Past Event Category: Cosponsored by MES
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Sep 15Madison World Music FestivalWilly Street Fair Williamson St. Madison, WI 53703 United States
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:
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Apr 24On the Politics of FashionShannon Hall
Starting with images of illegal fashion she documented in her book Tehran Streetstyle, Hoda Katebi will guide participants through an engaging conversation exploring the politics of fashion and what it reveals about contemporary structures of violence — and modes of resistance.
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Apr 122018 4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being
UW-Madison Pyle Center
The annual Wisconsin Women’s and Gender Studies Conference and 4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-Being presents “Our Bodies, Our Earth: Voice, Violence, and Peacemaking.” The event brings together prominent global leaders, national and international scholars, practitioners, students, artists and community members to share information and experiences and build ongoing networks around timely challenges related to women and …
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Apr 11Africa at Noon: “Portrait of Rural Egyptian Women: Peaceful Voices from Siwa Oasis, Upper Egypt and Nubia”Ingraham 206
Note: This is an event by the UW–Madison African Studies Program. Presenter: Manal Kabesh The rural women in the highly traditional societies of the Siwa oasis, Upper Egypt, and Nubia live according to centuries-old traditions. However, veiling and other such traditions do not push women to the sidelines in these communities; instead,rural women play an active …
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Feb 172nd Wisconsin Iranian Film FestivalThe Marquee Cinema Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St. Madison, WI 53706 United States
The 2nd Wisconsin Iranian Film Festival (WIFF) commits to contribute to learnings about cultural diversity and promote dialogue between cultures by bringing Iranian films, from classics to contemporary works, to the campus.
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Feb 17Film: “The Insult” (L’insulte)UW Cinematheque 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706
With complex relationships and surprising turns, Lebanese filmmaker Doueiri’s gripping, thought-provoking courtroom drama offers an intricate portrait of the divisions that haunt even routine interactions in this highly charged setting.
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Feb 10Film: “The Other Side of Hope” (Toivon Tuolla Puolen)UW Cinematheque 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706
The newest feature from Finland’s most celebrated auteur follows the unpredictable exploits of a Syrian refugee in Helsinki.
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Feb 9Cultures in Conflict: Navigating Cultural Difference in International Human Rights ReportingDiscovery Building
Scheduled over two days and hosted at UW–Madison’s state-of-the-art Discovery Building, the conference features award-winning, professional human rights reporters, organized into two keynote presentations and five thematic panels. Each panel includes three experienced reporters who will discuss various challenges they have faced in the process of narrativizing their encounters with people from disparate ethnic, racial, …