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Mapping the Evolution of Arabic Literary Representations of China: 1880-1940

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:20:05 +0000

Mapping the Evolution of Arabic Literary Representations of China: 1880-1940 Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 11/04/2025 - 14:20 Axinn Center 219 Open to the Public

Mapping the Evolution of Arabic Literary Representations of China: 1880-1940

This presentation explores how Arab intellectuals during the Nahda—the so-called Arab cultural renaissance—engaged with Chinese culture, its anti-colonial struggle, constitutional revolution, and women’s rights.

Patterson, Nicole (802) 443 - 5784 npatters@middlebury.edu Arabic

Screening of Mariam Ghani's Documentary Film, There's a Hole in the World Where You Used to Be

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:30:05 +0000

Screening of Mariam Ghani's Documentary Film, There's a Hole in the World Where You Used to Be Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 09/04/2025 - 14:30 Mahaney Arts Center 125 Open to the Public

Mariam Ghani is an artist, writer, and filmmaker. Her work examines places, spaces, and moments where social, political, and cultural structures manifest in visible forms, encompassing video, sound, installation, photography, performance, text, and data.

Mariam will give a lecture and host a Q & A after the screening of her film (15:30), There’s a Hole in the World Where You Used to Be, which is a film about memory and mourning, war at a distance, and grief that overflows or fits poorly into the usual containers. It departs from the premise that both grief and black holes are so dense and intense that they bend space and time around their specific gravity – warping perspectives, reshaping the physical world, and throwing those caught in their orbit out of temporal sync.

Davico, Michaela 443-3136 mdavico@middlebury.edu Museum of Art; Studio Art; Arabic; History of Arts and Architecture; Religion

Laylit Dance Party

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:15:03 +0000

Laylit Dance Party Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/15/2024 - 12:15 The Bunker (FIC 121) Open to the Public Join Nadim Maghzal, MNSA (Wake Island Duo) and guests performers for a special edition of their NYC party series, Laylit at the Bunker on March 28. Highlighting SWANA dance music and EDM, Laylit is a high energy performance by world class DJs you don’t want to miss. Read more about Laylit here, and check out Nadim and MNSA performing with Boiler Room here. Open to the public. No bags allowed. Ayoub, Dima 443-5653 dayoub@middlebury.edu WRMC; Palana Social House; Arabic; West Asian and North African Students (WANAS)

Palestine - Israel: History did not start on October 7

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:50:04 +0000

Palestine - Israel: History did not start on October 7 Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/16/2024 - 10:50 Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center Closed to the Public

Amira Hass, Jerusalem born and daughter of two Jewish holocaust survivors, joined Haaretz daily in 1989 and has been the paper’s correspondent in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1993. She lived in Gaza between 1993-1997 and since then in El-Bireh, the West Bank. Her book “Drinking the Sea at Gaza” was published by Henry Holt in 2000. Two other books, in various languages, are compilations of her articles in Haaretz and the Italian weekly Internazionale. She also wrote the introduction and afterword for her mother’s diary in Bergen Belsen Nazi concentration camp (1944-1945), published by Haymarket Books in 2008.

This lecture will contextualize Hamas’ attack on Israeli military and civilian localities and the war that has been going on since then against the militant organization and the Palestinian people.

This event is open to Middlebury ID holders only. It will be live-streamed; please join the live stream here.

Bohler, Shannon 802.443.2961 sbohler@middlebury.edu Arabic; Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies; International & Global Studies; Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation; West Asian and North African Students (WANAS)

HSMT Guest Lecture – Prof. Magnús T. Bernhardsson, Ph.D.: HISTORY BE DAMMED

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:25:03 +0000

HSMT Guest Lecture – Prof. Magnús T. Bernhardsson, Ph.D.: HISTORY BE DAMMED Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/03/2024 - 14:25 Axinn Center 229 Open to the Public

