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MESA Forms Committee on Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) pledges to oppose anti-Black racist violence by addressing the structural injustice at work in our own organization, in the field of Middle East studies, and among communities in the region. Guided by the principles articulated here, we commit to eradicating anti-Blackness …
Fall 2020 Model Arab League Opportunities The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations cordially invites instructors and students to participate in an online Youth Leadership Development Program / Model Arab League conference this fall. The program is open to high school and university students. Model Arab League is an educational, role-playing exercise simulating meetings of …
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 Britain, and the United States. She is the author of four novels, including The Moor’s Account, which won several awards …
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 My Name: An Egyptian Woman’s Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir.” On October 19, from 4:00-5:00 CST, we will gather …
MES Core Faculty Member Daniel Williford will present as part of this conference organized by Brown University’s Center for Middle East Studies. Professor Williford’s lecture is titled Environmental Protection and Morocco’s Post-Colonial Urban Order and is scheduled for September 25, 2020 during the 12:45-2:45 panel on Health, Environment, and Development Initiatives. Click here to register.
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: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the U.S. From Mubarak to Sisi on September 23, 2020, at 12:00 P.M. Click …
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 as well as others following the theme of The 2020 US Election: Domestic and Global Implications.
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 by a group of Arab writers and poets – Kahlil Gibran, Ameen Rihani, Elia Abu Madi and others – who …
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 and women’s activism (first published by WICID: Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development). * The painting ‘Fish for Dinner’ …
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 from UW–Madison! The global perspective that you added to your academic pursuits will give you the best tools to become …