12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This event will be on Zoom, and is part of our Archaeology & Heritage series. Pauline Kulstad, independent research scholar affiliated...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Since this fall, intense attention has turned to Israel and Palestine. Many on campus who are following events find themselves...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch will be served at this event. Tens of thousands of Palestinians migrated to the Americas in the final decades of...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Global Engagement Summit is pleased to have Nadia Murad as its keynote speaker for the 2024 Summit. Nadia Murad...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This event will take place on Zoom, as part of our Archaeology and Heritage series. We are delighted to welcome Gabby...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
In this talk, Sudev Sheth will trace how a family of diamond dealers deployed wealth to play off political leaders...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
When the Bush Administration demanded Japanese “boots on the ground” to support its 2003 invasion of Iraq, Prime Minister Jun’ichiro...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for our first virtual career talk of the quarter with Maïmouna Diarra! Maïmouna graduated from UC Berkeley School...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Since this fall, intense attention has turned to Israel and Palestine. Many on campus who are following events find themselves...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch will be served at this event. Water on Fire tells a story of immigration that starts in a Beirut devastated...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Join Tracie Thomas from Northwestern's Career Advancement for a grad school workshop.
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum and the History Department as they co-host Christopher P. Atwood, Professor of Mongolian...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Since this fall, intense attention has turned to Israel and Palestine. Many on campus who are following events find themselves...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch will be served at this event, which is co-sponsored by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch will be served at this event. In The Digital Double Bind, Mohamed Zayani and Joe F. Khalil explore how the...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
What do Russians think about the war in Ukraine? How are they reacting to sanctions? In a recent cover story...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Since this fall, intense attention has turned to Israel and Palestine. Many on campus who are following events find themselves...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Food will be served at this event. In this book event, Edward Gibson and James Mahoney will discuss Gabriel Vommaro's new...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch will be served at this event. How do the literatures and cultures of oppressed societies survive and flourish in spite...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join the South Asia Research Forum for a talk given by Katherine Schofield, Department of Music (King's College, London). ...
9:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Dance to the tunes of internationally renowned music producer, DJ, and queer activist İpek İpekçioğlu in a live-set performance! Ipek...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Since its publication in 1791, Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) has been subjected to constant adaptations across genres...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
A virtual talk by Elena Conis, author of How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LACS welcomes Sergio Delgado Moya (University of Chicago, Romance Languages & Literatures) for a lunch-time lecture. Food will be served...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
MENA welcomes Dr. Sami Hermez (Northwestern University in Qatar). He will discuss his book My Brother, My Land: A Story...
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
As February 24th marks two years since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this event will be an...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum as they host Parks Coble (University of Nebraska) Professor Coble will introduce his new...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Alex Averbuch will read, in the original Ukrainian and in English translation, from his latest book Zhydivsky korol (The Jewish...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program and The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs as they...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us as we welmcome Yaritza Sandoval Marquez from the Urban Alliance and NU Alum
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join LACS for a Book Forum discussing Thinking with Ngangas: What Afro-Cuban Ritual Can Tell Us about Scientific Practice and...
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum and the Department of History as they host Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University)...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as they host...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The impressive local activism we have recently witnessed calling for an end to violence and a just peace in Israel...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
MENA welcomes Dr. Loren Lybarger, of Ohio University, who will discuss his book, Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile. Lunch will...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
MENA welcomes musician Issa Boulos for this lecture in the Palestine in Context series. The period from 1973 to 1993 was...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us as we welcome the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join Professor Dominique Licops, Department of French and Italian, for an informational meeting for graduate students. The topics that will...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
MENA is pleased to present a roundtable discussion on Zoom, featuring Brahim El Guabli (Williams College), Hamza Hamouchene (Transnational Institute),...
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Please join the South Asia Research Forum for this online talk by Joshua Ehrlich, Assistant Professor of History at the...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the East Asian Research Forum as they host Steve Rabson (Brown University) Steve Rabson, Professor Emeritus of East Asian...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
MENA is excited to welcome DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu, in conversation with Emrah Yildiz, Northwestern University. Lunch will be served at...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as they host...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us as we welcome Ruben Murray from the United States Foreign Service
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
MENA welcomes Dr. Atef Said (University of Illinois Chicago), who will speak on his book, Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities,...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Join Tracie Thomas from Northwestern's Career Advancement for a career workshop.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us as we welcome Sara McGuinn from Global Engagement Studies Institute
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LACS welcomes Dr. Harper Montgomery of Hunter College, Art and Art History. Related to her current research on the ascent...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us as we welcome Ace Chisholm from the Office of Undergraduate Research
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Northwestern University's Programs in Environmental Science, Environmental Policy and Culture, and Latin American & Caribbean Studies - jointly invite you...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
MENA welcomes Dr. Nour Joudah (University of California, Los Angeles) as a speaker in the MENA Monday lecture series. Lunch...
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
MENA welcomes Dr. Nour Joudah (University of California, Los Angeles) to speak in the Palestine 101 event series. In the last...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
In this faculty colloquium, Marwan Kraidy, Dean and CEO of Northwestern University in Qatar, will share recent research. As dean and...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Have you ever wanted to learn the language of masterpieces like The Master and Margarita, or The Day Lasts More...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
TEXTOS ESENCIALES Acompáñenos en una charla con los autores Jorge Coronado y Stephen McNabb. Esta selección de textos esenciales de los...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join MENA Studies & Jewish and Israeli Studies for this conversation *What is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict all about? Why has...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Book talk by Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College. Kyle Craig, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, will be discussant. Lunch will be served...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES) and the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs for...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The US-China relationship is important for the well-being of both countries, but the relationship has grown increasingly tense. The rhetoric...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group, the South Asia Research forum and the Department of Asian Languages...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for a special talk with Nneka Onyeka '18 (Political Science) on her postgraduate journey in international affairs work. Onyeka...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A semitrailer hits a schoolbus. A father cannot reach his injured child because he holds the wrong ID. Interwoven with...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
What is to be a Latin American or Caribbean Black woman? This question launches my study of Black female’s self-identification...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence & Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression Palestinian activists who are citizens of Israel and those living...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Nadia Abu El-Haj will speak to the historical context around current events in the Middle East while discussing whether there...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join ISITA for a talk by Cole M. Bunzel about his recent book, Wahhābism: The History of a Militant Islamic...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Dr. James Mestaz will be discussing his recently published book Strength from the Waters: A History of Indigenous Mobilization in...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Sa'ed Atshan of Swarthmore College with discuss his book Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique. Lunch will be served at...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Prof. Wendy Pearlman will provide a historical overiew of the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its major milestones, actors,...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group as they host Benjamin Schonthal (Professor and Head of Programme in...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Syrian Writer and Former Political Prisoner Yassin al-Haj Saleh in Conversation with Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University) and Danny Postel (New...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
A faculty colloquium with Dr. Dennis Meade. Lunch will be provided. What is the relationship between space, place, and religious conviction?...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Yassin al-Haj Saleh, intellectual & writer, with discussant Sara Kayyali, Northwestern University. In this talk, Yassin al-Haj Saleh considers how torture...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program, and the Institute...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Come learn about and get tips for applying for funding and experiencial opportunities! We will have guest speaker Jason Kelly...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join us for the first Global Café of the year! The winners of the raffle for taking the poll...
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Author of some of the most influential scholarship on nineteenth-century Colombia and Latin America, Professor Frank Safford passed on June...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Beth Baron, City College CUNY; Maya Mikdashi, Rutgers University; Mejdulene Shomali, University of Maryland Baltimore County; moderated by Jessica Winegar,...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Welcome new students and welcome back returning students! Join us to learn more about our 4 undergrad programs: * InternationalStudies * Middle East...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us as we welcome Stephen Hill from the Office of Fellowships Lunch will be provided! All undergrads welcome!
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This event is co-sponsored by the Comparative Politics Workshop, the International Relations Speaker Series, and the Russian, Eurasian, and East...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This presentation is part of the virtual lecture series Archaeology & Heritage, co-sponsored by the Evanston Public Library. With Odlanyer Hernández...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
In Sentient Flesh R. A. Judy takes up freedman Tom Windham’s 1937 remark “we should have our liberty 'cause ....
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This presentation is part of the virtual lecture series Archaeology & Heritage from Northwestern University's Latin American & Caribbean Studies...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This faculty colloquium will be a manuscript workshop for an upcoming article adapted from a chapter of Thadeus Dowad's dissertation,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Andean Cultures and Histories working group for this conversation online. Description: This presentation discusses Maradiegue's collaborative work with Kañaris...
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the South Asia Research Forum for this in-person talk by Sara Grewal, Associate Professor of English (MacEwan University)...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Jackson Lecture will be given by Valeria Coronel. Lunch will be served at the event. Description: Unlike most Latin American...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES) for a lecture. About the Speaker: Andrew Weiss is the James Family...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group for this talk with Ayodeji Ogunnaike (Bowdoin College) Despite Nigeria carrying out...
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
This presentation is part of the virtual lecture series Archaeology & Heritage, co-sponsored by the Evanston Public Library. With Joseph Sony...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Spring Quarter 2023 New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies talk will be given by José Ciro...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group in this discussion. Professor Coronel will discuss the Master’s and Doctoral Programs...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This book talk is co-presented by MENA and SESP. Lunch will be served at the event. The event is hybrid,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES) for a presentation on recent research by Oleksandra Keudel,...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Winner of the 2021 Global Humanities Translation Prize Among Murathan Mungan’s signature works, Cenk Hikâyeleri (Valor: Stories) has long been considered...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us as we welcome Melissa Goethals from Student Career Advancement Lunch will be provided! All undergrads welcome!
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Andean Cultures and Histories working group and the Department of German Languages and Literature for this book...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures as they host Diane Wei...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This presentation is part of the virtual lecture series Archaeology & Heritage, co-sponsored by the Evanston Public Library. Adom Philogene Heron,...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Completed in 1938, the Trans-Iranian Railway connected the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Drawing on newspapers, industry publications, travelogues,...
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Please join the Research Initiative for the Study of Russian Philosophy and Religious Thought and the Department of Slavic Languages...
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Please join the Research Initiative for the Study of Russian Philosophy and Religious Thought and the Department of Slavic Languages...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Compartive Politics Workshop as they host Debra Javeline, Associate Professor at Notre Dame University ABSTRACT: Starting on September...
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Please join the Research Initiative for the Study of Russian Philosophy and Religious Thought and the Department of Slavic Languages...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies (WCCIAS) for a special guest speaker event. Former U.S. Ambassadors...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the South Asia Research Forum for this talk by Andrew McDowell (Tulane University) This presentation engages how Dalit (members...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
“What Will People Say? Love Across Difference in Lebanon” Intersectarian and interreligious marriages often provoke strong opposition from Lebanese of all...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Zoom: register at bit.ly/MENA_4_17 Orkideh Behrouzan, SOAS University of London; Nora Parr, University of Birmingham; Lara Sheehi, George Washington University; moderated...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwestern's Fulbright Week (April 10-14) offers faculty, students, and staff opportunities to learn about Fulbright grants available for travel abroad...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwestern’s Fulbright Week (April 10–14) offers faculty, students and staff opportunities to learn about Fulbright grants available for travel abroad...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join MENA and Creative Writing for an evening with acclaimed poet Zeina Hashem Beck! Reception followed by poetry reading. Zeina Hashem Beck...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
In this talk, Dr. Fredy González will give the history of the Chinese sworn brotherhood, the Chee Kung Tong, one...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwestern's Fulbright Week (April 10-14) offers faculty, students, and staff opportunities to learn about Fulbright grants available for travel abroad...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Northwestern's Fulbright Week (April 10-14) offers faculty, students, and staff opportunities to learn about Fulbright grants available for travel abroad...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Abstract: The last decade represented a marked shift in the profile of public religion in Brazil. After three decades of sustained...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Zeina Hashem Beck joins NU poets Fadia Antabli and George Abraham in conversation on the poetic process across English and...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the next Global Cafe lunch for a conversation with Diamond Jones from the Office of Undergraduate Research....
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
As part of Northwestern University’s Fulbright Week, the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs will host a lecture from Dr....
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join us on the first event of the Spring quarter of the Colombian Truth Commission Dialogues Series. Our guest,...
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Join the Latina and Latino Studies Program for a special advanced screening of the critically acclaimed film and a discussion...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch will be served at this free presentation by Joshua Frens-String, an Assistant Professor of History at the University of...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Michael Nylan teaches in the History Department of the University of California, Berkeley, where she holds the Jane K. Sather...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group for a panel discussion. Four faculty members will discuss the Master’s and...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Unlike most Latin American countries at the end of the 19th century, Ecuador lacked an "oligarchic bloc" (pact between elites)...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join us for this faculty workshop with Paul Gillingham and respondent Margaret Chowning. Lunch provided. "Enlightenment and Devastation, 1767-1845” is...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Please join us for MENA Monday. Lunch will be provided. The event will be held in person, a Zoom option...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Jake Grumbach, "Laboratories Against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State Politics"
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join us for this talk by Ayana Flewellen of Stanford University. Lunch provided. Mined coral lays at the foundation of...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group as they host Dr. Anoush Tamar Suni, Keyman ModernTurkish Studies Postdoctoral...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunch will be served. This event will be in person, but a...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures as they host Melissa Van...
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Please join the South Asia Resesarch Forum for this talk given by Rini Mehta (University of Illinois) Rini Bhattacharya Mehta is...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Please join the South Asia Research Forum and the Workshop in Transnational Culture History (WITCH) as they host a talk...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Students will the opportuity to speak with Neil Helbraun, American diplomat, and learn more about the United States Department of...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. This event is virtual. Register for the Zoom here: https://bit.ly/MENAFeb20 . Title: MENA CONVERSATION...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the informational meeting on Zoom to discuss: Paris Program in Critical Theory Dual PhDs Graduate exchange programs with: ENS-Paris ENS-Lyon l’Institut des Hautes Études...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group and co-sponsor French Interdisciplinary Group as they host Elayne Oliphant (New...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
LACS and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese will be hosting the fourth dialogue of the series Colombia's Truth Commission...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunch will be available. Attending by Zoom is available upon request. Speaker: Maayan...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join us for this conversation with Silvio Waisbord, director and professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum for a talk given by David Ownby (Université de Montréal) as he explores...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Please join us for MENA Monday. Lunch will be provided. The event is in person, a Zoom option is available...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Participants will have the opportunity to converse with International Relations Graduate Students and learn more about what is to be...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Colombia's Truth Commission Dialogues Series Present: Harold Muñoz, editor of the Colombia's Truth Commission's report chapter on testimony in conversation with...
