FROM CAIRO Thu, Oct 6, 7pm, Loew Autitorium Egyptian filmmaker Hala Galal (in person!) presents this portrait of resilience as two single women in Cairo pursue their passion for art and find their voices.
Nadje Al-Ali, Brown University gave a lecture by virtual Zoom on Friday, May 27, 2:15 PM.
Clay Foye and Katelyn Zeser successfully defended their thesis on May 27, 2022.
Congratulations Andrew Simon on the publication of your new book. Media of the Masses investigates the social life of an everyday technology—the cassette tape—to offer a multi-sensory history of modern Egypt.
The answer to Lebanon's problems lies not in foreign intervention, but rather a rejection of the status quo and identity politics in favor of community building by Tala Majzoub, The Dartmouth, 10-19-21.
Katelyn Zeser '22, a scholar of Arabic, was in a unique position to fix the digital presence of Arabic works at the Hood Museum. I made our digital footprint more accommodating and inclusive for Arabic speakers in our community.
Emily Apter, New York University spoke Tuesday, May 25, 2021.
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 @ 4 pm, Anneka Lenssen, University of California, Berkeley, Virtual Zoom, Free and open to the public. Anneka Lenssen's new book, Beautiful Agitation: Modern Painting and Politics in Syria, explores how painters in Syria activated the mutability of form to rethink relationships.
The Humanities Seminar in Jewish & Middle Eastern Studies presents a series of virtual lectures this spring. Free and open to the public. Please use the same Zoom link for each lecture.
"The series aims to introduce innovative interdisciplinary research in the area between Arabic literature and poetics, literary theory and comparative literature."
