University of Wisconsin - Madison
Andrew Simon (Dartmouth College) How might mass media assist us in rethinking the making of the modern Middle East? What is the future of popular culture as an avenue of academic inquiry? And in what ways can scholars counter the attempts of local authorities to monopolize the past in the present? In this talk, I …
Nahid Siamdoust (University of Texas/Austin) For nearly a century, Iran strived to achieve independence from foreign powers, both Russia to the east and European powers and the US to the west. With the revolution of 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini declared that Iran would be treading its own Islamic-Republican path of independence that adhered to “neither east …
INSTITUTE FOR PALESTINE STUDIES LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE DATABASE: THE PALESTINE CHRONOLOGY The Institute for Palestine Studies has launched a new online database documenting political and military events surrounding the Israeli Occupation of Palestine since 1982. The Palestine Chronology will allow researchers, readers, journalists, students, scholars, and activists to easily access day-by-day summaries in a free and …
This month, ArteEast is pleased to celebrate and showcase the work of famed Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman as part of the Arab Film Series online, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and Doha Film Institute, presenting Suleiman’s four feature films: Chronicle Of A Disappearance (1996), Divine Intervention (2002), The …
Friday June 4th, 9:30am-1:30pm Friday June 11th Friday June 18th Click here to register. This year’s annual Keyman Conference, Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism, will focus on Queer and Gender Studies. The primary aim of the conference is to engage with the global debate taking place on intersectionality. …