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunch will be served. This event will be in person, but a...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Zhihang Ruan, "State-building and Land Institutions in China and Vietnam: The Critical Juncture of Constitution-Making in the 1970s and 80s"
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
This virtual talk will begin at 1:10pm CT. Zoom registration: bit.ly/3IEA2za WHAT’S GOING ON IN PERU? is part of our Conversatorio series,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The East Asia Research Forum is hosting Albert Park, Bank of America Associate Professor of Pacific Basin Studies (Claremont McKenna...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join us online for a discussion about the political upheaval in Peru, particularly in light of President Castillo's self-coup...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunch provided. This event is co-sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program. Zoom...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
First Global Café of Winter 2023 is Monday, January 9, at noon at 2010 Sheridan Road, room 201. Come and have...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Rudi Batzell, "Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery: Global Inequality, Racial Boundaries, and the Rise of Unions in American...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday *virtual* event. Speakers: Rema Hammami, Birzeit University; Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College; Omar Sirri, Human...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Students will be able to meet with Stephen Hill, Senior Associate Director for Operations, and learn more about what the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Truth Commission Dialogues Series | Colombia: Truth, Justice and Reparation Develaciones: un canto coral de esperanza y resistencia / Develaciones: a...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Truth Commission Dialogues Series | Colombia: Truth, Justice and Reparation ¿Quién dio la orden? / Who gave the order? A Conversation with...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Jeremy F. Walton is a cultural anthropologist whose research resides at the intersection of memory studies, urban studies, the comparative...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event held via Zoom. Register for the event. Speaker: Can Açiksöz, Anthropology, UCLA Salih Can...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Students will have the opportunity to meet with Danyel Reiche who is an Associate Professor For Comparative Politics at the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Katrina Quisumbing King, "Fit to Rule: The Rise of U.S. Empire and the Racial Management of Filipinos, 1898-1946"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Have Confidence in the Sea: Archaeologies of Marronageco-sponsored by African-American Studies and Anthropology Dunnavant will discuss how archaeology has contributed to...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The mission of Northwestern Career Advancement (NCA) is to foster excellence in career development, preparation, and professional opportunities for undergraduate...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Jessica Gillooly and David Thacher, "How the Public Became the Caller: The Emergence of Reactive Policing, 1880-1970"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cristina García is the author of eight novels including Dreaming in Cuban, The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, A Handbook to...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Héctor Carrillo and Gerry Cadava in dialogue Please join us for our first interdisciplinary faculty dialogue of the year. Héctor Carillo...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join us for the first meeting of the 2022-2023 academic year for a forum on LACS faculty affiliate Jesús...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A great resource and opportunity for students to connect with graduate student mentors to acquire the tools and resources necessary...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Yannick Coenders, "From Racial Vigilantism to White Appeasement"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Omri Tubi, "We Shall Centralize, or We Shall Die:" Public Health and State-Formation in Palestine and Israel
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Open Studio / Screening With Vartan Avakian, spring 2022 artist in residence of the Kaplan Humanities Institute and the Middle East...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This is a hybrid event Participate via Zoom (must have a Northwestern NetID) Xena Amro, Comparative Literary Studies | Foreigners in Paris:...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Natalia Majluf (University of Chicago), is an independent curator and art historian. Majluf was a Head Curator and later Director...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Global Capitalism and Law Research Group for an online discussion with Professor Vitalii Dankevych, Doctor of Economics,...
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Day two of our tribute to the extraordinary career and intellectual legacies of Hamid Naficy (Friday June 3) Zoom option (available...
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Opening night of our tribute to the extraordinary career and intellectual legacies of Hamid Naficy (Thursday June 2) This event is...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
This is a hybrid event. No registration is needed to attend in person. Location: Forum Room (2nd Floor), University Library, Evanston...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Your Skin Shall Bear Witness Against You — On Memory, Materiality, and the Body of the Witness “This is the story...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
As part of an initiative created by The Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program and the Buffett...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker Daniela Bleichmar, University of Southern California Title "Indigenous Knowledge and the Limits of Translation: Mexican Native Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe" Abstract This talk...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
This is a hybrid event Register for Zoom option: https://bit.ly/mena-may-23 Presenters Sepehr Vakil is an assistant professor of Learning Sciences in the School of...
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/culinary-legacies Please join us for this lecture by palaeoethnobotanist and archaeologist Jaime R. Pagán-Jiménez. A lot has been...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the event: https://bit.ly/global-shoe-industry Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
This is a hybrid event Register to participate via Zoom Please join us for the Spring 2022 event in our New Directions...
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Supay and its Narrators: Ambiguous Sacrednessand Elusive Evil in Early Colonial Peru In this presentation, I address examples of early modernEuropean...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/lacs-may-13 Please join us for this lecture by Paola Schiappacasse of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. The...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the event: https://bit.ly/poetic-confusion Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
New Multilateral Development Banks in Turkey and Brazil: Green Lending vs. Business as Usual | Ali Rıza Güngen (York University),...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/archives-without This conversation will bring together scholars working on questions of archives and documents, or their absence,...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/rodriguez-ramos Please join us (on Zoom) for this lecture by Reniel Rodríguez Ramos, Professor in the Social...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/last-call-hotel-imperial The Global Lunchbox is a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/illuminations-leu Please join us for this conversation with Lorraine Leu, Professor of Latin American Cultural Studies at...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker Hugh Cagle, University of Utah Title "Before the Fact: Science and Social Order at the Edge of the Amazon ca. 1600." Abstract For Old...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
This is a hybrid event Register to participate via Zoom When British Petroleum was looking to have their film The Third River...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/laura-kipnis Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Luminous Shadows: Performance and Praxis in SWANA Performances: 12:30 - 1:50 pm faggy faafi Cairo boy: a staged reading by Mariam Bazeed a...
12:00 AM - 7:00 AM
A student led ALL-NIGHT Earth Day event Generations of Environmental Justice is an all-night Earth Day “teach-out” hosting a variety of...
5:00 PM - 11:45 PM
A student led ALL-NIGHT Earth Day event Generations of Environmental Justice is an all-night Earth Day “teach-out” hosting a variety of...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Register to receive the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/displacement-indigeneity Please join us for this talk by Melanie J. Newton, Associate Professor in the Department...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/hamid-naficy Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
In her presentation, Melissa Kerin, Associate Professor of Art History at Washington and Lee University, will examine how her specific...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Northwestern's Colloquium for Global Iran Studies (CoGIS) presents a Talk by Dr. Shahla Talebi: "To See What Is Coming: Life, Death...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Banu Gökarıksel (UNC Chapel Hill) joins us for an online conversation on her book project, The Neighbor Who Might Kill...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Join us for this tour of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, led by Esmeralda Kalé, the George...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Please join us for this talk by LACS Program faculty affiliate Harris Feinsod, based on a chapter from his book-in-progress...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker Mariola Espinosa, University of Iowa Title Caribbean Connections: Towards a Global Vision in the History of Medicine Abstract This talk discusses how the history...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Yesenia Barragan is a historian of race, slavery, emancipation, and social movements in Colombia, Afro-Latin America, and the African Diaspora...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/violent-margins Please join us (on Zoom) for a conversation between LACS Program Faculty Affiliates Ana Arjona (Department...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register to receive the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/illuminations-open-invitation Please join us for this conversation with Freya Schiwy, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
State Control in Turkey: Resistant Encounters in War and Peace | Umut Yıldırım (UCLA), Dilan Okçuoğlu (American University), Wendy Pearlman...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Please note that this event, though originally scheduled to take place in-person, will take place on Zoom. Register for the Zoom...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at the University...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America, originally published in 1971, is one of the most widely read books in...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/indigenous-struggles-brazil Simultaneous translation between Portuguese and English will be available. Please join us for a virtual roundtable featuring...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This is a hybrid event Register to attend in-person Register to participate via Zoom Please join the MENA Studies Program, the Center for...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/who-dared Danielle Terrazas Williams is Lecturer in the History of the Global South at the University of...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/race-caste-colorism Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Book Discussion with Jenny White (author of graphic novel Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence), Ergün Gündüz...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register to receive the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/illuminations-long Please join us for this conversation with Ryan Long, Associate Professor of Spanish and comparative...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker Gabriela Soto Laveaga Title Hydraulic Erasures: Rivers, Irrigation and Experiment Stations in Northern Mexico and India Abstract In the mid 1960s seeds from an...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join Rebecca Johnson (Associate Editor, Journal of Arabic Literature), Roberto Mazza (Executive Editor, Jerusalem Quarterly), and Jessica Winegar (Co-Editor, Political...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/inventories-of-ruin J. Michelle Molina is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and History at Northwestern. She is the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum for a documentary screening with Evans Chan (NU, Screen Culture Ph.D., 2014). USA |...
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum for a documentary screening with Evans Chan (NU, Screen Culture Ph.D., 2014). (USA/HD/color/117 min/2016; Cantonese/English/...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/mena-uprisings This event in our quarterly MENA Conversations series will bring together scholars working on popular protest...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/caribbean-diaspora Carla Acevedo-Yates was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and has worked as a...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/ukraine-russia-crisis Join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Mauro Mamani Macedo (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) es Doctor en Literatura peruana y Latinoamericana y Profesor de pre...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/asef-bayat Please join us for this talk by Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology and Catherine and Bruce...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/birth-certificate-history Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/ahmed-khanani Please join us for this talk by Ahmed Khanani, Plowshares Assistant Professor of Politics and co-director...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/mao-gandhi Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register to receive the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/illuminations-merchant Please join us for this conversation with Paul Merchant, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Film...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/visions-of-beirut Please join us for the Winter 2022 event in the New Directions in Middle East and...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/moche-sex-pots Please join us for this forum on Mary Weismantel's recently-published book Playing with Things: Engaging the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/wonks-pundits Join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/rob-blecher Robert Blecher is an old hand at the International Crisis Group. Currently he directs the organization’s...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/climates-of-resilience Alice Samson is a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Leicester. She co-directs a field...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/theorizing-riots Join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/resilience-indigeneity Cynthia Robin is Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern. She is an archaeologist and project director who...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/nina-kraus Join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
This conversation will feature the music and activism of Yanna. Their songs combine Afro-diasporic genres like hip-hop, dancehall, trap, reggaetón,...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/mena-anoush-suni Before the 1915 Genocide of Ottoman Armenians, the region of Van—in contemporary southeastern Turkey—held hundreds of...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/Illuminations-gomez Please join us for this conversation with Leila Gómez, Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
A conversation with Naghmeh Sohrabi (Brandeis), Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (Goldsmiths), and Manijeh Moradian (Barnard). Moderated by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi (Princeton). Recent scholarship has...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/lunchbox-elderhood Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/cuba-guanche Please join Northwestern University's Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program for this talk by Julio César...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/lunchbox-karen-alter Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Presents "7 Sins, 10 Fallacies, 4 Indicators, and What I Learned from Them About Decolonizing Academia" with...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us on Zoom Wednesday, Nov 17th for our upcoming Study Abroad info session. Learn about the various opportunities available...
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The in-person event is sold out! Virtual Access still available. Join us for a screening of award-winning filmmaker Rana Kazkaz's new...
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Ann Cooper is an award-winning journalist and foreign correspondent with more than 25 years of radio and print reporting experience....
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/ailynn-torres Please join us for this talk by Ailynn Torres Santana, a postdoctoral fellow at the International...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Quarterly meeting of the MENA Studies Program core faculty
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Spain’s transoceanic empire ran on paperwork. There were mountains of bureaucratic record keeping to be sure; but musical scores, missives,...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Velia Vidal es escritora y gestora cultural. Vidal es la fundadora y directora de la Corporación educativa y cultural Motete,...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/rana-kazkaz Rana Kazkaz is Assistant Professor in Residence in the Communication Program at Northwestern University in Qatar...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/brent-huffman Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/caribbean-cyberpunk Please join us for this meeting of the LACS Faculty Colloquium, in which Northwestern professor Emily Maguire...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/mena-solidarity-when Please join us for this conversation with scholars working on connected political and social movements both...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/chris-abani Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/nathalie-handal The MENA Interdisciplinary Working Group on Story-telling and Violence: Narratives of Insecurity in the Middle East and...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/lunchbox-dominica Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Join the EPC program as we hear from Tracie Thomas, Director of Career Development, at Northwestern Career Advancement. She will...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for A Conversation with Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia Moderated by Ian Hurd, Professor of Political...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/playing-with-things Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
On Wednesday October 13, join three top speakers from the media, NGO and startup worlds to learn about their career...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/information-plenty Please join us for the first meeting of the LACS Faculty Colloquium in the 2021-2022 academic year,...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/dubai-privilege Please join Northwestern's Middle East and North African Studies Program for this talk by Amélie Le Renard,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as we host , Professor Inés Valdez, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/kevin-mazur Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/latin-american-history Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program for this dialogue between two members of our...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
All undergrads are invited to our first Global Café event, our Meet and Greet Open House on Wednesday, October 6th...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Register for this event: https://bit.ly/universal-enemy Please join us for the Fall 2021 event in the New Directions in Middle East and North...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Mura indigenous people from Brazil swore to drop the last drop of their blood to protect the Amazon rainforest...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the academic year, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
A Conversation with Bi-khim Hsiao Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S Moderated by Ian Hurd, Professor of Political Science...
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
RSVP: https://www.paperlesspost.com/events/43993549-b43d9a34/replies/649434218-a8529921
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The recent uproar at the University of Toronto Law School illuminates the dangerous mix of cash-strapped universities, politically motivated donors,...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
ARAB-JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY AND LANGUAGE -PAST AND PRESENT Performance and Conversation with Ziv Yehezkel, Renowned Israeli Singer and Composer Ziv Yehezkel is...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join us for a roundtable discussion on Mark Hauser's book Mapping Water in Dominica: Enslavement and Environment under Colonialism (University...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Minimal Computing is a critical framework for using technology to produce and distribute digital texts. Open education is the practice...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Social Media and Religious Authority in the Gulf Crisis Ibrahim N. Abusharif is an associate professor in residence in the Journalism...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Elsa de la Rosa "Transpacific Migration, Pan-American Racism: Anti-Chinese Discrimination in Northern Mexico (1900-1940)" REGISTER: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rfu6grzosGdEsK1CEBQb2Pe87v-BtqyLM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
ARAB-JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND LANGUAGE: PAST AND PRESENT Arab-Jewish Intersecting Identities: Gender, Protest and Politics Guest Speakers: “The History of the Mizrahi Protest:...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Global Lunchbox is a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies that features...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join the Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group for a conversation with Santiago Arboleda Quiñonez as part of a...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
ARAB-JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND LANGUAGE - PAST AND PRESENT Performance and Conversation with Tair Haim, Acclaimed Soloist of the band A-WA Tair...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Global Lunchbox is a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies that features...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Register for this event: http://bit.ly/iranian-diaspora-studies The Colloquium for Global Iran Studies Presents: A Panel on Iranian Diaspora Studies Panelists: Persis Karim, Neda Nobari Chair...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the Spring Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
On Tuesday, May 18, 3PM, Dina Gilio-Whitaker will speak on the topic, "Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Justice". Through the unique lens...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join Northwestern's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and Noria Research for this conversation with historians Paul Gillingham and...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join us for this conversation on the place of street animals in Turkish history and culture, with special emphasis...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Global Lunchbox is a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies that features...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
LACS Graduate Workshop — Emily Masincup Title: "Musical Monstrosity in El hombre y el monstruo (1958)” Abstract For nearly a century, horror films...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
#SOSColombia: Un conversatorio sobre protesta social y violencia estatal Miércoles 12 de mayo, 5pm (hora Colombia y CST) El evento será en...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This event will be in Spanish. Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Department of African American Studies,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presenter: Jesús C. Muñoz (PhD Student, Comparative Literary Studies/MENA Program) Title: “Poetics of Glowing Histories in Flesh and Art: Witnessing the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Registration is required for this event: http://bit.ly/stranger-fictions Please join the Weinberg College Center for International & Area Studies and the Middle East...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Humanity Matters: Intersections of Dalit and Black Lives A Conversation with Suraj Yengde Moderated by Laura Brueck and Ivy Wilson Suraj Yengde is...
