# Event Details - **Event Name**: The United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and Power - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 am – Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Dive into the USA-Middle East ties, power plays, and resistance stories in this live, eye-opening event!About this EventANNUAL MIDDLE EAST STUDIES CONFERENCEThe United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and PowerThe Middle East remains a vital site where political authority, social transformation, and cultural identity are continually negotiated and reimagined. Today, these questions are especially urgent: the visibility of Israel-Palestine on U.S. campuses, the region’s role in global economic and ecological debates, and the movement of people and cultural forms across borders.This interdisciplinary conference gathers scholars, practitioners, journalists, and artists to examine how communities in the Middle East and its diasporas reshape politics, culture, and identity—on the ground, online, and through art. By highlighting these diverse expressions, the conference underscores the intersections between struggles in the Middle East, U.S. politics, and transnational solidarities, and invites participants to imagine new possibilities for justice and collective transformation.This event is organized by the Middle East Studies Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is cosponsored by IRIS NRC. Free and open to the publicAgendaPANELS Panel 1: Geopolitics, Empire, and Technological Power Info: This panel brings together analyses of imperial formations, contested sovereignties, and strategic alliances with attention to US foreign policy and global power asymmetries. It examines environmental security, resource extraction, and climate politics alongside the rise of AI technologies as new instruments of imperial governance, surveillance, and algorithmic control, highlighting how technological infrastructures reshape contemporary forms of domination.Panel 2: Displacement, Diaspora, and Transnational SolidaritiesInfo: Focusing on migration, exile, and the politics of belonging, this panel examines how forced and voluntary displacement transform both sending and receiving societies. It explores diaspora formations as sites of political engagement, memory, and resistance, while foregrounding transnational solidarity networks, grassroots organizing, and digital activism. Particular attention is given to how climate-induced displacement intersects with struggles for environmental, racial, and social justice.Panel 3: Cultural Production, Resistance, and Decolonial FuturesInfo: This panel analyzes cultural production—literature, cinema, visual arts, journalism, and other creative practices—as a central terrain of resistance and counter-hegemonic narrative-making. It examines how artists and intellectuals challenge dominant discourses, mobilize memory, and imagine decolonial futures, situating cultural work within broader transnational networks of political struggle and world-making. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/madison/the-united-states-and-the-middle-east-geopolitics-resistance-and-power/100001980110648252 - **Event Categories**: art, business, conferences, contests, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Madison - **state**: WI - **country**: United States - **location**: Memorial Library - **lat**: 43.075434 - **long**: -89.39786699999999 - **full address**: Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madison, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and Power - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/f2c64148e69911f0039956062184a98ec38574d7daedc9fd7418c1bb170d33f6-rimg-w1200-h628-dc5c2a69-gmir.jpg?v=1767976807 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and Power being held? - **A:** The United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and Power takes place on Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 am to Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm at Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madison, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing The United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and Power? - **A:** The United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and Power is organized by Middle East Studies Program at UW-Madison. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and Power", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/f2c64148e69911f0039956062184a98ec38574d7daedc9fd7418c1bb170d33f6-rimg-w1200-h628-dc5c2a69-gmir.jpg?v=1767976807", "startDate": "2026-04-17T08:30:00-05:00", "endDate": "2026-04-17T17:00:00-05:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/madison/the-united-states-and-the-middle-east-geopolitics-resistance-and-power/100001980110648252", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Memorial Library", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "728 State Street", "postalCode": "53706", "addressLocality": "Madison", "addressRegion": "WI", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "43.075434", "longitude": "-89.39786699999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Dive into the USA-Middle East ties, power plays, and resistance stories in this live, eye-opening event!", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-01-09", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-17T17:00:00-05:00", "validFrom": "2026-01-09", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/madison/the-united-states-and-the-middle-east-geopolitics-resistance-and-power/100001980110648252" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-01-09", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-01-09", "url": "https://allevents.in/madison/the-united-states-and-the-middle-east-geopolitics-resistance-and-power/100001980110648252", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Middle East Studies Program at UW-Madison", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/middle-east-studies-program-at-uw-madison/27330117", "description": "The Middle East Studies Program’s mission (MESP) is to foster knowledge of the Middle East, its past and current economic, social, cultural, and political developments. 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