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This coming friday! You don't want to miss these two opportunities to hear from trauma surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa about his recent experiences working at a Gaza hospital. Free and open to the public. For more info: shorturl.at/ubfTA
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We are excited to be cosponsoring these important talks by Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon, who recently worked at a Gaza hospital. For more info: shorturl.at/1L6zj and shorturl.at/f5t3B
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We had a wonderful graduation party on Wednesday, May 7! MESP students, faculty, staff and family members gathered to congratulate students who earned a MESP certificate this spring and summer. We wish them great success in their future endeavors!
08.05.2025 18:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
photo of Cat Carroll
Exciting news from one our MESP certificate students!
The 2025 Wolff Fellowship recipient, Cat Carroll, plans to spend the next year studying the migration phenomenon in seven different countries.
ls.wisc.edu/news/tracing...
An important and timely film coming up this Wednesday, on campus:
βThe Palestine Exceptionβ
A new documentary about the 2024 campus divestment movement
with a post film discussion
Wednesday, April 23, 6-8 pm
UW Memorial Union, Chart Room
Free and open to the public
Coming up next Monday at 5 pm! You don't want to miss this important and timely lecture on "Campus Speech, Antisemitism and Islamophobia" with two renowned scholars. Please register soon at shorturl.at/hZYQn
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A view of the conference from above.
The conference speakers, UW Madison faculty enjoying a dinner afterwards.
A photo of the conference attendees watching a presentation.
A view of the audience at the conference, very crowded.
We had a huge turnout at our annual conference on the global Middle East last Thursday! Thanks to all who came. Over 100 attendees learned about a variety of topics related to the region. For more information about this conference and the wide array of presentations, go to shorturl.at/Z6s2g
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We had a packed house yesterday at the fascinating lecture with Lior Sternfeld, discussing the Iranian Jewish diaspora! Please join us for our next big event, coming up this thursday, our annual conference on the "Global Middle East", click here for details: shorturl.at/OQr9T
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Today at noon, Ingraham Hall, room 206! Professor Lior Sternfeld will discuss the Iranian Jewish diaspora in both Israel and the US. A Middle Eastern vegetarian lunch will be provided. For more info and to register: tinyurl.com/33239u4n
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The Department of Medical History and Bioethics presents
βConstructing Chemical Infrastructure to Treat Parasitic Disease in Egyptβ
A talk with Jennifer Derr, University of California Santa Cruz
Tuesday, April 8, from 11:30 am-1 pm
Curti Lounge (Mosse Humanities 5233)
MESP CONFERENCE SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT:
"Passage to Blackness: Mobility and Difference across Desert and Sea" with Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen (Yale University)
For more info about our annual conference on April 10, and to register, go to shorturl.at/OQr9T
This coming Monday! It's not too late to register for this fascinating lecture by Professor Lior Sternfeld (Penn State University) about the Iranian Jewish diasporic community. Click here for more information and to register: tinyurl.com/33239u4n
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Photo of Stacey Farenthold
MESP CONFERENCE SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT:
"Picketing the Syrian shop: Confronting Mahjari Capitalism and Its Archival Afterlives"
with Stacy D. Fahrenthold (Associate Professor at University of California-Davis)
For more info on our conference on April 10 go to shorturl.at/OQr9T
photo of Youssef Chouhoud
APRIL 10 MESP CONFERENCE SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT:
"Unrequited and Undecided: Muslim and Middle Eastern Americans in 2024 and Beyond"
with Youssef Chouhoud (Christopher Newport University)
For more information, including the full speaker lineup and to register, go to shorturl.at/OQr9T
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We are thrilled to be partnering with the Wisconsin Film Festival to bring you the film βHappy Holidays", a piercing, realistic family drama set in Israel/Palestine. Two showings: April 5 and 10. For more information and to purchase tickets go to: shorturl.at/6u09b. #wifilmfest
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βThe Logic of Protectionβ
Room 202/204 Bradley Memorial Building
March 21, 2025 @ 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Professor Adam Stern on the life and work of Ilan Halevi (1943-2013), best known as the first Jewish member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). For more info: shorturl.at/TXWyK
MESP Conference Speaker Spotlight:
"The Uyghur-Chinese Muslim Struggle for Arab Public Opinion in Cairo, 1931-1945"
A lecture by John Chen (California State University Bakersfield)
For more information about our annual conference on April 10, go to shorturl.at/OQr9T
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We had a great turnout for last Monday's MESP lecture with Ghenwa Hayek from the University of Chicago, speaking on the Lebanese diaspora! Join us for our next MESP lecture with Lior Sternfeld, on the Iranian Jewish diaspora. For more info and to register, go to: tinyurl.com/33239u4n
20.03.2025 17:08 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
βTranslating Socialist Realism: Revolutionary Encounters Across Turkey and the Soviet Unionβ
A German, Nordic, and Slavic+ lecture
with Nergis ErtΓΌrk (Penn State University)
Friday, April 11, 4-6 pm
Room 332, The Pyle Center
For more info: shorturl.at/IYQgo
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