multi-day
Hebrew Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Hebrew speakers of all levels are welcome to join us practicing speaking Hebrew in a fun and informal environment.
Past Events
multi-day
Turkish Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in an informal and fun setting. Speakers of all proficiency levels are welcome!
multi-day
Liberating History: Leila and the Wolves (1984)
All day, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
Online screening of LEILA AND THE WOLVES followed by a pre-recorded discussion between filmmaker Heiny Srour and Dr. Rebecca C....
multi-day
Summer Research Opportunities
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Paw Print Events
Brrr - wish it was summer? Us too! Join the Office of Undergraduate Research for a detailed overview of funded...
multi-day
Undergraduate Language Grant Info Sessions
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Paw Print Events
Would you like $5,000 to study a language over the summer? Then check out the Undergraduate Language Grant! ULGs provide...
multi-day
NU Festival of Languages and Cultures
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Council on Language Instruction (CLI)
The festival celebrates the importance of languages and to complement the university-wide Language Fair. Activities are held in the afternoons...
multi-day
2022 Conference: Sites of Memory, Sites of Loss: Politics of Archeology and Heritage in Turkey and Post Ottoman Lands
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Each year, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program brings together scholars from aroundthe world to discuss some of the most...
multi-day
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Block Museum Exhibitions
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s explores mid-20th-century abstract art from North Africa, West Asia, and the Arab...
Apr
21
2020
Turkish Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in an informal and fun setting.
Apr
23
2020
Arabic Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal and fun setting.
Apr
30
2020
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun setting.
May
4
2020
Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria (Lisa Wedeen)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join the Middle East and North African Studies Program for this discussion with Lisa Wedeen on her new book,...
May
5
2020
Turkish Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in an informal and fun setting.
May
8
2020
Hebrew Language Table
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun setting.
May
19
2020
Turkish Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in an informal and fun setting.
May
19
2020
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun setting.
May
21
2020
Arabic Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal setting. Arabic speakers of all proficiency levels are welcome. Contact Instructor Fatima Khan for...
Jun
1
2020
Arabic Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal setting. Speakers of all proficiency levels are welcome. Contact Instructor Ragy Mikhaeel for the...
Jun
1
2020
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun setting.
Jun
2
2020
Turkish Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in an informal and fun setting.
Jun
4
2020
MENA Languages Year-End Celebration
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
The MENA Languages Faculty will host a virtual Year-End Celebration for all MENA Languages students. Contact mena-languages@northwestern.edu for Zoom Log-in...
Sep
1
2020
MENA Languages Academic Directions Fair
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Interested in learning Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish? Attend the MENA Languages Academic Directions Fair on September 1 from noon...
Sep
2
2020
MENA Languages Academic Directions Fair
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Interested in learning Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish? Attend the MENA Languages Academic Directions Fair on either September 1 from...
Oct
2
2020
Arabic Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Arabic Language speakers of all levels are invited to practice speaking Arabic in a casual and supportive group. The theme...
Oct
12
2020
Arabic Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Arabic Language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Arabic in a casual and supportive setting. The theme...
Oct
15
2020
Liberating History: The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011)
All day, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
Online screening of THREE DISAPPEARANCES followed by a pre-recorded discussion between filmmaker Rania Stephan and Dr. Hannah Feldman THE THREE DISAPPEARANCES...
Oct
21
2020
Second Year Arabic Hosts Guest Speaker
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join for a discussion from Dr. Al Hassan Diab on the topic of Syria: A Different Story. Contact Professor Raddawi...
Oct
21
2020
Second Year Arabic Hosts Guest Speaker
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join for a lecture from Dr. Al Hassan Diab on the topic of Syria: A Different Story. Contact Professor Mikhaeel...
Oct
22
2020
Liberating History: Fatma 75 (1975)
All day, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
Online screening of FATMA 75 followed by a live discussion with a scholar of Maghrebi women's cinema Florence Martin FATMA 75 (Selma...
Oct
26
2020
Archival Studies in Arab Women's Essay Film (Róisín Tapponi of the Habibi Collective)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
In this talk, the London-based curator, writer and editor Róisín Tapponi will explore the role of the archive in Arab...
Oct
26
2020
Arabic Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Arabic Language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Arabic in a casual and supportive setting. The theme...
Oct
28
2020
Persian Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Persian language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Persian in an informal setting. Contact Instructor Pour Mohammad...
Oct
28
2020
Turkish Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Turkish language speakers of all abilities are welcome to practice speaking Turkish in an informal and comfortable setting. Contact Professor...
Oct
29
2020
Liberating History - Present Futures: Sci-Fi and Social Ecology (Habibi Collective Shorts I)
All day, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
PRESENT FUTURES: SCI-FI AND SOCIAL ECOLOGY is a program of short films from Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and their diaspora, guest...
Oct
29
2020
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Hebrew language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and relaxed environment. Contact Professor...
Oct
30
2020
Liberating History - Inherited Memory: Blood Runs Thicker Than Water (Habibi Collective Shorts II)
All day, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
INHERITED MEMORY: BLOOD RUNS THICKER THAN WATER is a program of short films from Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, and their diaspora,...
