{"id":2416,"date":"2022-09-08T19:55:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T19:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/?page_id=2416"},"modified":"2023-04-24T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:50:58","slug":"poetry-of-conflict-transformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/poetry-of-conflict-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry of Conflict &amp; Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2416","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<h2><span style=\"color: #ffcc00\"><strong>SPRING 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#002f6c","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"light","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Wednesday, February 23, 12:00-1:30 PM","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2625\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/download-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n","column_2":"<h2><strong>A Discussion of Forough Farrokhzad&#8217;s <em>O Bejeweled Land<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>February 8th, from 12-1:30 PM via Zoom<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ACC Center for Peace &amp; Conflict Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UT Austin invite you to a new series, Poetry of Conflict and Transformation, a companion series to ACC\u2019s Cinema of Conflict and Transformation. Focusing on social, cultural, political, personal, or interpersonal conflict, the series brings ACC faculty in Peace &amp; Conflict Studies into conversation with UT faculty in Middle Eastern literature to explore poems translated from Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. The series seeks to enhance readers\u2019 understanding of complex issues explored by poets in the region, while also helping them envision positive futures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each event begins with a brief contextualization of the poem at hand, followed by a conversation with a specialist in the relevant literature and an expert in Peace &amp; Conflict Studies, with the audience invited to join the discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This session will explore Forough Farrokhzad&#8217;s &#8220;O Bejeweled Land.\u201d The conversation will be led by Dr. Levi Thompson, Assistant Professor of Persian and Arabic Literature in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Thompson will be joined by ACC\u2019s Dr. Shirin Khosropour, Professor of Psychology and founder and director of ACC\u2019s Center for Peace &amp; Conflict Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Watch the Conversation","column_1":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poetry of Conflict &amp; Transformation: A Discussion of Forough Farrokhzad&#039;s O Bejeweled Land\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3WUjRiroywU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","column_2":"<h2><strong>A Discussion of Forough Farrokhzad&#8217;s <em>O Bejeweled Land<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>February 8th, from 12-1:30 PM via Zoom<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Conversation with<\/span> <b style=\"font-size: 16px\">Levi Thompson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is Assistant Professor of Persian and Arabic Literature in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and <b>Shirin Khosropour<\/b>\u00a0founder and director of Austin Community College\u2019s Center for Peace &amp; Conflict Studies, and a professor of Psychology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#f0b323","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Discussants:","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2734 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/unnamed-copy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Levi\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/unnamed-copy.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/unnamed-copy.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/01\/unnamed-copy.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","column_2":"<p><b>Levi Thompson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is Assistant Professor of Persian and Arabic Literature in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on modernist literary developments outside of Europe. Levi\u2019s first book, Reorienting Modernism in Arabic and Persian Poetry (2022), is published by Cambridge University Press.<\/span><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2232 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Shirin-Khosropour_CPACS-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shirin Khosropour\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Shirin-Khosropour_CPACS.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Shirin-Khosropour_CPACS.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Shirin-Khosropour_CPACS.jpg?w=394&amp;ssl=1 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","column_2":"<p><b>Shirin Khosropour<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. She is founder and director of Austin Community College\u2019s Center for Peace &amp; Conflict Studies, and a professor of Psychology.\u00a0 Shirin has earned certificates in Global Conflict Analysis, International Humanitarian Law, and International Conflict Management from the Johns Hopkins Bologna Institute for Peace &amp; Security. In 2012, the American Red Cross appointed her an International Humanitarian Law Teaching Fellow. In 2019, in recognition of the accomplishments of ACC\u2019s Peace &amp; Conflict Studies program, Shirin was invited to speak at the United States Institute for Peace addressing \u201cThe Role of Higher Education in Resolving Conflict and Its Consequences.\u201d She has been awarded several teaching and leadership awards.\u00a0 An educational psychologist, Shirin\u2019s work focuses on peace and conflict in cross-cultural contexts. A former community college student herself, Shirin strives to expand the reach of peace and conflict education in higher education. Her work has culminated in establishing relationships between the College\u2019s academic disciplines and community organizations and the populations they serve.<\/span><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<h2><span style=\"color: #ffcc00\"><strong>FALL 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#002f6c","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"light","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2421 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/in-jerusalem-and-other-poems-9781566560238_hr-672x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"in-jerusalem-and-other-poems\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/in-jerusalem-and-other-poems-9781566560238_hr.jpeg?resize=672%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/in-jerusalem-and-other-poems-9781566560238_hr.jpeg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/in-jerusalem-and-other-poems-9781566560238_hr.jpeg?resize=768%2C1171&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/in-jerusalem-and-other-poems-9781566560238_hr.jpeg?resize=1008%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1008w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/in-jerusalem-and-other-poems-9781566560238_hr.jpeg?resize=1344%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1344w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/in-jerusalem-and-other-poems-9781566560238_hr.