Spring 2020 Courses Now Available
The list of courses that would count towards the Middle East Studies (MES) Certificate is now available. Go to our courses page at https://mideast.wisc.edu/courses/
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The list of courses that would count towards the Middle East Studies (MES) Certificate is now available. Go to our courses page at https://mideast.wisc.edu/courses/
In her new book Seeking Legitimacy Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Aili Mari Tripp explains why autocratic leaders in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria embraced more extensive legal reforms of women’s rights than their Middle Eastern counterparts. The study challenges existing accounts that rely primarily on religiosity to explain the adoption …
RACE, RELIGION, AND REVISIONISM: WHY THE MIDDLE AGES MATTER NOW 5:30 PM, SEP 11 Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street With public violence increasingly on display in our society, history too is under siege. This Humanities NOW panel asks where we stand, as scholars and as a community, on the issues of the Middle Ages …
Ten students are graduating in 2019 with Middle East Studies (MES) certificates. They include: Anna Ambrosi (majors in Legal Studies and Political Science); Mica Beckmann-White (International Studies and Spanish); Justin Brewer (History); Thomas Augusta Hersman (History); Sean Jackett (International Studies, Accelerated Masters in International Public Affairs) Fernanda Martinez Rodriguez (Art History and Religious Studies); Ollie …
Four UW–Madison professors affiliated as core faculty of the Middle East Studies Program (MESP) were recently recognized with awards and fellowships. Nevine El Nossery, MESP chair and associate professor of the departments of French & Italian and African Cultural Studies, has been selected for an appointment as a Vilas Associate. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes …
Kemal H. Karpat, the former chair of Ottoman and Turkish Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History, passed away in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 20, 2019, at the age of 96. On February 25, 2019, there was a state funeral in Istanbul under the auspices and attendance of the Turkish …
Daniel Stolz’s book, The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt, was recently featured in the book forum by The Immanent Frame on Science and the Soul: New Inquiries into Islamic Ethics. The Immanent Frame is a critically acclaimed online site that publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere, in conjunction …
Our Middle East Student Ambassador, Saja Abu Hakmeh was at the Kennedy Elementary School’s International Night Celebration on November 5, 2018. During the event, 56 grade school students each received a Kennedy Passport and questionnaire to circulate through the 22 country tables and interview the country “ambassadors,” one of whom was Saja who represented Palestine. …
The MESP is continuing to grow, thanks to your support and generosity. Indeed, we are very grateful and we hope you would continue to be part of our community. This fall, we seek your help in building a new initiative: the “Middle East Treasure Trove.” If you have any materials related to the Middle East …
(Note: An earlier version of this article identified eight students as MES Certificate graduates. We have corrected this to reflect the actual number. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.) Seven students have graduated with Certificate in Middle East Studies for academic year 2017–2018. They are: Eric Feudner (Fall 2017, International Studies – Global …