A new resource is now available to the Middle East Studies community at UW-Madison (faculty, students, and staff). U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009 (Brill): https://search.library.wisc.edu/database/UWI60383 Declassified U.S. government documents concerning the U.S. intelligence …
Month: September 2021
New Publication from MESP Director Nevine El Nossery: “Egypt in focus: creativity in adversarial contexts”
Nevine El Nossery (associate professor in the department of French and Italian) co-edited a special issue with Shereen Abouelnaga of the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA): “Egypt in focus: creativity in adversarial contexts“. The issue is available online …
20 Years of the War on Terror: Imperialism, Islamophobia and US Defeat in Afghanistan (9/23/2021)
This Year, the Havens Wright Center is collaborating with Conter to bring you a series of panel discussions and lectures on international political events and movements for transformative change. 20 Years of the War on …
Middle East Studies Faculty wins the 2021 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize by the American Institute for Maghrib Studies
Middle East Studies Program congratulates Aili Tripp whose publication Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019) was awarded the 2021 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize by the American Institute …
Arabic Student and UW Alum Hajjar Baban Earns $90,000 Scholarship
Iranian Movies Screening at UW Cinematheque In November and December
We are proud to co-sponsor the screening of two Iranian movies this upcoming semester, FIRST GRADERS (AVALIHA) and CHESS OF THE WIND (SHATRANJ-E BAAD). Both events are on the Middle East Studies calendar, where you …