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Please join the Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group for a conversation with Jacqueline Alvarez-Rosales the author of De la...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
May 5th at 3:30 the Program in Environmental Policy and Culture will host Danielle Purifoy, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography,...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Presenter: Jesús C. Muñoz (Comparative Literary Studies/MENA) Title: Poetics of Glowing Histories in Flesh and Art: Witnessing the Lives of the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the MENA Undergrad Group on Monday May 3 at 12:00 p.m. Chicago time / 8:00 p.m. Beirut time...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
ARAB-JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND LANGUAGE - PAST AND PRESENT Arab-Jewish Culture in Israel Today: Producers, Consumers, and Gatekeepers Guest Speakers: “Arab-Jewish Language,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Global Lunchbox is a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies that features...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the Spring Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
En Mafalda: A Social and Politica History of Latin America’s Global Comic (Duke UP, 2020), Isabella Cosse reconstruye la historia...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the African American...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for this event: http://bit.ly/spiritual-subjects Please join us for the Spring Quarter lecture in our New Directions in Middle East and North...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Dr. Priya Jaikumar is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Global Lunchbox is a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies that features...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the Spring Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Department of African American Studies, and the Andean Cultures and...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
ARAB-JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY AND LANGUAGE - PAST AND PRESENT "In-Between": Arab-Jews in Palestine/Eretz Israel at the Turn of the 20th Century Guest...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Global Lunchbox is a weekly conversation convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies that features...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Please join the Colloquium for Global Iran Studies for an event in which the critically acclaimed novelist and writer Bahiyyih...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café Workshop series is kicking off the spring quarter with our alumni speaker, Nicole Fallert. Nicole had a...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Department of African American Studies, and the Andean Cultures and...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Charif Shanahan (he/him/his), Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of English and an Affiliate Faculty Member of the MENA...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the Spring Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please note that this event will take place not at the usual time of 12:30 p.m. but at 11:00 a.m....
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
You are cordially invited to the launch of The Colloquium for Global Iran Studies (CoGIS) at Northwestern. CoGIS aims to...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Registration is required for this event: http://bit.ly/political-violence-turkey This event brings together two scholars working on two self-defense struggles of the peoples of...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This event, originally scheduled for Tuesday March 9 at 12:30 p.m. CT, has been rescheduled for Thursday March 18 at...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Throughout the Winter Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
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The Syrian uprising began in March of 2011. The peaceful, grassroots protests that broke out across the country that spring...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the Winter Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
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Registration is required for this event: bit.ly/dingomaro Please join the MENA Graduate Student Group for this dialogue with the Iranian filmmaker Kamran...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
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Utopia, Spiritual Community, and Mexico's Right-Wing Catholics Nathan Ellstrand (History - Loyola University Chicago) "Hope for a New Society – Sinarquista Colonization...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the Winter Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join the Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group for a conversation with Felipe Martínez-Pinzón the author of Una cultura...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
In this talk, Fuentes will share her current work on feminist articulations and performative tactics and the challenges of doing...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sabu Kohso in conversation with Thomas Lamarre and Franco “Bifo” Berardi Written in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the Winter Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
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The International Studies Program will be hosting a presentation by, current IS honors student, Leo Sainati. He will be presenting...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This event is free and open to everyone, but registration is required: bit.ly/mena-racializations Please join the Middle East and North African Studies...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Jesse Rothbard (Spanish and Portuguese): "En las ruinas de Sodoma: Queer Resistance and World-Making in Latin American Narratives of Crime” Register in...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Please join Northwestern's Center for International & Area Studies and the Evanston Public Library for this dialogue with historian Ruth...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join us for the Winter Quarter lecture in our New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies series,...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Lecture by Arturo Arias (UC Merced). The event is co-sponsored by The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities For more info please...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Please join the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program and the Center for Latinx Digital Media at Northwestern University for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for a conversation about the potential encapsulated in a language to create powerful emotional space and visibility. We...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Join the Environmental Policy and Culture program as we host Janelle St. John, Executive Director of Growing Home Inc. an...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
About the talk In this LACS Faculty Colloquium talk, Cynthia Robin will present ongoing research at the ancient Maya city of...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Register for this meeting: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtdOqrqDIoHtU9B9MgfKLM8hY2dwnYA1aX Catalina Rodríguez (Spanish and Portuguese - NU) "Titania's Fashion Chronicles: Between Global Modernities and National Identities" The late nineteenth...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Middle East and North African Studies Program for this conversation with poet and translator Mona Kareem, moderated...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Department of African American Studies, and the Andean Cultures and...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Throughout the Winter Quarter, the Center for Latinx Digital Media invites you to a series of weekly seminars held over...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
La narrativa de la política antidrogas nos impuso la mitología del narco, del cártel y del flagelo. Mientras tanto, una...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join Northwestern's Center for International and Area Studies and the Evanston Public Library for this roundtable discussion examining the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Department of African American Studies, and the Andean Cultures and...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
After years working in Colombia photographing the longest war in the Americas, Carlos Villalón began documenting the vicious circle of...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Jairo Lugo-Ocando is director of executive and graduate education and professor in residence at Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q). He...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Elizabeth Rodini will present Itinerant Objects: Early Modern Mobility and the Spaces In Between on Tuesday, December 8th at 4...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Jesús Escobar is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern and a specialist in the architecture and...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
On Thursday, December 3rd at 4 PM CT, Elizabeth Rodini will present There and Back Again: Tracking Gentile Bellini’s Portrait...
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Please join us for the third installment in our Global Governance in the Age of COVID series, a discussion with...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This event will be in Spanish. Please join Northwestern University's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (on Zoom) for this conversatorio...
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join the East Asia Research Forum for this talk by Xuefei Ren, Associate Professor of Sociology at Michigan State...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program for this lecture by historian Ricardo López-Pedreros. The last decade has seen...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This event is free and open to everyone, but registration is required: bit.ly/race-middle-east-studies Participants Mandana Limbert is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Queens...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presenters: Carlos Halaburda (Spanish and Portuguese) & Andrés Rodriguez-Cáceres (Sociology) Register for this workshop to receive the Zoom link: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtduyvpzotGNaKNNSqUSkWYe93xupP1Qf-
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Fall Quarter MENA Graduate Colloquium Presenters Maryam Athari (Art History): "Diagnostic Revelations: Rifat Chadirji's Street Photography" Issrar Chamekh (Political Science) "Pathways to Elective Office: Candidate...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
The Northwestern University in Qatar Faculty Working Group on Race Invites you to this event in the year-long series Decentering...
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday Nov 14 10 am Chicago / 7 pm Istanbul Please register for this event: https://bit.ly/2GA5qAO Electricity and petroleum stolen from state laid...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Please join us for the second event of Global Governance in the Age of COVID, an iniative of the Weinberg...
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Professor Susan Paulson of the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, will be giving a lecture where she...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Global Café is a great resource and opportunity for students to connect with graduate student mentors to acquire the tools...
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Vladimir Kara-Murza is a Russian democracy activist, politician, author, and filmmaker. He was a longtime colleague of Russian opposition leader...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presenters: Deisi Cuate (Spanish and Portuguese) and Sophie Reilly (Anthropology) Join Zoom Meeting: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98279274748 Meeting ID: 982 7927 4748 Deisi received her B.A. in Hispanic Studies...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Global Café is a great resource and opportunity for students to connect with graduate student mentors to acquire the tools...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
In this talk, Mónica Russel y Rodríguez will provide a detailed view of the emergence of Latina reproductive health policy...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join Northwestern University's Center for International & Area Studies and the Evanston Public Library for this roundtable discussion examining...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
On October 30 at 10:00 AM, the EPC program with Interim Director, Melissa Rosenzweig will host a virtual workshop led...
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INHERITED MEMORY: BLOOD RUNS THICKER THAN WATER is a program of short films from Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, and their diaspora,...
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PRESENT FUTURES: SCI-FI AND SOCIAL ECOLOGY is a program of short films from Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and their diaspora, guest...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Clementine Nkweta-Salami (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regional director for East, Horn and Great Lakes Region) will discuss...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join us on Zoom for this lecture by historian Eric Van Young. The Mexican statesman, entrepreneur, public intellectual, and historian...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join us for this inaugural event of Global Governance in the Age of COVID, an iniative of the Weinberg...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In this talk, the London-based curator, writer and editor Róisín Tapponi will explore the role of the archive in Arab...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
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Online screening of FATMA 75 followed by a live discussion with a scholar of Maghrebi women's cinema Florence Martin FATMA 75 (Selma...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Global Café is a great resource and opportunity for students to connect with graduate student mentors to acquire the tools...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Rachel Haywood Ferreira, Associate Professor, Iowa State University's on "The Morel Hinge: Borges, Bioy Casares, and the Transition to Genre Science...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
This event will be in Spanish. Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (on Zoom) for the opening conversatorio...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The year 2020 has brought about global insecurity in unprecedented and inexplicable ways. This panel will take the Arab World,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
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Online screening of THREE DISAPPEARANCES followed by a pre-recorded discussion between filmmaker Rania Stephan and Dr. Hannah Feldman THE THREE DISAPPEARANCES...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Global Café is a great resource and opportunity for students to connect with graduate student mentors to acquire the tools...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Please join Northwestern's Center for International and Area Studies and the Evanston Public Library for this free public program with...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
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Online screening of LEILA AND THE WOLVES followed by a pre-recorded discussion between filmmaker Heiny Srour and Dr. Rebecca C....
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Global Café is a great resource and opportunity for students to connect with graduate student mentors to acquire the tools...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
In light of the current COVID crisis, this presentation offers a historian’s reflections on the impact and significance of past...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Northwestern undergrads: Zoom in for the first Global Café event of the quarter at 5pm CT Wednesday (September 30)! We’re excited...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Middle East and North African Studies Program, the Asian American Studies Program, and the Chabraja Center for...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us for this Zoom session to learn about Northwestern's International Studies program! The International Studies program is the gateway to...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us for this Zoom session to learn about Northwestern's Middle East and North African Studies Program at the Academic...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for this Zoom session to learn about Northwestern's Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) Program at the Academic...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for this Zoom session to learn about Northwestern's International Studies program! The International Studies program is the gateway to...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Please join Northwestern University's Center for International & Area Studies and the Evanston Public Library for this conversation with Adom...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, announced the following online hearing: HUMAN RIGHTS...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Please join the Center for International and Area Studies, the Program of African Studies, the Chabraja Center for Historical Studies,...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Please join us on Zoom for this discussion with Professor Noora Lori of Boston University, author of Offshore Citizens: Permanent...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Colombia, having recently emerged from the longest ongoing civil war in the Western Hemisphere, offers evidence of the transformative effect...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly colloquium designed...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join Northwestern University's Center for International and Area Studies, the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Abstract: In Peru, as well as in other Andean countries, the Amazon is easily associated with a history of extractivism,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly colloquium designed...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Zoom in Wednesday at 5pm for a virtual tour of the Herskovits Library of African Studies, guided by African Studies...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly colloquium designed...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Walther Maradiegue is a PhD student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and his talk will be given in...
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
This webinar series, hosted by the Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness (a working group of the Center for International...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Please join the MENA Program and the Evanston Public Library for this FREE webinar with the political scientist Joshua Stacher,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly colloquium designed...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program — via Zoom — for this Global Café conversation with Magda Boutros, a PhD...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
The study of civil war has focused, for obvious reasons, on violence. Yet, civil war is about much more than...
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
This webinar series, hosted by the Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness (a working group of the Center for International...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Middle East and North African Studies Program for this discussion with Lisa Wedeen on her new book,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the LACS Program and the Center for International and Area Studies — on Zoom — for the third...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly colloquium designed...
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
This webinar series, hosted by the Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness (a working group of the Center for International...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly colloquium designed...
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
This webinar series, hosted by the Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness (a working group of the Center for International...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Please join the MENA Program and the Evanston Public Library for this FREE webinar with Hamid Naficy, a pioneering scholar...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Abstract: In Peru, as well as in other Andean countries, the Amazon is easily associated with a history of extractivism,...
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
This webinar series, hosted by the Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness (a working group of the Center for International...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
We’re moving the LACS Faculty Colloquium online! Please join us — on Zoom — to hear Paul Gillingham, Associate Professor...
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
This webinar series, hosted by the Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness (a working group of the Center for International...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Abstract: The Amazonian region occupies a singular place in the fictional and nonfictional works of the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This is the first webinar in a series focused on bringing frontline information on how COVID is affecting refugees around...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Center for International and Area Studies is pleased to bring New Narratives on the Peopling of America to Northwestern,...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Kerem Öktem, 2019-2020 Keyman Visiting Professor presents his talk, "Local elections in competitive authoritarian regimes: Turkey’s 2019 municipal elections as...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presentations by MENA graduate students on their research Details to come...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly lunchtime colloquium...
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
A Moon For My Father (Mania Akbari, 2019, UK/Iran/Germany, DCP, 85 min) At age 30, Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari was diagnosed with...
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Please join the Americas Media Initiative and Northwestern's Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) Program for this screening and conversation...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Erin Libby, Manager of the Qatar Support Office, which...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Constructed as sought-after places, colonies, as imagined by multiple actors in metropolitan drawing rooms, were also lived by those forced...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Across the globe in migrant receiving states there has been an increase in state criminalization of civil assistance for refugees...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join the MENA Program at the Evanston Public Library for this presentation by political scientist Ian Lustick of the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly lunchtime colloquium designed as...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the LACS Program for the second event in our Conversatorio series, conversations about contemporary issues in Latin America...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for the fourth lecture in the 2019-2020 Latin America Imagined series. Never achieved at a political level in...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Center for International and Area Studies Global Lunchbox series is a weekly lunchtime colloquium designed as an informal conversation. Our...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Abstract: One of 20th-century Colombia's literary geniuses, Manuel Zapata Olivella has usually been cast as a black writer, and his...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join us for this FREE screening of the documentary film The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid (Ali...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Ji-Yeon Yuh. Ji-Yeon Yuh teaches Asian American history, Asian diasporas,...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
We will read and discuss Elizabeth Anderson's book Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani and the subsequent shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 shook the world. But...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly lunchtime colloquium...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Peter Civetta, the director of the Office of Undergraduate...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the LACS Program for the launch of our Conversatorio series, conversations about contemporary issues in Latin America and...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Shayna Silverstein, Assistant Professor in the Department of Performance...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
From December 15, 2015, through the end of February 2016, the Sala PAyS at the Parque de la Memoria in...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join the MENA Program and the Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants, and Statelessness at the Evanston Public Library for this...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join us for the Winter 2020 lecture in our quarterly New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
This talk takes a linguist and semiotic anthropological approach to racial self-identification practices ofmestizos in Peru. An investigation of how...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for our Global Lunchbox series, a weekly lunchtime colloquium...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Will Reno, Professor and Chair of the Department of...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for the second meeting of the Global Lunchbox, a...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Interested in a career that addresses environmental issues but don't know where to start? Come to this informational workshop led...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Joel Mokyr, the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Interested in a career that addresses environmental issues but don't know where to start? Come to this informational workshop led...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
From Hong Kong to Chile. Lebanon to Ecuador. Iraq to Colombia. Algeria to Argentina, Sudan to Puerto Rico, Iran to...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies for the kickoff of the Global Lunchbox series, a...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for the first Global Café of the new decade — dinner and conversation with...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join us for the third lecture in the 2019-2020 Latin America Imagined series. In the colonial period the gender ideologies...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Kurds, a nation that most Americans had not heard of until 2014, have been in the headlines since Kurdish...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
In light of the severe crackdown in Egypt on press freedom, academic inquiry and research in general, this talk will...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In this lecture, historian Khaled Fahmy will describe the process by which modern medicine was introduced in early 19th-century Egypt....
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Sherwin Bryant is Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at Northwestern. As an historian of colonial Afro-Latin America...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join us for the second lecture in the 2019-2020 Latin America Imagined series. In this talk, Stella Nair of UCLA...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Presentations by MENA doctoral students Open only to Northwestern graduate students and faculty Hazal Ozdemir (Department of History) “They Migrate by Renouncing Their...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This presentation will take as its initial moment the situation of some 15 villages living with no water-access, as it...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Hayana Kim, a student in the Interdisciplinary PhD program...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Post-conflict authoritarian states often rely on patronage and repression as strategies to quell dissent and to win hearts and minds....
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Before changing his career to academia, Atef Said worked as a human rights attorney and researcher in Egypt from 1995...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Ken Alder, Professor of History and Milton H. Wilson...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Devi Mays is Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, where she is...
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Come to the 2019 Study Abroad Fair to learn more about all undergraduate study abroad opportunities at Northwestern! Speak directly...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and a presentation by the Office of Fellowships. The Office of Fellowships matches...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
J. Michelle Molina is the John and Rosemary Croghan Chair, Associate Professor in Catholic Studies, and Director of Graduate Studies...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the MENA Program and the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for this lecture by Keyman Visiting Scholar Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, who...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Susan J. Pearson is an historian of the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century United States at Northwestern University. She completed her...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Migration cannot be understood, reimagined, or visualized without affects, but affects change according to economic policies. In the Andes, neoliberal...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Middle East and North African Studies Program for this lecture by Professor Michael Gilsenan of New York...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
George Steinmetz is the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan and...
9:00 AM - 4:15 PM
What meanings has archaeology assumed in cultural and critical theory? What has been its role as a metaphor and also...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
What meanings has archaeology assumed in cultural and critical theory? What has been its role as a metaphor and also...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
In 1884 the first sheep farm or estancia was established in Tierra del Fuego; over the following decade they multiplied...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies at Northwestern for this special event featuring New Yorker...
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and a conversation with Claudio Benzecry. Claudio Benzecry is an associate professor in...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Wendy Espeland, Professor of Sociology at Northwestern. Professor Espeland works...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Magda Boutros is a Northwestern University Sociology PhD student. Her dissertation is entitled “The True Color of Police Violence: How Activists...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The patron-saint fiesta is an iconic cultural expression that encompasses what we traditionally understand as folklore in the Andes. Bringing...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join the International Studies Program for dinner and conversation with Professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes in our Global Café series. Celeste Watkins-Hayes...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Come hear lecturer Joshua Simon from Columbia and discussant Arturo Chang in an event sponsored by the Political Theory Workshop...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Zekeria Ahmed Salem is Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and Director of the Institute for the Study...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Come learn about study abroad opportunities over dinner with Whitney Bennett of Northwestern's Global Learning Office (GLO) — and meet...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
In this talk, Professor Pablo Boczkowski will present findings from his current book project, "Abundance: On the experience of living...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Syria is one of the most important countries in the world for the documentary film industry. Since the 1970s, Syrian...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Cedric de Leon is an Associate Professor at University of Massachussetts Amherst and the Director of their Labor Center. He completed...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Stop by to learn about the majors and minors in: International Studies Latin American & Caribbean Studies Middle East & North African Studies Enjoy...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Visit the International Studies Program table at the Weinberg College Academic Directions Fair and discover why International Studies is among...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Interested in studying the politics, arts, culture, religion, and history of Latin America and the Caribbean? Curious about study abroad...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Want to find out about studying Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, and Persian, study abroad and other options for your course of study?...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Want to find out about studying the cultures, history, politics, and arts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)?...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
If you still need to take the Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish or Persian placement exam, would like to discuss placement results,...
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The conference convenes annually to discuss the experiences and struggles of Kurds, and the historical and comparative study of Kurdish...
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The conference convenes annually to discuss the experiences and struggles of Kurds, and the historical and comparative study of Kurdish...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Within one week of becoming president in January 2017, Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled “Protecting the Nation From...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
From the New York Times: In the summer of 1968 in Haifa, Israel, a teenager named Arik (Tuval Shafir) finds his...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Within one week of becoming president in January 2017, Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled “Protecting the Nation From...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Vahid Hosseini’s 120-minute documentary Bazm-e Razm (Feast of War) tells the tumultuous story of the Iranian music scene between 1979...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Julio César Guanche Zaldívar, a renowned legal and political historian of modern Cuba, joins the Northwestern community in spring 2019...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Peter Van Der Veer leads a masterclass on his new book, The Value of Comparison. In this book, he argues that many...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A conversation with Marlon Millner on: "Black Diaspora-- Real and Imagined"
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Extractivism is a concept that has enjoyed a wide diffusion in Latin America over recent years in order to renew...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
August 19, 2019 will mark the 100th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from Britain. Commemorating the roots and legacies of that...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Political science schlarship on Turkey has long been dominated by top-down and macro approaches. In recent decades, other disciplines have challenged the institutional...
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Please join us for this FREE screening of the documentary film Naila and the Uprising, followed by an in-depth discussion with...
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The Comparative Historical Social Sciences Working Group at Northwestern University invites scholars from the Midwest area and beyond to the...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Rain or shine, stop by to celebrate a great year and kick off your summerwith special treats by FRIO Gelato!
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the MENA Program and the Block Museum of Art for this FREE screening of Last Days of the Man...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Please join us for this discussion about how to tell the stories of refugees and asylum-seekers — in Chicago and...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
MENA Movie Night! A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) penned perhaps the most comprehensive medieval account of rabbinic tradition. But his ideas were at odds with...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Talk title: Lunfardos: Dramaturgy and the Futures of Procreationin Conservative Argentina, 1880-1930 Argentine dramaturgy functioned at the dawn of the twentieth century...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Presentations by MENA doctoral students Open only to Northwestern graduate students and faculty Özge Karagöz (Department of Art History) Turkish Post-Revolutionary Figuration in the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Mounira (Maya) Charrad is an award-winning author. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and her undergraduate degree from the...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Luz Marina Giraldo Mora's work on issues of gender, reconciliation, and reincorporation has been recognized by the UN Verification Mission...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Amira Hass has been a correspondent for Haaretz, Israel’s oldest newspaper, for 30 years. She joined the paper in 1989...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Amira Hass has been a correspondent for Haaretz, Israel’s oldest newspaper, for 30 years. She joined the paper in 1989...
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This international symposium will bring scholars of Islam, international and public affairs, education, race, and law together with practicing journalists...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Iraqi government, with support of coalition forces, has mounted an effective military defeat of ISIS in Iraq. But the...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
This project examines mobilization by the mothers of victims of state violence in Latin America. It develops the concept of...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Laura Acosta -- Ph.D. student in Sociology Daniel Encinas -- Ph.D. student in Political Science
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
We're excited to feature this year's senior thesis writers for the 4/10 and 4/17 Global Cafés. Presentations will begin at...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is having a master class entitled, "Globalization and Populism," with Suzanne Berger, the Raphael Dorman-Helen...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Co-sponsored by MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is sponsoring a lunchtime talk, entitled "Lessons from the First Globalization, 1870-1914," with Suzanne Berger,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In the 17th and 18th centuries, a pioneering community of Christian scholars laid the groundwork for the modern Western understanding...
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The Thinking Andean Studies conference continues its mission to strengthen the interdisciplinary network of scholars working in the growing field...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Isaac Ariail Reed works in social theory, historical sociology, and cultural sociology. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Yale...
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The Thinking Andean Studies conference continues its mission to strengthen the interdisciplinary network of scholars working in the growing field...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Keynote Address by Ann McDougall, University of AlbertaShifting Desert Sands: Mobility, Migration and Memory in Saharan Time and SpaceReception to...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
We're excited to feature this year's senior thesis writers for the 4/10 and 4/17 Global Cafés. Presentations will begin at...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Please join the MENA Program, the Medill School of Journalism, abd the Evanston Public Library for this discussion with Jordanian...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Associate Prof. Mei-Ling Hopgood will talk about her work at Medill on identity, language and bilingual journalism techniques, and a...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Hertie School of Governance is one of Europe’s top professional schools for public policy based in Berlin, Germany, offering...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Anthropologist as Reader My recent book, Sharīʿa Scripts: A Historical Anthropology (Columbia. 2018), offers an interdisciplinary account of a locally...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Islam and the African World" Dr Wendell Marsh, Buffet Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, History.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Cyrus Schayegh is Professor of International History at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Before joining the...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
From 1975 to 1990, Lebanon experienced a long war involving various national and international actors. The peace agreement that followed...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk is based on an oral history of a Palestinian family, tracing its experience from 1967 to the present....
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Philip S. Gorski (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996) is a comparative-historical sociologist with strong interests in theory and methods...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Coloring the City: The Materiality of Graffiti and Street Art in Amman, Jordan" Kyle Craig, Cultural Anthropology.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Joyce Dalsheim is a cultural anthropologist and Associate Professor of Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is...
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy on/in Exile(Maryam Sepehri, 2017, Iran/USA, digital, 62 min.) Please join us for this FREE...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for the 1st screening of the new MENA Film Series! We will see Amreeka, by the Palestinian-American director...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Revival From Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam Faculty Book Colloquium presented by Professor Brannon Ingram, featuring panelists Professor Michelle...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
For two consecutive years now, the International Crisis Group has put the Saudi-Iranian rivalry on its annual list of the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Claudia López is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science Emilio Lehoucq is a Ph.D. Student in Sociology
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Visiting scholar Dr. Rosemary Hancock will deliver a lecture on race, religion, and Australian grassroots politics. Although there is a significant body of...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Delving into the Diasporic Ballroom" Julian Glover, PhD Candidate, African American Studies.
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"PhD, Brown University, 2004). Lange has been a professor at McGill since 2004. His work focuses on state building, nationalism,...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
"Bad Queers: LGBT Individuals and the Carceral State, 1948-2003" featuring a conversation with Dr Scott Anthony De Orio, SPAN Postdoctoral...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) and the Middle East and North African Studies Program...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA) is pleased to present this program in partnership with the Institute for the...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
In January 2016, 1128 academics in Turkey signed a petition as "Academics for Peace" protesting the Turkish government's attack on...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
On translation and fieldworks, featuring a conversation with the Phd candidate Gorgui Ibrahima Tall.
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Hillel Soifer (PhD, Harvard University, 2006) is Associate Professor and Graduate Chair of Political Science at Temple University. His research interests...
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
La conferencia comentará distintas intervenciones que vienen representando la destrucción del mundo natural. En todas ellas, vale decir, en la...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Robert Launay presents work from his new book "Savages, Romans, and Despots," a tour of early modern and modern history...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
In contemporary scholarship on democratic regimes the U.S. tends to be held up as a model of institutionalized democracy and...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
One of the most recognizable features of Republican Political Thought is illustrated by the notion of collective preservation through social...
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
"A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A filmmaker digs into tales of surveillance inside her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago’s south suburbs and discovers that her hometown...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Ismail Beşikçi is a renowned sociologist, Kurdologist, PEN Honorary Member, and former Nobel Peace Prize candidate who caught the attention...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Daniel Immerwahr (Ph.D., Berkeley, 2011) is an associate professor, specializing in twentieth-century U.S. history within a global context. His first...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Come learn from the Undergraduate Learning Abroad Office about study abroad options in the MENA region including Israel, Jordan, Morocco,...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Professor Lange (Ph.D., Brown University, 2004) has been a professor at McGill since 2004. His work focuses on state-building, nationalism,...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Philip S. Gorski (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996) is a comparative-historical sociologist with strong interests in theory and methods...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Challenging common views of Islam as hostile to critical thinking, Ahmad delineates thriving traditions of critique in Islamic culture, focusing...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
What kind of equality? Reform and Revision of family law in Switzerland. Featuring a conversation with Fiona Friedli, Phd Candidate.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Over the past three decades, the widespread revival of colonial musics from Latin America has enriched the early music scene...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is having its first master class of the academic year with Tom Christiano,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Hollywood productions live complex social lives in Iran. They are consumed as objects of entertainment, contemplated as vehicles of spiritual...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Buffett Institute's Global Capitalism & Law Research Group for a lunchtime talk by Thomas Christiano entitled "A Democratic...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
On Eurocentric Epistemology and the West African Ebola Outbreak: Questioning the Dominant Narrative on the Epidemic Origin.
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sasha will present a paper entitled "Dimensions of Governance: Institutional Configurations Across the Post-Conflict North Caucasus." I am a PhD Candidate...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Professor Coronado is a Professor of modern Latin American and Andean literatures and cultures at Northwestern University. His research and...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Contrary to popular stereotypes, Buddhist monks do not live in separate, cloistered worlds sealed off from government lawmaking and courts....
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ho-Fung Hung is the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at the Sociology Department and the...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Master Class on Research Methods for the Study of Religion and Law with Dr. Benjamin Schonthal (Associate Professor of Buddhism and Asian...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe Event: Biodiversity Conservation in Tanzania: A People Problem. Featuring a conversation with Jessica Pouchet.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe Event: Biodiversity Conservation in Tanzania: A People Problem. Featuring a conversation with Jessica Pouchet.
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
29th Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture Perspectives and Challenges in US-Mexico Relationships Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will be joining us...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Going Global: Fellowships and International Funding Opportunites. Featuring a conversation with Dr Jason Kelly.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Going Global: Fellowships and International Funding Opportunites. Featuring a conversation with Dr Jason Kelly.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Going Global: Fellowships and International Funding Opportunities. Featuring a conversation with Dr Jason Kelly
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Speaker Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University Title On Capitalization Abstract We have recently come to understand “the economy” not as a feature of all societies,...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Mala Htun is Professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico and co-PI and deputy director of ADVANCE...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The international community celebrated the 2015 Myanmar elections and the success of the National League for Democracy and Aung San...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Stop by to learn about the major in International Studies and the exciting events we have planned for this year....
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Symposium: Rethinking the 'Muslim World': Concepts, History, Law, Politics.” The event will feature the recent work of Iza Hussin (The Politics...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
As the Middle East descends further and further into a maelstrom of violence and state breakdown, the new conventional wisdom in Western...
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Buffett Institute for Global Studies is hosting its inaugural Kurdish Studies Conference. The Kurdish Studies Conference Series aims to support...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Graduate Group will be hosting Cecelia Lynch in a panel discussion of her new book Wrestling With God. Wrestling with God is...
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Buffett Institute for Global Studies is hosting its inaugural Kurdish Studies Conference. The Kurdish Studies Conference Series aims to support...
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Program: http://buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/global-capitalism-law/regional-colloquium/2018-regional-colloquium-program.html Location: Woods Conference Room, American Bar Foundation The Global Capitalism & Law Research Group at the Buffett Institute invites you and relevant...
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Program: http://buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/global-capitalism-law/regional-colloquium/2018-regional-colloquium-program.html Location: Woods Conference Room, American Bar Foundation The Global Capitalism & Law Research Group at the Buffett Institute invites you and...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Over the past two weeks, Global Café has hosted presentations from five outstanding International Studies Senior Thesis authors. Please join...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is excited to host Gianna F. Mosser, Editor-in-Chief of Northwestern University Press, for...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Cosponsored by the Nollywood Working Group. Wither Nollywood? The Future...
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Join us for this series of screenings and conversations with the critically-acclaimed Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, who has been called...
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Join us for this series of screenings and conversations with the critically-acclaimed Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, who has been called...
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Join us for this series of screenings and conversations with the critically-acclaimed Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, who has been called...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to showcase the work of International Studies honors students! Dinner will be provided.
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Formal and Non-formal Land Rights in Africa: The Ethiopian...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In 1945, psychologist Yusuf Murad introduced an Arabic term borrowed from the medieval Sufi philosopher and mystic Ibn ‘Arabi — al-la-shu‘ur —...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Join us for our last workshop session of the year, where two graduate students, Salih Nur and Safaa Al-Saeedi. Salih is a...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This presentation discusses how dance became a public good in Cuba in the late 1960s and 1970s. Dance leaders spearheaded...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to showcase the work of International Studies honors students! Dinner will be provided.
