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The Middle East Studies Program is one of eight area studies centers participating in the third annual Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Award. This year MESP awarded 4 students. The 2021 winners: Stella Dacquisto, for “ISIS and the Image of Archaeological Destruction” Isabelle Johnson, for “Humanizing Criminals: Strategies of LGBTQ+ Activism in the MENA …
The Greenfield Summer Institute showcases the research of UW–Madison faculty and acclaimed Jewish studies scholars from around the country. Each year the Institute’s lectures center around a theme, and this year’s theme is Jews and Politics. The year 2020 witnessed great social unrest, a sharply politicized pandemic, and a contentious U.S. presidential election. In early …
We welcome you to the International Ottoman Maktabs (Schools) Symposium (Mentality-Institutions-Effects) (UOMS-2021), which will be held on 17-19 November 2021, under the auspices of Yalova University Center of Islam Studies and Research with the contributions of Yalova Governorship, Yalova Municipality and Yalova Directorate of National Education. The symposium aims to examine maktabs (schools), one of …
If you want to take a summer class and advance your certificate, sign up for Art History 305: History of Islamic Art and Architecture. See flyer below for more information and feel free to email middleeaststudies@wisc.edu if you have any questions.
We are excited to announce our Fall ’21 lecture series! Due to the covid-19 pandemic we are currently planning on a mix of virtual and in-person lectures, and will update the website once the lectures are finalized. September 13: TBD September 27: Adam Spanos, Time Will Be the Judge: Tawfiq al-Hakim, Taha Husayn, and the …
This month, ArteEast is pleased to celebrate and showcase the work of famed Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman as part of the Arab Film Series online, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and Doha Film Institute, presenting Suleiman’s four feature films: Chronicle Of A Disappearance (1996), Divine Intervention (2002), The …