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SUMMARY:Cities of the Arab World: Theory, Investigation and Critique - 2 Day Event
DESCRIPTION:
 The Global Urban Studies Program, the Department 
 of Anthropology and the Muslim\n
 Studies Program 
 are pleased to announce an interdisciplinary 
 conference entitled Cities\n
 of the Arab 
 World: Theory, Investigation and Critique, to 
 be held February 14-15,\n
 2019, at the Michigan 
 State University Student Union. Conference 
 panelists, from the\n
 Middle East, Europe and 
 the United States, will address a number of 
 topics including\n
 environmental issues in Arab 
 cities, the contributions of ethnic and religious 
 minorities\n
 to urban life, the political 
 economy of redevelopment and questions of 
 civil conflict and\n
 post-conflict reconstruction. 
 The inclusion of cities with significant 
 Arab populations\n
 outside the Middle East enables 
 exploration of questions of coexistence 
 and conflict,\n
 and of the rich cultural production 
 that globalization makes possible.\n
 \n
 The 
 conference keynote speakers will be Harvey 
 Molotch, emeritus professor of\n
 social and 
 cultural analysis and sociology, New York University 
 and Mona Fawaz,\n
 professor of architecture 
 and sesign, faculty of engineering and 
 design, American\n
 University of Beirut\n
 \n
 Complete 
 conference information and free registration 
 can be found at:\n
 http://gusp.msu.edu/userdocs/Cities_of_the_Arab_World/\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Najib Hourani\n
 Contact email: houranin@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://gusp.msu.edu/userdocs/Cities_of_the_Arab_World/\n
LOCATION:MSU Union, Lake Huron Room
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