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Upcoming Lecture: “Understanding the Crisis in Afghanistan”

Posted on November 29, 2021

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.

Posted in Around Campus, News

October 22, 2021: How to Study Humanism and the Representations of Islam? A Dispatch from the Fronts of Today’s French ‘Culture Wars’

Posted on October 8, 2021

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 …

Posted in Around Campus

20 Years of the War on Terror: Imperialism, Islamophobia and US Defeat in Afghanistan (9/23/2021)

Posted on September 16, 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 …

Posted in Around Campus, News

Iranian Movies Screening at UW Cinematheque In November and December

Posted on September 7, 2021

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 …

Posted in Around Campus, News

The Return of the Gaze: On Modern Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Melancholies of a Blessed View, with Prof. Avinoam Shalem, April 15, 2021

Posted on April 9, 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 …

Posted in Around Campus, NewsTagged Jerusalem, Medieval Studies Program

Saladin’s Jerusalem, with Professor Paul Cobb, April 8, 2021

Posted on April 6, 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 …

Posted in Around Campus, News

International Career Bootcamp: Global Security

Posted on January 21, 2021

  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 …

Posted in Around Campus, News, Opportunities, Student Opportunities

Laila Lalami and Andre Aciman hosted by Wisconsin Book Festival

Posted on October 14, 2020

  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 …

Posted in Around Campus, News

IRIS INTERNATIONAL BOOK GROUP: The 2011 Arab Spring, w/Nevine El Nossery

Posted on October 7, 2020

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 …

Posted in Around Campus, News

What is the Environment? A New Book Conversation on Muslim Enviromentalisms with Anna Gade

Posted on January 23, 2020

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 …

Posted in Around Campus, OpportunitiesTagged Environment, Nelson Institute
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