Past Event Category: Cosponsored by MES
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Mar 13Africa at Noon: Maria Vendetti – “Torture Testimonials of the Algerian War of Independence: Framing the Unseeable”Ingraham 206
The Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) is ineradicably connected to the systematic use of torture by the French armed forces. In Algeria, torture was a known risk for pro-Independence forces and political dissidents. In metropolitan France, divisive debates over France’s presence in Algeria and over the issue of state-sponsored torture raged from the beginnings of …
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Mar 13Africa at Noon: Maria Vendetti – “Torture Testimonials of the Algerian War of Independence: Framing the Unseeable”Ingraham 206
The Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) is ineradicably connected to the systematic use of torture by the French armed forces. In Algeria, torture was a known risk for pro-Independence forces and political dissidents. In metropolitan France, divisive debates over France’s presence in Algeria and over the issue of state-sponsored torture raged from the beginnings of …
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Feb 22Humanities Friday Lunches: “Construction, Destruction, and Concealment under Cairo’s ‘Mad Caliph’”Banquet Room, University Club
Jennifer Pruitt, Assistant Professor of Art History, UW Madison In ca. 1010 CE, the “mad” Fatimid Egyptian caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, engaged in one of the most enigmatic acts in the history of Islamic architecture. Seven years after sponsoring masterfully-carved, illuminated minarets, replete with esoteric Ismaili Shiʿi symbolism, the caliph ordered the covering of his …
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Feb 22Humanities Friday Lunches: Jennifer Pruitt – “Construction, Destruction, and Concealment under Cairo’s ‘Mad Caliph’”Banquet Room, University Club 432 East Campus Mall Madison, WI 53703 United States
In this talk, Jennifer Pruitt will unravel the mystery of these two pivotal events, exploring the relationship between destruction and concealment in the context of medieval sectarianism. In doing so, she will examine the ways that architecture acted as both a stage and battleground in the negotiation of religious identity in the medieval Islamic world.
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Nov 29How Does it Feel to be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in AmericaChadbourne Residential College
This year, the Chadbourne Residential College (CRC) chose as its common read book How Does it Feel to be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi. On Thursday, November 29, the CRC will be hosting the author. Bayoumi will be giving a talk and taking questions for the broad campus community. For more …
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Nov 17IRIS International Film Series: “The Judge”Threshold, 2717 Atwood Ave
THE JUDGE offers a unique portrait of Judge Kholoud—her brave journey as a lawyer, her tireless fight for justice for women, and her drop-in visits with clients, friends, and family.
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Oct 17Film: “The New Barbarianisim”The Marquee Cinema Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St. Madison, WI 53706 United States
The New Barbarianism is an award-winning 58-minute documentary focused on the surge of deliberate targeted violence against the medical sector in multiple chronic wars, in flagrant breach of the Geneva Conventions.
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Oct 7Demystifying Muslims and IslamUnion South
Door opens at 1:00 PM. 1:30 PM: Welcome Remarks by Masood Akhtar, Founder, We Are Many – United Against Hate 1:40 PM: National News Coverage, Muslim Father Forgives Son’s Murderer 1:45 PM: “Demystifying Muslims and Islam” by Dalia Mogahed, Director of Research, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding 2:15 PM: Q&A
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Sep 22Film: In the Last Days of the CityThis reflexive drama of creative stalemate and political alienation has won comparisons to 1960s masterworks 8 1/2 and Memories of Underdevelopment, but as an immersive portrait of a city in flux, it discovers poetry entirely its own.
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Sep 15Madison World Music FestivalWilly Street Fair
Music and dance from unique and unexpected parts of the world. This festival is a celebration of cultures and takes place on the famous Memorial Union Terrace and the Willy Street Fair. Middle Eastern performances include: