The Cushing Public Library and the Camden Conference present The Shared World: Poems for a New Middle East, with host Ellen Goldsmith, on Saturday, October 26, 2025 from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. The title, The Shared World, expresses the thrust of the poems by writers with Middle East origins—to foster connections, to evoke new thoughts and feelings, […]
This talk examines how Turkey’s president Erdoğan’s use of populist discourse and style has helped sustain an authoritarian regime through popular support. It highlights how performative and emotional appeals bolster […]
Turkey is a middle power located in the Middle East - indeed, a land in the middle between Europe and Asia. Turkey has always been a challenging ally of the […]
**This event is currently sold out. To join the waiting list, please email [email protected] ** The Other, a film that chronicles the efforts of Israeli and Palestinian peace-builders through seven […]
This talk explores how Erdoğan’s increasing reliance on populist discourse and style throughout his tenure contributed to the rise of an authoritarian regime sustained by popular support. It highlights how […]
As part of the Camden Conference Series of Community Events, the Blue Hill Library is sponsoring an author talk with Colby College Associate Professor Nadia El-Shaarawi on Thursday, December 4 […]
The science of Islamic societies from the twelfth through sixteenth centuries was crucial for Renaissance science. Muslim scholars also greatly benefitted from knowledge coming out of Europe. In this presentation, […]
In association with the 2026 Camden Conference, Today’s Middle East: Power, Politics & Players, please join PPL on December 11, where we will get to hear from Fatima Saidi on […]
On the morning of September 11, 2001, when hijacked jetliners brought down the World Trade Center towers, attacked the Pentagon, and killed passengers and crew in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm […]
The Shavarsh Trio - Eric LaPerna, Jeremey Zela and Leo LaZarate - perform a captivating blend of folk, art, and classical music from Armenian, Greek, Turkish, and Arabic traditions, using […]
The Rockland Public Library will host Norman Olsen on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM, for a Camden Conference community event. Olsen will discuss from personal experience 34 years of deteriorating […]
Turkey is a middle power located in the Middle East - indeed, a land in the middle between Europe and Asia. Turkey has always been a challenging ally of the […]