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Dec18
Children’s African Story Hour: “The Arabic Quilt” @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd., Madison, WI 53716 Join us!
We will introduce basic Arabic words, a display of Egyptian artifacts, create an art project based on the book, and sample Egyptian cuisine!
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Feb26
A Lecture with Jessica Barnes @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Online via Zoom
Dr. Barnes's research examines the culture and politics of resource use and environmental change. Her award-winning first book, Cultivating the Nile: The Everyday Politics of Water in Egypt (Duke University Press, 2014) is an ethnographic study of water and the politics surrounding its use.
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Mar18
Livability under Siege: Infrastructure's Everyday Worlds @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Online via Zoom
This talk draws on long term fieldwork for two book projects, one based in Palestine and the other based in Greece, to make the case for thinking about the strategies people use to mitigate besieging circumstances through questions about infrastructure.
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Apr12
MESP Annual Conference: Environment and Climate Change in the Middle East @ 8:30 am - 5:15 pm Memorial Union, UW-Madison
Hear academic experts across a variety of fields present new and cutting-edge work on this important issue.
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Applications for MEDLI 2024 now open!
The Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute (MEDLI), is an eight-week summer intensive language program.
FLAS Awards Info Sessions Alert
The application deadline is Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
A Panel Discussion: Conflict in Israel-Palestine
November 29, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Online Lecture: “Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art Between Singularities and Multitudes”
Thursday, December 7 at 9 am
Fulbright US Student Program Virtual Information Session
Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 4-5:15 pm CT
International Law and Humanitarianism in the Israel/Gaza Conflict
November 7, 2023, 4 pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
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