Arab Fiction: A Feminist Reading, co-led by Mansour Al-Maswari and Sulaiman Taan
- Indigenous Feminisms: Afghan and Iranian Women’s Lives under the Theocratic State, co-led by Sahraa Karimi and Naima Mohammadi
Fall 2023
- Climate Change, Conflict, and Underdevelopment, co-led by Mulu Gebreyohannes and Sied Mohamed
- Communication Across Languages, Cultures, and Nations: In Other Words, Translation, co-led by Nael Hijjo and Reem Adib Lulu
- Designing Feminist Research, co-led by Aslı Kotaman and Pelin Yalçinoğlu Kaplan
- Language, Gender, and Identity, co-led by Abdulgaleel Ahmed and Sameer Mohammed
- Literature and Social Issues in the Middle East, co-led by Shada Bokir and Mohammed Almahfali
- The Struggle for Quality and Transformation in Afghanistan’s Higher Education, co-led by M. Osman Babury and Fazlullah Akhtar
Spring 2023
- A Decade After: The Arab Spring, Its Makings, Transitions, and Visual Representations in Perspective, led by Hassan Almohammed
- Afghanistan Under the Taliban: The Past Year, co-led by Kazim Karimi and Shoaib Rahim
- Decolonizing and Globalizing LGBTQ+ Studies, co-led by Paweł Leszkowicz and Tomasz Kitliński
- Where is China Going and Why: The Party, State, and Global Order, co-led by Andrew J. Nathan and Teng Biao
- Women’s Lives in Iran: Between the Religious Traditional and New Horizons, co-led by Mohammad Rezaei and Naima Mohammadi
Fall 2022
- Communications across Languages, Cultures, and Nations – In Other Words, Translation, co-led by Nael Hijjo and Kais Kadhim
- Crisis of Democracy, co-led by Selin Bengi Gümrükçü and Omar Sadr
- Energy and Security, co-led by Mehmet Ari and Eyyup Celik
- Feminist Research Methodologies, co-led by Asli Kotaman and Pelin Yalçinoğlu Kaplan
- Media and Policy in the Era of Fake News, co-led by Anton Liagusha and Andriy Karakuts
- Where is China Going and Why: The Party, State, and Global Order, co-led by Andrew J. Nathan and Teng Biao
Spring 2022
- Language, Identity and Gender, co-led by Abdulgaleel Abdullah Mohammed and Sameer Abdulrazzaq Mused Mohammed
- Kleptocracy and Corruption in Rentier States, co-led by Gubad Ibadoghlu and Leila Alieva
- Contemporary Security Issues and Transatlantic Link, co-led by Mehmet Ari and Eyyup Celik
- Comparative Racisms, co-led by Güllistan Yarkin and Utku Balaban
- Decades of the Republic in Afghanistan, co-led by Shoaib Rahim and Kazim Karimi
- Decolonizing and Deconstructing the MENA/SWANA, co-led by Teoman Aktan and Mabruk Derbesh
- Cultural Heritage and Identities in the Middle East, co-led by Ahmed Fatima Kzzo and Nedal Haj Darwich
Fall 2021
- Feminist Research Methodologies and Digital Feminist Research, co-led by Asli Kotaman and Pelin Yalçinoğlu Kaplan
- Will China Democratize? Contending Forces in a Changing China, co-led by Teng Biao and Andrew Nathan
- Heritage, Politics and the Modern State, co-led by Mohamad Moustafa Alabsi and Rand Ackl
Spring 2021
- Archaeology, Museums, and Identities, co-led by Ahmed Fatima Kzzo and Nedal Haj Darwich
- Racism, Coloniality and Space, co-led by Utku Balaban and Güllistan Yarkin
- Democracy, Participation and Social Movements, co-led by Selin Bengi Gümrükçü and Devrim Kabasakal Badamchi
Fall 2020
- Law, Justice and Human Rights in China, co-led by Teng Biao and Jerome A. Cohen
- The Political Economy of Natural Resources and Rentier States, co-led by Gubad Ibadoghlu and Leila Alieva
- Marx’s Materialism, co-led by Saladdin Ahmed and Siyaves Azeri
- Academic Freedom in the MENA Region, co-led by Mabruk Derbesh and Teoman Aktan
Spring 2020
- Homelessness and Homemaking: On Different Meanings of the Home Space, co-led by Utku Balaban and Ayşe Küçükkırca
Fall 2019
- Identity and Conflict in the Middle East, co-led by Nazan Bedirhanoğlu and Elçin Aktoprak
Spring 2019
- The Social Structures of Neoliberal Authoritarianism: The Case of Turkey, co-led by Cem Özatalay and Bediz Yilmaz