University of Wisconsin - Madison
In an opulent, candlelit mansion, a wealthy family schemes against one another in pursuit of the remains of their inheritance. Chess of the Wind is an essential addition to the canon of Iranian art cinema (MK). Co-presented with the support of UW Madison’s Middle East Studies Program.
Inspired by his own sons’ schooling, the first of Kiarostami’s two documentary features about education is a wonderful and fascinating movie. First Graders looks in on a schoolyard of playful boys but mainly transpires in the office of a supervisor who has to deal with latecomers and discipline problems. Preceded by two terrific Kiarostami short films: Bread and Alley (1970) and Toothache (1980). Co-presented with the support of UW Madison’s Middle East Studies Program.
Calling all certificate students and anyone else with international experience! Join us this Wednesday, 11/17, for a career workshop hosted by the IRIS NRC in collaboration with Middle East Studies, and many more. Register to learn how to clearly explain: • Major and certificate content knowledge • International experiences outside of the classroom • Short …
After an almost four-year hiatus, the 20th Beirut Exchange Conference will take place online over 10 days, November 29-December 3 (Monday-Friday) and December 6-10 (Monday-Friday) from 4pm-7:30pm (Beirut Time) via Zoom. During the 35 hours of sessions, participants will have the opportunity to listen to and engage with leading academics, analysts, activists and politicians representing …
Join the UW French House for a guest lecture from Professor Tristan Vigliano (University Aix-Marselle) on Friday, October 22 at 4pm. Tristan is a very good presenter and a brilliant intellectual. He is an erudite early modernist, but at the same time a person very deeply committed to the reflection on the state of French …
A new resource is now available to the Middle East Studies community at UW–Madison (faculty, students, and staff). U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009 (Brill): https://search.library.wisc.edu/database/UWI60383 Declassified U.S. government documents concerning the U.S. intelligence community’s spying and analytic efforts in the Middle East, the Near East, and North Africa.
Nevine El Nossery (associate professor in the department of French and Italian) co-edited a special issue with Shereen Abouelnaga of the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA): “Egypt in focus: creativity in adversarial contexts“. The issue is available online and soon in print, and you can read it here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rala20/current Contrary to most scholarship on the Egyptian Revolution where concepts …
This Year, the Havens Wright Center is collaborating with Conter to bring you a series of panel discussions and lectures on international political events and movements for transformative change. 20 Years of the War on Terror: Imperialism, Islamophobia and US Defeat in Afghanistan Thursday, September 23ed, 12 noon US Central Time/1pm US ET/6pm UK time …
Middle East Studies Program congratulates Aili Tripp whose publication Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019) was awarded the 2021 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize by the American Institute for Maghrib Studies.