Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies

Upcoming & Previous Events

• "Estevanico: The Journey of Mustafa Azemmouri"

  Saturday April 26, 10 am, Astrodome Room of Student Center South

• April 3rd, 6:15 PM 2025

  Annual Paul Kardoush Memorial Endowed Lecture, "Neighbor of the Moon: Fayrouz as a National Arab Icon" (Concert and Lecture), Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 

  Community Meet and Greet: 6:15 PM; Lecture and Concert: 7:00 PM, Student Center Theater

   

• Monday, March 3, 2025, 5:30 PM, Central |

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  Arab Brazil Ternary Orientalism and the Question of South-South Comparison | February 11th | 5:30 PM

  2025 AAEF Nijad and Zeina Fares Distinguished Lecture in Modern Arab Studies, "Arab Brazil: Ternary Orientalism and the Question of South-South Comparison" Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Reception: 5:30 PM Lecture: 6:00 PM, Alumni Hall (room 104), UH Hilton

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  Palestinian Meditations in a Time of Annihilation | February 7, 2025 | 1:00 pm

  Fady Joudah, "Palestinian Meditations in a Time of Annihilation," Friday February 7, 1 PM to 2 PM, The Honors College Commons

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  Syria: Histories and Futures | February 5, 2025 | 5:30 pm

• October 28, 2024, 1:00 pm, Stephen Power Farish Hall, Room 101

• October 17, 2024, 6:00 pm, Stephen Power Farish Hall, Room 101

• Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Bayou City, Student Center South
• Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 - Reception: 5:00 PM Lecture: 5:30 PM Honors Commons, MD Anderson Library
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  Collaboration or Resistance: A Short History of the Paris Colonial Conference of 1919

  Friday, October 13, 2023 - Reception: 5:45 PM - Skyline Room, Student Center South

• Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - Reception: 5:30 pm - Lecture 6:00 pm - Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion, UH
• Thursday, February 2, 2023 | Reception: 5:30 PM | Discussion: 6:00 PM | Conrad Hilton Ballroom, Hilton ̽����Ƶ
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  You Can Be the Last Leaf: An Evening With Maya Abu Al-Hayyat!

  Please join the Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies on Wednesday, October 19 for “You Can Be the Last Leaf: An Evening with Maya Abu Al-Hayyat!” This bi-lingual book reading and discussion will be held at the Conrad Hilton Ballroom, Hilton ̽����Ƶ with a reception at 6:00 pm followed by the book reading and discussion at 6:30 pm.
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  Contemporary Poetry: The Arab American Turn, September 8, 2022 Reception: 5:30 pm, Lecture: 6 pm, Hilton ̽����Ƶ

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  You Have Not Yet Been Defeated: Selected Works, 2011-2021 - May 4, 2022, 6:00 PM

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  Arab American Women Voices from the Grassroots

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  The 2022 Annual Lecture in Ottoman History: OTTOMAN CULTURE AND THE GROWTH OF CIVILITY, c.1600-1800 - April 14, 2022 - 6:00 PM - UH Student Center South, Space City Room 214

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  Suffering and Sumud: Mental Health in Palestine - March 22, 2022 - 6:00 PM - Hilton ̽����Ƶ, Shamrock Ballroom

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  Legible Others: Paratext and Power in Translation - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 6:00 PM - Stephen P. Farish Hall, Room 213

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  Path of Love in Islam: Rumi and his Ancestors - Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 11:00 AM

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  Concerning the Political in Art - Thursday, October 28, 2021 - 6:00 PM - Hilton ̽����Ƶ Conrad N. Hilton Ballroom

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  Towards A Poetic of Estrangement In Arabic Literature - Thursday, October 7, 2021 - 6:00 PM - Cemo Hall Rm. 105

• The ̽����Ƶ Department of English Professor Hosam Aboul-Ela has been unanimously selected as the inaugural appointee for the Arab-American Educational Foundation Dr. Burhan and Mrs. Misako Ajouz Endowed Professorship in Arab Studies, an honor accompanied by an associated affiliated appointment in The Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies (AAEFCAS). Through this recognition, Aboul-Ela will be able to deepen his research and research-related activities on Arab countries and culture.
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  Center for Arab Studies Director Receives National Education Award

  The ̽����Ƶ College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) congratulates Center for Arab Studies Director and AAEF Chair in Modern Arab History Abdel Razzaq Takriti, who received the 2019 Undergraduate Education Award from the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).