The Middle East Institute is proud to be associated with the “Water and Oil” exhibition at the European Cultural Center’s “Time Space Existence” architecture biennial.
Date: Now - May 15, 2025
Location: Butler Library, 3rd Floor Exhibit Space
This exhibit, curated by Joy Al-Nemri (MESAAS Alumna) features inscriptions from approximately 50 books selected from Edward Said’s book collections, which are housed in the Edward Said Reading Room (Butler Library), the Middle East Institute, and his former New York City apartment. The exhibit provides a sampling of the numerous inscriptions that friends, students, family members, and admirers left in the opening pages of the books that they gifted to Edward Said. These heartfelt messages reveal Said’s profound and far-reaching influence, weaving a narrative of deep and broad intellectual and personal connections across peoples, disciplines, genres, times, and geographies. The inscriptions bear testimony to Said’s intellectual brilliance, but also to the deep empathy, courage, and vision that defined his lifelong advocacy for justice, human rights, and intellectual freedom.
If non-Columbia affiliates are interested in viewing the exhibit, please email Kaoukab Chebaro kc3287@columbia.edu.
Hosted by the School of International and Public Affairs Eurasia Group, the Nayruz Festival will celebrate the Nayruz/Persian New Year/Spring Equinox. A bazaar-style celebration with Central Asian/Middle Eastern food, traditional performances including bellydancing, and collaboration with professional dancers and musicians.
Tickets will be available for purchase (early bird $7 and regular $10).
Co-sponsors: SIPA Eurasia Group, SIPA Food Systems Group, SIPA MENA Forum, Harriman Institute, Columbia University Middle East Institute.
Exhibit opening.
On August 11th, 2012, Iran's Azarbayjan province was hit by two earthquakes within eleven minutes. The quakes left some 306 dead and 3000 injured, primarily in the rural and mountainous areas to the northeast of Tabriz. In a series of part-staged, part-reality, photographer Hoda Rostami portrays a sense of hope and eagerness for a return of normal life. A story about the physical, social and psychological cost of natural disaster on daily life accompanies each photograph. Both the artist and Hamid Dabashi, Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University will present the images.
This event is co-sponsored by the Middle East Institute and the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department
Opening reception on Wednesday, September 25, 6:15 pm, Heyman Center.
Irini Gonou "The Sheltering Word"
Art exhibition.
Map to the Heyman Center
Sponsored by the Heyman Center for the Humanities, BEI, and the program in Hellenic Studies, Columbia University and the Middle East Institute.
