As a human rights activist and public intellectual committed to defending freedom of speech and of religion, Yu Jie was among the earliest pundits to sound the alarm of Xi Jinping's march toward… read more about The Xi Jinping Regime's March toward Empire »
Join us for a night filled with board games and video games! This event is open to Duke students and faculty.This event is sponsored by Duke Game Lab, AMES, ISS, & Duke Gaming read more about Game Night »
Join us for this Hanzi workshop where guest speaker Matt Coss will be discussing strategies for improving your Chinese character retention, stroke order, and more.About The Speaker: Matt Coss… read more about Work Smarter, Not Harder, To Learn Hanzi »
The defining tunes of the Chinese diaspora in the nineteenth century and the early twentieth were those of the Cantonese opera. This history has been invisible due to the scarcity of Chinese… read more about Defining Tunes of the Chinese Diaspora »
John Hope Franklin Center, Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall, Room 240
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Karen B. Stern, Professor of History at Brooklyn College of City University of New York. She conducts research across disciplines of history,… read more about NCJSS welcomes Karen Stern »
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105
Internationally-acclaimed director, Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, returns to Duke for a special screening of his film, "The Law in These Parts." This special event, co-sponsored by the Duke Human Rights… read more about Ra’anan Alexandrowicz: “The Law in These Parts” »
Join Duke History, DUMESC and DISC for a talk and discussion from 4:30 - 5:30 PM ET with Dr. miriam cooke titled "Aesthetics and Politics in Ba'thist Syria."miriam cooke is Braxton Craven Professor… read more about Aesthetics and Politics in Ba‘thist Syria »
Film screening:"Tokyo Drifter"(Seijun Suzuki, 1966, 89 min, Japan, Japanese w/ English subtitles, 35mm)In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Tetsu's attempt to go straight is thwarted when his… read more about Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, 1966, 35mm) »
The Duke Center for Jewish Studies welcomes back Yossi Klein Halevi, to engage in a conversation with Imam Abdullah Antepli on the state of Israel.Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom… read more about Duke welcomes Yossi Klein Halevi »
Join Duke History, DUMESC and DISC for a talk and conversation from 4:30 - 5:30 PM ET with Dr. Bassam Haddad titled "Business Networks in Syria: the Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience."… read more about Understanding the Syrian Calamity »
Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