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. The 1591 Moroccan Invasion of Songhay Lansiné Kaba, history, Carnegie...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk will explore what the experience of commoning in a Moroccan oasis might tell us about land, politics, and...
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The Comparative and Historical Social Sciences Working Group (CHSS) at Northwestern University invites you to our first annual conference. We...
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CCHS conference on “Generations in History: Youth, Age, and Metrics of Cultural Change” (convened by Breen Fellow Emily Curtis WALTERS)--Friday,...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Comparative Literary Studies Program Speaker Series. Professor Ertürk will discuss current book project on early twentieth-century Turkish and Soviet literary encounters. Please note,...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Mitali Thakor, Postdoctoral Fellow in Sexuality Studies and Anthropology! Dinner will be provided.
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. The Road to the Two Sudans and The Untold...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Most Arab states have an official religion and make some provisions for religious law in some areas. But they also...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Constitutions are often seen — and present themselves — as moments of creation. But in fact, most states writing constitutions...
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Featuring: Vicente Diaz (Univ of Minnesota), Christina DeLisle (Univ. of Minnesota), and Hokulani Aikau (Univ. of Utah). Northwestern scholars include:...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Professor Ryan Dohoney (Musicology)! Dinner will be provided.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The May 2 event with Naomi Oreskes has been cancelled. Please check out our upcoming TRUTH Dialogue on May 7 with...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Breadlosers: Nollywood, State Television, and the Stakes of Masculine...
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Lecture by Praenjit DUARA (Duke University), author of author of The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Fresh back from Egypt, Jessica Winegar will present preliminary material from her book-in-progress that examines how aesthetic forms, judgments, and practices...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Elisabeth S. Clemens (A.M. 1985, Ph.D 1990) is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago as well as...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Buffett Institute Politics of International Law Group and Global Politics and Religion Group present a talk by Professor Keally...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ghanaian entrepreneur Fred Swaniker has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Buffett Award for Emerging Global Leaders. As a...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Professor Doris Garraway (French & Francophone Studies)! Dinner will be provided.
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. The Metaphysics of Modernity: Globalism, African Art, and Ontologies...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Leila Sadat is a Buffett Institute Distinguished Visitor and a human rights expert specializing in international criminal law and foreign affairs....
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Rifka Cook was born and raised in a Sephardi family in Caracas, Venezuela. Since 2001, she has taught first and...
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Lecture by Lynn THOMAS (University of Washington), author of Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Disputes over the scope of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution have played a central role in contemporary debates about...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The adoption of Tunisia's 2014 constitution has been widely celebrated as a major achievement of the North African country's 2011 revolution....
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join us for a screening of Footnotes, a recent video by the celebrated Lebanese artist, actor, and playwright, Rabih...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Gray Boyce Memorial Lecture in Medieval HistoryJoel KAYE (Barnard College), author of A History of Balance, 1250-1375 (Chicago UP, 2014) "Reconceiving...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Afro-Caribbean spiritual practices became an object of law in many British Caribbean colonies at a time of intense transatlantic medical...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Professor John Alba Cutler (English & Latinx Studies)! Dinner will be provided.
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Islamic...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This paper explores the symbolic foundations of power-making in Turkey over the last decade. Particularly after the Gezi Protests, as the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
David Bateman is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University. His research focuses on American politics, often from a comparative...
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Dr. Devyn Spence Benson is an Assistant Professor of Africana and Latin American Studies at Davidson College. She is a historian of 19th-20th century...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Michelle Huang, College Fellow and upcoming Assistant Professor with English & Asian American...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Global Capitalism and Law Research Group invites you to a talk by Francesco Saraceno on the Eurozone Crisis and...
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Historian Raevin Jimenez will be giving a talk entitled, "Domination of Youths: Gender, Generation, and Political Economic Transformation in Second...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The lecture will focus on some preliminary ideas from my book in progress, Anthropology for Liberation: Research, Writing and Teaching...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Please join us for this FREE performance by Iraqi-Canadian Hip-Hop Artist Yassin NARCY Alsalman! YASSIN "Narcy" ALSALMAN is an Iraqi-Canadian musician,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The talk will discuss the ways in which different actors tried to establish the truth about crime in twentieth century...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Angel Escamilla, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology! Dinner will be...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program as we host Stephen Hill, Senior Associate Director of the Office of...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
An estimated 815 million people are food insecure (FAO 2017) and over a billion face water shortages due to physical...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Music was one of the first casualties of the Iranian Revolution. It was banned in 1979, but it quickly crept...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Join us for our final event of the quarter, which will feature two presentations from Northwestern graduate students and postdocs
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
EDGS and Political Science Speaker Series on “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Panel discussion with Prof. William Hurst, Political Science,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The case of Turkey reveals exceptional patterns regarding the relationship between democratization and local politics. Within this context, the analysis...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
EDGS and Political Science Speaker Series on “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Bin Xu, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology at...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Oscar Cornejo, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology! Oscar will be...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for a dialog between the authors of two important recent studies of Islamic law and politics in northern...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Islamic...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join the Buffett Institute for Global Studies Deportation Research Clinic to learn about the alarming state of deportation in the United...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna at a time of great transition in Egypt, as the...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
“Bipolar Disorders:Varieties of Capitalism andSubtypes of Populism in LatinAmerica and Europe” Kenneth Roberts Professor, Department of Government Cornell University
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Drawing on a survey and experimental games conducted with university students at an elite legal academy in Ukraine, this study...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Environmental Policy and Culture Program along with Alice Kaplan Institute's Environmental Humanities Workshop hosts Thomas Andrews, author of the...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Strobe Talbott, the inaugural Buffett Institute Distinguished Visitor and past president of the Brookings Institution, will be at Northwestern University...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is excited to take part in co-hosting Crisis in Venezuela: Historical Perspectives and Potential Solutions. The...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A talk by Gwendolyn Kirk. Kirk, a PhD in linguistic anthropology and faculty member in the Department of Asian Langauges and...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Presenter: Emily Maguire, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Latina/o Studies Program The past two decades have witnessed a...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Alyssa Lynne, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology! Alyssa Lynne is a Doctoral student...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Cosponsored by the Nollywood working group Breadlosers: Nollywood, State Television,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
On December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drafted by a panel of...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
ABOUT THE IDIOT A portrait of the artist as a young woman. A novel about not just discovering but inventing oneself. The...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
This event is open to Northwestern students and faculty only. Please join the MENA Program, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
On September 25, 2017, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) held a referendum on independence, which passed by an overwhelming...
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Engage Chicago is an immersive summer program. Through hands-on experience, thoughtful reflection, and a summer living with a vibrant community...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Paul AndererMack Professor of Humanities and Professor of Japanese Literature, Columbia University In his recent study of Kurosawa Akira’s most famous...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Co-sponsored with the War & Society workshop. Christian Davenport is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan as...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
When Technology Isn’t Enough: Tales of Community-Based Sanitation Behavior Change Programs from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean Sanitation remains one of...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
In English Vicente Lecuna joined the Literature Department of the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1997, just after completing a PhD...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hendrik Spruyt examines the patterns of “international” relations beyond Europe 1500-1900. More specifically, he emphasizes the role of shared collective...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Voices of Experience: The Value of Foreign Languages in the Working World An Alumni Panel Discussion in Kresge 1515 from 6:00-8:00...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Professor William Hurst from the Department of Political Science! Dinner will be provided.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Meet MENA alumns currently working at IBM, Resolution Media & Yelp, learn how they got their jobs — and how...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Embracing Happenstance: An Academic Journey Sandra Greene, Stephen ’59 and...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
EDGS Graduate Lecture Series Sabina Puspita, Political Science What explains the varying outcomes in movements’ capacity to influence policy change? Scholars of...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Join the CHSS community for our fall book club, where we will be discussing Paul Frymer's Building an American Empire: The...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Seema Jayachandran will discuss the impacts of an intervention in Haryana, India that aimed to instill in adolescents a stronger belief...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Javier Valentin Feliciano, Visiting Scholar from Puerto Rico, and Veronica Davila, PhD student, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, will share...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies is excited to host Dr. Sergio...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Bennie Niles, a Doctoral student in the Department of African American Studies at...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as Veronica Davila Ellis, Carlos Halaburda, and Catalina Rodriguez (all from Spanish and...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) ISITA seminar: The Taste of Prayer: Making Sense...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant known by Indigenous San peoples for a variety of uses, including for food, water,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Local politics is recognized as an indispensable element of modern representative democracy. Since democracy has a universal claim of equal...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He will be giving a talk entitled "Transforming...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
There is an implicit assumption that if one wants treaties to endure, then widespread agreement by domestic groups over the...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Professor Foody's current research explores the historical and lingering effects of US government involvement in defining Islam as public and foreign policy. She...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Fatema Zohara, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology at Loyola University...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. “Take him and tell him to be circumcised”: Moral...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Between 1949 and 1951, 123,000 Iraqi Jews immigrated to the newly established Israeli state. Lacking the resources to absorb them...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Professor Ofer Malamud will describe some of his experimental and quasi-experimental research estimating the causal effect of home computers and internet...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Yannick Coenders, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology! Dinner will be...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speakers: Ousmane Oumar Kane, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School Charles Stewart, professor emeritus...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Professor Jisoo Kim (George Washington University) will give a talk on the culture of Choson Korea. This event is co-sponsored wtih...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as Jayson Porter (History) and Walther Maradiegue (Spanish and Portuguese) present the latest...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Investigating New Models of Civil-Military Relations in Africa: Evidence...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
What is the role of evidence and truth-telling in the midst of “fake news,” Twitter and “bots?” What are the...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Explorations of the Anthropocene in the natural sciences frequently focus on transformative, anthropogenic tipping points, such as the origins of...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
A dominant view of in the historiography of contemporary Iran holds that the revolution of 1979 was appropriated by the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Co-sponsored with the War & Society workshop. Andreas Wimmer is Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy and a member of...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
How do sexual cultural practices and interpretations come to be transported across transnational borders? Based on findings from a study...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Alexander Hamilton Society is hosting an academic debate titled, "Stop or Go: To Move the U.S. Embassy in Israel?"...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Global Café is excited to host a workshop led by Michele Enos, Assistant Director of Social Justice Education at...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This year's Nao Lecture will feature Tatiana Seijas from Penn State University, who will speak about indigenous peoples' confrontation with...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Stalled Democracy, Incomplete Transition: South Africa and the African...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Nitsan Chorev is the Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Brown University. She will be giving a...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tensions between North and South Korea have repeatedly escalated and deescalated since the signing of the Armistice Agreement in 1953...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Alvita Akiboh, a Ph.D. student with the Department of History! Alvita Akiboh is a Doctoral...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought...
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Global Health Corps recruits and selects highly qualified applicants with diverse skill sets to work with high-impact organizations in year-long...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café is excited to host Sonia Planson, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology! Sonia is a dual...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
What were the key developments in the Middle East and North Africa of the last year and how should we...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Marc Lynch is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and is the director of the Project on...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Karen Rignall is Assistant Professor of Community and Leadership Development in the College of Agriculture, Food and the Environment at...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to kill the nuclear deal with Iran. Since taking office, however, he has discovered that scrapping the...
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
This is the second in an annual series of events. This year, we are planning for the event to follow up...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Presentations by MENA graduate students Keegan Terek (Anthropology), Matthew Bent (Theatre), and Safa Al-Saeedi (Political Science). Open to Northwestern graduate students...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mumbai-based documentary filmmaker Paromita Vohra will be here to screen three of her short films - "Where's Sandra?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooy3bnvMagM), "Cosmopolis"...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Join CHSS for two presentations from Northwestern community members: "Bringing the Temperature Down: Managing the Public Acceptability of Consumption Tax Reform...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Under Bolivia’s first Indigenous-identified president, Indigenous people have made social gains. As a result, debates about who qualifies as “authentically...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Come join the Kaplan Artist in Residence, Hamdi Attia, in conversation with Hannah Feldman (Art History and MENA), in his...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
A LECTURE BY ULKA ANJARIAAssociate Professor of English, Brandeis University Internationally-celebrated Indian English novels of the 1980s and 1990s, from Midnight’s...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is excited to host Michael J. Barany, a postdoctoral fellow in the Dartmouth College...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe is excited to host Aurelia Chaudagne from Studies without Borders! Dinner will be provided!
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is proud to host Caitlin Fitz as she talks about her new book, "Our...
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Turkey and Germany, just as with their imperial formations, share a long, often troubling history of cultural encounters and political...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
In this talk, Israeli political scientist Neve Gordon will provide an overview of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In this talk, Neve Gordon will discuss the history and politics of human shielding, a growing phenomenon relating to the...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
If “limited government, rule of law, separation of powers, and respect for human rights and liberties” are the main tenets...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Three Sri Lankan refugees pose as a family unit and attempt to make their lives better by seeking asylum in...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe is excited to host Hafsa Oubou, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Anthropology! Hafsa's specialty is cultural anthropology. Dinner...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
How do you shape a feminist life? What are the choices we confront about how to do feminist work and make...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Barry R. Weingast is Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Recent work in anthropology has problematized assumptions about the meaning of trauma. In this presentation, Professor Leyla Neyzi will argue that Kurdish...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
A talk by Nathan ShockeyAssistant Professor of Japanese, Bard College The turn of the 20th century was a watershed moment for...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) are proud to...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe is excited to host Joy Sales, a Ph.D. student with the Department of History and a Mellon...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk follows the Mediterranean’s resurfacing as a transnational region. Naor Ben-Yehoyada will show how Sicilian poaching in North African...
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Map:https://maps.northwestern.edu/facility/211 Please join us for this keynote talk at the Chicago Arabic Teachers Council (CATC) Fall 2017 Symposium, which will focus...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Prerna Singh is Mahatma Gandhi Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies and faculty fellow at the Watson Institute,...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Professor Sohl Lee (Stony Brook University) will give a talk on contemporary Korean visual culture. The event is jointly sponsored by...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Abraham Cruzvillegas (b. 1968) is one of the most important conceptual artists of his generation to come out of the...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Follow the stories of men and women attempting to migrate from rural villages, bus stations and the ghettos of West...
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Please mark your calendars for perhaps this quarter’s most exciting event! Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Lecture by Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesus,Associate Professor of African American Religions,Harvard Divinity School The election of Donald Trump to the US...
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
28th Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture David D. Cole, National Legal Director, ACLU will join us for a lecture titled "We’ll...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Hamdi Attia is an Artist-In-Residence with the MENA Program and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities. Born and raised...
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Broadly inspired by an upcoming Tarsila do Amaral exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Beyond Anthropophagy: Cultural Modernities Between...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Broadly inspired by an upcoming Tarsila do Amaral exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Beyond Anthropophagy: Cultural Modernities Between...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe is excited to host Rahardhika Utama, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology! His research interests...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Much has been said about the “polarization” of Turkish society and its impact on the recent “authoritarian drift” in Turkish politics....
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How Demanding Should Human Rights Be? An Interdisciplinary Workshop October 13-14, 20179:30am - 6:00pmHarris Hall 108, 1881 Sheridan Road (Northwesetern University,...
All day
Papers include: Masculine Vernacular Histories of Travel in Colonial India: The Writings of Satyadev Parivrajak (Charu Gupta) Can you Write a ‘Travelogue’...
