NYU Kevorkian Center

Join us for the Iranian Studies Initiative's second event of the semester, "Beyond Exile, Migration, Memory, and the Iranian Diaspora." 📆 March 27, 2026 | 12PM-2PM 📍 Zoom Only 🎤 Amy Malek, Amin Moghadam, Omid Asayesh 🎟️ Open to public with RSVP 🖇️ buff.ly/IlrkH9K

NYU's Kevorkian Center is hiring an Communications and Program Administrator to support our program. This individual will manage, develop, and maintain the Center's communications, and MA program. Apply Today! 🖇️ To learn more: buff.ly/dRMyE0O

NYU's Kevorkian Center is hiring an Communications and Program Administrator to support our program. This individual will manage, develop, and maintain the Center's communications and MA program. Apply Today! 🖇️ To learn more: buff.ly/dRMyE0O

Don't miss out on the March Migration Network Speaker Series with Ola Galal and Laure Assaf -- register now. 📆 March 25, 2026 | 9:30AM - 10:30AM 🎤 @olaglal, Laure Assaf 📍 Zoom 🎟️ Open to public with registration 🖇️ buff.ly/CovjAEy

Join us for an important conversation w/ @sarahleah1 and @MikeOmerMan about their new book, "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine." 📆 Mar. 25, 2026 | 5:30PM 📍Kevorkian Center 🎟️ Open to public w/ registration 🖇️ buff.ly/0frFZtJ

Register now for "Of Loss and Lavender: Book Launch & Conversation" with author Sinan Antoon, moderated by Khalid Hilli. Publisher: @penguinrandom 📆 Mar. 31, 2026 | 6 - 8PM 🎤 @sinanantoon, Khalid Hilli 📍 Ettinghausen Library 🎟️ Open to the public 🖇️ buff.ly/xCRCzHv

Notice: As the speakers for this webinar are currently residing in the Middle East and are directly affected by the escalating conflict in the region, we have decided to postpone this event to April 8, 2026. We appreciate your understanding.

Join NYU Migration & us for a screening event featuring a series of research documentaries based on NYU Migration Network 25-26 graduate student award winners. Our own Jasmine Khelil will be presenting her work. 📆 Mar 6, 2026 | 5:30PM-7:00PM 🖇️ buff.ly/bVhb33c

Interested in exploring science through current and historical events? That’s exactly what Ana does in her classroom. Learn more about our inspiring Spring Institute educators: buff.ly/Ir9Mbm4

Meet Ana Perez, our Teacher Spotlight from the 2026 Spring Institute, “Global Learning in Local Places: Teaching Mass Politics, Migration, and Partitions.” Ana is a 9th grade biology teacher at Clara Barton High School who brings a cross-disciplinary lens to science education.

Mark your calendars for Archives in Dialogue series, "The Gendered Lives of Photographic Archives." 📆 Mar. 11, 26 | 12:30PM 🎤 Jonathan Burr, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, Ibrahim Issa Rantissi, Giulia Martini, Hadeel Alkhesaifi 📍 Zoom 🎟️ Open to the public 🖇️ buff.ly/sXBQ1wZ

Due to weather conditions and reaching capacity, we’ve added a virtual option for Thursday's event: Unpacking Iran’s Latest Protests: Struggles and Contexts. Join us online. 📅 Feb. 26, '26 | 5 PM 📍Zoom 🎟️nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…:

Join our next session of the Premodern Islamicate World Lecture Series Event: Emotions in Early Islam: Method, Text, and the Formation of Sufism! 📆 Mar. 10, 2026 |5:30 - 7PM 🎤 Riccardo Paredi & Nicholas Lobo 📍 Hybrid 🎟️ Open to public 🖇️ buff.ly/zmDxya6

Congratulations to Roxana-Maria Aras & Ismail Fajrie Alatas (@ifalatas) on their presentations at Anthro-History Returns Conference at @UMich that took place on Feb. 6-7, 2026. They were on a panel titled Contesting Religious/Secular Temporalities & Authorities.

Join NYU Iranian Studies Initiative for our upcoming panel, Unpacking Iran's Latest Protests: Struggles and Contexts. 📆 Feb 26, 26 | 5PM-7PM 📍 Ettinghausen Library, Kevorkian Center 🎤 Ervand Abrahamian, Ida Nikou, Nahid Siamdoust, Arang Keshavarzian 🖇️ buff.ly/pUwgWpK

Thank you to @ntabrizy, @yelmjouie, Arang Keshavarzian, and all who attended this brilliant conversation, "Beyond the Headlines – Iran in Context," that took place last week on February 11, 2026. A special thank you to our co-organizers @AMEJA.

Congratulations to our affiliated faculty member, Hala Halim, on receiving the NYU Arts & Science Faculty Focus Award for the 2026-2027 academic year. Congratulations, Hala!

Happening next Wednesday! Register now!

@stanfordpress @Brandeis Also, check out this upcoming event on the book this Thursday, February 12, 2026, 5:00PM EST at 19 Washington Square North, New York. The event will be moderated by our affiliated faculty, Arang Keshavarzian. Don't miss it!

Congratulations to our alum (Class 2010), Beth Derderian, for publishing Art Capital with @stanfordpress. For more details, visit: buff.ly/n4EEC0S Beth was recently appointed Renee and Lester Crown Assistant Professor at the Crown Center @Brandeis.