Previous Center Activities and Events
Katip Celebi Symposium
The Katip Celebi symposium took place from June 19 to June 20, 2009, in Ankara, Turkey.
Mufti Smajkic visited CSUSB
From May 10 to May 17, 2009 CIMES hosted Mufti Smajkic at California State University San Bernardino.
Future Arabic Programs
On May 5th 2009 CEL and CIMES met to diiscuss the future Arabic programs.
CIMES visited Bosnia-Hercegovina
From April 4 to April 12, 2009 CIMES was hosted by the Grand Mufti Seid Smajkic in Mostar in Bosnia-Hercegovina.
The Morrow McCombs Memorial Lecture
2009 Lecture: March 31, “Mending a Torn World: Women in Interreligious Dialogue” Dr. Maura O’Neil.
The Morrow-McCombs Memorial Lecture is made possible through a special endowment provided by the late Lilian Morrow and Ray McCombs to enhance and promote interfaith understanding between Christians and Jews. Subsequent to its establishment, the purpose of the annual presentation was expanded to include Islam. Thus, the program is now dedicated to enhancing and promoting understanding between Jews, Christians and Muslims. The Morrow-McCombs Memorial Lecture is a continuation of the efforts of Lilian Morrow and Ray McCombs to strengthen interfaith understanding and enhance relations between Christians, Jews and Muslims.
Visiting Scholar from Marmara University
From February 23 to March 23 CIMES hosted Caner Taslaman from Marmara University for a joint research project on the philosophy of religion.
Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society Gamma Lambda Chapter Annual Spring Banquet
The Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society Gamma Lambda Chapter Annual Spring Banquet took place on May 16, 2008 in the Santos Manuel Student Union at Cal State San Bernardino.
Phi Beta Delta Scholarship recipients for AY 2008-2009 were awarded and the CSU International Programs participants for AY 2008-2009 were honored.
Guest Speakers Bishop Atallah Hanna and Supreme Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al Tamini both from Jerusalem addressed prospects of peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
Arabic Calligraphy on Campus
The Calligraphy collection is a contribution from our campus Center for Islamic and Middle East Studies (CIMES). The collection was a gift presented to Dr. Ralph Salmi, Director, CIMES by the Istanbul offices of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture. The framed collection is a selection of award winning masterpieces of Arabic Calligraphy from around the world.
The framing of the collection was made possible by a grant from the College of Arts and Letters with the support from the Department of World Languages and Literatures.
The smaller displays (8.5 x 11”) are student projects from our Strategic Language Initiative Arabic Language and Culture 2007 Summer program. Students completed their projects in less than 20 hours of instruction, which focused on the principals of Arabic calligraphy. A similar course (ARAB 210) will be offered in the Summer of 2008.
Intensive Arabic Summer 2008
