Past Event Category: supported by MESP
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Mar 24A Conversation with Ahmed Badr, 2026 Keynote Speaker for MENA Heritage MonthPlay Circle Theater, Memorial Union
Ahmed Badr is an Iraqi-American author, professor, and social entrepreneur working at the intersection of creativity, displacement, and youth empowerment.
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Mar 13Hybrid Lecture: Byzantium, Historical Nostalgia, and Digital ExtremismMemorial Union, Beefeaters Room, Third Floor
This talk examines the highly politicized and frequently extremist reinterpretations of Byzantium circulating in the digital world, focusing particularly on the platforms 4chan and TikTok.
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Mar 6Teach-In: US Empire & IranPyle Center, 121 Auditorium
Panelists: Monica Kim: US Empire Giuliana Chamedes: Fascism Daniel Williford: Middle East/Tech Alfred McCoy: War/Global Empire/CIA Others to Be Confirmed
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Mar 6Inheriting An Invented Tradition: Islamic Art in the Arabian PeninsulaMemorial Union, 800 Langdon Street
With Professor Jennifer Pruitt, Howard & Ellen Louise Schwartz Professor of Islamic Art & Architecture, UW–Madison
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Mar 4Film: “The Voice of Hind Rajab”Union South, 1308 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53715
Winner of the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival and current nominee for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
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Feb 25Moroccan Jews, American Jews, and French Decolonization in North Africa, 1945-1955Emma Kuby
Ingraham 206
After the Holocaust, American Jewish groups shifted aid from Europe to Jews in French North Africa—especially Morocco—funding relief programs and backing continued French rule, efforts met with mixed reactions from Moroccan Jews.
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Feb 24Children’s African Story Hour: “The Arabic Quilt”University Apartments Community Center, 611 Eagle Heights Dr.
Join us as we share award-winning children’s literature with food, music, & activities that celebrate the diversity of culture, art, and language across the African continent.