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Please join fellow students and faculty for the first ever Hindi-Urdu Table
Negotiating Israeli and Palestinian Identity
A conversation with author and journalist Sayed Kashua.
Hindi-Urdu Movie & Samosa Night
The Hindi-Urdu Language Section invites you to a screening of Mr. India, a 1987 Indian science fiction film directed by Shekhar Kapur.
JINELC Major-Minor Welcome Session
Major-Minor Welcome Session for all students interested in Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies, Arabic, Hebrew, and Hindi/Urdu
Arabic Table
JINELC invites you to practice the Arabic language and appreciate Arabic culture.
The Legacy of the Refugees in Exile (1933-1945)
Organized and supported by Washington University’s German Department, Olin Library, the Kemper Art Museum, as well as by Deutschlandjahr USA (Goethe Institute)
Israel's Military Power Paradox and the Conflict with Hamas
A talk with Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Meir Elran
Hindi-Urdu Table
Please join fellow students and faculty for the Hindi-Urdu Table
Middle East - North Africa Film Series
The Spring 2019 MENA Film Series features The Battle for the Arab Viewer (February 26) and Rouge Parole (March 26).
The Arthur Gale Lecture: The History of the Holocaust in Poland & the Polish "History Laws"
Dr. Jan Grabowski will discuss the complicity of the Polish “blue” policemen in the persecution and murder of Polish Jewry.
2018-2019 Weltin Lecture: Jesus the Jewish Storyteller: Of Pearls and Prodigals
Lecture by Amy-Jill Levine, University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies, & Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University.
Holi Celebration
Holi celebrations ( with dry colors ) and snacks outside the west entrance of Busch Hall.
Hindi - Urdu Table
All levels of fluency are welcome.
Energy and Electricity in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Dr. Lior Herman examines how and when energy is used as a punitive or rewarding measure to advance foreign policy ends under conditions of perpetual conflict. Drawing on hundreds of primary governmental and commercial documents, and extensive elite interviews, Dr. Herman examines and discusses Israeli–Palestinian relations over 50 years. Israeli-Palestinian energy relations are characterized by extensive instrumentalization of energy for foreign policy objectives. Electricity, a neglected area in international relations and conflict literatures, is a significant foreign policy tool. The findings emphasize four major variables that shape the timing and form of energy measures—politics, regime type, dependence level, and energy production chain. The talk will also discuss new and unexpected developments based on remote sensing analysis, which are of key geopolitical importance.
Middle East - North Africa Film Series
The Spring 2019 MENA Film Series features The Battle for the Arab Viewer (February 26) and Rouge Parole (March 26).
What Do You Need To Know About Oil To Understand World Politics?
Studying with the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies helps!
Not Your Habibti: A Typewriter Project
5 Things You Should Know About Islam and Muslims
Studying with the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies helps!
Torah Edgeplay: Risk, Community, and Ethics from the Beit Midrash to BDSM
The talk, Torah Edgeplay, is being presented by Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi, Friedman Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies.
Arabic Calligraphy Workshop
The JIMES Department is sponsoring an Arabic Calligraphy Workshop organized by Professor Younasse Tarbouni. The workshop is open to everyone.
Arabic Calligraphy Workshop
The JIMES Department is sponsoring an Arabic Calligraphy Workshop organized by Professor Younasse Tarbouni. The workshop is open to everyone.
Post-Israeli Elections Debrief with Professor Elai Rettig
Understanding the Yemeni Civil War: Policy & Power
Previous JIMES graduate student, Tyler B. Parker, returns to Washington University to discuss the Yemeni Civil War.
CANCELED - Religious Studies Spring Coffee Hour
Stop by for refreshments and lively conversation!
Arabic Calligraphy Workshop
Workshop led by Younasse Tarbouni and students of Arabic in JIMES
Hindi/Urdu Movie Night
Arabic Calligraphy Workshop
Workshop led by Younasse Tarbouni and students of Arabic in JIMES
Religious Studies Fall Coffee Hour
Stop by for refreshments and lively conversation!
A Sino-Jewish Encounter, A Humanitarian Fantasy
Haiyan Lee, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and of Comparative Literature, Stanford University
When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America’s Fight for Religious Freedom
Asma Uddin unpacks the claims of her new book, When Islam Is Not a Religion. Followed by a panel discussion where she will be joined by Prof. Tazeen Ali and Prof. Laurie Maffly-Kipp, moderated by Prof. John Inazu.
What You Need to Know about Antisemitism and Islamophobia to Understand the World Today
Dr. Hillel J. Kieval, Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought and Chair of the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies.
What You Need to Know about Islam and Politics to Understand the World Today
Dr. David Warren, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies.
Middle East - North Africa Film Series -- Fall 2019
Please join us for the screening of two films: Wadjda (November 6) and Wajd (November 19).
The Biblical Prophets and their Social World
Victor H. Matthews, PhD - Dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs and Professor of Religious Studies at Missouri State University
We Are Not Princesses
“We Are Not Princesses” offers moving profiles of a half-dozen Syrian women refugees in Beirut who come together to tell their stories of love, loss, pain, and hope through the lens of the ancient Greek play “Antigone.” More a therapeutic exercise than a purely artistic enterprise, the theatrical production helps the women find community and process their trauma. Most of the women — resilient, intelligent, articulate — relate their own stories onscreen. Other participants, however, remain unseen, their histories presented through lovely animation because their husbands would not allow them to appear on camera, which speaks to the many challenges they face: not just their traumatic dislocation but also the sociocultural restrictions on their autonomy.
“The Judge” Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Join us for this special screening of the new documentary “The Judge” that tells the story of the Palestinian judge Khulud al-Faqih – the first woman to be appointed as a judge on a religious court anywhere in the Middle East.
Religious Studies Fall Coffee Hour
Stop by for refreshments and lively conversation!
Middle East - North Africa Film Series -- Fall 2019
Please join us for the screening of two films: Wadjda (November 6) and Wajd (November 19).
Aao, saath pakayen aur khayen! (Come, let us cook and eat together!)
Hindi/Urdu Language invites students to participate in a special Indian cooking event.
The Land of Open Graves: Understanding the Current Politics of Migrant Life and Death along the US-Mexico Border
Jason De León, Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles - Holocaust Memorial Lecture