Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Join us in-person (Bryan Center 005) or via Zoom (meeting ID: 974 1884 5784)!Professor Fallou Ngom is an expert in Africa's intellectual histories, concentrating on the interplay between African and… read more about Bass Connections: Learning From the Middle East Presents: Beyond African Orality: Sufi Poetry and Ethics-centered Islam »
Reception to FollowShana Ye is an Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research areas include transnational feminism, queer theory, post/socialist studies… read more about Queer Chimerica: Speculation and the Futur(h)istory of Homopostsocialism »
Shana Ye is an Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research areas include transnational feminism, queer theory, post/socialist studies, affect studies,… read more about Shana Ye-Queer Chimerica: Speculation and the Futur(h)istory of Homopostsocialism »
Register at duke.is/nathanthrallJoin us for a book talk with 2024 Pulizer Prizer winnner Nathan Thrall as he discusses his latest book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, in conversation with Duke… read more about Nathan Thrall’s “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” – A Book Talk with Rebecca Stein »
Join us for the first guest lecturer of the "Dialogues" series with Dr. Asli Niyazioglu. Her in-person talk will focus on early modern Istanbul and the talismanic stories that contributed in shaping… read more about Talismanic Antiquities of Early Modern Ottoman Istanbul: The Serpent Column and its Historians »
Prof. Asli Niyazioğlu (University of Oxford)with Prof. Didem Havlioğlu (Duke University)on Early Modern IstanbulTuesday, 22 October 2024, 5 -7 PM, Social Sciences 119For all those who think with so-… read more about An Early Modern Series »
Japanese everyday life is characterized by the mundane and ubiquitous presence of voice types specific to particular genders, vocations, and social situations.This presentation overviews my third… read more about Civil Voices: Everyday Vocality in the Production of Japanese Social Order »
The Duke Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to present the annual Perilman Graduate Research Symposium, showcasing graduate work being done in the field of Jewish Studies. The Perilman… read more about Perilman Graduate Research Symposium »
DUMESC Faculty Seminar with Malachi Hacohen read more about DUMESC Faculty Seminar »
The Eli N. Evans Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies welcomes Derek Penslar (Harvard University) to the Stone Center at UNC. This talk links the Palestine Question with the formation of a new… read more about Evans Lecture: Decentering the 1948 Palestine War »
Together with the department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, APSI is hosting a screening of "Invisible Nation" (看不見的國家), a 2024 documentary from award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Hope that… read more about Film Screening: "Invisible Nation" (Vanessa Hope, 2024) + panel discussion »
with Malak Labib Zoom presentationMore details to follow read more about Director's Series - New Books on the Middle East »
Prof. Anita Traninger (Free University, Berlin)with faculty of Romance Studieson Early World Literature, Spanish, Italian, and FrenchThursday, 7 November 2024, 5-7 PM, Location -249 Carpenter Board… read more about An Early Modern Series »
Ilan Troen comes to the Duke Center for Jewish Studies as a special guest of the Lerner Chair and the Provost's Initiative on the Middle East in this discussion on his recent book, "Israel/Palestine… read more about Ilan Troen: “Israel/Palestine in World Religions: Whose Promised Land?" »
Marcin Wodziński is Professor of Jewish history and literature, and head of the Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and member of… read more about NC Jewish Studies Seminar Welcomes Marcin Wodziński »
more details to follow read more about Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East »
Abstract:Viren Murthy's third monograph, "Pan-Asianism and Legacy of the Chinese Revolution" (University of Chicago Press, 2023), shows how intellectuals in China and Japan promoted unity among weak… read more about Pan-Asianism and the Legacy of the Chinese Revolution »
DUMESC Faculty Seminar with Ibrahim Gemeah read more about DUMESC Faculty Seminar »
Over the past 15 years, a group of Earth God temples formed a transnational network linking over 120 temples and ritual communities in port cities across Southeast Asia. This talk explores the… read more about One Sea, One Temple: Digital humanities approaches to Chinese local historical materials in Southeast Asia »
with Mostafa Minawi read more about DUMESC Faculty Seminar »
Join the Duke Human Rights Center and the Provost's Initiative on the Middle East for a screening of the film "No Other Land," the third film in the 2024-2025 Rights! Camera! Action! Film Series.… read more about No Other Land »
Frances Hasso read more about DUMESC Faculty Seminar »
Keynote Speakers: Nicole Fleetwood, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Sophie Lewis, and Linda Zerilli. Roundtable Speakers: Victoria Hesford, Christina León, Priti Ramamurthy and Rebecca Wanzo. Registration… read more about 18th Annual Feminist Theory Workshop - First Day »
Keynote Speakers: Nicole Fleetwood, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Sophie Lewis, and Linda Zerilli. Roundtable Speakers: Victoria Hesford, Christina León, Priti Ramamurthy and Rebecca Wanzo. Registration… read more about 18th Annual Feminist Theory Workshop - Second Day »
The Arabic Linguistics Society (ALS) together with Duke's Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and the Program in Linguistics are pleased to announce the 38th Annual Symposium on Arabic… read more about The 38th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics »