Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

  • Dec
    02

    International Children’s Literature Celebration: Folk and Fairytales @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Madison Concourse Hotel, 1 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53703
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    A workshop for educators, librarians, students and children’s literature enthusiasts. The day long event will feature three award-winning authors and experts from UW-Madison.

  • Dec
    04

    Dreams and Displacement in Afghanistan @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Online
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    Join investigative reporter and Pulitzer Center grantee May Jeong for a discussion of her experiences reporting from Afghanistan.

  • Dec
    07

    Rethinking Commemoration: Legacies of 1923 Exchange in the Civilizationist Present @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Pyle Center, Room 226, 702 Langdon Street

    Centennial of the 1923 exchange between Muslims in Greece and the Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. This talk will address the legacies of this exchange in the contemporary world context and revisit the implications of "commemoration" in the "civilizationist" present.

  • Dec
    18

    Children’s African Story Hour: “The Arabic Quilt” @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd., Madison, WI 53716
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    We will introduce basic Arabic words, a display of Egyptian artifacts, create an art project based on the book, and sample Egyptian cuisine!

  • Feb
    26

    A Lecture with Jessica Barnes @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Online via Zoom

    Dr. Barnes's research examines the culture and politics of resource use and environmental change. Her award-winning first book, Cultivating the Nile: The Everyday Politics of Water in Egypt (Duke University Press, 2014) is an ethnographic study of water and the politics surrounding its use.

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