Applications for the 2020-2021 Boren Awards currently being accepted! Complete details @ http://iris.wisc.edu/funding/students/boren/ Boren Scholarships (for undergraduates) provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to …
Month: September 2019
ANTONIO URQUÍZAR HERRERA: THE MEMORY OF ISLAMIC MONUMENTS
ANTONIO URQUÍZAR HERRERA “THE MEMORY OF ISLAMIC MONUMENTS IN EARLY MODERN SPANISH IDENTITY” Monday, September 30, 2019 5:00PM Conrad A. Elvehjem Building L140 — WORKSHOP “ON THE LIMITS OF MAGNIFICENCE” Monday, September 30, 2019 12:00 …
PROFESSOR BORJA FRANCO : Raza y etnicidad en la península ibérica: el caso de los moriscos
PROFESSOR BORJA FRANCO Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 Room 260 Bascom Hall 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by: The Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Anonymous Fund, The Jay & Ruth …
Analyze International Human Rights in Israel and Palestine: Summer course
Take HIS 202/300 & INS 360 for 3 weeks this summer, Led by Dr. Heidi Morrison Includes 4 credits tuition, housing, and cultural excursions Learn more at www.uwlax.edu/international-education/
Aili Tripp’s new book, Seeking Legitimacy Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights
In her new book Seeking Legitimacy Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria embraced more extensive legal reforms of women’s …
History Department Colloquium: Gender & Violence
History Department Colloquium This month’s theme: Gender & Violence With Lin Li “Curating Japanese Wartime Sexual Violence: Feminist Museums across East Asia” and Katrina Thompson “Becoming Muslims with a ‘Queer Voice’: LGBT Muslim Resistance to …
Middle East Institute Conference 2019
The Wisconsin School of Business announces a scholarship opportunity for undergraduates to attend the Middle East Institute (www.mei.edu) annual conference, to be held on November 12-13, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The mission of the Middle …
STUDENT JOB OPPORTUNITY
The Middle East Studies Program is looking for an Assistant (student hourly position) who will be able to support some activities of the MES through providing solid and efficient administrative support. Experience with most parts of Microsoft …
RACE, RELIGION, AND REVISIONISM
RACE, RELIGION, AND REVISIONISM: WHY THE MIDDLE AGES MATTER NOW 5:30 PM, SEP 11 Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street With public violence increasingly on display in our society, history too is under siege. …