A comprehensive list of the New University in Exile Consortium’s previous co-led online seminars are listed below, organized by the semester during which they were taught.
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