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 …
Who is Afraid of Democracy? New Wave of Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa Register for in-person here. Learn more here. Please attend our Middle East Studies Program’s international conference with 17 speakers …
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 …
"Imagining Jerusalem in Late Medieval Nuremberg: Adam Kraft and Albrecht Durer" Dr. Dilshat Harman Friday, April 1st, 2022 | 12:00–1:30 PM CT | via Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96410986654 The lecture will deal with Jerusalem in late medieval imagination, …
This lecture will be the opening keynote lecture for the Graduate Association of Medieval Studies (GAMS) 9th Annual Medieval Studies Colloquium. All GAMS Colloquium lectures and conference sessions are free and open to the public. …
Michael Lower, Professor, History, University of Minnesota Workshop: “Mercenaries, States, and Organized Violence: Europe and North Africa, 1100–1500” Friday, April 8th, 2022 | 12:00–1:00pm CT | Science Hall, Room 450 *Please note that these workshops are …
"The Lost Royal Tombs of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem" Professor Lisa Mahoney, DePaul University Thursday, April 21st, 2022 | 5:00–6:30 PM CT | 4281 Helen C. White Hall Public Lecture and Workshop sponsored by …
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 …
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 …
Rosie Bsheer of Harvard University explores the increasing secularization of the postwar Saudi state and how it manifested in assembling a national archive and reordering urban space in Riyadh and Mecca.