1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr, Madison WI 53706 @ 4:00 pm
Throughout the Muslim world, political parties rooted in religious nationalism—which typically espouse the application of Islamic law and a general return to traditional, often illiberal, social mores—have over the past 50 years proven the most …
1339 Sterling Hall @ 5:00 pm
Online @ 2:25 pm - 3:15 pm
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Author Meets Readers with Professor Unoma Azuah Join us for a virtual lecture and Q&A with Prof. Unoma Azuah, author of Embracing My Shadow: Growing Up Lesbian in Nigeria, the first full-length memoir about a …
Conrad. A. Elvehjem Building, Room L140 @ 6:00 pm
Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Lecture “1325: Mansa Musa, Al-Saheli, and How Medieval Africa Helped Shape Modernity” – Suzanne Preston Blier (Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies, Harvard …
Union South @ 7:00 pm
Cinematheque (821 University Ave, 4070 Vilas Hall - Fourth Floor) @ 7:00 pm
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL Zambia, UK, Ireland | 2024 | DCP | 99 min. | Bemba with English subtitles Director: Rungano Nyoni Cast: Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Henry B.J. Phiri Driving home late at …
Online @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In this panel presentation, authors of new, innovative instructional materials development projects in three languages–Indonesian, Russian, and Yorùbá–that can serve as models for projects in other LCTLs. About the presenters Adeola Agoke, author of the …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 9:30 am
Novelist, essayist, and photographer Youssef Rakha discusses his work from recent years, including his newest book, The Dissenters (Graywolf, 2025). Rakha will read from his English prose and address current developments in Arabic fiction, a field …
Online @ 1:30 pm
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Islamic thought has normatively construed the Qur’an to be the Islamic miracle par excellence. What precisely was the Qurʾānic miracle has been the subject of much discussion and debate. A central idea that developed during the medieval period …
On Wisconsin Room AB, Armory and Gymnasium (Red Gym) @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us for a dance and listening party with UW Alum DJ Chief Boima (’03) featuring music from Lusophone Africa in celebration of 50 years of independence in Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and …