Past Event Category: Cosponsored by MES
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Nov 14From South Africa 2010 to Qatar 2022: The lessons and legacies of sporting mega-events with Peter AlegiAfrican soccer expert Peter Alegi examines the lessons and legacies we can draw from South Africa’s experience in 2010, and tells us what to look for in the forthcoming World Cup.
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Nov 9International Film Club: The Workers Cup with Natasha Iskander (NYU-Wagner)Online via Zoom
Join us for the IRIS NRC November Film Club with Natasha Iskander, a Professor at NYU-Wagner, who recently published an acclaimed book examining the lives of migrant workers recruited to build the stadiums for the World Cup of 2022 in Qatar.
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Oct 21UW Cinematheque Film: DISTANT (UZAK)UW Cinematheque
In search of work in Istanbul, an unemployed country farmer stays with his urbanized photographer cousin in a small one-bedroom apartment. Subtly and believably, tensions begin to mount between the two grown men until there is an inevitable confrontation.
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Apr 26Palestine as Possibility: Polish Jews and the Yishuv as Fact in the 1930sPyle Center 702 Langdon St Madison, WI 53706
Ken Moss will investigate how Polish Jews previously distant from any version of Zionism, or even hostile to it, were moved to ask about how the fact of a new kind of Jewish community and polity emerging in the Middle East might be relevant to their future – or that of their children.
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Apr 22Frankish Church Façades and the Art of DiplomacyNutritional Sciences Building, #290 1415 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706
A workshop with Prof. Lisa Mahoney (DePaul University)
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Apr 21The Lost Royal Tombs of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem4281 Helen C. White Hall Madison, WI
Professor Lisa Mahoney, DePaul University Thursday, April 21st, 2022 | 5:00–6:30 PM CT | 4281 Helen C. White Hall Public Lecture and Workshop sponsored by the Anonymous Fund, Medieval Studies Program, History Department, Art History Department, Institute for Research in Humanities, Middle East Studies Program, and Center for Religion and Global Citizenry.
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Apr 9Film: “Amira”AMC Madison 6, Cinema 1
An emotional and tragic melodrama, Amira is the latest feature from the imaginative Egyptian filmmaker Mohammed Diab, director of Clash (WFF 2017) and the upcoming Marvel series Moon Knight.
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Apr 9Film: “A Tale of Love and Desire”Shannon Hall, Memorial Union
Swooningly romantic, and sexy, A Tale of Love and Desire achieves a suspense movie level of tension thanks to the visually sensuous sensibilities of Leyla Bouzid, screenwriter and director.
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Apr 9Film: “Commitment Hasan”AMC Madison 6, Cinema 1, 430 N Midvale Blvd Madison, WI 53705 United States
As engrossing as a thick novel, Commitment Hasan is a sharp examination of money and corruption in rural Turkey. Hasan has been carefully tending to his farm in the beautiful and fertile Turkish countryside ever since inheriting it from his father. But when government officials reveal their plans to plant an enormous pylon smack dab in the middle of his land, it loosens something within him, revealing an instinct for self-preservation at all costs.
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Apr 9Global Learning Summit 2022 for K-12 teachersGlobal Learning Inside-Out, presented by DPI in partnership with WIRC About this event Early registration for DPI authorized Global Scholar Program sites is open now through March 4. Open registration for remaining seats March 7 – 18. Complimentary copy of Becoming a Globally Competent Teacher mailed to first 80 registrants. _____________________________________ 9:00-11:45 AM Morning workshop and resources …