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DESCRIPTION:In response to the recent Executive Order barring U.S. entry to
  citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries\, Cornell’s Department of
  Near Eastern Studies will hold a teach-in Feb. 17 in the Groos Family Atri
 um in Klarman Hall from 10 a.m. to noon. The event is free and the public i
 s welcome.\n\n“This is an extension of our educational mission and our ethi
 cal obligation to our students\, colleagues\, friends\, and family members 
 affected by the ban\,” said Deborah Starr\, associate professor of Near Eas
 tern studies.  “We are committed to combatting Islamophobia through educati
 on.”\n\nStarr noted that the Executive Order will have a harmful impact on 
 tens of thousands of innocent people\, including dozens of graduate and und
 ergraduate students\, staff\, and faculty at Cornell.\n\nThe Near Eastern s
 tudies department is partnering with the Clarke Institute for Law and Devel
 opment in the Middle East and North Africa\, Comparative Muslim Societies\,
  the Jewish Studies Program\, and the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiativ
 e to create this public learning opportunity about Islam and the cultures a
 nd histories of the people and countries targeted by the ban.\n\n“The teach
 -in serves both as a form of public protest against the travel ban\, and as
  a means of fulfilling our educational mission to our students\, as well as
  to the wider Cornell and Ithaca communities\,” said Starr.\n\nThe Teach-In
  will include talks by experts on topics related to Islamophobia\, the Midd
 le East\, and its relationship with America. In addition\, there will be re
 adings of literary works by writers whose home countries are affected by th
 e travel ban.\n\nTopics and speakers will include:\n\n“Islam and History of
  Immigration to US\,” Salah Hassan\, Goldwin Smith Professor\, History of A
 rt and Africana Studies. Director\, Institute of Comparative Modernities“Th
 e Diversity of Islam\,” Eric Tagliacozzo\, Professor\, History Department\;
  Director\, Comparative Muslim Societies“Syrian Refugees\,” Elyse Semerdjia
 n\, Visiting Fellow\, Society for the Humanities“Muslim Identity and the Na
 tional Security State\,” Aziz Rana\, Professor of Law“The Middle East and A
 merican Wars\,” Kyle Anderson\, Ph.D. Candidate in Modern Middle Eastern Hi
 story\, Department of Near Eastern Studies“Theater and Revolution: the View
  from Tahrir\,” Rebekah Maggor\, Assistant Professor\, Performance and Medi
 a Arts“Ask a Middle East Specialist\,” Ziad Fahmy\, Associate Professor\, D
 epartment of Near Eastern Studies“Banned Literary Voices\,” Deborah Starr\,
  Associate Professor\, Department of Near Eastern StudiesFor more informati
 on\, see http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/content/teach-in.
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LOCATION:Klarman Hall\, Atrium
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SUMMARY:Teach-in on Islam\, the Middle East\, and America
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URL:https://events.cornell.edu/event/Teach_In
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