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 …
Around Campus
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 …
International Career Bootcamp: Global Security
Join the International Studies department at UW-Madison for this career event designed to support you in developing your career path in international fields. Our theme will be Global Security. Register to attend to learn …
Laila Lalami and Andre Aciman hosted by Wisconsin Book Festival
Laila Lalami will appear live on Crowdcast to discuss her memoir, Conditional Citizens, in conversation with Kate Archer Kent of Wisconsin Public Radio. Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great …
IRIS INTERNATIONAL BOOK GROUP: The 2011 Arab Spring, w/Nevine El Nossery
Please join UW-Madison’s Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) and the Middle East Studies Program for the next meeting of the IRIS international book group. Prior to the meeting, we will read “Revolution Is …
What is the Environment? A New Book Conversation on Muslim Enviromentalisms with Anna Gade
Join us to learn how our understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities could shift if we incorporate Islamic perspectives. In her recent book, Muslim Environmentalisms: Religious and Social Foundations, Anna M. Gade explores the religious …
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 …