Friday, April 22, at 12 pm
Around Campus
Online Lecture: Imagining Jerusalem in Late Medieval Nuremberg: Adam Kraft and Albrecht Durer
Friday, April 1st, 12 pm CT
Recipe for a Start-Up Nation: Chutzpah, Innovation, Academia and Everything in Between
Lecture by Israel Deputy Consul General Dr. Daniel Aschheim
This Friday: Iranian Film showing “Chess of the Wind”
In an opulent, candlelit mansion, a wealthy family schemes against one another in pursuit of the remains of their inheritance. Chess of the Wind is an essential addition to the canon of Iranian art cinema (MK). Co-presented with the support of UW Madison’s Middle East Studies Program.
Upcoming Lecture: “Understanding the Crisis in Afghanistan”
November 30 from 6pm-8pm at the Memorial Union (Tripp Commons)
Professor Pevehouse from UW’s Dept. of Political Science will present a lecture clarifying the current state of Afghanistan, summarizing the events of the past 8-10 months and how US-Afghan relations will be affected in the future based on these actions.
October 22, 2021: How to Study Humanism and the Representations of Islam? A Dispatch from the Fronts of Today’s French ‘Culture Wars’
Join the UW French House for a guest lecture from Professor Tristan Vigliano (University Aix-Marselle) on Friday, October 22 at 4pm. Tristan is a very good presenter and a brilliant intellectual. He is an erudite …
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 …
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 …
The Return of the Gaze: On Modern Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Melancholies of a Blessed View, with Prof. Avinoam Shalem, April 15, 2021
Please join the Medieval Studies Program on Thursday, April 15, 3pm, for their guest lecture with Professor Avinoam Shalem (colombia University). Click here to join on zoom. The lecture is part of the Borghesi-Mellon Interdisciplinary …
Saladin’s Jerusalem, with Professor Paul Cobb, April 8, 2021
The Medieval Studies Program at UW–Madison and the Borghesi-Mellon Workshop on Jerusalem invites you to attend the lecture, “Saladin’s Jerusalem,” by Professor Paul Cobb, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Near Eastern …