Past Event Category: Cosponsored by MES
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Apr 24Tarek Masoud: “Religious Nationalism and Democracy in the Muslim World”1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr, Madison WI 53706
Drawing on empirical studies of historic patterns of democratic emergence and breakdown in Arab- and Muslim-majority countries, and of democratic attitudes among Muslims of different partisan stripes, this presentation attempts to make progress on a question that will continue to occupy scholars and concerned citizens for decades to come.
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Apr 21Campus Speech, Antisemitism and IslamophobiaPyle Center, Wisconsin Idea Lounge
Universities are now at the center of societal debates about antisemitism, Islamophobia, and freedom of expression. Increasingly, voicing support for Palestinians is cast as antisemitism or as a form of support for terrorism. This panel examines the controversy from a critical perspective.
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Apr 10Film: “Happy Holidays”Flix Brewhouse: 85 E Towne Way, Madison, WI 53704
Thoughtful and compelling throughout, featuring bravura naturalistic performances by a large cast of non-actors, and a complicated but engaging narrative structure, Happy Holidays premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay. “Happy Holidays is a piercing, realistic family drama, the inflection points of which reveal deep cultural and political dimensions surrounding gender and ethnicity.” (Variety) (BR)
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Apr 5Film: “Happy Holidays”Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706
Thoughtful and compelling throughout, featuring bravura naturalistic performances by a large cast of non-actors, and a complicated but engaging narrative structure, Happy Holidays premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay. “Happy Holidays is a piercing, realistic family drama, the inflection points of which reveal deep cultural and political dimensions surrounding gender and ethnicity.” (Variety) (BR)
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Apr 4World Cinema Day: “Yasmeen’s Element”Barrymore Theater: 2090 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI 53704
World Cinema Day brings middle and high school students and teachers to Madison for a special free screening of a high-quality, international film with an introduction before the film and a Q&A/discussion after the film. Advance registration is required for this event. This is an annual event sponsored by WIRC, and in conjunction with the Wisconsin Film Festival.
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Mar 21Lecture: “The Logic of Protection”Room 202/204 Bradley Memorial Building
This talk will introduce the life and work of Ilan Halevi (1943-2013), best known as the first Jewish member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It will set his writing on Jewish history and memory against the background of contemporary debates about Zionism and settler colonialism.
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Feb 27Being Sufi in Central AsiaVan Hise Hall, Room 1418, 1220 Linden Dr., Madison, Wisconsin
Benjamin Gatling draws on ethnographic fieldwork to examine how Tajikistan’s Sufis have adapted since 2010. It discusses how murids cope with missing pirs, closed teaching circles, and limited ritual opportunities, while highlighting resilient expressions of Sufi piety, such as pilgrimage practices and narratives.
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Feb 10Egyptian Author Youssef Rakha will discuss his latest book “The Dissenters”Ingraham 206
Youssef Rakha will be discussing his new book, The Dissenters (the first novel he has composed in English, amidst a career of writing Arabic novels and English nonfiction), as well as his critique of the landmark Egyptian neorealist film The Mummy.
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Feb 7Establishing Authenticity: Language, Style, and Theorizing the Qurʾānic MiracleThis talk examines this under-studied link between the idea of Qurʾānic authority and the linguistic ‘proof’ of its divine source.
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Feb 7Working Women in Jordan: Education, Migration, and AspirationOnline via Zoom: go.wisc.edu/niceonzoom
Dr. Fida Adely will discuss her new book which examines the internal migration of university-education women in Jordan for work.