Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) will participate in a series of events on its home campus in Evanston, Illinois (US), over three days from today.
The events are part of an annual visit NU-Q makes to Evanston to highlight the work of its faculty, students and staff.
“NU-Q in Evanston” provides a focus that introduces individual scholars and their research efforts and also allows students to showcase journalistic projects, documentary films and undergraduate research. NU-Q students already studying in Evanston join in the programme as do the NU-Q ambassadors, students who promote understanding between the two campuses.
The event includes several public programmes open to the entire university while others involve invited lectures and colloquia in venues ranging from the School of Communication and Medill School of Journalism, Media & Integrated Marketing Communication as well as the Middle East Studies Programme.
“Connections between the Qatar programme and its home campus in Evanston provides a window on NU’s 12th school and only international campus at a time when the university is accelerating its global activities,” said Everette E Dennis, dean and CEO, NU-Q
The activities will include a lecture at NU’s Mena Monday series, an award-winning faculty film, a showcase for student work in communication, journalism and liberal arts, as well as briefings on NU-Q’s institutional research programme and other activities at NU-Q.
Sami Hermez, assistant professor in residence, will deliver a lecture as part of the Mena Monday series, “On The Loss of Humanity: The Case of Former Militia Fighters In Lebanon”. Danielle Beverly, assistant professor in residence, will screen her documentary ‘Old South’, while and four students will present several research projects as part of a Student Showcase.
Hermez received his PhD in anthropology from Princeton University where his dissertation, “Living Everyday in Anticipation of Violence in Lebanon”, reflected this interest. He examined the issues from an anthropological perspective using ethnographic fieldwork to gather his data and evidence. His lecture will take place today at noon in the Hagstrum Room, University Hall.
Beverly’s documentary, which was broadcast over PBS in February, traces a contentious relationship between a historically African-American community and a college fraternity at the University of Georgia, one known to fly traditionally a Confederate flag and hold an annual antebellum parade. The screening of ‘Old South’ will take place in Louis Hall 119, Arts Block, at 6pm today .
On May 11, NU-Q will host a Student Showcase where four NU-Q students will present their research projects, including two documentary films, a research paper on the politics of renter benefits and permanent residency in Qatar, and a news package about domestic help raising children in Doha.
The Student Showcase will take place at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at 4pm.