Upcoming Events
Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
East Duke 209
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Join the Graduate Student Association of Iranians at Duke University for a film screening and discussion on the Iranian Revolution with special guest, Ahmad Kiarostami. Ahmad co-produced Coup 53, a feature documentary on the story of... Read More »
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Perkins LINK Classroom 6
Computer technology has been increasingly used in all aspects of language learning. One of the recent technologies is Virtual Reality (VR), where learners can experience Immersive environment with VR goggles. The use of VR could increase the authenticity of the situation, motivation towards... Read More »
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
White Lecture Hall-107 (East campus).
Every semester students watch a recent Bollywood movie. Please see the the Hindi at Duke University Facebook page for more information.
Sponsored by Hindi at AMES and Duke India Initiative
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
White 107 (White Lecture Hall)
"Badhai ho" is an Indian comedy-drama about the embarrassment that grown-up children face when they find out that their mother is pregnant. In India family and society view middle-age pregnancy as shocking news. This movie highlights the role of society and family relations in personal matters and... Read More »
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
East Duke 209
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Join the Graduate Student Association of Iranians at Duke University for a film screening and discussion on the Iranian Revolution with special guest, Ahmad Kiarostami. Ahmad co-produced Coup 53, a feature documentary on the story of... Read More »
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 7:00pm to 11:00pm
Link 6 Classroom, Dinner will be served in Link 5
Come join us as we play and explore exciting cultural games
such as Mahjong, Chinese chess, Legends of the Three
Kingdoms, Japanese games, Korean games, Arabic games,
and Turkish. Games will take place in both Classroom 5 and
6. 7-9 pm: Cultural Games, 9-11 pm: free play.
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Freeman Center for Jewish Life
The Rudnick lecture at the Duke Center for Jewish Studies welcomes Susan Silverman who will give a lecture entitled: "Pharaoh was Scared Too." Rabbi Susan Silverman will turn common suppositions on their heads in her talk about asylum seekers in Israel and the US from the perspective of Jewish... Read More »
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Social Sciences 139 LaBarre
J Street U brings to campus Combatants for Peace, a grassroots organization of Israelis and Palestinians that takes direct action to pursue mutual non-violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each member has played a direct role in the cycle of violence in this conflict. We will be joined by... Read More »
Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 10:00am to 11:30am
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
"During the early modern period, Muslims in China began to embrace the Chinese characteristics of their heritage. Several scholar-teachers incorporated tenets from traditional Chinese education into their promotion of Islamic knowledge. As a result, some Sino-Muslims established an educational... Read More »
Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Perkins Library, Korman Assembly Room, 217
February 19, 2019, marks the 77th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066, authorizing the internment of all people of Japanese descent, including American citizens and lawful permanent residents. Duncan Williams is an Associate Professor of Religion and... Read More »