UW Cinematheque | Iranian Film: “A MAN OF INTEGRITY”

Vilas Hall, Room 4070 821 University Ave, Madison, WI

A principled goldfish farmer is besieged by corrupt corporate and government interests in this searing drama from one of Iran’s contemporary masters. As with his similarly powerful omnibus There Is No Evil (winner of the …

MES Program | Moroccan Film: TRANCES

Vilas Communication Hall 821 University Ave., Madison, WI

One of the great unheralded concert films, Trances provides a showcase for Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane. In a series of ecstatic live performances, the rhythmically intricate band tears it up for their fervently devoted …

Medieval Studies Workshop | Prof. Lisa Mahoney

Nutritional Sciences, Room 290 1415 Linden Dr., Madison, WI

Medieval Studies Workshop Professor Lisa Mahoney, DePaul University Friday, April 22nd, 2022 | 12:00–1:00 PM CT | Nutritional Sciences Room 290 *Please note that this workshop is limited to UW–Madison faculty and graduate students. Public …

MES Program | Cultural Administration in Postcolonial Egypt

Cultural Administration in Postcolonial Egypt: The Case of the Mass Culture Institute This talk examines everyday cultural administration in Nasser’s Egypt. Based on a wider historical and ethnographic study of the Ministry of Culture, El …