The Promise and Peril of Big Dams in Africa and the Middle East, 1955-1970

This lecture will evaluate the experience of big dams across the Middle East and Africa in the decades following World War II. Situated at the nexus of intellectual, political, and environmental history, the talk will consider the comparative and global dimensions of dam building between 1950-1970 as well as the impact of these major works both locally and globally. Unlike many environmental or dam histories that often focus exclusively on the experience of one nation or project, this lecture will assess the shared rhetoric of progress and modernity, of industrialization and centralization, and the specific administrative ordering of nature and society that lies at the center of big dam building. Furthermore, it highlights how the quest for an electrified future and modernity resulted in large populations becoming displaced and historical sites and local cultures decimated and submerged.

Magnús T. Bernhardsson is Brown Professor of History and Chair of the Global Studies Program and Director of the Global Scholars Initiative at Williams College. An author of several books on Middle Eastern history in both English and Icelandic, he is currently invovled in two major research projects: a) a comparative study of big dams in the MIddle East and Africa in the 1950s-1970 and b) as the co-prinicipal investigator in a large research project on the integration of Iraqi and Syrian refugee children in Iceland (2011-present).

Sponsored by the History Department’s Track in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, Axinn Center for the Humanities, and Fund for Innovation

Mayer, Judy jmmayer@middlebury.edu Arabic; History; Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies; International & Global Studies

Flavors of the Arab World: A Cultural Feast

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:01:04 +0000

Flavors of the Arab World: A Cultural Feast Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 09/06/2024 - 16:01 Adirondack Coltrane Lounge Closed to the Public

The Arabic Department invites the Middlebury College community to enjoy Arabic food at its monthly gathering to celebrate Arab culture.

Patterson, Nicole (802) 443 - 5784 npatters@middlebury.edu Arabic

Flavors of the Arab World: A Cultural Feast

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:01:04 +0000

Flavors of the Arab World: A Cultural Feast Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 09/06/2024 - 16:01 Adirondack Coltrane Lounge Closed to the Public

The Arabic Department invites the Middlebury College community to enjoy Arabic food at its monthly gathering to celebrate Arab culture.

Patterson, Nicole (802) 443 - 5784 npatters@middlebury.edu Arabic

Flavors of the Arab World: A Cultural Feast

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:01:04 +0000

Flavors of the Arab World: A Cultural Feast Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 09/06/2024 - 16:01 Atwater A, Section A, Room 100 Closed to the Public

The Arabic Department invites the Middlebury College community to enjoy Arabic food at its monthly gathering to celebrate Arab culture.

Patterson, Nicole (802) 443 - 5784 npatters@middlebury.edu Arabic

Lyd: Sci-Fi Documentary

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:50:03 +0000

Lyd: Sci-Fi Documentary Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 09/06/2024 - 15:50 Twilight Auditorium 101 Closed to the Public

Lyd is a sci-fi documentary directed by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland (directors will be present at the screening for a post-screening Q&A)

Lyd explores the untold history and present-day struggles of Lyd (Lod), a Palestinian city with a significant rich past and challenging present. Through personal stories and historical analysis, the film sheds light on the city’s cultural erasure, ongoing displacement, and the resilience of its Palestinian inhabitants.

Pizza and refreshments will be served.

Open to Midd Cardholders only.

Ayoub, Dima 443-5653 dayoub@middlebury.edu Arabic

The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:55:03 +0000

The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 08/02/2024 - 08:55 Johnson Classroom 204 Open to the Public In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. In her new book, Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University) draws upon hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade to probe an intimate and universal question. What is home? Syrians now on five continents share stories of leaving, losing, searching, and finding (or not finding) home. Recasting “refugee crises” as acts of diaspora-making, The Home I Worked to Make challenges readers to grapple with the hard-won wisdom of those who survive war and to see, with fresh eyes, what home means in their own lives. Stroup, Sarah (802) 443-2316 sstroup@middlebury.edu Arabic; Political Science; International & Global Studies; Global Migration & Diaspora; Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation