Past Events



In Between: A Play Written and Performed by Ibrahim Miari

Ibrahim Miari, Lecturer in Foreign Languages, Hebrew
Dec 8, 2022 at -

Professor Ibrahim Miari performs his one-man show at the Penn Museum on Thursday, December 8th, at 7:00 PM. Tickets available at the Penn Museum, with discounted options for students and members.…



A.B. Yehoshua Memorial Event

Nov 16, 2022 at -

You are invited to attend a memorial event for A.B. Yehoshua on November 16, 2022.

There will be a…



"A Thousand of Bread"

Excavations in a Temple Bakery of Egypt's Middle Kingdom and the Role of Bread Making in Ancient Egypt
Josef W. Wegner
Nov 14, 2022 at -

 

Bread and beer were the staple foodstuffs of Ancient Egypt. Although abundantly represented in artwork and texts, actual archaeological evidence for the techniques of production and…



Egyptology in Modern Egyptian History

William Carruthers, Margaret Geoga, Wendy Doyon
Oct 27, 2022 at -

This event has passed. A recording of the panel and subsequent Q&A can be found here: Egyptology in Modern Egyptian History.

On…



My Great (and Short) Great-Grandfather Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Revival of the Hebrew Language

A Talk by Gil Hovav
Oct 25, 2022 at

Please join us for an exciting in-person public lecture about the revival of Modern Hebrew. The speaker is Gil Hovav, great-grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. Ben-Yehuda was the driving force…



Middle East Film Festival Starts Today!

Sep 19, 2022 - Sep 23, 2022 at -



A Panel on Pedagogy and Teaching

Arthur Goldschmidt , Mostafa Hussein, Olga Verlato , Leah Rumsey
May 4, 2022 at -

This event has passed. An audio recording of the panel and subsequent Q&A can be found here: Teaching Modern Egypt.



How to Read a Cookbook: Cuisine and the Nation in Ottolenghi's London

Jan 31, 2022 at

Harry Eli Kashdan is a scholar of food culture and migration in the contemporary Mediterranean. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from University of Michigan, and was Lauro de Bosis Postdoctoral…



How the Bulgarians Survived the Holocaust

Jan 26, 2022 at -

Join us on January 26 for a Jewish Community Relations Council event, as we observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and remember the innocent six million Jews and millions of other people who fell victims to…



Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus, 1850-1890

Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform
Mercedes Volait
Jan 23, 2022 at -

This event has passed. A recording of the event and subsequent Q&A can be found here: A Discussion with Mercedes Volait.