Miral Al-Tahawy, Arizona State University. About the presenter: Miral Mahgoub al-Tahawy is an associate professor of Modern Arabic literature, an award-winning Egyptian novelist and short story writer, and an affiliated member of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative …
Middle East Studies
International Conference: Refugees in/from the Middle East
Refugees in/from the Middle East: Policy Implications, Education, and Artistic Representations University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 6-7, 2020 This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars from the social sciences and humanities who examine forced migration within the …
On Barak: “Powering Empire: “How Coal Made the Middle East and Sparked Global Carbonization”
“Powering Empire: How Coal Made the Middle East and Sparked Global Carbonization” On Barak, Tel Aviv University About the talk: The Age of Empire was driven by coal, and the Middle East—as an idea—was …
UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage
UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage seeks to humanize the word “refugee.” For 6 weeks (February 5- March 15, 2020), the School of Human Ecology will host this multi-media installation featuring the sculptures of Mohamad Hafez, a Syrian-born, Connecticut-based …
MES Lecture: Daniel Stolz, “The Ramadan Debates”
Daniel Stolz, “The Ramadan Debates: Science, Time, and Islamic Law in the Early Twentieth Century.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Talk description: In the early twentieth century, Muslim jurists and activists across the world debated whether …
MES Lecture: Yael Zerubavel, “Desert in the Promised Land”
Yael Zerubavel, “Desert in the Promised Land: The Politics and Semiotics of Space in Israeli Culture” Rutgers University The lecture draws on Zerubavel’s new book, Desert in the Promised Land, published by Stanford University Press (2019). …
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI at the Cinematheque
MESP is proud to co-sponsor with the UW-Cinematheque: FOUR MOVIES FROM IRANIAN DIRECTOR ABBAS KIAROSTAMI FRI., 9/20, 7 p.m. Kiarostami HOMEWORK (MASHGH-E-SHAB) Iran | 1989 | DCP | 86 min. | Persian with English subtitles …
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI at the Cinematheque
MESP is proud to co-sponsor with the UW-Cinematheque: FOUR MOVIES FROM IRANIAN DIRECTOR ABBAS KIAROSTAMI FRI., 9/20, 7 p.m. Kiarostami HOMEWORK (MASHGH-E-SHAB) Iran | 1989 | DCP | 86 min. | Persian with English subtitles …
Borja Franco, “Raza e identidad en la península ibérica: el caso de los moriscos”.
Lecture in Spanish
ANTONIO URQUÍZAR HERRERA: “THE MEMORY OF ISLAMIC MONUMENTS IN EARLY MODERN SPANISH IDENTITY”
ANTONIO URQUÍZAR HERRERA “THE MEMORY OF ISLAMIC MONUMENTS IN EARLY MODERN SPANISH IDENTITY” And WORKSHOP: “ON THE LIMITS OF MAGNIFICENCE” Monday, September 30, 2019 12:00 – 1:00 PM University Club, Room 212 Institute for Research in …