Sep 14, 2023
Lecture | Mehrdad Babadi | Marriage Postponed
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. McKinney Conference Room 353, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer
Event Archive 2023
Jun 8–10, 2023
May 28, 2023
MES Commencement Diploma Ceremony 2023
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. EST Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer St.
View the Commencement program here.
May 8, 2023
Spring 2023 Year-End Reception
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. The Agora, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
May 8, 2023
MES Senior Paper Presentation Day 2023
9:45 - 11:15 a.m. Jouwkosky Forum, 111 Thayer
May 4, 2023
Discussions in Arabic | Arabic Nadwa
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Sciences Library 618
May 1, 2023
Apr 28, 2023
Apr 26, 2023
Film Discussion | Race, Language & Identity in Iran with Shahzad Bashir & Mehrdad Babadi
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Salomon Center 003
Apr 21, 2023
MES Undergraduate Paper Series
12:00 - 1:45 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute
Apr 20, 2023
Watson Concentration Declaration Day
2pm – 4pm Starr Plaza, 111 Thayer Street (in case of rain: The Agora, Stephen Robert ’62 Hall, 280 Brook Street)
Apr 20, 2023
Round Table | Emerging Practices in Middle East Studies
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. McKinney Conference Room 353, 111 Thayer
Apr 19, 2023
Film Screening | Night Bus (2007)
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. 195 Angell Street, Room 202
Apr 19, 2023
Book Talk | Dicle Akar | "Survivors of a Genocide"
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Hybrid event: Join in person at SciLi 604 (201 Thayer St. 6th floor) or via zoom via Registration
Apr 17, 2023
Book Talk | Joumana Haddad | The Book of Queens
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. 85 Waterman Street, Room 130
Apr 13, 2023
Discussions in Arabic | Arabic Nadwa
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Sciences Library 618
Apr 13, 2023
Discussion with Amitis Motevalli | Borrowing Authority from Dead
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Webinar - Registration Required
Apr 12, 2023
Lecture | Elad Lapidot | Jews Out of the Question: How Critical Theory Fights Anti-Semitism by Denying Judaism
12:00 - 1:20 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer
Apr 11, 2023
Performance & Workshop | Turkish Dance
4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Alumnae Hall Auditorium
Apr 7, 2023
Kareem James Abu-Zeid | Intangibles: Toward a Holistic Approach to Literary Translation
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Faculty Club, Landscape room
Apr 7, 2023
Kareem James Abu-Zeid | Context and Cohesion: A Workshop on Translating Modern Literary Texts
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Faculty Club, Landscape Room
Apr 6, 2023
Kareem James Abu-Zeid | A Reading of Contemporary Palestinian Poetry
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Brown Bookstore
Apr 6, 2023
Webinar | Panel | Access to Abortion in the Middle East and North Africa
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. EST Webinar
Apr 4, 2023
Lecture | Wadie Said | Palestine and American Law
5:30 - 7:15 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer
Apr 3, 2023
Lecture | Christine Philliou | Invisible Cities: Greek Istanbul of the 19th century through the Lens of Ottoman Census Registers
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Rhode Island Hall 108