Join the Center for Security, Race and Rights for our fall virtual lecture series: Transnational Rights and Security in an Era of Populism. Dr. Amy Austin Holmes will present a lecture on Coups and Revolutions: …
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Fifth Annual ACW Conference September 21, 25, and 30, 2020
Be sure to register for the Arab Center Washington’s Fifth Annual Conference. This year’s events include panels such Strategic Challenges to US Policy in the Arab World and The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Between Trump and Biden …
Qalam wa Kalima: A Centennial Celebration of Al-Rabita Al-Qalamiyya (The Pen League)
Join us on Saturday, October 17 for Qalam wa Kalima – an online celebration! This year marks the centennial of al-Rabita al-Qalamiyya (The Pen League), the literary society established in New York City in 1920 …
COVID-19 and the Crisis of Social Reproduction in the Middle East and North Africa: Implications for Gender Relations and Women’s Activism
Our dear colleague, Nicola Pratt (Department of Politics & International Studies at the University of Warwick) has graciously agreed to share with our MESP community her article on COVID-19 and its implications for gender relations …
Congratulations to the class of 2020 with MES Certificate!
Dear all, This year, TWELVE amazing students graduated with a certificate in Middle Eastern Studies. On behalf of the MESP, the International Division, and IRIS, it is my pleasure to congratulate you all on your graduation …
Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards
Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards https://iris.wisc.edu/funding/students/undergraduate-paper-awards/ Submission deadline: May 1, 2020 by 10am The MESP is awarding up to $1,000 (actual award amounts vary) to the best paper/s and projects written by an …
A new Open Access collection of newspapers from the Middle East and North Africa now available!
A new Open Access collection of newspapers from the Middle East and North Africa is now available to us from Eastview and the Center for Research Libraries. Content in the collection is generally in Arabic language, but …
GET FUNDING TO STUDY AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE WITH A FLAS FELLOWSHIP
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Award applications are now open! African language FLAS Awards are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the African Studies Program to assist students in acquiring …
WISLI TUITION SCHOLARSHIP
WISLI is pleased to offer the WISLI Tuition Scholarship, which covers full payment of tuition for language study at APTLI, CESSI, SASLI, SEASSI or SIPI in summer 2020. APPLICATIONS DUE April 10. …
35th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference Theorizing Gender and Sexuality in the Historic and Contemporary Middle East
Call for Papers 35th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference Theorizing Gender and Sexuality in the Historic and Contemporary Middle East The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL May 1-3, 2020 We invite proposals for papers …