Duke University Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

Recent News

• • Mon Apr 9
  • French-Tunisian Novelist Colette Fellous Tells History Through Literature
  • Author meets with Duke students in classes and lecture
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• • Fri Apr 6
  • Annual Duke Lecture to Focus on Arab Spring, Occupy Movements
  • Sanjeev Khagram will deliver the free, public lecture; reception to follow
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• • Wed Apr 4
  • Conference to focus on law and national security 'After Afghanistan'
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• • Tue Apr 3
  • An Iranian Cultural Icon Comes to Durham
  • Iranian singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian performs April 28 at the Durham Performing Arts Center
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• • Tue Apr 3
  • Abdullah Antepli comments: Saudi Islamic leader says churches should be destroyed
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• • Tue Apr 3
  • Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi To Speak April 16
  • Ebadi is the first woman, and the first Iranian, to receive the award
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• • Mon Apr 2
  • Comics in Arabic - Lena Merhej (english subtitles)
  • Lena Merhej speaks about her career in comics in Arabic. Lena Merhej is currently a Ph.D. student in Visual Communication Expertise (VisComX) at Jacobs University, working on Narrativity and Political Conflict in Lebanese Comics. She is currently developing software that analyzes iconotext narratives. She previously studied graphic design at the American University of Beirut and completed her M.F.A. in Design and Technology at the Parsons School of Design. Lena is part of the Duke University-Jacobs University
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• • Thu Mar 29
  • Ambassador of Kuwait, Mr. Salem Al-Sabah
  • Ambassador of Kuwait, Mr. Salem Al-Sabah responds to Professor Carl Ernst (UNC-Chapel Hill) inaugural Arabic Majors Distinguished Lecture, "The Global Significance of Arabic Language and Literature," By: FranklinCenterAtDuke Categories: Humanities & Soc-Sci, International, Talks and Ideas Tags: center, duke, education, franklin, hope, john, university Original link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y975_ptPlbo
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• • Thu Mar 29
  • The Global Significance of Arabic Language and Literature
  • Professor Carl Ernst (UNC-Chapel Hill) delivers the inaugural Arabic Majors Distinguished Lecture, "The Global Significance of Arabic Language and Literature," with a response by the Ambassador of Kuwait, Mr. Salem Al-Sabah. Categories: Humanities & Soc-Sci, International, Student Life, Talks and Ideas Tags: itunes u, middle eastern studies, society
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• • Thu Mar 29
  • Arabic Majors Distinguished Lecture: Welcome
  • Professor Carl Ernst (UNC-Chapel Hill) delivers the inaugural Arabic Majors Distinguished Lecture, "The Global Significance of Arabic Language and Literature," with a response by the Ambassador of Kuwait, Mr. Salem Al-Sabah. Duke senior, Andi Frkovich gives the opening remarks. Categories: Humanities & Soc-Sci, International Tags: itunes u, middle eastern studies, society
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