Middle East / North Africa Film Series - Session Two: Captain Abu Raed
Facilitated by Dr. Younasse Tarbouni
Past Events
Language Pedagogy Reading Group
Umrath Hall 201
Islamic and Arabic Manuscripts and Introduction to Calligraphy
Facilitated by Prof. Younasse Tarbouni, Teaching Professor of Arabic, Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books, and A.J. Robinson Islamic Studies; South Asian Studies; and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Subject Librarian
Olin Library | Mendel Classroom: Special Collections (Olin Level 1) and Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy Room 3 (Olin Level A)
Hebrew Movie Night
Join the Hebrew professors for Hebrew Movie Night and a viewing of "Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi"
Busch 100
Tea with Dr. T. Event
The only way to ensure we are including everybody is to start having more genuine conversations, join Dr. Tarbouni for tea and treats!
Hurd Basement Lounge
Middle East / North Africa Film Series - Session One: Wadjda
Facilitated by Dr. Younasse Tarbouni
Busch Hall, Room 100
The Stern Family Lecture - Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Reading and Conversation with Award-Winning Israeli Author, Ayelet Tsabari
Ayelet Tsabari was born in Israel to a family of Yemeni descent and has lived and worked extensively abroad. She is the author of The Best Place on Earth (winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award) and The Art of Leaving (winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Memoir). Her writing has appeared internationally and has been translated into multiple languages.
Umrath Lounge
Street Foods of India
Heena Chopra is head chef and owner of Maaji's Street Kitchen
Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall
Fall 2025 Major-Minor Fair
Each fall, the College holds a Major-Minor Fair, where students can talk to faculty members and get more information on many majors and minors at one time and in one place.
WashU Athletic Complex
Middle East / North Africa Film Series - Session Two: Ten'ja
Facilitated by Dr. Younasse Tarbouni
Busch Hall Room 100
The Political Geography of the Last and Largest Empire of the Long Late Antiquity
Stefan Heidemann is a Professor of Islamic Studies at Universität Hamburg
Weil Hall, Room 10
A Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Policy Trap? Lessons from Israeli and American Higher Education
Prof. Ayala Hendin is an Israel Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis; Prof. Mona Khoury is the Vice President for Strategy and Diversity at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dr. Kia Lilly Caldwell is the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
Brown Lounge in Brown Hall
Arab Brazil: Ternary Orientalism and the Question of South-South Comparison
Waïl S. Hassan, Professor and Head, Department of Comparative & World Literature, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hurst Lounge
Celebrating the Publication of Longing and Belonging: Jews in the Modern Islamic World
Nancy E. Berg is professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis.
Zoom Webinar
Zionism and Anti-Zionism: Beyond the Polemics
Ethan Katz is an Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley
Clark-Fox Forum | Hillman Hall, 1st Floor
William H. Matheson Lecture | March 6, 2025
The William H. Matheson Lecture will be held Thursday March 6, 2025 at 5 PM. Our guest speaker will be Aron Aji, Ph.D. | Director of Translation Programs, Associate Professor of Instruction at The University of Iowa.
Duncker Hall | Hurst Lounge
Dr. Nadje Al-Ali Talk
WGSS Decentering the West Lecture Series
McMillan Cafe
Middle East / North Africa Film Series - Session One: Hassan wa Morcus
Facilitated by Dr. Younasse Tarbouni
Busch Hall Room 100
Iman Mersal in Conversation with Mona Kareem
Professor Iman Mersal is an Egyptian writer, translator, and literary scholar and a professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Alberta
The Ginko Room | Olin Library