Past Event Category: Book Club
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May 4Global Partitions Series for K-12 Educators: Impact of Partition on BangladeshClick here to register. Join us for the first of three lectures in The Global Partitions Series for K-12 educators. On May 4, Yasmin Saikia will present on the impact of partition on Bangladesh. Yasmin Saikia is the Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict and a professor …
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Mar 1Stories from The Gambia with Assemblyman Baldeh and Sister City Chair KujabiJoin us for a book club with Samba Baldeh, Wisconsin State Assembly Member, and Jerreh Kujabi, Madison- Kanifing Sister City Committee Chair, who will share contemporary stories about life in The Gambia. Our speaker, Samba Baldeh, was recently sworn in as the Assemblyman of the 48th Assembly District of Wisconsin after serving three terms on …
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Feb 24Teaching About the Middle East and North Africa – Rethinking Approaches (2/24/21)Join us for a book club with Dr. Maria Hantzopoulos, Associate Professor and Chair of Education and Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, Vassar College. Professor Hantzopoulos was the primary investigator for and recipient of the British Council/Social Science Research Council “Our Shared Past” Grant (along with four other co-investigators), which culminated in the curriculum “Rethinking …
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Feb 2Using Persepolis to Teach About the Middle EastJoin us for our online February Film Club event with Professor Roozbeh Shirazi from the University of Minnesota, who will present about the film and graphic novel Persepolis and its use in the classroom. Professor Roozbeh Shirazi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development and one of the co-authors of Rethinking the region: …
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Dec 8When Stars are Scattered: Somali Refugee Communities in KenyaDecember 2020 Book: When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Speaker: Safiya Jama Resources: Teacher’s Guide