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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...
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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...
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
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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
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...
"UW in Türkiye: Crossroads of Civilizations"
Istanbul from May 17 to June 4, 2026
Click here for more information: studyabroad.wisc.edu/program/?pro...
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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...
"UW in Türkiye: Crossroads of Civilizations"
Istanbul from May 17 to June 4, 2026
Click here for more information: studyabroad.wisc.edu/program/?pro...
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
Learn more and apply: wisli.wisc.edu/medli
#LanguageGoals #LanguageLearning #LanguageSkills
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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
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
November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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
“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
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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
“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
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
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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
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
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
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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
We had a packed house at our MESP lecture yesterday, cosponsored with the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! Jonas Elbousty from Yale University, gave a fascinating presentation on Mohamed Choukri’s short stories. For more info: shorturl.at/jbtzv
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We had a packed house at our MESP lecture yesterday, cosponsored with the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! Jonas Elbousty from Yale University, gave a fascinating presentation on Mohamed Choukri’s short stories. For more info: shorturl.at/jbtzv
Today at noon! A hybrid lecture with Professor Shereen Abouelnaga (Cairo University). A delicious Middle Eastern lunch will be served for those able to join us in-person at Ingraham 206. For more information and to register: mideast.wisc.edu/.../cross-st...
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Today at noon! A hybrid lecture with Professor Shereen Abouelnaga (Cairo University). A delicious Middle Eastern lunch will be served for those able to join us in-person at Ingraham 206. For more information and to register: mideast.wisc.edu/.../cross-st...
Study Abroad Fair
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
3-6 PM
Gordon Dining & Event Center
The fair is a great way to learn about study abroad, explore programs, international internships, research opportunities and more!
For more info: studyabroad.wisc.edu/fair/
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
3-6 PM
Gordon Dining & Event Center
The fair is a great way to learn about study abroad, explore programs, international internships, research opportunities and more!
For more info: studyabroad.wisc.edu/fair/
September 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Study Abroad Fair
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
3-6 PM
Gordon Dining & Event Center
The fair is a great way to learn about study abroad, explore programs, international internships, research opportunities and more!
For more info: studyabroad.wisc.edu/fair/
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
3-6 PM
Gordon Dining & Event Center
The fair is a great way to learn about study abroad, explore programs, international internships, research opportunities and more!
For more info: studyabroad.wisc.edu/fair/
International Majors & Opportunities Fair
Monday, September 22, 2:30-5 pm
Great Hall at Memorial Union
Come learn about majors, certificates, funding, student orgs, and events on campus that are international in scope!
Questions? Contact Molly Donnellan at molly.donnellan@wisc.edu.
Monday, September 22, 2:30-5 pm
Great Hall at Memorial Union
Come learn about majors, certificates, funding, student orgs, and events on campus that are international in scope!
Questions? Contact Molly Donnellan at molly.donnellan@wisc.edu.
September 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
International Majors & Opportunities Fair
Monday, September 22, 2:30-5 pm
Great Hall at Memorial Union
Come learn about majors, certificates, funding, student orgs, and events on campus that are international in scope!
Questions? Contact Molly Donnellan at molly.donnellan@wisc.edu.
Monday, September 22, 2:30-5 pm
Great Hall at Memorial Union
Come learn about majors, certificates, funding, student orgs, and events on campus that are international in scope!
Questions? Contact Molly Donnellan at molly.donnellan@wisc.edu.
MENA Fall Welcome Event!
Thursday, September 18, 2025
5:30-7 pm
Red Gym
Come learn more about MENA programming and what we offer. Connect with new folks, meet staff and faculty, and share a meal.
Contact noreen.siddiqui@wisc.edu with questions or accommodations.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
5:30-7 pm
Red Gym
Come learn more about MENA programming and what we offer. Connect with new folks, meet staff and faculty, and share a meal.
Contact noreen.siddiqui@wisc.edu with questions or accommodations.
September 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
MENA Fall Welcome Event!
Thursday, September 18, 2025
5:30-7 pm
Red Gym
Come learn more about MENA programming and what we offer. Connect with new folks, meet staff and faculty, and share a meal.
Contact noreen.siddiqui@wisc.edu with questions or accommodations.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
5:30-7 pm
Red Gym
Come learn more about MENA programming and what we offer. Connect with new folks, meet staff and faculty, and share a meal.
Contact noreen.siddiqui@wisc.edu with questions or accommodations.
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
July 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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
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
July 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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
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!
May 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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!
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...
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...
April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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...
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:
“The Palestine Exception”
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
“The Palestine Exception”
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
April 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
An important and timely film coming up this Wednesday, on campus:
“The Palestine Exception”
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
“The Palestine Exception”
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
April 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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
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
April 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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
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
April 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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
The Department of Medical History and Bioethics presents
“Constructing Chemical Infrastructure to Treat Parasitic Disease in Egypt”
A talk with Jennifer Derr, University of California Santa Cruz
Tuesday, April 8, from 11:30 am-1 pm
Curti Lounge (Mosse Humanities 5233)
“Constructing Chemical Infrastructure to Treat Parasitic Disease in Egypt”
A talk with Jennifer Derr, University of California Santa Cruz
Tuesday, April 8, from 11:30 am-1 pm
Curti Lounge (Mosse Humanities 5233)
April 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Department of Medical History and Bioethics presents
“Constructing Chemical Infrastructure to Treat Parasitic Disease in Egypt”
A talk with Jennifer Derr, University of California Santa Cruz
Tuesday, April 8, from 11:30 am-1 pm
Curti Lounge (Mosse Humanities 5233)
“Constructing Chemical Infrastructure to Treat Parasitic Disease in Egypt”
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
"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
April 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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
"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
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
"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
April 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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
"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
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
#uwmadison
"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
#uwmadison
March 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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
#uwmadison
"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
#uwmadison