First Day of WISLI 2026

@ 8:30 am

Details for the first day of classes will be sent to admitted students. Class times are Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (CDT), with an hour of break time worked in as agreed upon by …

SASLI Global Professionals Panel

Featuring: Cody Arigo, Raj Balkarna, Vijay Limaye, and Galen Murton
Zoom
@ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

SASLI students will join an in-class panel featuring global professionals who will share how language skills and regional expertise have shaped their paths across a range of fields. Panelists will offer stories, advice, and insights …

CESSI Global Professionals Panel

Featuring: Dennis Keen and Marika Olijar
Zoom
@ 11:00 am - 12:30 am

CESSI students will join an in-class panel featuring global professionals who will share how language skills and regional expertise have shaped their paths across a range of fields. Panelists will offer stories, advice, and insights …

SEASSI Global Professionals Panel

Featuring: Macey Mayes
Zoom
@ 11:00 am - 12:30 am

SEASSI students will join an in-class panel featuring global professionals who will share how language skills and regional expertise have shaped their paths across a range of fields. Panelists will offer stories, advice, and insights …

The Middle East that America Just Can’t Get Away From

Featuring: David Romano
Zoom
@ 11:00 am - 12:30 am

David Romano holds the Thomas G. Strong Chair in Middle East Politics at Missouri State University.  He is the author of The Kurdish Nationalist Movement (Cambridge University Press, 2006 — also translated into Kurdish, Turkish and …