Event Types
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Introduction to MENAS Research Resources & Strategies
Evyn Kropf, U-M Librarian for Middle Eastern and Religious Studies
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Fall Film Series: Contemporary Cinema from the Islamic World
Wadjda
Wadjda tells the story of a young Saudi girl (the titular Wadjda), who dreams of owning a bike. Seeing bike-riding as unfit for a young...
International Institute Conference.
Indigenous Languages: From Endangerment to Revitalization and Resilience
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2019 as the Year of Indigenous Languages, and the area studies centers at the...
Mediterranean Seminar. Margins of the Mediterranean
Keynote Address: Persis Berlekamp, associate professor of art history, University of Chicago
The Mediterranean is defined by its margins: the edge that connects land and sea, the cultural boundary that delineates the maritime region...
Mediterranean Seminar. Margins of the Mediterranean
Keynote Address: Persis Berlekamp, associate professor of art history, University of Chicago
The Mediterranean is defined by its margins: the edge that connects land and sea, the cultural boundary that delineates the maritime region...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. “‘Warrants’ in Research: How to Deconstruct Cognitive Bias and Change the Conversation in Your Field, with Consideration of DEI Issues”
Samer Ali, CMENAS Director and Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Culture, U-M Department of Middle Eastern Studies
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Fall Film Series: Contemporary Cinema from the Islamic World
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Called “the first Iranian Vampire Western,” A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night combines aspects of film noir, vampire films, and the...
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting
The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our...
FLAS Fellowship Info Session
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in...
Fall Film Series: Contemporary Cinema from the Islamic World
Captain Abu Raed
After an airport janitor finds a captain’s hat, the neighborhood children ask him to tell them stories of his adventures as a pilot. An...
FLAS Fellowship Info Session
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in...
Poetry Reading: "Diary of a Daughter in Diaspora"
Bayan Founas
Bayan Founas is an educator and youth mentor in Detroit. She graduated from the university of Michigan in 2014 with a Women's Studies degree...
Fall Film Series: Contemporary Cinema from the Islamic World
The Square
This documentary traces the Egyptian Revolution and its aftermath from 2011-2013. The film follows individuals from a range of demographics...
Arab American National Museum and CMENAS Film Screening. The Feeling of Being Watched + Talkback
Assia Boundaoui, Director
In the Arab American neighborhood outside of Chicago where director Assia Boundaoui grew up, most of the neighbors think they have been...
Fall Film Series: Contemporary Cinema from the Islamic World
Ali Zaoua
Ali Zaoua follows a group of homeless kids living in Casablanca. When one of the group is killed, three of his friends resolve to give him a...
FLAS Fellowship Info Session
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in...
Fall Film Series: Contemporary Cinema from the Islamic World
Caramel
Taking place largely around a beauty salon, Caramel follows the lives of a group of women living in Beirut. Each woman is dealing with her...
FLAS Fellowship Info Session
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in...
Fall Film Series: Contemporary Cinema from the Islamic World
Paradise Now
Paradise Now tells the story of two Palestinian men as they prepare to conduct a suicide attack in Israel. A tense thriller, the film...
Arab American National Museum and CMENAS Film Screening. Only Lovers Left Alive + Talkback
Cast member Yasmine Hamdan
Driven by sensual photography, trance-like music, and droll humor, Only Lovers Left Alive is the tale of Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve...
FLAS Fellowship Info Session
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in...
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting
The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our...
Arab American National Museum and CMENAS Film Screening. Highlighting Yemen: Short Films, Art & Activism
Highlighting Yemen brings film, art, poetry and activism from Yemen and the Yemeni diaspora to AANM. Curated by and in partnership with the...
Arab American National Museum and CMENAS Film Screening. Wild Relatives + Talkback
Deep beneath Earth’s Arctic permafrost, seeds from all over the world are stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. For the first time...
