Suha Kudsieh

who will speak on:

“Ibn Jubayr’s Travels to Cairo, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Beyond”

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm Room C222

The travel account of Ibn Jubayr (1145-1217) has garnered a considerable amount of attention by medievalists and Crusade historians due to his written work on the  Crusades, and his unique placement for the period. Nevertheless, Prof. Kudsieh  asserts that scholars have so far neglected to examine Ibn Jubayr's attitude towards  Eastern Muslims and his nuanced reaction towards the Crusaders in light of his  Andalusian identity. She will raise questions and points over the role that Ibn Jubayr’s  identity played during the time of the Crusades, and the ways in which he has been  subsequently received by modern scholars.  

Suha Kudsieh is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the CUNY College  of Staten Island. Her research and publications examine cultural encounters between  the East and the West during the Crusade period and Napoleon's campaign on Egypt.  She is currently preparing a monograph on this topic. Her latest publication is a  chapter entitled "The Inception of Oriental Doxology: European Pilgrimages to the  Holy Land, before and during the Crusades" in Mediterranean Travels: Writing Self  and the Other from the Ancient World to Contemporary Society, edited by Patrick  Crowley, N. Humble and S. Ross (Legenda, 2011).

Prof. Alexander Elinson (Hunter/GC, Arabic) will offer comments

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm

Room C222

Revolution in Their Eyes:

Activist Photography from Yemen

Photos on View Until June 2012

The images in this show are the work of several activist-photographers. They provide a glimpse of the reality—both brutal and beautiful—of daily life inside Change Square, the heart of the revolution in Yemen’s capital, San’a.

The Revolution

Since February 2011, hundreds of thousands of citizens from every walk of life have taken to the streets of Yemen’s cities and towns to demand the ouster of President ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Saleh’s regime, which has ruled the country for 33 years. In spite of violent repression, the revolutionaries have pledged to persevere until Yemen is free.

The Yemen Peace Project

Founded in early 2010, the Yemen Peace Project is an international network of activists and scholars whose mission is to develop and promote peaceful solutions to the challenges faced by the people of Yemen. It provides up-to-date, accurate information about events in Yemen and is a conduit to Yemeni activists so their voices are heard in the U.S. The Yemen Peace Project has also launched a series of fundraising campaigns to support medical and humanitarian efforts among Yemen’s most vulnerable citizens.

Cosponsored by the

Yemen Peace Project & CUNY BA Program

[Photos on view until June]

Room 6304.24 (MEMEAC space)