January 25 to 26Translating the AmericasEarly Modern Jewish Writing on the New Worldhttps://wustl.zoom.us/j/99406813827
February 22, 2021 4:00 PMJIMES Major-Minor WelcomeMajor-Minor Welcome Session for all students interested in Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies, Arabic, Hebrew, and Hindi/UrduZoom -- register for link
March 01, 2021 7:00 PMEnergy & Israeli Foreign Policy: A Virtual Israeli Center Series with Dr. Elai Rettig Angry at Moses – Israel’s Quest for Oil Since 1948 Zoom - register for link
March 08, 2021 7:00 PMEnergy & Israeli Foreign Policy: A Virtual Israeli Center Series with Dr. Elai RettigPeace Pipelines or Energy Wars? – Israel Gas Politics in the Mediterranean SeaZoom - register for link
March 15, 2021 7:00 PMEnergy & Israeli Foreign Policy: A Virtual Israeli Center Series with Dr. Elai RettigLand of Milk, Honey, and Sunshine – Promises and Challenges for Renewable Energy in IsraelZoom - register for link
March 22, 2021 5:00 PMA Catholic Woman and Her Jewish Family in Nineteenth-Century Poland: A Coming-of-Age Tale about National Identity, Religion and AlienationA lecture on the topic of Jewish life in prewar/wartime EuropeZoom - registration is required for this webinar
March 29, 2021 12:00 PMLaleh KhaliliA Lunchtime Discussion with Laleh Khalili on the Impact of the Arabian Peninsula’s Shipping Industry. Join us to discuss her book "Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula".Zoom - register for link
April 07, 2021 4:00 PMThe Last Ghetto: A New History of the Theresienstadt GhettoA lecture series on the topic of Jewish life in prewar/wartime EuropeZoom - registration is required for this webinar
April 14, 2021 2:30 PMFerne Pearlstein, the director of the film The Last Laugh Ferne Pearlstein, the director of the film The Last Laugh will be speaking in the seminar that Prof. Nancy Berg and Henry Schvey are currently offering, Staging Atrocity.
April 18, 2021 5:00 PMFrom the Mediterranean to St. Louis and Beyond: Sephardic Jews, Migration, and Race in the United StatesDevin E. Naar, PhD - Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies and Chair of the Sephardic Studies Program at the University of Washington, SeattleZoom - register for link
April 20, 2021 5:00 PMSouth Asia's Best Kept Secret: Repackaging Caste in the Diaspora with Yashica DuttIn this student-faculty collaborated talk, Yashica Dutt joins Prof. Shefali Chandra (Washington University) and members of the student group Ekta to discuss how caste is "the invisible arm that turns the gear in nearly every system in India," and how this invisible arm has extended its reach to the diaspora.Zoom - register for link
April 21, 2021 4:00 PMFleeing Nazi Germany: Jewish Refugees in PortugalA lecture on the topic of Jewish life in prewar/wartime EuropeZoom - registration is required for this webinar
April 22, 2021 1:00 PMWhat does Putin want from Jerusalem?: Understanding Russian Involvement in the Holy City from the Czar to the Present A virtual Israel Institute talk with Dr. David GurevichZoom - register for link
April 23, 2021 3:00 PM2020-2021 Weltin Lecture: Reading Race in Early Christian TextsDr. Philippa Townsend, Chancellor's Fellow in New Testament and Christian Origins, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, School of Divinity, New College, University of Edinburgh Zoom
April 27, 2021 10:00 AMJewish revivalism in the Arab Gulf States A Talk with Dr. Moran ZagaZoom - register for link
May 21, 2021 5:00 PMJIMES Graduation Party for Classes of 2020 & 2021Please join us to celebrate these graduations from JIMES! Our FL20 and SP20 graduates finished their degrees when the pandemic was starting and we were not able to offer them a graduation. Our SP21 graduates completed their entire last year under pandemic conditions. We want to celebrate not only their success, but also the persistence and hard work it took for all of our graduates to complete their degrees under such difficult circumstances. Zoom - register for link
June 10, 2021 10:00 AMErin McGlothlin New Book LaunchErin McGlothlin's new monograph will be discussed in the New Books in Perpetrator Studies series held by the Perpetrator Studies Network.Zoom
August 26, 2021 10:00 AMJIMES Orientation Open HouseA Welcome to the Class of 2025!Busch Hall, Room 18
September 27, 2021 6:30 PMMiddle East - North Africa Film SeriesThe Fall 2021 MENA Film Series features Veer Zaara (September 27), Captain Abu Reed (October 18), and The Band’s Visit (November 8). Hillman Hall, Room 60
September 29, 2021 4:00 PMIn the Lou: St. Louis as a Home for RefugeesA virtual event hosted by the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement which will be moderated by Dr. Younasse Tarbouni, Teaching Professor of Arabic.Zoom
October 18, 2021 6:30 PMMiddle East - North Africa Film SeriesThe Fall 2021 MENA Film Series features Veer Zaara (September 27), Captain Abu Reed (October 18), and The Band's Visit (November 8). Hillman Hall, Room 60
October 25, 2021 4:00 PMMajor/Minor FairPlease join us for the Virtual Major/Minor Fair and learn more about JIMES!Zoom - register for link
October 28, 2021 1:00 PMThe State of the World's Refugees: Crisis or Progress?Rudolph Building, Room 203
November 04, 2021 1:00 PMA Talk by Fahim Masoud Fahim Masoud, an Intelligence Manager at Crisis24 specializing in the Middle East & North Africa region will talk about his Journey from Afghanistan to D.C. via St. Louis (Wash U and University of Illinois). ZOOM
November 08, 2021 6:30 PMMiddle East - North Africa Film SeriesThe Fall 2021 MENA Film Series features Veer Zaara (September 27), Captain Abu Reed (October 18), and The Band's Visit (November 8).Hillman Hall, Room 60
November 10, 2021 5:00 PMJewish Physicians and Their Patients: Rescue Strategies in Nazi Occupied PolandNatalia Aleksiun, Professor of Modern Jewish History, Touro College / Incoming Harry Rich Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Florida-GainesvilleVirtual - RSVP
December 02, 2021 6:00 PMReading in Time: On the Question of PalestineSherene Seikaly explores how practices of reading and writing, intersect with history, family, and the question of Palestine.Zoom-register for this event
December 07, 2021 6:00 PMRivals in the Gulf: Religious Authority and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab SpringZoom - register for link