January 29
"1857 and Indian Nationalism: The Literary and the Political Worlds of the Bhadralok"

Rini Bhattacharya Mehta
Comparative and World Literature, UIUC

January 29, 2008-Lucy Ellis Lounge-Noon

February 5
"The Other Iran: The Cultural Context of Globalization and the Islamic State"

Mehdi Semati
Eastern Illinois University

February 5, 2008 -Lucy Ellis Lounge-Noon

February 12
"Cordoba and the Great Mosque: The Flow of Water from Landscape to Monument"

D. Fairchild Ruggles
Landscape Architecture, UIUC

February 12, 2008- Room 325 Temple Buell Hall

February 26
"Representing the Self: Early Local Photography in Palestine"

Issam Nassar
History, Illinois State University

February 26, 2008-Lucy Ellis Lounge-Noon

March 4
"Voting for Populism: An Analysis of Iran's 2005 Presidential Election"

Hadi S Esfahani
Economics, UIUC

March 4, 2008-Lucy Ellis Lounge-Noon

March 11
"Learning from former adversaries: Lessons applied to diplomacy with Iran"

Kirk Hauser

March 11, 2008-Lucy Ellis Lounge-Noon

April 1
"The Stuttgart Crescent: Mosques and Spatial Controversies in German Cities"

Petra Kuppinger
Anthropology, Monmouth College

April 1, 2008-Lucy Ellis Lounge-Noon

April 8
"Gender and Literary Authority: The Experience of a Woman Writer in Israel"

Orly Castel-Bloom
Israeli Studies Project Visiting Scholar

April 8, 2008-Lucy Ellis Lounge-Noon