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February 2021
Walid El Khachab: “Mystical Patriotism: Palestine and the Politics of the National Dress”
Walid El Khachab Arabic Studies, York University Virtual lecture About the talk: The production of the “virtual” nation of Palestine in film is associated with fabric artifacts, such as rugs and dresses, since the inception…
Find out more »USING PERSEPOLIS TO TEACH ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST
Join us for our online February Film Club event with Professor Roozbeh Shirazi from the University of Minnesota, who will present about the film and graphic novel Persepolis and its use in the classroom. Professor Roozbeh Shirazi is an…
Find out more »International Studies careers: Global Security
Join us for an International Studies career event designed to support you in developing your career path in international fields. Our theme will be Global Security. Register here. Register to attend to learn about: career…
Find out more »Nilay Özok-Gündoğan: “A Gordian Knot in the Ottoman East: Kurdish Nobility, the Ottoman State, and the Question of Fiscal Autonomy in the Long Nineteenth Century”
Nilay Özok-Gündoğan Ottoman and Middle East History, Florida State University Virtual lecture About the talk: Kurdish principalities came under the Ottoman rule in the sixteenth century within the context of the Ottoman-Safavid imperial rivalry and…
Find out more »Teaching About the Middle East and North Africa – Rethinking Approaches
Join us for a book club with Dr. Maria Hantzopoulos, Associate Professor and Chair of Education and Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, Vassar College. Professor Hantzopoulos was the primary investigator for and recipient of the…
Find out more »March 2021
International Studies Careers: International Education
Join us for an International Studies career event designed to support you in developing your career path in international fields. Our theme will be International Education (careers related to: international educational development, international education in…
Find out more »Marwa Shalaby “The Adverse Effects of the Pandemic on MENA Research”
Marwa Shalaby Departments of Gender & Women Studies and Political Science UW-Madison About the talk: Shalaby will present the most recent findings of an online survey of international and regional faculty working in the…
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