Middle East Events

Friday, April 10, 2026

Film Screening: feature-length experimental film Ourobooros (2017), Basma al-Sharif

7:00 pm

Knight Auditorium Spurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Film Screening

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

“What Is Happening in Iran?”

4:00 pm

306 Coble Hall, 801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820
- Lecture

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Celebrating Al-Andalus: How Islamic Iberia Lives on in Arabic and Hebrew (MENA Heritage Month)

5:00 - 7:00 pm

BNAACC 1212 W Nevada St. Urbana
- Social/Informal Event

Friday, April 17, 2026

Talk: "Small Stories as Stepping Stones to Cultural Awareness and Language Revitalization", Marilena Karyolemou, Professor at the University of Cyprus

12:00 pm
- Lecture

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Talk: On Beginnings, or the Roots and Routes of the Nested Memory Concept, Helen Makhdoumian , Postdoctoral Program fellow at Vanderbilt University

5:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
- Lecture

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Book Talk: Zoning Faith: How City Politics Shape Muslim Communities in Chicago, Sultan Tepe

4:00 pm

Illini Union Bookstore 2nd floor Author's Corner 809 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
- Lecture