MENA Monday: Professor Ali Behdad “Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East”

Name: MENA Monday: Professor Ali Behdad “Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East”
Start: 2015-05-11T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2015-05-11T13:30:00-05:00
Location: University Hall, 201

Monday, May 11, 2015 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT

University Hall, 201, 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

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Professor Ali Behdad
John Charles Hillis Professor of Literature and Department Chair
UCLA

Title: “Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East”

Abstract: Arguing that at the origin of photography is the Middle East, Professor Behdad will address some of the methodological and theoretical challenges in studying the large archive of photographic images of the Middle East by European and indigenous photographers in the region.”

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Cost: Free

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Katelyn Marie Rashid (847) 467-5314

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Middle East and North African Studies

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