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The Mediterranean Studies Forum, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Department of International Relations and the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies will host its annual Koç Lecture Series next week featuring Koç University’s Şuhnaz Yılmaz. The series is a partnership with the Istanbul, Turkey-based university and is aimed at facilitating transatlantic collaboration in the humanities and social sciences.

Former program affiliate Dr. Ozgen Felek's research is featured in Gender News

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Kabir Tambar (Department of Anthropology) receives the Institute for Turkish Studies' Publication Subvention Grant for his forthcoming book manuscript, The Reckoning of Pluralism: Political Voice and the Demands of History in Turkey (Stanford University Press, 2013).

Joel Beinin and Ramzi Salti broadcast Middle Eastern music and culture on two KZSU radio shows, Arabology and Mediterraneans: Music of the Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond.

The Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms) is an honorific order of France that recognizes significant accomplishments in the areas of teaching, research and scholarship. Non-French citizens may also receive an award for contributing to the expansion of French education, language and culture throughout the world.

Stanford University's Mediterranean Studies Forum and Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies are launching an annual lecture series in collaboration with Center for Globalization and Demo