The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Saskia Ziolkowski, Associate Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University. Ziolkowski works on Italian literature and culture from a… read more about NCJSS Welcomes Saskia Ziolkowski »
The complex strand of Black radical thought found in Japan pulsates with dynamism that can move in different directions. This talk suggests how to relate to this object of knowledge, or Afro-Asian… read more about On Afro-Asian Radicalism »
The congenial pockets of shade cast by Ho Chi Minh City's tamarind trees, dipterocarps, and African mahoganies are, in some very literal ways, colonial shadows. Many of the trees were planted… read more about A Poetic Politics of Shade in Saigon »
Join the Center for Jewish Studies Fall 2026 welcome reception which will also celebrate the recent publications of Duke faculty members Kata Gellen and Daniel Herskowitz. Dinner will be provided.… read more about Fresh Pages: Honoring New Works by Kata Gellen and Daniel Herskowitz »
note: translation during the post-talk Q&A (English-Chinese) will be facilitated by Karen Shi, an MA student in East Asian Studies.A different history of Tibet, revealed through music and ritual.… read more about Catholic Music in the Snowlands of China: Sound, Ritual, and History in Tibetan Regions »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Ayelet Brinn, Assistant Professor at Hebrew Union College's Skirball (Los Angeles) Campus. Her research focuses on American Jewish history, gender… read more about NCJSS Welcomes Ayelet Brinn »
The Sperling Center for Jewish Studies welcomes Ari Joskowicz, the Eugene Greener Jr. Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of Jewish Studies and History at Vanderbilt University, where he also… read more about Sperling CJS welcomes Ari Joskowicz »
Over the last four year, The Shia-Jewish Legal Reasoning in Dialogue has brought together 13 scholars from the USA, Israel and Great Britain to study legal texts of both traditions via diverse… read more about The Shia-Jewish Legal Reasoning in Dialogue »
"Black Market Intimacies" reveals how illicit exchanges of money and commodities involving sexual encounters between Korean and Japanese women and US soldiers provided the material foundations of the… read more about Black Market Intimacies: The Transpacific Sexual Economy of the Korean War »
The Sperling Center for Jewish Studies welcomes Natasha Gordinsky, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of Haifa and is a member of the Israel… read more about Sperling CJS welcomes Natasha Gordinsky »
The Sperling Center for Jewish Studies invites students, faculty, and community members to attend the 2026 Jewish Studies Annual Research Symposium on Sunday, November 1, 2026. This annual event… read more about Jewish Studies Research Symposium »
The Jewish Studies Course 175CNS "Holocaust Memory through the Ages: Memoirs, Memorials, Movies" screens the film "The Zone of Interest."The Zone of Interest (2023)Directed by Jonathan Glazer |… read more about Film Screening: "Zone of Interest" »
The Jewish Studies Course 175CNS "Holocaust Memory through the Ages: Memoirs, Memorials, Movies" screens the film "A Real Pain."A Real Pain (2024)Directed by Jesse Eisenberg | United States/Poland |… read more about Film Screening: "A Real Pain" »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Frederica Francesconi, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Judaic Studies Program at the University at Albany, SUNY. Her research and… read more about NCJSS Welcomes Frederica Francesconi »
The Jewish Studies Course 175CNS "Holocaust Memory through the Ages: Memoirs, Memorials, Movies" screens the film "Eleanor The Great."Eleanor the Great (2025)Directed by Scarlett Johansson | United… read more about Film Screening: "Eleanor The Great" »
The Sperling Center for Jewish Studies at Duke University is pleased to present its Undergraduate Documentary Film Festival, featuring original documentary films created by Duke undergraduates… read more about Sperling Center Presents Undergraduate Doc Fest »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Yair Wallach, a social and cultural historian of modern Palestine/Israel, studying the entangled and relational histories of Jews and Palestinians… read more about NCJSS Welcomes Yair Wallach »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Karen Underhill, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the UIC Department of Polish, Russian and Lithuanian Studies, and… read more about NCJSS Welcomes Karen Underhill »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Nina Caputo, Associate Professor emerita at the University of Florida. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Professor… read more about NCJSS Welcomes Nina Caputa »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes presentations from the 2026-27 Shatzmiller Fellowship cohort. The Shatzmiller Graduate Fellows honor Emeritus Smart Professor Joseph Shatzmiller,… read more about NCJSS Welcomes the 2026-27 Shatzmiller Fellows »