Nov
8
2020
A Talk with Sami Shalom Chetrit
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for a converation in English with the Israeli poet and professor Sami Shalom Chetrit. The topic is "I...
Nov
9
2020
MENA Monday: Arabic Poetry
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
MENA Languages and MENA Studies will host a discussion of Arabic Poetry.
Nov
11
2020
Persian Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Persian speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Persian in an informal setting. Contact Instructor Pour Mohammad for...
Nov
11
2020
Turkish Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Turkish language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Turkish in an informal and relaxed setting. Contact Professor...
Nov
14
2020
kaçak: forms of informality and commodity in modern turkey -- a virtual symposium of ethnography
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
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...
Nov
16
2020
Arabic Language (and Cooking) Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Arabic language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Arabic in an informal setting. Led by Professor Raddawi,...
Nov
24
2020
Arabic Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Arabic Language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Arabic in a casual and supportive setting. The theme...
Nov
30
2020
Race and Blackness in Middle East Studies: A MENA Conversation
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Jan
14
2021
Working Memory: The Present Day Uses of the Jewish Past
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
In the Jewish tradition (as in any tradition), collective memory is not merely a sterile recall of past events --it...
Jan
19
2021
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Hebrew Language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun environment. Contact Professor...
Jan
21
2021
Working Memory: The Present Day Uses of the Jewish Past
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Nostalgia: On the Longing for an Imagined Past (Second in a two-part discussion series on "Working Memory: The Present...
Jan
27
2021
Israeli Elections 2021: Decision at Last?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Israel Innovation Project
The Netanyahu-Gantz coalition lasted only eight months and Israel is now facing its fourth election in two years. Is there...
Jan
28
2021
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Hebrew Language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun environment. Contact Professor...
Jan
29
2021
MENA Languages Program Guest Speaker: English Words of Arabic Origin
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Dr. Sahar Farouq Altikriti will provide a guest lecture on the interesting topic of English Words of Arabic Origin. The...
Feb
1
2021
Octavia Butler’s KINDRED in Translation: Examining Oppression via Genre-Writing — Mona Kareem in Conversation with Justin Mann
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join the Middle East and North African Studies Program for this conversation with poet and translator Mona Kareem, moderated...
Feb
2
2021
Turkish Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Turkish Language speakers of all levels are welcome to practice speaking Turkish with others in an informal and fun environment.
Feb
2
2021
Turkish Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Turkish Language speakers of all levels are invited to presentation by Guest Speaker Kenan Sharpe on the topic of Latest...
Feb
3
2021
Persian Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Persian Language speakers of all levels are invited to practice speaking in an informal and fun environment. Contact the instructor...
Feb
4
2021
Arabic Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Arabic Language speakers of all levels are invited to practice speaking Arabic in an informal and fun environment. Contact Professor...
Feb
8
2021
Aravrit: Language as a Space of Inclusion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join us for a conversation about the potential encapsulated in a language to create powerful emotional space and visibility. We...
Feb
15
2021
Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia—A New Directions Lecture by Rosie Bsheer
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join us for the Winter Quarter lecture in our New Directions in Middle East and North African Studies series,...
Feb
16
2021
Turkish Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Turkish Language speakers of all levels are welcome to practice speaking Turkish with others in an informal and fun environment....
Feb
17
2021
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Hebrew Language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun environment. Contact Professor...
Feb
22
2021
Racializations: MENA and US Perspectives (A MENA Conversation)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Feb
24
2021
Africanization: The Bridge to Edward Blyden's Final Intellectual Transformation (Harry Nii Koney Odamtten)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Africanization: The Bridge to Edward Blyden's Final Intellectual Transformation Join ISITA for a talk by Harry Nii Koney Odamtten (history, Santa...
Mar
2
2021
Turkish Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Turkish Language speakers of all levels are welcome to practice speaking Turkish with others in an informal and fun environment....
Mar
3
2021
Persian Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Persial Language speakers of all levels are invited to practice speaking in an unformal and fun environment. Contact the instructor...
Mar
4
2021
Jewish and Israeli Cuisine and Culture: A Conversation with Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
The Renée and Lester Crown Speaker Series Jewish and Israeli Cuisine and Culture: A Conversation with Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook Michael...
Mar
5
2021
Cancelled - Global Lunchbox: Stranger Fictions: A History of the Novel in Arabic Translation (Rebecca Johnson)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
Mar
5
2021
Hebrew Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Hebrew Language speakers of all abilities are invited to practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun environment. Contact Professor...
Mar
8
2021
IAAS - Plastics and the Plastisphere
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM, sponsored by NCWR
March 8th at 7:00 am CT/ 15:00 ISR Time The Israeli association for aquatic sciences (IAAS) is inviting you to our...
Mar
8
2021
Dialogue with Kamran Heidari, Director of the Documentary Film Dingomaro: Iran’s Black South
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Registration is required for this event: bit.ly/dingomaro Please join the MENA Graduate Student Group for this dialogue with the Iranian filmmaker Kamran...
Mar
12
2021
Visiting Speaker Dr. Baki Tezcan - The emasculated guardians of power: Black eunuchs and the interplay between gender and race at the Ottoman imperial court
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
As part of the interdisciplinary series, ‘Reflections on Whiteness, Blackness, and Race in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of...
Mar
31
2021
Visiting Speaker Dr. Ezgi Güner: Scramble for African Hearts: Muslim Whiteness, Islamic Civility, and Interracial Intimacy in AKP’s Turkey
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
As part of the interdisciplinary series, ‘Reflections on Whiteness, Blackness, and Race in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of...
Apr
2
2021
Political Violence and Self-Defense in Turkey: History and Ethnography (Melissa Bilal and Haydar Darıcı)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Apr
6
2021
Hebrew Language Table
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome to participate in the Zoom Language Table.
Apr
9
2021
Breaching the National Boundaries: Jews and Arabs in the Mandate Palestine Leisure Scene
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Faculty and graduate student colloquium featuring Dr. Maayan Hilel, Postdoctoral Fellow in Israel Studies. Dr. Hilel will be speaking about...
Apr
15
2021
Glimpses of Iranians in Wander-land: Threshold Literature and the Satire of Survival
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join the Colloquium for Global Iran Studies for an event in which the critically acclaimed novelist and writer Bahiyyih...
Apr
15
2021
Arabic Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome to participate in the Zoom Language Table....
Apr
16
2021
Hebrew Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome to participate in the Zoom Language Table....
Apr
18
2021
"In-Between": Arab-Jews in Palestine/Eretz Israel at the Turn of the 20th Century
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
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...
Apr
19
2021
Interview: Marc David Baer on his book Sultanic Saviors and Tolerant Turks interviewed by Lerna Ekmekçioğlu
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
with Marc David Baer, Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science interviewed by Lerna...
Apr
19
2021
Turkish Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Students and faculty are invited to a very special Turkish Language Table. In collaboration with Cornell University's Turkish Program, we will...
Apr
21
2021
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel: Local Politics and Rebel Groups (Alexander Thurston)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel: Local Politics and Rebel Groups Join ISITA for talk by Alexander Thurston (political science,...
Apr
26
2021
Spiritual Subjects: Central Asian Pilgrims and the Ottoman Hajj at the End of Empire (Lâle Can)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Apr
28
2021
Persian Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Persian in an informal setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome to participate in the Zoom Language Table....
Apr
29
2021
2021 Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Lecture in Jewish Civilization
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
“Es iz schwer tzu sein a Yid” It is hard to be a Jew Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University Why is it hard to...
Apr
30
2021
Hebrew Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome to participate in the Zoom Language Table....
Apr
30
2021
Turkish Table Special Event: Regional Cuisines of Turkey
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
The Turkish Language Program presents a discussion of the Regional Cuisines of Turkey with travel and food writer Robyn Eckhardt,...
May
2
2021
Arab-Jewish Culture in Israel Today: Producers, Consumers, and Gatekeepers
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
ARAB-JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND LANGUAGE - PAST AND PRESENT Arab-Jewish Culture in Israel Today: Producers, Consumers, and Gatekeepers Guest Speakers: “Arab-Jewish Language,...
May
3
2021
Solidarity and Struggle: Connecting Student Movements
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join the MENA Undergrad Group on Monday May 3 at 12:00 p.m. Chicago time / 8:00 p.m. Beirut time...
May
7
2021
GLOBAL LUNCHBOX | Book Launch for Rebecca C. Johnson's Stranger Fictions: A History of the Novel in Arabic Translation
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
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...
May
7
2021
Visiting Speaker Ezgi Çakmak: The Roots of the Silence: Encounters with Blackness in the Early Turkish Republic
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
As part of the interdisciplinary series, ‘Reflections on Whiteness, Blackness, and Race in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of...
May
12
2021
Visiting Speaker Dr. Aslı Bâli: Decentralization as Self-Determination?: Reframing the question of minority rights in Turkey
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
This talk explores how the Kurdish political movement has re-imagined the terms of self-determination to facilitate the realization of minority...
May
13
2021
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome to participate in the Zoom Language Table....
May
14
2021
Performance and Conversation with Poetry Slam Artist Yonatan Blumenfeld
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Register for this performance and conversation with Yonatan Blumenfeld, one of the leading Poetry Slam Artists in Israel. We will watch...
May
17
2021
MENA Languages Monday—Turkish Edition | Street Animals & their Place in Turkish Culture: A Conversation about the Film STRAY
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join us for this conversation on the place of street animals in Turkish history and culture, with special emphasis...
May
18
2021
Why 'smart' sanctions are just as inhumane as comprehensive ones: Some Lessons from Iran
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Emrah Yıldız is Crown Junior Chair in Middle East Studies and Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Middle East & North...
