Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Dr. Kathy Ewing, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University, presented, "Stigmatized Masculinity: Muslim Gender Relations and Cultural Citizenship in Germany." This lecture was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

Monday, April 14, 2008
Dr. Fatma Muge Göcek, Associate Professor of Sociology and the Program of Women's Studies at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, gave a lecture on, "Nationalism, Minority Rights, and the EU." This lecture was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

March 28 - 30, 2008
SERMEISS - Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar's Spring 2008 meeting was held at the University of South Carolina.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Dr. Banu Gökariksel, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presented, "Neoliberalism, Islam and Gender: Neoliberal Muslim Subjects and Veiling Fashions in Instanbul." This lecture was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Abul Kalam Azad, Senior Research Fellow from the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies presented, "The Global War on Terrorism and the Bangladeshi Community in the US: In Search of an Islamic Identity or Not?"

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Dr. Christine Philliou, Department of History, Columbia University, presented, "The Paradox of Perceptions: Interpreting the Ottoman Past Through the National Present." This was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Dr. Joseph Lumbard, Assistant Professor of Classical Islam at Brandeis University and former adviser of interfaith affairs to King Abdullah II of Jordan presented, "New Horizons in Interreligious Dialogue: Finding Common Ground in the 21st Century." He is the editor of Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition (World Wisdom, 2004), a collection of essays that examines the religious, political and historical factors that have led to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

November 26, 2007
Esra Ozyurek, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California-San Diego, gave a lecture on “New Religious Minorities of the New Europe: Turkish Christians and German Muslims.” This was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

November 1, 2007
Paul Silverstein, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon presented, "Antisemitism and Islamophobia: Lessons from France" He is the author of Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race, and Nation (Indiana University Press, 2004), who specializes in the study of ethnicity, migration, and transnational flows, particularly involving France and the countries of North Africa.

October 26, 2007
Dr. Resat Kasaba, professor at Jackson School of International Relations, University of Washington, lectured on, “Modern Turkey in Historical Context: National Identity and the Transition from Empire to Nation-State.” This was part of the Lecture Series, “East and West in the Turkish Nation: Contemporary Issues in Turkey.”

April 25, 2007
George Azar, Al-Jazeera English and NY Times Correspondent presented "Reporting from the Middle East: From the Ground Truth to the News," about how foreign news is gathered and disseminated is explored by veteran journalist George Azar (New York Times / Al-Jazeera English) with special emphasis on Israeli / Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Iraq.

April 17, 2007
Dr, Tim Lindsey, professor and foundation fellow, director of Asian Law Center, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Contemporary Islam at the University of Melbourn, presented a video confrence workshop, entitled "Islam in Post-Tsunami Aceh", which included the Islamic history and law of the region as well as the present government structure and comparative law as representative of increasing Islamization also outside the Middle East.

November 6, 2006
Professor Lisa Pollard of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington gave a lecture titled, "Gender and the Marital-Political Contract in Inter-revolutionary Egypt: From Emancipation to Emasculation."

September 6, 2006
The Walker Institute hosted a colloquium with Dr. James Zogby titled "After Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon: How We Get Out of the Mess We're In.".