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How Demanding Should Human Rights Be? An Interdisciplinary Workshop October 13-14, 20179:30am - 6:00pmHarris Hall 108, 1881 Sheridan Road (Northwesetern University,...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is having its first master class of the quarter with Dieter Grimm. Dieter Grimm is a...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Seeking a better life, three Guatemalan teens embark on a perilous journey north where their dreams are tested by encounters...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe is excited to host Northwestern's own Office of Undergraduate Research! If you are interested in research, this event...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is proud to welcome Brodwyn Fischer, Professor of Latin American History at the...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A lecture by Charu Gupta, Associate Professor of History, University of Delhi Gupta's lecture will focus on the contemporary furor over...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join Northwestern Persian language students for a celebration of the 14th-century Persian lyric poet on his birthday! Just as Iranians celebrate Hafez's birthday with...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The critically acclaimed novelist Porochista Khakpour will be a Visiting Writer-in-Residence with the Center for the Writing Arts (CWA) and the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Erin McDonnell (Ph.D. Sociology, Northwestern University) is a Kellogg Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, who...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe is excited to host Theresa L. Miller, an Environmental Social Scientist with the Keller Science Action Center...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The critically acclaimed novelist and essayist Porochista Khakpour will explore how, after a decades of writing about Iranian-American identity, she...
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join Ana Arjona, Paul Gillingham, Mark Hauser, and Roberto Rosado Ramirez as they kick off the 2017-2018 school year...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Diane Guerrero is a Boston native and has, since an early age, had an affinity with the arts. She attended...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
How have Syrians lived the uprising and war transforming their country? What can their personal stories teach us about both...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
How have Syrians lived the uprising and war transforming their country? What can their personal stories teach us about both...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Join the CHSS community for our first event of the year. Kimberly Morgan is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The critically acclaimed novelist Porochista Khakpour will be a Visiting Writer-in-Residence with the Center for the Writing Arts (CWA) and...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Are you interested in international research? Come meet the Global Cafe mentors and learn about their diverse array of research...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Come learn about the International Studies Program and exciting events planned for this year, and enjoy special treats by FRIO...
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
This all-day event will feature morning skills-building workshops, an inspiring lunchtime keynote speaker and afternoon career clusters. This event, targeting...
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Join us for a day of honoring Chicago's refugee community! This annual event kicks off with a soccer tournament that begins...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Celebrating 15 Years of World Refugee Day in Chicago! Join us at Daley Plaza for a lunchtime cultural program including performances,...
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In recognition of the cultural traditions brought to the city of Chicago and the surrounding region since its founding by...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Iran's May 19 presidential election could prove to be the most important in the history of the Islamic Republic. It...
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
The MENA Program and the Center for the Writing Arts at Northwestern are proud to present this full staged reading...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Asli Ikizoglu Erensu of the University of Minnesota's Geography, Environment and Society program presents on her ongoing research on forced...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as we welcome Cuban hip-hop duo Obsesion to Northwestern for a...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
After completing a Ph.D. in Sociology at New York University, Dorit was the Vincent Wright Fellow in Comparative Politics at...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Art/Politics/Protest: Local and Global EngagementThursday, May 25, 2017Crowe 1-132Join us at 5pm for drinks and appetizers. Event will begin at...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Donald Trump ran for president on a platform that included the pledge to bring back waterboarding and other torture techniques....
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Anthropology Colloquium Series. Guido Pezzarossi, Syracuse University, presents Labor, Climate and Public Health in Colonial Guatemala: Biopolitics in Archaeological Perspective. The...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The US “war on terror” continues under a third administration, with no end in sight. From official authorization of, first,...
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
This day-long conference, organized by the Buffett Institute's Global Capitalism & Law Research Group, brings together scholars of law, political...
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
A daylong symposium co-hosted by the Center for Global Culture and Communication (CGCC) and the Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA)...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The International Studies Program is excited to welcome Umayyah Cable for "Cinematic Activism: Film Festivals and the Queer Cultural Politics of...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Anthropology Colloquium Series: Yarimar Bonilla of Rutgers University presents Non-Sovereign Citizens: Race, Empire, and Nation in Puerto Rico USA. This talk...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Abdelhay Moudden is Professor of Political Science at Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. He is the founder and academic director...
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
The Chabraja Center for Historical Studies lunch lecture (lunch starts at 12:15, the lecture about 12:30 p.m.): Cynthia RADDING (UNC), author...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The International Studies Program is excited to welcome Heiwon Shin to the Global Cafe for a conversation about pop culture in...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for a presentation and discussion of Afro-Pacific foodways. Chef Guerrero and Dr. Opie will showcase the cusine of...
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join the Dept of Spanish and Portuguese and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as they welcome Jorge...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In 1906, the Palestinian-born educator David Yellin published an article on Hebrew education in which he identified Palestine as the...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Buffett Institute's Global Capitalism & Law Research Group for a lunchtime talk by Katharina Pistor of Columbia...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk will explore anxieties around emigration in two early Lebanese films, Ila Ayn? ("Where To?" directed by George Nasr,...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Martha Wilfahrt researches the political economy of development, with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Martha is currently working on...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The International Studies Program is excited to welcome Bill Hurst to the Global Cafe for "Developing a Rule of Law Society...
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join the Global Politics & Religion graduate student group for a panel with Professor William Mazzarella on his upcoming book...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Professor Dima Qato (UIC) presents her research on health care access for refugees in the U.S. and the Middle East.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Following a century of violent anti-religious campaigns, China is now filled with new temples, churches, and mosques--as well as cults,...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In this talk, Emma Chubb will examine the centrality of migration during the postcolonial period (1956-1999) to contemporary art made...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Erica Simmons is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies and is the Department of Political Science Board...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The International Studies Program is excited to welcome Esra Tasdelen from North Central College to the Global Cafe! A native of...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The International Studies Program is excited to host Int'l Studies majors as they present their senior thesis projects. We hope that you...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is excited to host Richard Leventhal (UPenn)! Maya culture is usually identified through the...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A screening of the Turkish-German filmmaker Ilker Çatak's Sadakat/Fidelty (2014) and Wo Wir Sind/Where We Are (2013), followed by a...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Ilker Çatak is an award-winning Turkish-German director and writer. His films include Ayda (2008), When Namibia was a City (2010), Old...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Nitsan Chorev is the Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Brown University. She was a Member at...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mele Murals is a documentary about the transformative power of art through the unlikely union of graffiti and ancient Hawaiian...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
During the 20th century, Israel's military and strategic posture was designed to cope with the existential threats posed by its...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The International Studies Program is excited to welcome Ethan Adams (Manager, Startup Development, Future Founders) to the Global Cafe for...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is excited to host Northwestern's own Aaron van Oosterhout (Dept of History) as...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Since the 1990s, the Middle East has experienced an upsurge of wildcat strikes, sit-ins, and workers' demonstrations. Well before people...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Buffett Institute's Global Capitalism & Law Research Group for a lunchtime talk by Prof. Wolfgang Streeck, Director...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
How should we write the history of the modern oil industry? The story of oil has most commonly been related...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
About Erin: Erin received her PhD from the University of Chicago in 2016. She is a sociocultural anthropologist interested in...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CFMS Director Galya Ruffer discusses her forthcoming book chapter "Is the U.S. Gaming Refugee Status for Central Americans? A Study...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as our very own Roberto Rosado (Dept. of Anthropology) and Caroline de...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
What makes media “Islamic”? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with Islamic television producers in Cairo, this paper looks at the passionate...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Aliza Luft's research focuses on ethnic, racial, and religious boundary processes, gender, high-risk mobilization, and the causes and consequences of violence.These...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese as our very own Jack...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mexico is currently ranked 149th in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index, the lowest in Latin America. By this...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Featuring a conversation with: Amy Guth, WGN Radio. Amy Guth hosts talk radio on WGN Radio, is president of Association for Women...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Since the early 20th century, Iranians have constructed various pathways for approaching the realm of the "spiritual" in terms that...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Abdellah Karroum, the director of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar, in conversation with Jessica Winegar, Professor of Anthropology and...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Paul Staniland is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he co-directs the Program on...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This talk will examine how non-elite East Africans accessed and used credit in changing ways in the decades surrounding the...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Featuring a conversation with: Brian Tuohy (UChicago) We hope that you can join us for dinner and a discussion!!
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Visiting scholars Patrick Rivers and Kai Mah present theirrecentlypublished piece in Space and Culture titled 'RefugeeHousing without Exception'. All Working Group...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk draws on the book Men of Capital, which examines British-ruled Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s through a...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Student Presentation: Josh Basseches (Sociology) and Melike Arslan (Sociology)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Saeid Golkar examines the shift in student movements in Iran after the 1979 Revolution from the suppression of Marxists groups...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The European model of secularism is currently in crisis, confronted with new immigrant populations on the one hand and resurgent...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the International Studies Program's very own Director, Ian Hurd, as he debates Eric Posner (UChicago Law) about human rights...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as our very own Rodrigo Barrenechea and Nathalia Justo (Dept. of Political...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Every year more and more Europeans, including Germans, are embracing Islam. It is estimated that there are now up to...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Based on two years of ethnographic research among Turkish- and Arab-German communities, in this talk Esra Özyürek of the London...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This talk is about how lives of the crossers of the Syria/Turkey borderlands reconfigured a historically contingent politics of territorialization....
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Late in 2016, China released its newly revised Religious Services Law, which was immediately panned by critics as an aggressive...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Featuring a conversation with: Gilbert Ndahayo, NU Ph.D. candidate and author of "Rwanda Coming to the Memory" We hope that you can...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Between Policy & Academia: Ethics of Research on Refugees & War Northwestern Undergrads from many fields (including international studies, migration studies,...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
ELIZABETH ROBERTS: Anthropology, University of Michigan "What Gets Inside: Violent Entanglements and Toxic Boundaries in Mexico City" Description: Entanglement is a key...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join us on Monday, Feb. 6 at noon in Scott Hall 212 for a talk by University of Chicago...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Through an analysis of the relationships between Palestine-, LGBT-, Queer-, and Zionist-themed film festival organizing in the San Francisco Bay...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Publication Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hopes are high with infrastructures: They are expected to create jobs for the working class, overcome economic stagnation, and raise...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Featuring a conversation with: Shengxiao Yu, Director of Partnerships, Asia and the Americas, GlobeMed We hope that you can join us for...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
by Muhammad Qasim ZamanProfessor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion. Chair, Department of Near Eastern StudiesPrinceton University The event is organized...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as our very own Mariana Barreto and Pedro Varguillas (Dept. of Spanish and...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Professor Haddad will examine US policy toward the Middle East at a critical juncture in the region’s history, with an...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk posits a framework for understanding causes and dynamics across the six cases of popular Arab uprisings. It addresses...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Join the International Studies Program and the Evanston Public Library as we host Professor Jessica Stanton (UPenn) for a talk...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This research examines 15 long-term studies from several different countries to test the effect of psychological characteristics, or personality traits,...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Featuring a conversation with: Rebecca Way, Outreach Coordinator of the Office of Undergraduate Research, Northwestern University We hope that you can join...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd presents on the politics of religion and the refugee crisis, based on my chapter in the...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern) discusses herbook chapter "Muslims and others: The politics of religion in therefugee crisis"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Few visitors to Cairo would characterize the city as cute. They might call it majestic, overcrowded, dirty, or thrilling, but...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CHSS Student Presentations
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Luce postdoctoral fellow Sarah Dees’ practice job talk.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This talk will chronicle the intellectual history of 20th-century Vietnam as told through the biography of Đào Duy Anh, arguably...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Featuring a conversation with: Megan Singh Sidhu, Director of Philanthropic Initiatives, Heshima Kenya Heshima Kenya was established to address a crucial...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as our very own Ana Arjona (Dept. of Poli Sci), Jorge Coronado...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The biblical story of Noah’s Flood served as a template for some of the very first theories of global climate...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
LACS and the Comparative Politics Workshop (from NU's Department of Political Science) are delighted to announce the visit of Steven...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Join us for a panel of MENA core faculty who will review developments across the region in 2016 and discuss...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Robert Braun an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Science at Northwestern University. He combines archival work with geographical information...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Interested in studying abroad? Come learn about the Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI), a study abroad program run by the...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
An Indigenous Commonwealth? Rights, Courts, and the Dialogics of Settler Colonialism Dr. Johnson's work engages questions of indigenous historical agency, identity,...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
LIVING IN A FOREIGN TONGUE: Decision making, judgement, and ethical choice in native and non-native languages Boaz Keysar is a director...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Dr. Evan Lyon, Cheif Medical Officer Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Quran is one of the most iconic objects in American debates about racial and religious tolerance. Is the Quran...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Tracking the Quran's social life as an American culture-object, anthropologist Zareena Grewal provides a window into today's culture wars with...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Martha Wilfahrt researches the political economy of development, with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Martha is currently working on...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Join us for the capstone event of the Salaam Cinema program! Renowned international scholars and artists will convene at the Block...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for the capstone event of the Salaam Cinema program! Renowned international scholars and artists will convene at the Block...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CFMS Faculty Working Group is a collaborative forum to discuss research projects, host speakers, and engage in critical reading on...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
11/2/16- A conversation with Sally Nuamah, scholar and filmmaker, on her documentary: Her Story 11/9/16- A conversation with Marisa Chumil, Senior...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LACS and the Department of African American Studies are delighted to announce the visit of Lewis León Baños, Ana Arjona,...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Jennifer Roth-Gordon is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her book, Race and the Brazilian Body: Blackness,...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
We will discuss the book titled "Black Reconstruction in America: 1860-1880"
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
All day
The national deadline for Princeton in Asia is Friday, November 11, 2016.
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The LACS Program is delighted to announce the visit of the Erika Pani (Colegio de Mexico), as part of our...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
11/2/16- A conversation with Sally Nuamah, scholar and filmmaker, on her documentary: Her Story 11/9/16- A conversation with Marisa Chumil, Senior...
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Study Abroad Fair is a comprehensive information event for anyone interested in learning more about the many exciting study...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
In the lively debate over the question “Is Critique Secular?,” very fundamental questions have been raised about critique itself, which...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ayad Akhtar in conversation with Jeff-award winning director Kimberly Senior. Akhtar's new play JUNK: The Golden Age...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Ayad Akhtar. “Conversation with Playwright, Ayad Akhtar”Moderated by Professor Rajeev Kinra, Associate Professor, Dept. of History; Director, Asian Studies Program;...
All day
The national deadline for Princeton in Latin America is Monday, November 7, 2016.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Y Nguyen and Lea Elsässer will present their ongoing research projects.