May
19
2021
Mosques, Culture Clubs, and Embodied Ritual Debates: Re-making Islam in a New African Diaspora (Michelle Johnson)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Mosques, Culture Clubs, and Embodied Ritual Debates: Re-making Islam in a New African Diaspora Join ISITA for a talk by Michelle...
May
20
2021
The Colloquium for Global Iran Studies Presents: A Panel on Iranian Diaspora Studies
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
May
23
2021
Performance and Conversation with Tair Haim, Acclaimed Sololist of the band A-WA
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
ARAB-JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND LANGUAGE - PAST AND PRESENT Performance and Conversation with Tair Haim, Acclaimed Soloist of the band A-WA Tair...
May
26
2021
Persian Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Persian in an informal setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome to participate in the Zoom Language Table....
May
27
2021
Arabic Language Program Guest Speaker Miriam Alammuri on the topic of "My Journey in Life and Poetry"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
The Advanced Arabic Language Class invites you to join for the presentation by Miriam Alammuri, who is an American Palestinian...
May
30
2021
Arab-Jewish Intersecting Identities: Gender, Protest and Politics
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
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:...
Jun
1
2021
Arabic Language Program Guest Speaker Maha Rantisi
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join the Advanced Arabic Language class for a presentation by Maha Rantisi on the topic of women-enabling programs at the...
Jun
4
2021
2021 Keyman Conference: Queer Conditions | Kuir Haller I
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
2021 Conference: Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism Each year, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies...
Jun
11
2021
2021 Keyman Conference: Queer Conditions | Kuir Haller II
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
2021 Conference: Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism Each year, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies...
Jun
13
2021
Performance and Conversation with Ziv Yehezkel, Renowned Israeli Singer and Composer
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
ARAB-JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY AND LANGUAGE -PAST AND PRESENT Performance and Conversation with Ziv Yehezkel, Renowned Israeli Singer and Composer Ziv Yehezkel is...
Jun
18
2021
2021 Keyman Conference: Queer Conditions | Kuir Haller III & Roundtable
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
2021 Conference: Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller: Social and Political Change in an Age of Authoritarianism Each year, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies...
Sep
1
2021
MENA Languages Academic Directions Fair
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Interested in learning Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, or Persian? Join our faculty for an information session.
Sep
2
2021
MENA Languages Academic Directions Fair
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Interested in learning Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish? Join our faculty for an information session.
Sep
28
2021
Hebrew Language Table
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for bi-weekly Hebrew Table. Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are...
Oct
4
2021
New Directions | The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity — A Dialogue with Darryl Li
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Oct
4
2021
Turkish Language Table
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for bi-weekly Turkish Table. Practice speaking Turkish in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are...
Oct
6
2021
Arabic Language Table
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for Arabic Table. Practice speaking Arabic in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are welcome....
Oct
8
2021
GLOBAL LUNCHBOX | Kevin Mazur on his new book "Revolution in Syria: Identity, Networks, and Repression"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
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...
Oct
8
2021
Hebrew Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for bi-weekly Hebrew Table. Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are...
Oct
10
2021
"Shtisel": A look inside the mega-hit Netflix series
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Israel Innovation Project
Northwestern's Israel Innovation Project and the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema present: "SHTISEL" You're invited to join in this virtual event to...
Oct
11
2021
Western Privilege: Work, Intimacy, and Postcolonial Hierarchies in Dubai — A Lecture by Amélie Le Renard
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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,...
Oct
11
2021
Arabic Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for Arabic Table. Practice speaking Arabic in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are welcome. ...
Oct
14
2021
Session I - "Israel after the Afghanistan Crisis: The New Geopolitics of the Middle East"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Israel Innovation Project
Session I: The "Emirate of Afghanistan" and the Surge of Fundamentalist Islam Thursday, October 14, 2021 11 AM - 12 PM CST Session...
Oct
18
2021
Turkish Language Table
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for bi-weekly Turkish Table. Practice speaking Turkish in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are...
Oct
25
2021
Informational Meeting about Study Abroad Opportunities in Amman, Jordan
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Katy Whiting, from the Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture, will present to students taking or interested in taking...
Oct
25
2021
Testimony: Poetry as Storytelling — A Conversation with Nathalie Handal
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Oct
25
2021
Hebrew Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for bi-weekly Hebrew Table. Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are...
Oct
27
2021
How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Guest Lecturer Professor Edward E. Curtis IV will discuss his recently published book, Muslims of the Heartland. The American Midwest...
Oct
28
2021
Session II - "Israel after the Afghanistan Crisis: The New Geopolitics of the Middle East"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Israel Innovation Project
Session I: The "Emirate of Afghanistan" and the Surge of Fundamentalist Islam Thursday, October 14, 2021 11 AM - 12 PM CST Session...
Nov
1
2021
Study Abroad Fair 2021, Nov. 1
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Northwestern Buffett Global Learning Office
Come meet program providers, staff and students with study abroad experience! This is a great opportunity to connect with the...
Nov
1
2021
Solidarity When: A MENA Conversation about the Past, Present & Future of Solidarity Politics
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Nov
1
2021
Turkish Language Table
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for bi-weekly Turkish Table. Practice speaking Turkish in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are...
Nov
1
2021
Arabic Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for Arabic Table. Practice speaking Arabic in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are welcome.
Nov
2
2021
Study Abroad Fair 2021, Nov. 2
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Northwestern Buffett Global Learning Office
Come meet program providers, staff and students with study abroad experience! This is a great opportunity to connect with the...
Nov
3
2021
Study Abroad Fair 2021, Nov. 3
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Northwestern Buffett Global Learning Office
Come meet program providers, staff and students with study abroad experience! This is a great opportunity to connect with the...
Nov
4
2021
Study Abroad Fair 2021, Nov. 4
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Northwestern Buffett Global Learning Office
Come meet program providers, staff and students with study abroad experience! This is a great opportunity to connect with the...
Nov
4
2021
Session III - "Israel after the Afghanistan Crisis: The New Geopolitics of the Middle East"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Israel Innovation Project
Session I: The "Emirate of Afghanistan" and the Surge of Fundamentalist Islam Thursday, October 14, 2021 11 AM - 12 PM CST Session...
Nov
5
2021
Study Abroad Fair 2021, Nov. 5
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Northwestern Buffett Global Learning Office
Come meet program providers, staff and students with study abroad experience! This is a great opportunity to connect with the...
Nov
5
2021
McCormick Global Initiatives Fair
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Global Initiatives
The Global Initiatives Fair is an event designed to highlight international science and engineering opportunities such as study abroad, co-ops,...
Nov
8
2021
Refugee Status: Privileged — MENA Faculty Colloquium with Rana Kazkaz
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Nov
8
2021
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for bi-weekly Hebrew Table. Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are...
Nov
15
2021
Turkish Language Table
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us for bi-weekly Turkish Table. Practice speaking Turkish in a supportive (and fun) environment. Speakers of all levels are...
Nov
16
2021
Omar Offendum Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
This dynamic workshop from Syrian-American rapper Omar Offendum is open to students and faculty. No prior knowledge of Arabic is...
Nov
16
2021
Omar Offendum Concert
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Omar Offendum will be performing for the Northwestern community. Offendum is a Syrian-American rapper / spoken word artist. Known for...
Nov
17
2021
The Translator: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
The in-person event is sold out! Virtual Access still available. Join us for a screening of award-winning filmmaker Rana Kazkaz's new...
Nov
18
2021
"7 Sins, 10 Fallacies, 4 Indicators, and What I Learned from Them About Decolonizing Academia" with Murat Ergin (Koç University)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Presents "7 Sins, 10 Fallacies, 4 Indicators, and What I Learned from Them About Decolonizing Academia" with...
Nov
19
2021
So You Think You Can Dabke
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Come learn how to dance dabke! Dable is a Levantine folk dance that combines circle dancing and line dancing, often...
Dec
6
2021
Boren Scholarships & Boren Fellowships
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Information Sessions
The Boren awards seek to help graduate and undergraduate students advance their proficiency in selected strategic languages through study abroad...
Dec
7
2021
Boren Scholarships & Boren Fellowships
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Information Sessions
The Boren awards seek to help graduate and undergraduate students advance their proficiency in selected strategic languages through study abroad...
Dec
8
2021
Histories of the Iranian Left—A Conversation
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
A conversation with Naghmeh Sohrabi (Brandeis), Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (Goldsmiths), and Manijeh Moradian (Barnard). Moderated by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi (Princeton). Recent scholarship has...
Jan
5
2022
Boren Scholarships & Boren Fellowships
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Information Sessions
The Boren awards seek to help graduate and undergraduate students advance their proficiency in selected strategic languages through study abroad...
Jan
10
2022
MENA Faculty Colloquium—Anoush Tamar Suni | Palimpsests of Violence: Ruination and the Afterlives of Genocide in Anatolia
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Jan
11
2022
Boren Scholarship & Boren Fellowship
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Information Sessions
The Boren awards seek to help graduate and undergraduate students advance their proficiency in selected strategic languages through study abroad...
Jan
13
2022
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun environment. Speakers of all levels are welcome and invited. Contact Hanna Tzuker...
Jan
14
2022
Info Session: Global Engineering Trek to Germany, Israel, and Taiwan (lunch provided, RSVP required)
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by ISEN
Interested in learning more the Global Engineering Trek (GET) programs to Germany, Israel, and Taiwan? Join us for an info...
Jan
24
2022
Using a MENA PhD Outside the Academy — A Talk by Rob Blecher of the International Crisis Group
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Jan
24
2022
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun environment. Speakers of all levels are welcome and invited. Contact Hanna Tzuker...
Jan
26
2022
Persian Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Persian in an informal and fun setting. Persian speakers of all levels are invited and welcome.
Jan
26
2022
Turkish Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in an informal and fun setting. Speakers of all abilities are welcome and invited.
Jan
26
2022
Arabic Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal and fun setting. Speakers of all abilities are welcome and invited to attend.
