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The 19th annual Spring Spanish and Latin American Colloquium is April 9-10 at Ohio University. The theme is “Choques y Avances: Clashes and Breakthroughs.” A Creative Writing Workshop with Carlos Vázquez Cruz of NYU’s Creative Writing Program is Thursday, April 9, from 3-6 p.m. in Gordy 211. Panel Presentations Panel […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents The Blue Wave (Mavi Dalga) on Monday, April 13, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This film (directed by Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan) is a feminist perspective on the story of adolescence in a small Turkish city told through the […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Taxi to the Dark Side on Monday, March 30, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This documentary (directed by Alex Gibney) takes off from an investigation into the killing of an Afghani taxi driver at the hands of U.S. interrogators. The investigation, […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Wadjda on Monday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This film (directed by Haifaa al-Mansour) tells the story of an 11-year-old Saudi girl living in the capital of the kingdom, Riyadh. Weaving together the politics of class, gender, […]

The James Lecture in Urban Politics series presents Dr. Linda Williams on Monday, March 23, at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Williams is Professor of Rhetoric and Film Studies at UC Berkeley. Abstract: Through the microcosm of one decaying American city, The Wire reveals the interconnected truths of many institutional failures: […]

The War and Peace theme is co-sponsoring an Africa & War and Peace Lecture Series with the African Studies Program and the Institute for the African Child. On Wednesday, March 18, from 3 to 4:30 pm, in Baker 231, Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, assistant professor of political science, will deliver the […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Forget Baghdad on Monday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. The documentary (directed by Samir) tells the story of four Baghdadi-Jews, all former members of the Iraqi Communist Party during the 1940s and 1950s. The four elderly protagonists are […]