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LACS are delighted to announce the visit of the Cuban anthropologist María del Rosario Díaz, who will be our guest...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Interested in studying abroad? Come learn about the Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI), a study abroad program run by the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
While populist rhetoric is on the rise in both Europe and the U.S., Islam and Muslims have been consistently defined...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
11/2/16- A conversation with Sally Nuamah, scholar and filmmaker, on her documentary: Her Story 11/9/16- A conversation with Marisa Chumil, Senior...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LACS are delighted to announce the visit of Federico Finchelstein from the New School for the first talk in LACS's Fall...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Dr. Sonja Boone, Chief Medical Officer Alegis Health Care
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"The Israeli Shas School System: The re-Creation and re-Imagination of Sephardic (Hispano-Eastern Jewish) Culture in an Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox Framework" Description: In...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Festival LatiNU is the signature event for Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. Alianza-The Hispanic/Latino Student Alliance and Multicultural Student Affairs sponsor...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
This event is co-sponsored by The Department of German, The Department of English, The Program in Critical Theory and The...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Co-organized by Monica Prasad (Sociology) and Jordan Gans-Morse (Political Science), this workshop will feature a roundtable discussion of a USAID...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Department of French & Italian Annual Fall Colloquium: Beyond Occitania, an interdisciplinary conference on medieval poetry in honor of...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Featuring Michelle McSweeney (Manager, International Services, American Red Cross)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"≈" - Prof. Ximena Briceño (Stanford University) ¿Es posible reconfigurar la noción recibida de paisaje desde los Andes? Para formular una...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Suzen Moeller, MS, PhD Nutritional Epidemiologist
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Description: Turkey is experiencing arguably its darkest days since the 1980 coup d’état. Tens of thousands of people have been...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Description: There are more journalists jailed in Turkey than anywhere else in the world. Dozens of media outlets have shuttered...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Dr. Debra Thompson is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies, specializing in Black Politics and Comparative Race and Ethnic...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
How do Indigenous Peoples and Organizations access and navigate global policy arenas like the Paris Climate Summit and the World...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Featuring a conversation with:Ashley MarineDirector of Girl Engagement,GirlForward Join us for a conversation that will feature an overview ofthe United States’...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Carlo Heathcote Michelle McSweeney, Manager International Services and Service to the Armed Forces Program, American Red Cross of Greater Chicago and Northern...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk examines the ways U.S. civil rights and antiwar struggles, Israeli military and administrative occupation, and Palestinian narratives of...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EDGS Speaker Series: “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Co-sponsored with Political Science and WCAS Kevin O'Brien, UC Berkeley As China urbanizes, more...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Richard Nielsen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at MIT. He completed his PhD (Government) and AM (Statistics) at...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Like approximately half of the world’s basic laws, Sri Lanka’s constitution gives preferential status to the country’s majority religion, Buddhism....
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Nettel, Herralde Prize-winning author of novel The Body Were I Was Born, will read from her work and discuss her...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Interested in studying abroad? Come learn about the Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI), a study abroad program run by the...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Synopsis: Film portrays the endeavors of a group of Iranian master musicians who are trying to locate, restore and record...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
"Justice in service of Equality" — a lecture by, and conversation with, Christiane Taubira, former Minister of Justice of France....
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
MICHAEL GORDIN: History, Princeton University “Scientific Babel: The Languages of Science Before and After Global English” Description: Communication, especially publication, in the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Born José Miguel Sánchez Gómez,Yossassumed his pen name in 1988, when he won Cuba’s PremioDavid in the science fiction category...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In a situation where documentary filmmaking is often possible through state funding and supervision, but the state-run TV as the...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A lecture by Abdelfattah Kilito. Free and open to everyone. Reception to follow. ABDELFATTAH KILITO is a world-renowned writer, critic, translator...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In Peruvian mining politics, exposure to the heavy metal lead has become emblematic for the human cost of an extractive-based...
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Alumni discuss with current students their inter-cultural careers. There are so many ways you can engage with the world, and...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Drawing on three years experience in conflict zones , Rachel discusses howrebel groups adapt their strategies to influence United Nations...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
SPACE IS LIMITED for this informal discussion. Please RSVP to french-italian@northwestern.edu to receive a copy of Mr. Kilito's book. ABDELFATTAH KILITO...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
A conversation with Abdelfattah Kilito. Free and open to everyone. Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the Program in Middle East...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join us for our first meeting of the year on Friday, September 30th at the Buffett Institute Conference Room...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Co-sponsored by Medill and MENA (Middle East and North African Studies Program)The key drivers of discontent in the Arab world...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk explores the ten different local, regional, and global conflicts that have come together to make Syria the greatest...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Come learn about the International Studies Program and exciting events planned for this year, enjoy special treats by FRIO Gelato! September...
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The posters in this exhibition are selected from Hamid Naficy’s Iranian Movie Poster Collection, recently acquired by the Northwestern University...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Attend the World Refugee Day lunchtime concert performance. Photo displays from Changing World profiling selected refugee stories, and stories on refugee...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Israeli anthropologist André Levy will discuss his first book, describing his return to his birthplace in Casablanca and a deeply nuanced...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
André Levy is a senior lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Israel. He is coeditor of Homelands...
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Come show your support for Chicago's thriving refugee communities! Events include the "One Human Family" unity rally/march from 11:30 to 1:30, soccer...
6:30 PM - 8:15 PM
International Studies End of Year Event and Speaker. James C. Scott, Yale University James Scott is the Sterling Professor of Political Science...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join Pedro Varguillas, LACS cluster graduate affiliate and Spanish and Portuguese graduate student, for a research workshop, “Changa Tuki: Sounding Bodies...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
This talk, arising from a collaborative project on violence in the US-Mexico borderlands, focuses on the very violent decade of...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Hussein Ali Agrama (PhD, Johns Hopkins, 2005) is the associate professor of Anthropology and Director of Graduate Studies and of...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Just a few miles from the coast of Venezuela, southern Trinidad arguably possesses the world’s oldest oil industry. Trinidad’s economy...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Recovering Armenia: Limits of Belonging in Post-Genocide Turkey This book talk follows the trajectories of the survivors of the 1915 Armenian...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Jocelyn Viterna is Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-director of the Transnational Studies Initiative. Author of an award-winning book and...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WHO GETS TO SPEAK? Rabih Alemeddine on writers, the writer's point of view, and how writers function within the dominant culture. Rabih...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Earth warmed by almost two degress Fahrenheit since 1880. This seemingly small increase in global warming explains why much...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Crime fiction in Mexico did not follow all the rules of the genre, but it allowed Mexican readers and writers...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This paper looks at efforts by a largely Kurdish mothers-of-the-disappeared group (the Saturday Mothers) to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. The...
All day
Keynote Address: Professor Deborah Kapchan (NYU)Slow Ethnography, Slow Activism: Listening, Witnessing, and the Longue Durée At the historic five-year mark of...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mediterranea April 13 Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café welcomes Craig Kafura, Research Associate, Chicago Council on Global Affairs Public Opinion, Foreign Policy, and the 2016 Campaign Craig...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the MENA Program to celebrate the publication of four new books by its core faculty. Commentary will be given...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Given the high social stakes of narco-masculinity, what does it mean when Mexican films treat it comically? A reading of...
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Michael COOK (Princeton University) "Was the Rise of Islam a Black Swan Event?" Tuesday, May 10
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
On the Loss of Humanity: The Case of Former Militia Fighters in Lebanon Through ethnographic encounters with former militia fighters in...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Dr Roessler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the College of William and Mary as well...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join a staged reading of Driss Ksikes’ play The Match, a contemporary re-writing of the Oedipus complex about solitude, revolution...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Cafe welcomes Ambassador Ian Kelly. Ian KellyEUR, AmbassadorU.S. Embassy Tbilisi Georgia Ian C. Kelly, a career member of the Foreign...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
This lecture tackles the ethical and political issues raised by artistic and literary productions across North Africa, concentrating especially in...
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
This lecture will investigate how Egyptians, Moroccans, and Tunisians used social media both as a tool of mobilization and surveillance...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hear Moroccan playwright/journalist Driss Ksikes lecture on Ibn Rushd (“Averroes”), the last philosopher in the Muslim world, and how his...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Mariana Borges Martins da Silva (NU, Political Science) Rahardhika Arista Utama (NU, Sociology)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Palace architecture is commonly associated with monumentality, primarily conceived of in terms of solidity and grandiosity. The palace architecture of...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
An open forum for graduate and undergraduate students led by Professor Anver Emon, and moderated by Professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd. Anver...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In policy arenas on security and violent extremism, Islam is often the paradigmatic ideology or tradition against which states must...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom"
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mediterranea April 13 Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and...
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Buen Dia, Ramon, directed by Jorge Ramírez Suárez, 2013. 120 minutes. Introduction by Aaron Aguilar Ramirez (Department of Spanish &Portuguese) 5:30 p.m.:...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café welcomes The Rev. Dr. Cotton Fite, Chair of the Seraj Library Project Palestinians under Occupation: Finding Hope Where...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947Bruce HoffmanDirector of the Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University Bruce Hoffman is a tenured...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Marcelo Morales Cintero, the award-winning author of numerous collections of poetry and prose, will give a hybrid talk centered on...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Henri Lauzière (Department of History, Northwestern University)presents his new publication, The Making of Salafism, with special discussants Brannon Ingram and...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The spread of Sufism in West Africa drew on earlier Islamic learning practices surrounding the Qur’an, Islamic law, and other...
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
In partnership with the Buffett Institute, the Environmental Science and Policy & Culture programs are hosting a panel of local...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Professor Mundy is a Professor of Art History at Fordham University and a Senior Fellow at the National Gallery of Art...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Global Café welcomes Colin McLeod, Board Member and the chapter President of the Chicagoland Professional Chapter of Engineers Without...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Halaqa events allow Arabic language students of all to interact with the language in an informal setting. While Halaqa events...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mediterranea April 13 Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and...
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Mediterranea Introduction by Thomas Simpson (Department of French & Italian) (Jonas Carpignano, 2015, Italy/France/USA/Germany/Qatar, DCP, 107 min.)Jonas Carpignano’s striking feature-film début follows...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Global Café welcomes Patricia Nguyen, PhD Student, Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University Storytelling & Social Change: Engaging with Communities...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Using the images from his book, Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict (2012), and El 9: A Photographer at...
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
This evening's speakers are journalists Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami, the authors of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War....
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad....
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Professor Mudge will be presenting her paper titled, "Biography, History, and Huge Comparisons: The End of Ideology Revisited."
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Professor Mudge will be presenting her paper titled, "Biography, History, and Huge Comparisons: The End of Ideology Revisited."
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
What does it mean to transcend theoretical solidarity with the oppressed and move to actual, embodied solidarity with the oppressed? We...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Dubbed the "fairy godmother to finance ministers in distress" by The Guardian, Lee C. Buchheit, a senior partner at Cleary...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Speaker Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Brown University. In mid to late 19th century Cuba, 125,000 Chinese workers under 8-year contracts (coolies) worked alongside...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Join the current Intl Studies honors students to learn about their research topics and thesis progress. This is a great...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Matthew Engelke is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology. He also co-ordinates the School’s Programme for the Study of...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Over the last decades, patriarchy has lost its prominence among Northern feminist theorists as a conceptual tool for theorizing and...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Join the current Intl Studies honors students to learn about their research topics and thesis progress. This is a great...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join NU Associate Chaplain and Director of Interfaith Engagement Tahera Ahmad at the Evanston Public Library for a discussion of...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Unmaking of the World: Torture, Speech, and Sovereignty in Jérôme Ferrari’s Où j’ai laissé mon âme The past two decades...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Lívio Sansone will present at Northwestern University in the coming weeks. He is a professor of Anthropology and Afro-Brazilian Studies...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The influence of the ideas produced by the cabinet of Cesar Lombroso in Turin on the debate on deviance, crime,...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
The Global Cafe welcomes Dennis Wichern, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago Field Division and Valerie A. Nickerson, Assistant Special Agent...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Over the past two millennia, dominant Western narratives of the Persian Wars have established a problematic East-West binary in which...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cultural histories of Europe of the late 19th and early 20th centuries almost universally describe japonisme as an exoticizing, aestheticizing...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
The International Studies Program Globla Cafe welcomes Megan Albaugh Bonham. Megan will discuss Adler Planetarium's efforts to include greater human diversity...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Do you have questions about the International Studies Honors Program? Stop by the info session to get your questions answered...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Literacy has been one of the largest and most enduring nation-building projects of modern Egypt. For both Muslims and Copts,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join a public discussion with Turkish filmmaker Kutluğ Ataman and NU faculty regarding the evolution of his filmmaking and the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Jorge Coronado considers the interactions between indigenous activists and intellectuals in Peru in the early 20th century as a basis for...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Maria Krasinksi, Director of Programs at WorldChicago. Maria will share information about WorldChicago and how you can get involved. Maria Krasinski is the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
David Koussens is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Sherbrooke where he holds the...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program welcomes Michelle Chase, Bloomfield College. Talk Description: This talk will recover the surge of...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This paper is an ethnographic study of the state-ordered demolition of a cherished local theater in a seaside Algerian village....
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Our speaker will be Nader Sohrabi, visiting Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and a Faculty Fellow at the Buffett...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Professor Tracy Devine-Guzmán of the University of Miami will give a talk on Native Sovereignty and Indigenous wellbeing. Despite Native peoples’ efforts to...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Block Cinema and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program invite you to a film screening of Vampires in Havana. A...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Until the last decade, there has been a historical and historiographical silence over Vichy North Africa. Based on archival research...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Talk by Emily Maguire, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese The past two decades have witnessed a notable rise in...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
If you are interested, Northwestern Career Advancement is hosting a similar event at the same time (Tuesday, 4pm-6:30pm).More information:Practice Speaking...
3:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Block Museum Cinema feature film. A group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd teaches on relations among law, religion, and global politics at Northwestern University. In summer 2015, she released...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dr. Robert Murphy, Director of the Center for Global Health at Northwestern, will share information about the NU Center for...
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
The International Studies Program welcomes the Honorable Adam Scheinman, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation. North Korea’s claim that...
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
In recent years, North American and European nations have sought to legally remake religion in other countries through an unprecedented...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
During the late 1930's and 1940's, Zionism was not the only ideological-national movement active among Jews in Palestine. The Canaanite...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join us for an evening of dinner and conversation about the Syrian refugee crisis and what organizations in Chicago...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Anne Foster, Indiana State University EDGS Rajawali Speaker Series: "Comparative Empires in the International History of the Modern Era" Beginning in the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Dare to Disappoint: Growing up in Turkey is a graphic memoir published by Farrar Straus Giroux in 2015. The author...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Berna Turam is the Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Northeastern University. She has an abiding interest in...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dr. Foster will share his knowledge and experiences in the field of International Studies. Come with questions! Bio: Dr. Badi Foster...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
What are the challenges faced by Raúl Castro's government? Is he likely to succeed in his reform program or is...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Due to the holiday, no MENA Monday will be held today.
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Damon Mayrl is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Sociology at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. His research uses comparative and...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Darci Flynn, Midwest Regional Service Coordinator, Anti-Trafficking Program at Heartland AllianceCome learn about the work that Heartland is doing to...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Due to an otherwise packed winter schedule, no MENA Monday will be held today.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Interested in a career in global engagement? This event will connect undergraduates directly to practitioners in the field. Students will learn...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stop by the International Studies Program to enjoy hot chocolate and cookies and find out what events are planned for...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
A panel of MENA faculty and affiliates review developments across the region in 2015 and discuss what to look for...
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Discussion Panel & Reception Thursday, December 3, 6:00pm-9:00pm At the Segal Visitors Center (1841 Sheridan Rd.) The Center for Forced...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Joanne Rappaport will focus on how collaboration unfolds in a collaborative research project, taking as an example Orlando Fals Borda's...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Evanston Public Library and Northwestern University’s Middle East and North African Studies (MENA) Program welcome you to the latest...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Title: The Transparent Eyeball Materialized: Emerson Reads Persian Poetry Description: Early in his 1858 essay entitled "Persian Poetry," Ralph Waldo Emerson...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
No MENA Monday scheduled today.
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Kimberly Hoang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and the College at the University of Chicago. Dr. Hoang is the...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Keynote Speaker: Jerome McDonnell, Worldview Host at WBEZ (NPR Chicago) On Thursday, Nov 19th, at 7pm, Jerome will address the Northwestern community...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Presented by Lina Britto, Assistant Professor History, Northwestern University This paper examines how geopolitical rivalry between the United States and Germany...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Interested in going abroad? GESI is a unique program that combines study abroad with an internship and volunteering. Hear from GESI staff...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Politics of Sadness: Paralyzing the Masses in Post-Revolutionary Iran Social riots, popular uprisings, and revolutions are among the threats that could...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Block Cinema and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program invite you to the Tribute to Gabriel Figueroa Film Series Enamorada Set...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Jessica H. Darrow is a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a Center for...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Block Cinema and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program invite you to the Tribute to Gabriel Figueroa Film Series María...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Beth Linn is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science. From 2009-2011 she was a Youth Development Volunteer...
