Coming up this Monday, a fascinating lecture with Hanan Al-Alawi, a Visiting Assistant Professor in Gender and Women’s Studies at UW-Madison. Free and open to the public. A delicious vegetarian Middle Eastern lunch will be provided. For more info and to register, go to: shorturl.at/Er779
We had a huge turnout and an engaging Q&A at yesterday's MESP lecture with Professor Marc Lynch where he discussed "America's Middle East", as well as focusing on the latest conflict with Iran. Please join us for our next lecture on March 16, click here for info: shorturl.at/JbojG
Teach-in on "US Empire & Iran", on the UW-Madison campus this Friday! Panelists include Monica Kim (US Empire), Giuliana Chamedes (Fascism), Daniel Williford (Middle East/Tech), and Alfred McCoy (War/Global Empire/CIA). For more information and to register: shorturl.at/9nztt
Today at noon! You don't want to miss this important and timely lecture. Free and open to the public. A vegetarian Middle Eastern lunch will be provided. For more info and to register: mideast.wisc.edu/event/americ...
We had another packed house yesterday at our lecture with Seçil Binboğa (University of Minnesota) where she discussed how military cartographic techniques and technologies shaped Turkey’s national territory during the Cold War. A lively discussion afterwards as well!
Coming up next Monday! You don't want to miss this fascinating lecture with Marc Lynch (George Washington University) who will discuss the United States’ disastrously failed approach to the post–Cold War Middle East. For more info and to register: mideast.wisc.edu/event/americ...
Today at noon! Please come to this fascinating lecture with Seçil Binboğa (University of Minnesota). She will discuss how military cartographic techniques and technologies shaped Turkey’s national territory during the Cold War. For more info and to register: mideast.wisc.edu/event/fluid-...
This coming Monday! It's not too late to register for this fascinating lecture. Free and open to the public, and a delicious vegetarian Middle Eastern lunch will be provided! Click here for more information and to register: shorturl.at/Ctzdv
This coming Monday at Ingraham 206 at noon! Killian Clarke (Georgetown University) discusses his new book "Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed". Free and open to the public. Click here for more info and to register: shorturl.at/7rd6t
We are excited to be cosponsoring this upcoming hybrid event with the Havens Wright Center..."Gaza and the US Academy: Scholasticide and Educational Resilience in Palestine"
with Abdel Razzaq Takriti from Rice University. Click here for more info and to register: shorturl.at/pqRhm
We had an enthusiastic crowd on Monday at our Children's International Story Hour where we featured the book "These Olive Trees"! For more information about CISH and to see the full schedule, go to: wirc.international.wisc.edu/wirc-initiat...
This coming Monday! You don't want to miss this fun and interesting event, for children and their caregivers. We will have a special guest read from this book, introduce basic Arabic, and end with an art project to take home! Details: shorturl.at/KwM5u
Call for Papers! The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University is pleased to invite academic essays from graduate students and early career scholars for the 2026 Graduate Conference to be held on April 22-23, 2026. For more info: shorturl.at/pwCWF
MESA 2026: Call for Papers! MESA members are invited to propose papers and sessions for the 60th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association on November 21-24, 2026. Deadline: February 17, 2026
For more info: mesana.org/annual-meeti...
Call for papers for the 40th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT) at The University of Chicago on May 1-2, 2026! Deadline: January 31, 2026. For more info: shorturl.at/6D2FE
Coming up today at 4 pm! It's not too late to register for this exciting and unusual event where we will be talking with artist and reporter George Butler. Click here for more info and to register: shorturl.at/tPONr
This coming Wednesday at noon! You don't want to miss this fascinating online lecture with George Butler, artist and reporter, about present day Syria. For more info and to register: shorturl.at/2BEfz
Coming up tomorrow at 6:30 pm...join us for an evening of award-winning Palestinian short films, free and open to the public! For more info: shorturl.at/QcTJd
Coming up next week, December 4! You don't want to miss this event, featuring a collection of short, contemporary, evocative Palestinian films. Discussion to follow, free and open to the public. For more info: shorturl.at/LUpCc
This coming Monday! You don't want to miss this fascinating online lecture about the transnational history of Palestinian student activism over the last century. For more info and to register: shorturl.at/SERvU
A new Study Abroad Program!
"UW in Türkiye: Crossroads of Civilizations"
Istanbul from May 17 to June 4, 2026
Click here for more information: studyabroad.wisc.edu/program/?pro...
Teaching MIgration Through Comics: Exploring Hakim's Odyssey
Online via Zoom
November 12, 2025 @ 4-5 pm
Join us for an International Book Club featuring a powerful graphic novel tracing one man’s flight from war-torn Syria to safety in Europe.
For more info and to register: shorturl.at/Q8o18
Applications are OPEN! 📢 Study a Middle Eastern or Mediterranean language in an accelerated, proficiency-based summer program!📝🌞
Learn more and apply: wisli.wisc.edu/medli
#LanguageGoals #LanguageLearning #LanguageSkills
Kimberly Wortman from Wake Forest University gave a fascinating lecture yesterday, as part of the MESP Lecture Series! Click here for details: shorturl.at/Oi6t4. Please come to our next lecture: "Steadfast on Campus: A Century of Global Palestinian Student Activism", details here: shorturl.at/JkG1T
We are excited to be cosponsoring this upcoming lecture with the Department of History:
“The Making of the Carceral State in Modern Iran”
Thursday, November 13th, 12 noon-2 pm
Pyle Center 313
Speaker: Golnar Nikpour (Dartmouth College)
For more info: shorturl.at/Ad2Vy
Boren Awards Info Session
Monday, November 10, 2025
12–1 p.m.
Study Abroad Resource Center, 3rd Floor Red Gym
Do you study or want to learn a less commonly taught language? Boren Awards can give you up to $25,000 to study a critical language abroad!
For more info, visit go.wisc.edu/language-events
This Monday! Come hear Kimberly Wortmann (Wake Forest University) discuss "Religion, Heritage, and Identity in TAnzania's Omani-Ibadi Community". Free and open to the public. A vegetarian Middle Eastern lunch will be provided. For more info and to register: shorturl.at/dxvUd
We had great fun yesterday at the Children's International Story Hour (CISH) at Pinney Library! Our reader Lina, from Jenin in Palestine, read from: “Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine”. For more about CISH and upcoming events, go to: shorturl.at/qOBAk
TODAY! Open to children and their caregivers:
Children’s International Story Hour:
“Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine”
Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd.
Madison, WI 53716
October 27, 2025 @ 4 - 5 pm
For more information: shorturl.at/3cyIr
Next Monday! Open to children and their caregivers:
Children’s International Story Hour:
“Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine”
Pinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd.
Madison, WI 53716
October 27, 2025 @ 4 - 5 pm
For more information: shorturl.at/5ZcUu
