2021 Colloquium Series

October 6, 2021

Michael Low, Assistant Professor of History, Iowa State University
Ecologies of Empire: Ottoman Arabia, the Indian Ocean Hajj, and the Global Crisis of Cholera
 

October 13, 2021

Somdeep Sen, Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Roskilde University
Public Health Under Siege: A View from the Gaza Strip
 

October 20, 2021

Ambreen Kazi Kamran, Assistant Professor, Princess Nora Bint Abdallah Women Health Research Chair, Department of Family & Community Medicine, King Saud University
Gender differences in Approaches to Pandemics in the MENA Region
 

October 27, 2021

Sameer Naser Olimat, Assistant Professor, Translation Studies and Linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, The Hashemite University
Do We Speak COVID-19? Language and Translation in the Era of Global Crises
 

November 3, 2021

Justin Thomas, Professor, Chair of Psychology, Zayed University
Panic, Pestilence and Religious Coping

Ibrahim Aref Kira, Managing Director, Center for Cumulative Trauma Studies
Public Health and Pandemics across the MENA: A psychological Perspective on Arab Countries
 

November 10, 2021

Huda M. Al Hourani, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Diabetes, The Hashemite University
Obesity in Schoolchildren and its Link to Chronic Diseases

Sarah Trainer, Research & Program Coordinator for the Seattle University ADVANCE Program
Weight and Body Image in the Middle East: Perspectives from 2021
 

November 17, 2021

Lilian Ghandour, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut
Alcohol Harm Reduction in Lebanon: The Context, The Industry and the Young Consumer

Peter Walton, Independent Researcher, United Kingdom
The Role of Islam in Public Health Policy on Smoking Cessation