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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 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 […]

On Thursday, March 12, the Contemporary History Institute welcomes Dr. Michael A. Barnhart on “Japan’s Fateful Choices: Entering and Exiting the Pacific War, 1941-1945” at 4:30 p.m. in Baker 242. Barnhart is Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of History at Stony Brook University. His major works include Japan Prepares for […]

Café Conversation presents Dr. Katherine Jellison on “Unelected Leaders: America’s First Ladies” on Wednesday, March 11, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. Betty Ford, Michelle Obama, and Hilary Clinton—first ladies, but also powerful women. These first ladies played an important role in the political system by representing the […]

The 2015 Baker Peace Conference on “The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” on March 26 and 27. A panel on War and Social Changes is Friday, March 27,  at 1 p.m. in Nelson Commons. The panel features: Moderator – Dr. Katherine Jellison, Ohio University Dr. Andrew L. Johns, Brigham Young […]

The Contemporary History Institute speakers series presents Dr. Norman Goda, former Ohio University professor, returning Feb. 26 to speak on “Discourses on Zionism after the Holocaust: The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 1946” at 4:30 p.m. in Baker Theater. This event is free and open to the public. Goda is the Norman […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (Asfur al-Sath) on Monday, Feb. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. Exploring the patriarchal apparatus of manhood in contemporary Tunisia, this film (directed by Ferid Boughdir) tells the story of a boy going through […]