Jan
26
2022
Winter Business Meeting
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Council on Language Instruction (CLI)
Business meeting
Jan
28
2022
GLOBAL LUNCHBOX | Wonks, Pundits & Orientalists: The Geopolitics of Middle East Expertise in Washington — A Conversation with Negar Razavi
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
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...
Jan
31
2022
New Directions | Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure — Hatim El-Hibri
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Feb
2
2022
Conversation with Zerrin Özlem Biner (University of Kent) on her book, States of Dispossession, with discussant Anoush Tamar Suni (Northwestern University)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Zerrin Özlem Biner (University of Kent) joins us to have a conversation on her book, States of Dispossession, with event...
Feb
4
2022
GLOBAL LUNCHBOX | Between Mao and Gandhi: The Social Roots of Civil Resistance — A Conversation with Ches Thurber
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
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...
Feb
7
2022
All Politics Are God’s Politics: Moroccan Islamism and the Sacralization of Democracy — A Talk by Ahmed Khanani
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Feb
11
2022
Hebrew Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun environment. Speakers of all levels are welcome and invited.
Feb
14
2022
Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring — A Talk by Asef Bayat
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Feb
15
2022
Keynote Lecture with Eve Troutt Powell (University of Pennsylvania)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Keyman Guest Speaker Eve Troutt Powell (University of Pennsylvania) joins us to present, "Posing Slaves for the Camera: Race and...
Feb
16
2022
Arabic Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal and fun environment. Speakers of all levels are welcome and invited. The theme for...
Feb
16
2022
Persian Language Table
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Persian in an informal and fun setting. Persian speakers of all levels are invited and welcome.
Feb
16
2022
Turkish Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in a fun and informal setting. Speakers of all abilities are welcome and invited. The theme of...
Feb
21
2022
The Uprisings Since the Uprisings: Algeria, Lebanon, Sudan — A MENA Conversation
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
Feb
21
2022
Current Trends in Arabic-English Translation
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join a lecture from Professor Said M. Shiyab of Kent State University on the topics of Current Trends and Challenges...
Feb
21
2022
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in an informal and fun environment. Speakers of all levels are welcome and invited.
Feb
23
2022
Arabic Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal and fun setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome and invited.
Feb
28
2022
Roundtable on Publishing in MENA Studies Journals
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join Rebecca Johnson (Associate Editor, Journal of Arabic Literature), Roberto Mazza (Executive Editor, Jerusalem Quarterly), and Jessica Winegar (Co-Editor, Political...
Mar
1
2022
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship - National Deadline
All day, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Deadlines
Funded by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship offers...
Mar
2
2022
New Books in Israel Studies
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War AUTHOR Shay Hazkani, University of Maryland DISCUSSANT Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University MODERATOR Scott Abramson, Northwestern...
Mar
2
2022
Arabic Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practive speaking Arabic in an informal and fun setting. Speakers of all levels are welcome and invited.
Mar
2
2022
Arabic Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal and fun setting. Arabic speakers of all levels are invited and welcome.
Mar
4
2022
Book Discussion with Jenny White, Ergün Gündüz, and Özge Samancı
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Book Discussion with Jenny White (author of graphic novel Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence), Ergün Gündüz...
Mar
9
2022
CLI Winter Workshop
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Council on Language Instruction (CLI)
CLI Winter Workshop
Mar
9
2022
When What You Research Becomes Breaking News - Erin Thompson in conversation with Jessica Winegar and Beka Bryer
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
As an expert in art crime, monuments, and repatriation, Dr. Erin Thompson will discuss how scholars working on topics that...
Mar
10
2022
"Reframing the Conversation about Israel/Palestine in American Jewish Spaces"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
The Jewish Studies graduate cluster presents: "Reframing the Conversation about Israel/Palestine in American Jewish Spaces", A Lecture with Atalia Omer, University...
Mar
24
2022
International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Ayşe Zarakol, "Before the West"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at the University...
Mar
30
2022
New Books in Israel Studies
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Judah Magnes: The Prophetic Politics of a Religious Binationalist AUTHOR David Barak-Gorodetsky, University of Chicago MODERATOR Claire Sufrin, Northwestern University Registration: In-person event with online...
Apr
4
2022
State Control in Turkey: Resistant Encounters in War and Peace | Umut Yıldırım (UCLA), Dilan Okçuoğlu (American University), Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
State Control in Turkey: Resistant Encounters in War and Peace | Umut Yıldırım (UCLA), Dilan Okçuoğlu (American University), Wendy Pearlman...
Apr
8
2022
Hebrew Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are welcome to come and share coversation.
Apr
11
2022
Arab Expressions Night
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
The MENA Student Association, the MENA Studies Program, and the MENA Languages Program are sponsoring an evening of celebration of...
Apr
11
2022
Renée and Lester Crown Speaker Series: "A Conversation with Joshua Cohen, author of The Netanyahus."
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Renée and Lester Crown Speaker Series "A Conversation with Joshua Cohen, author of The Netanyahus." Joshua Cohen was born in 1980 in...
Apr
13
2022
Hebrew Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment. Whether you are a native speaker or a new learner, speakers...
Apr
13
2022
Arabic Language Table
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are invited to attend.
Apr
18
2022
Exploring Middle East & North Africa Resources at Northwestern University Libraries — A Tour with Curator Esmeralda Kalé
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join us for this tour of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, led by Esmeralda Kalé, the George...
Apr
20
2022
CoGIS, "To See What Is Coming: Life, Death and their Ever-shifting Threshold In Contemporary Iran," A Talk by Dr. Shahla Talebi
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Colloquium for Global Iran Studies
Northwestern's Colloquium for Global Iran Studies (CoGIS) presents a Talk by Dr. Shahla Talebi: "To See What Is Coming: Life, Death...
Apr
20
2022
Conversation with Banu Gökarıksel (UNC Chapel Hill) on her book project, The Neighbor Who Might Kill You: Encounter and Difference in Urban Turkey, with commenter Kabir Tambar (Stanford University)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Banu Gökarıksel (UNC Chapel Hill) joins us for an online conversation on her book project, The Neighbor Who Might Kill...
Apr
20
2022
Spring Business Meeting
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Council on Language Instruction (CLI)
Business meeting
Apr
22
2022
Earth Day Virtual Screening of "Dead Sea Guardians"
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Israel Innovation Project
Earth Day Documentary Screening of “Dead Sea Guardians” Friday, April 22, 2022 (Earth Day) 10 AM - 12 PM (CST) Sponsored by Northwestern’s...
Apr
26
2022
Hebrew Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment. Whether you are a native speaker or a new learner, speakers...
Apr
27
2022
Persian Language Table
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Persian in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are invited to attend.
May
2
2022
Oil and Arabic Literature in the Cold War — A Talk by Elizabeth Holt
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
This is a hybrid event Register to participate via Zoom When British Petroleum was looking to have their film The Third River...
May
3
2022
Da'wa as Development: Kuwaiti Islamic Charity in Africa (Mara Leichtman)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
This is a hybrid event. No registration is needed to attend in person. Register here to attend by Zoom. Da'wa as Development: Kuwaiti...
May
6
2022
Hebrew Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment. Whether you are a native speaker or a new learner, speakers...
May
9
2022
Archives without Documents — A MENA Conversation
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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,...
May
9
2022
Arabic Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are invited to attend.
May
11
2022
New Multilateral Development Banks in Turkey and Brazil: Green Lending vs. Business as Usual | Ali Rıza Güngen (York University), Stephen Nelson (Northwestern), Şeyma Kabaoğlu (Northwestern)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
New Multilateral Development Banks in Turkey and Brazil: Green Lending vs. Business as Usual | Ali Rıza Güngen (York University),...
May
11
2022
Conversation with Sari Bashi: Israeli-American blogger, author and human rights lawyer
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Join us for a conversation with Sari Bashi, Israeli-American blogger, author and human rights lawyer, on raising Israeli-Palestinian kids in...
May
16
2022
Arabic Language Table
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic an informal and supportive setting. Arabic speakers of all levels are welcome.
May
16
2022
New Directions Lecture | Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt — Andrew Simon in Dialogue
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
This is a hybrid event Register to participate via Zoom Please join us for the Spring 2022 event in our New Directions...
May
18
2022
Persian Language Table
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Persian in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are invited to attend.
May
18
2022
Christine Philliou (UC Berkeley) on her book Turkey: A Past Against History with discussant Cemil Aydın (UNC)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Christine Philliou (UC Berkeley) presents a talk on her book Turkey: A Past Against History with discussant Cemil Aydın (UNC)...
May
18
2022
"To America on Foot”: Romanian Jewish Fusgeyers from 1900 in History and Memory"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
"To America on Foot”: Romanian Jewish Fusgeyers from 1900 in History and Memory" Dana Mihailescu, 2021-2022 Edith Kreeger Wolf Distinguished Visiting...
May
20
2022
Arabic Language Table
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic an informal and supportive setting. Arabic speakers of all levels are welcome.
May
20
2022
Arabic Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in an informal and supportive setting. Speakers of all abilities, from beginner to fluent, are welcome!
May
23
2022
MENA Faculty Colloquium | Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics, and Activism at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 1966-1979
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
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...
May
23
2022
"A Multiracial Jewish Family in Early America"
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Lecture in Jewish Civilization "A Multiracial Jewish Family in Early America" Laura Leibman, Professor of English &...
May
31
2022
MENA Languages Year End Award Ceremony
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
THe MENA Languages Faculty invite all MENA Language students to celebrate all of the year's accomplishments and award winners.
Jun
1
2022
Year-End Reception and Teaching Award Ceremony
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Council on Language Instruction (CLI)
Year-End Reception and Teaching Award Ceremony
Jun
2
2022
Julie Sedivy, Distinguished Lecturer in Multilingualism and Language Learning
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
2021-22 Distinguished Lecturer in Multilingualism and Language Learning Julie Sedivy Writer and Language Scientist Author of Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language...
Jun
6
2022
MENA Studies Spring 2022 Graduate Student Colloquium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
This is a hybrid event Participate via Zoom (must have a Northwestern NetID) Xena Amro, Comparative Literary Studies | Foreigners in Paris:...
Sep
15
2022
Academic Directions Fair
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Students have the opportunity to meet our professors and learn more about the courses offered in Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish. ...
Sep
19
2022
MENA Languages Open House
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Are you interested in starting or continuing your language journey in Arabic, Hebrew, or Turkish? MENA Languages is hosting its...
Sep
21
2022
More than Parcels: Wartime Aid for Jews in Nazi-Era Camps and Ghettos (Virtual Book Event)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Holocaust Educational Foundation
Please join us for a Virtual Roundtable co-hosted by the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University and the Chabraja Center...
Oct
3
2022
MENA Mondays: The Political Afterlives of Migration
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...
Oct
5
2022
Turkish Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities - from beginner to fluent - are...
Oct
7
2022
Hebrew Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are welcome!
Oct
12
2022
Arabic Language Table
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practive speaking Arabic in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities - from beginner to fluent - are...
Oct
17
2022
MENA Mondays: Salafi Piety in the 20th-Century Middle East
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...
Oct
19
2022
Hebrew Language Table
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice spreaking Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are welcome!
Oct
20
2022
Lecture on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: CCHS/HEFNU annual lecture
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
CCHS in collaboration with the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern (HEFNU) Registration is required Avinoam J. PATT (University of Connecticut), author of...
Oct
25
2022
Discussion of the Novels of Naguib Mahfouz
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Sponsored by the Evanston Public Library, Professor Ragy Mikhaeel will lead a discussion of the novels of Naguib Mahfouz.
Oct
26
2022
Turkish Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Turkish in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all levels - from beginner to fluent - are...
Oct
26
2022
Arabic Movie Night - Carona
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Join us in watching Carona, a new release comedy in Arabic with English subtitles, about how a Lebanese family lived...
Oct
28
2022
Arabic Language Table
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice speaking Arabic in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities - from beginner to fluent - are...
Oct
31
2022
MENA Mondays: Faculty Colloquium with Fahri Oz
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...
Nov
2
2022
Understanding the Nationwide Demonstrations in Iran: A Northwestern Buffett Virtual Dialogue with Elham Hoominfar
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Last month, demonstrations erupted across Iran in response to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, after she was arrested and...
Nov
2
2022
Study Abroad Fair 2022
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Northwestern Buffett Global Learning Office
The Study Abroad Fair is an opportunity to learn more about the different credit-bearing study abroad programs offered at Northwestern. Chat...
Nov
2
2022
Turkish Language Table
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
The Turkish Language Table is taking a field trip to The Block Museum for a scavenger hunt! Join the Turkish...
Nov
3
2022
Hebrew Language Table
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice spreaking Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are welcome!
Nov
4
2022
Global Initiatives Fair
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Global Initiatives
Join us for a comprehensive introduction to international opportunities available to McCormick students. There is something for every undergraduate at...
Nov
6
2022
The Renée and Lester Crown Speaker Series: "S.Y. Agnon and Gustave Flaubert: Hebraizing a French Master"
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
The Renée and Lester Crown Speaker Series "S.Y. Agnon and Gustave Flaubert: Hebraizing a French Master" Robert Alter, Emeritus Professor of Hebrew...
Nov
7
2022
MENA Mondays: New Directions in MENA Studies
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event held via Zoom. Register for the event. Speaker: Can Açiksöz, Anthropology, UCLA Salih Can...
Nov
14
2022
"What is a Mosque? On the Tribulations of Religious Heritage across the Balkans." Jeremy Walton (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group
Jeremy F. Walton is a cultural anthropologist whose research resides at the intersection of memory studies, urban studies, the comparative...
Nov
14
2022
MENA Mondays: Graduate Student Colloquium
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join us for this week's MENA Monday event. Lunchboxes will be available at noon if attendees would like to eat...
Nov
15
2022
Women, Life, Freedom: A Roundtable on Iran
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Recently in Iran, a 22 year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Jina Amini was arrested by the morality police for wearing...
Nov
16
2022
Performance: The East Loop
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM, sponsored by Block Museum of Art
Enjoy a night of live music from Chicago-based ensemble, The East Loop. The band brings together African American, Middle Eastern,...
Nov
18
2022
Hebrew Language Table
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Practice spreaking Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment. Speakers of all abilities are welcome!
Nov
21
2022
MENA Mondays: Everyday Policing in the MENA Region
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join us for this week's MENA Monday *virtual* event. Speakers: Rema Hammami, Birzeit University; Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College; Omar Sirri, Human...
Nov
21
2022
Mariela Shaker Concert and Lecture
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by MENA Languages Program
Mariela Shaker presents "My Bow Bends for Peace." Syrian American Mariela Shaker is an international award-winning violinist and motivational keynote...