University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dear all, This year, TWELVE amazing students graduated with a certificate in Middle Eastern Studies. On behalf of the MESP, the International Division, and IRIS, it is my pleasure to congratulate you all on your graduation from UW–Madison! The global perspective that you added to your academic pursuits will give you the best tools to become …
A new Open Access collection of newspapers from the Middle East and North Africa is now available to us from Eastview and the Center for Research Libraries. Content in the collection is generally in Arabic language, but also includes some content in English and French. The newspapers cover the period from the late nineteenth century through the …
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Award applications are now open! African language FLAS Awards are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the African Studies Program to assist students in acquiring African language and area studies competencies. WHO IS ELIGIBLE?Both undergraduate and graduate students who are US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS …
Join us to learn how our understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities could shift if we incorporate Islamic perspectives. In her recent book, Muslim Environmentalisms: Religious and Social Foundations, Anna M. Gade explores the religious and cultural foundations of Islamic environmentalisms. She blends textual and ethnographic study to offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of …
U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Applications are now being accepted for the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program at http://www.clscholarship.org/apply Applications are due Tuesday, November 19, 2019 by 8:00pm EST. The CLS Program is a fully-funded intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. …
The list of courses that would count towards the Middle East Studies (MES) Certificate is now available. Go to our courses page at https://mideast.wisc.edu/courses/
Columbia University has recently inaugurated the Center for the Study of Muslim Societies (CSMS), a collective for new research, integrated programming, innovative teaching and public outreach on the study of Muslim societies worldwide. The Islamic Studies MA Program (ISMA) focuses on the critical academic study of Islamic religious and intellectual traditions and on the diverse …
Applications for the 2020-2021 Boren Awards currently being accepted! Complete details @ http://iris.wisc.edu/funding/students/boren/ Boren Scholarships (for undergraduates) provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle …
ANTONIO URQUÍZAR HERRERA “THE MEMORY OF ISLAMIC MONUMENTS IN EARLY MODERN SPANISH IDENTITY” Monday, September 30, 2019 5:00PM Conrad A. Elvehjem Building L140 — WORKSHOP “ON THE LIMITS OF MAGNIFICENCE” Monday, September 30, 2019 12:00 – 1:00 PM University Club, Room 212 Institute for Research in the Humanities Seminar Room *To attend the workshop, please …
PROFESSOR BORJA FRANCO Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 Room 260 Bascom Hall 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by: The Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Anonymous Fund, The Jay & Ruth Halls Visiting Scholar Fund and the College of Letters and Science