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Attending the Study Abroad Fair is a great first step for undergraduates to gain more information about study abroad opportunities...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program presents a research workshop with: Walther Maradiegue, Spanish & Portuguese"A Bandit and a Witch...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The Weinberg Student Alumni Engagement Program invites you to a lunch & learn roundtable to hear about international career options. Do...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Over the last fifty years, Turks have come to form one of the largest diaspora groups in Western Europe. Islam...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Governing Islam Abroad: The Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) and Diaspora Islam in France and Germany Over the last fifty...
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Symposium: From Temporary Protection to Permanent Settlement: Challenges to the Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey The Center for Forced Migration...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Richard M. Valelly is Claude C. Smith '14 Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College, where he has taught since...
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Attend a screening of #ChicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator. Commentary by Northwestern undergraduates from MENA. Come by...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The upcoming Global Café will feature a conversation with John Dorr, Acting Head, Digital Scholarship Services & Global Studies Coordinator at...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Northwestern graduate students, Jack Martinez Arias and Theodore Foster, will present their research findings for the LACS Research Workshop. Jack Martinez...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join us on Tuesday, Nov. 3 for a discussion of three readings on contracts and contractual relations, selected by...
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Responding to Iraqi and Syrian refugees fleeing for asylum. Undergraduates are invited to draft a course of action to the NU...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The MENA Refugee Crisis: Implications for Turkey and Europe Today there are more refugees in the world than ever before, with...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Kofi Asante (Northwestern) will be presenting his paper, "‘A government so anomalous’: moral, juridical, and fiscal constraints on the incipient...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Does hosting refugees affect state repression towards the local population? Although there has been some attention paid to the link...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
During the Cold War, left-wing Latin American artists, writers, and scholars worked as diplomats, advised rulers, opposed dictators, and even...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Evanston Public Library - Community Room, 6:00pm Saeid Golkar, Senior Visiting Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Visiting Scholar, Buffett...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Arabic Children’s Television Children’s television offers students of all levels unique insight into Arabic language and culture. Join MENA Language Coordinator...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Program in Middle East and North African Studies (MENA) will be holding its inaugural conference, “Theorizing Transformations in the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Başak Yavçan's current research focuses on the intergroup dynamics resulting from the mass influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey, with an...
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
The Program in Middle East and North African Studies (MENA) will be holding its inaugural conference, “Theorizing Transformations in the...
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
The Program in Middle East and North African Studies (MENA) will be holding its inaugural conference, “Theorizing Transformations in the...
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join the International Studies Global Cafe on a field trip to the Chicago Internatioanl Film Festival! We will be attending...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
GUEST SPEAKER: Rebecca SingerDoctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières In many of the countries where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works, a shocking...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Join us for the MENA Program's closing event of its inaugural Conference, "Theorizing Transformations in the Middle East and North...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The Program in Middle East and North African Studies (MENA) will be holding its inaugural conference, “Theorizing Transformations in the...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program Research Workshop Series with Visiting Assistant Profesor in History, Forrest Hylton. Description: This workshop...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
STEFANIE GRAETER: SHC and Anthropology, Northwestern University TITLE "An Ethical Objectivity in a State of Corruption: Catholic Science and Heavy-Metal Monitoring...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
For details of MENA's inaugural conference this week, please visit http://www.mena.northwestern.edu/community/MENA-Inaugural-Conference.html
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Rajeev Bhargava, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, will be delivering a talk on his new research titled "Living with Religious...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Llan Carlos Dávila, Representative at Santa Rosa de Lima in the Diocesan Committee in Defense of Nature (CODIDENA) Ellen Moore, Guatemala...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join us on Oct. 15 at 3pm in University Hall 201 (Hagstrum Room) for a members-only master class with...
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
A public talk by Dani Rodrik of the Harvard Kennedy School, sponsored by the Buffett Institute. Lunch will be served.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Join the International Studies Global Cafe for a discussion with Karl Friedhoff who will share how his prior experiences helped...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Seeking Asylum: Lip-Sewing and Truth-Telling" In recent years, many asylum seekers have protested their conditions of confinement by resorting to corporeal,...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
With guitar and harmonica, Dr. Negrete uses poetic song, corridos (running verse ballads) and slides to give an authentic perspective...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Our speaker will be Tianna Paschel, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Berkeley University. She is interested in the...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
A Talk by Dr. Marc Becker, Truman State University. Talk Description:Indigenous communities have long organized against their economic exploitation and racial...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The International Studies Program is hosting an Open House. Come learn about the International Studies Program and exciting events planned...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
A talk with Dr Alejandra Laera (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Conicet) Alejandra Laera is professor of 19th century Argentine Literature at Universidad...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Northwestern graduate and visiting students are invited to attend an information session about the Global Capitalism & Law Research Group...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Gendered Nuances in Historiographical Discourses of Medieval Egypt and Syria This lecture will feature a discussion of semantic inference in biographical...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join us as we usher in the new academic year with fellow colleagues, faculty, and graduate students. We will...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This panel will feature journalist Meline Toumani, author of There Was and There Was Not, and two respondents from the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Author Meline Toumani will discuss the ideas and issues in her memoir, There Was and There Was Not: A Journey...
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Conflict Zones and Zones of Conflict: War, Peace and the Continuum of Sexual Violence in Eastern AfricaJune 12, 2015 Whereas before...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Speaker: Arif Çamoğlu, English Department Respondent: Taymaz Pour Mohammad, English Department Title: Bandits and All: The Construction of Turkishness as an Absolute Political...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Speaker: Dr. Talinn Grigor, Brandeis UniversityAssociate Professor of Art History Title: “Iranian or Not?” That Might Not Be the Question Three...
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3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Mariana Borges, Political Science, "Beyond Poverty: A Cultural Analysis of the Persistence of Clientelism" Tatiana Poddubnykh, Political Science, "UNESCO: Politics on the...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join IS & Poli Sci ('13) Alumnus, Roy White at this Global Cafe event, "From Paper to Practice: Perspectives on...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Professor Loren LybargerAssociate Professor of Classics & World Religions, Ohio Univeristy Senior Fellow, The University of Chicago, Divinity School Title: "Palestinian...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
“Making the Most of Your International Student Experience” In this interactive discussion, Ana Dutra will share her experience as an international...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
International Studies Majors, Minors, & Faculty are welcome at the End of Year Celebration to honor our photo contest winners,...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Professor Ali BehdadJohn Charles Hillis Professor of Literature and Department ChairUCLA Title: "The History of Iranian Photography" Abstract: "This presentation is meant to...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Professor Ali BehdadJohn Charles Hillis Professor of Literature and Department ChairUCLA Title: “Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East” Abstract: Arguing that...
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
SPECIAL EVENT:MAY 8-9, 2015 Making Knowledge and the Problem of Place:A MIDWEST CONFERENCEfor Science and Technology Studies Friday, May 8 -- location...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Impossible Criminals: The Suburban Imperatives of the War on Drugs”
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese invites you to attend a talk by Rocio Quispe-Agnoli entitled "On Guaman Poma de...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
AIESEC Northwestern is an international non-for profit organization that provides students with leadership training and internship opportunities at for-profit and...
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Said Arjomand, SUNY Stony BrookDistinguished Service Professor of Sociology Harris Hall, 107 1881 Sheridan Road 7:30 pm Title: “The End of the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Learn Turkish and Persian in One Hour!" Join us for an interactive Halaqa-MENA's Turkish Instructor Oya Topcuoglu and Persian Instructor Austin...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join Josh Basseches, Dept. of Sociology, in a discussion his experiences on the campaign trail. Dinner provided! RSVP to Sarah at international-studies@northwesterne.edu
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Title: "Calculating the times of prayer on islamicfinder.org." Description: The popular website islamicfinder.org offers users the ability to calculate the times of...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join Magda Boutros, Department of Sociology, in a discuss titled "Egyptian Human Rights Activism in Times of Political Upheaval". Dinner provided! RSVP...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Did you know the first Earth Day was celebrated right here at Northwestern University in 1970? Join us again for...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The Andean Cultures Working Group presents a talk by Victoria Sancho Lobis, from the Art Institute of Chicago, titled "South...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
MENA welcomes award-winning Iranian film director, producer and screen writer for our Monday presentation. Pouran Derakshandheh will present clips from some...
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Join us for a two-night screening of two leading Iranian films by Director Pouran Derakhshandeh, April 16th & 17th. Friday, April 17,...
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Join us for a two-night screening of two leading Iranian films by Director Pouran Derakhshandeh, April 16th & 17th. Thursday April...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join Lynette Behnke, U.S. Foreign Service, in a discussion on her experiences and insights into a career in the foreign...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Title: "Four Myths About The Middle East" Description: Monday, April 13, 6 pm, Community Meeting Room, Main Library Four members of Northwestern...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
MENA Graduate Student Group Topic To Be Announced Please bring your own lunch
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Lecture by Professor Michael S. Northcott, University of Edinburgh Professor Northcott will discuss nations as key agents in the climate crisis,...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Three young Peruvian writers: Francisco Angeles, Jennifer Thorndike and Jack Martinez Arias, will present their recent books approaching the experience...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Three young Peruvian writers: Francisco Angeles, Jennifer Thorndike and Jack Martinez Arias, will present their recent books approaching the experience...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Haunting Archaeology: Latin America’s Past and ‘the contemporaneity of the non-contemporaneous’ A talk by O. Hugo Benavides, Ph.D., Fordham University Almost...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Event co-sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies, The Buffett Institute for Global Studies and The Program in Comparative Literary Studies Title: "Where...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Title: "Jet Set Frontiers: Tourism, Hijackings, Petrodollars, and the Politics of Aeromobility from Beirut to the Gulf" Speaker: Dr. Waleed Hazbun,...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Russia - New Cold War or New Reality?John Beyrle, former US ambassador to Russia John Beyrle served as an American diplomat...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Michelle Molina will present, "'I love the Jesuits!': Reason and Affect in an Early Modern Shipboard Conversion Narrative.” In 1768, a young...
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
This event will feature two documentary film screenings about historical memory of resistance to colonialism among descendants of Africans and...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Event co-sponsored by the Buffett Institute for Global Studies Title: "Writing a History of Sectarianism" Speaker: Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Rice University, Professor of...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Alejandra Ancheita, Founder and Executive Director of ProDESC 7pm at the McCormick Tribune Forum1870 Campus Dr. Alejandra Ancheita is a Mexico City...
4:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Ben. Sifuentes-Jauregui’s research interests include 20th Century Latin American and Laino/a literature and cultural studies, gender theory and sexuality studies,...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Event co-organized by the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program and the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies Speaker: Dr. Kerem Öktem, University...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Join the Chico Mendes Project to learn about grassroots activism, climate change, and indigenous peoples' struggle for survival and sovereignty...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
"From Living Abroad to Policy to Academia: Reflections on Navigating a Career in International Affairs" Katrin Katz is currently a Ph.D....
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Eric Rubin assumed his duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in July 2011....
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Event co-sponsored by The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) Speaker: Dalia Abd El-Hameed, Head of the Gender Program at the Egyptian Initiative...
1:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Esta conferencia explorará la poesía de César Vallejo desde la presencia de imágenes que representan el exceso y la negatividad...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tools and Resources for International Quantitative Research
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Event co-sponsored by the Art History Department Speaker: Dr. Amanda Rogers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Description: In contrast to conventional...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Reflect on the World. Experience the World. Make a Difference. The Brady Program in Ethics and Civic Life is a scholarly...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER** Due to poor weather conditions and cancelled flights, our guest speaker won't be...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presenters: Prof. Ragy Mikhaeel & Prof. Uri Horesh, MENA Arabic Lecturers Join us for a celebration of Arab cinema. Arabic lecturers Ragy...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The Crisis Over Ukraine and the West's ResponseSteven Pifer, Brookings, former US ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer is director of the...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Mary Elena (Ella) Wilhoit, graduate student in the Department of Anthropology, is giving a talk based on her recent fieldwork...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Speaker: Matthew Brauer Respondent: Hasheem Hakeem, Dept of French and Italian Title: "The Imperial Future of Ruins: French travelers in Morocco before...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
“Citizen Diplomacy: Engaging Chicago in the World" WorldChicago hosts delegates from around the world for professional, cultural, educational, and youth leadership...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Citizen Diplomacy: Engaging Chicago in the World WorldChicago hosts delegates from around the world for professional, cultural, educational, and youth leadership...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Description: The 1979 Iranian revolution enabled conservative women previously limited in mobility to partake in building a Shi’i revolutionary state by...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"The Middle East: 2014 in Review (and what to expect in 2015)" Featuring Professor Nabeel Khoury, Visiting Associate Professor in MENA Come...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Comment: Arif Samet Camoglu, English Title: Refugee Activists and the Struggle for Syria in Jordan This talk is based on exploratory fieldwork...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Middle East held a number of significant elections in 2014 amid heightened tensions in the region, and continued instability...
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Since 2010, Haiti has been the site of the modern world’s most serious outbreak of cholera – a deadly waterborne...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Danny Méndez, Associate Professor, Michigan State University “How to Get Away with Privilege: Charytín Goico and the Politics of Race in...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Danny Méndez, Associate Professor, Michigan State University “How to Get Away with Privilege: Charytín Goico and the Politics of Race in...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Saeid Golkar will be a visiting lecturer in MENA for Winter-Spring 2015 and is senior fellow of Iran policy at...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join MENA Arabic faculty members Ragy Mikhaeel, Fadia Antabli, Fatima Khan and Uri Horesh for a Halaqa (“cultural circle”)...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Respondent: Matthew Brauer, Dept of French and Italian "Combating Sexual Violence in Cairo's Streets: On-the-ground Strategies of Action" In 2012, groups of...
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
"The Day of the DeadEl Día de los Muertos: Mexican Traditions of Remembrance" Mexicans celebrate the Día de los Muertos the...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Department of Performance Studies will host Argentinean documentary theatre director Vivi Tellas for an artist talk on Wednesday, October...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
“Coalolialism: Energy and Empire before the Age of Oil” The Middle East played a crucial yet neglected role in nineteenth-century industrialization....
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
“Gaza and Beyond: Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab World” Panel discussion with experts from Brandeis University, Northwestern University and the...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Title of Talk: "Creative Flow: Music, Genre and Mobility in the Syrian Revolutionary Public Sphere" About the Talk: From the unthinkability...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The department of Spanish & Portuguese is one of the co-hosts of the Lit & Luz Festival 2014, a festival of...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Last Illusions: Porochista Khakpour on Writing, Myth, and the Refashioning of History"Iranian-American novelist, essayist, journalist, and professor Porochista Khakpour discusses...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Join us for our first MENA Mondays event of the year! Each event features a guest speaker who addresses a...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
An occasion to say hello to friends and colleagues, and most especially, to welcome our new faculty and graduate students....
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Come learn about the Chicago Field Studies academic internship program! Information sessions are approximately one hour in length and start...
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Fulbright offers unparalleled opportunities for US citizens to research, study, or teach abroad. These highly prestigious awards reward superior undergraduates,...
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The US-UK Fulbright Commission has opened applications for the UK Summer Institute Award Programmes for US Citizens! Each Programme varies in...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Global Health Research Symposium showcases global health research conducted by current Northwestern undergraduates both here and abroad. Presenters include...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Office of Fellowships will present information on the Boren Scholarship -- a vehicle to fund study abroad -- as...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Office of Fellowships will present information on the Boren Scholarship -- a vehicle to fund study abroad -- as...
