1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr, Madison WI 53706 @ 4:00 pm
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.
Pyle Center, Wisconsin Idea Lounge @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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.
Flix Brewhouse: 85 E Towne Way, Madison, WI 53704 @ 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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)
Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706 @ 1:15 pm - 3:30 pm
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)
Barrymore Theater: 2090 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI 53704 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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.
Room 202/204 Bradley Memorial Building @ 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
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.
Van Hise Hall, Room 1418, 1220 Linden Dr., Madison, Wisconsin @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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.
Ingraham 206 @ 9:30 am
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.
@ 1:30 pm
This talk examines this under-studied link between the idea of Qurʾānic authority and the linguistic ‘proof’ of its divine source.
Online via Zoom: go.wisc.edu/niceonzoom @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Fida Adely will discuss her new book which examines the internal migration of university-education women in Jordan for work.