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/p>\n","column_2":"<h2><strong>Palestine in Poetry:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>A Discussion of Tamim Al-Barghouti\u2019s <i>In<\/i><i> Jerusalem<\/i><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Oct 4, 2022 12:00 PM in <a id=\"switch_timezone\" title=\"Change Time Zone\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"switch_timezone webinar-timezone-title\"><\/a>Central Time<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ACC Center for Peace &amp; Conflict Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UT Austin invite you to a new series, Poetry of Conflict and Transformation, a companion series to ACC\u2019s Cinema of Conflict and Transformation. Focusing on social, cultural, political, personal, or interpersonal conflict, the series brings ACC faculty in Peace &amp; Conflict Studies into conversation with UT faculty in Middle Eastern literature to explore poems translated from Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. The series seeks to enhance readers\u2019 understanding of complex issues explored by poets in the region, while also helping them envision positive futures.<\/p>\n<p>Each event begins with a brief contextualization of the poem at hand, followed by a conversation with a specialist in the relevant literature and an expert in Peace &amp; Conflict Studies, with the audience invited to join the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>This session will explore Tamim Al-Barghouti&#8217;s &#8220;In Jerusalem.&#8221; The conversation will be led by <strong>Dr. Avigail Noy<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Arabic studies at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and a faculty affiliate of the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Noy will be joined by ACC&#8217;s <strong>Dr. Marcus McQuirter<\/strong>, M.A., Ph.D. Department Chair and Professor of Drama.<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Watch the Conversation","column_1":"<p><strong>Request access to the recording by emailing: <a href=\"mailto:laila.taraghi@austincc.edu\">laila.taraghi@austincc.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","column_2":"<h2><strong>Palestine in Poetry:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>A Discussion of Tamim Al-Barghouti\u2019s <i>In<\/i><i> Jerusalem<\/i><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Oct 4, 2022 12:00 PM in <a id=\"switch_timezone\" title=\"Change Time Zone\" role=\"button\" aria-labelledby=\"switch_timezone webinar-timezone-title\"><\/a>Central Time<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Conversation with <strong>Avigail Noy<\/strong> is Assistant Professor of Arabic studies at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and a faculty affiliate of the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin and <strong>Marcus\u00a0McQuirter<\/strong> is a faculty member in the Drama Department at ACC.<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#f0b323","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Conversation will be led by:","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2430 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/marcusmcquirter.jpg\" alt=\"Marcus McQuirter\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/marcusmcquirter.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/marcusmcquirter.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/marcusmcquirter.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","column_2":"<p><strong>Marcus\u00a0McQuirter<\/strong> is a faculty member in the Drama Department at ACC where he teaches Voice, Acting, and Introduction to Theater. He is also an ACC Peace &amp; Conflict Studies faculty affiliate.\u00a0 He holds a BFA in Directing from Howard University, a Masters of Arts in Theater from the University of North Texas, and earned his PhD in Performance as Public Practice from the University of Texas at Austin. Professionally active as a stage director in Central Texas, his recent credits include Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven (Vortex Theater Company), She Kills Monsters (Southwestern University), Not This White Woman (Hyde Park Theater, and Jarrett King\u2019s A War of the Worlds (Penfold Theater Company). Across his academic and theatrical work, McQuirter enjoys the exploration of voice (figurative and literal), agency, and the carving out space for the \u201cother folk in the room.\u201d \u00a0He would like to thank The ACC Center for Peace &amp; Conflict Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UT Austin for the opportunity to participate in this conversation.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h4>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2432\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/avigail_noy_profile_image.jpg\" alt=\"avigail noy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/avigail_noy_profile_image.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/09\/avigail_noy_profile_image.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/mes\/faculty\/an28846\">Link to Bio<\/a><\/p>\n","column_2":"<p><strong>Avigail Noy<\/strong> is Assistant Professor of Arabic studies at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and a faculty affiliate of the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. She specializes in classical Arabic literature and Islamic civilization, with a focus on poetics, rhetoric, literary criticism, grammar, Islamic hermeneutics, and <em>adab<\/em>. She has published articles on early Islamic conceptions of metaphorical language and on the legacy of the influential linguist, \u02bfAbd al-Q\u0101hir al-Jurj\u0101n\u012b. Her current book project explores the development of Arabic poetics in the thirteenth century. She teaches courses on Arabic literature, the <em>Arabian Nights<\/em>, and classical Arabic texts. Noy holds a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h4>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"sidekick":"","hero_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image_content":{"ID":2485,"id":2485,"title":"Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation","filename":"Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation.png","filesize":182367,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/10\/Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation.png?fit=5464%2C1600&ssl=1","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/poetry-of-conflict-transformation\/poetry_of_conflict_transformation\/","alt":"Poetry_of Conflict Transformation","author":"10","description":"Poetry of Conflict Transformation","caption":"","name":"poetry_of_conflict_transformation","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2416,"date":"2022-10-24 14:16:24","modified":"2022-10-24 14:16:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":5464,"height":1600,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/10\/Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/10\/Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation.png?fit=300%2C88&ssl=1","medium-width":300,"medium-height":88,"medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/10\/Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation.png?fit=768%2C225&ssl=1","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":225,"large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/10\/Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation.png?fit=1024%2C300&ssl=1","large-width":1024,"large-height":300,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/10\/Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation.png?fit=1536%2C450&ssl=1","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":450,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/10\/Poetry_of_Conflict_Transformation.png?fit=2048%2C600&ssl=1","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":600}},"image_description":"Poetry of Conflict and Transformation","readability":["true"]}]},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/center-peace-conflict-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}