[Uwhistory] Near/Middle East Studies Lecture Series--Ted Swedenburg.... (fwd)

[Lori Anthony]

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Subject: [Gpaa] NME PhD Program Lecture Series--Ted Swedenburg....


Please attend the second of the 2006-2007 Lecture Series of the 
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near & Middle Eastern Studies, 
featuring Ted Swedenburg, taking place:

Friday, May 18, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM, in the Simpson Center for the 
Humanities, Communications Room 202.  Further information below.

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THE INTERDISCIPLINARY PHD PROGRAM IN NEAR AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
PRESENTS THE 2006-2007 LECTURE SERIES

Ted Swedenburg
Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas

"Islamic Pop Music in Europe, Post 9/11"

Friday, May 18, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM, in the Simpson Center for the
Humanities, Communications Room 202.

Prof. Swedenburg is a cultural anthropologist focusing on the Middle East, 
race and ethnicity, gender, and public culture.  His recent research 
focuses on popular music.  He is currently working on a book manuscript, 
tentatively entitled "Sounds from the Interzone," that deals with "border" 
music of the Middle East as well as Middle Eastern-inflected music of the 
West. He has done research and presented papers on Franco-Algerian Rai 
music, "Islamic" African-American rap, and Mizrahi dance music in Israel. 
His most recent fieldwork has been on the popular music of Nubians in 
Egypt.

Contact: (206) 543-6398, e-mail: jeanp at u.washington.edu

Co-sponsored by the departments of Anthropology, History, Near Eastern 
Languages and Civilization, and Political Science, the Middle East Center, 
International Studies Center, the Jackson School of International Studies, 
the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, the Simpson Center for the 
Humanities, the Law, Societies, and Justice Program, and the Graduate and 
Professional Student Senate.

The Middle East Center's sponsorship of this event does not imply that the
Center endorses the content of the event.

To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office
at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206)
685-7264 (FAX), or dso at u.washington.edu.

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NEXT LECTURE:

Donald Quataert,
Professor of History, Binghamton University,

"What the Story of Ottoman Coal Miners Can Tell Us about New Sources in
Middle East History Writing,"

May 25, 12:30--2:00 PM, Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications
Room 202.

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Jean Rogers
Interdisciplinary Programs
The Graduate School
University of Washington
Box 352192
Phone:  206-543-6398;
Fax:  206-543-8798




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