Belligerent Optimism and Future Work in Lebanese Alternative MusicIn this talk, I argue that alternative music in Lebanon is a privileged site for imagining and reconfiguring the country's future.… read more about Nour El Rayes: "Belligerent Optimism and Future Work in Lebanese Alternative Music" »
How has your study abroad experience, particularly in the Middle East or a similar cultural setting, influenced your understanding of global diversity?In what ways can cross-cultural exchange… read more about Bridging Cultures: The Study Abroad Experience in Morocco and Cross-Cultural Exchange »
**Directed by MinCheol Wang, 2022, 120 min, South Korea, in Korean w/English subtitles**About the film:Kim Jeong-ho, head veterinarian in Cheongju Zoo, dreams of turning his zoo into the nation's… read more about Film Screening: “Sanctuary” (MinCheol Wang, 2022) »
About the talk:Japan is a nation saddled with centuries of accumulated stereotypes and loaded assumptions about suicide. Many pronouncements have been made about those who have died by their own hand… read more about Scripting Suicide in Japan (book talk) »
WITHIN THESE WALLS(Lenora Lee & Tatsu Aoki, 2024, 76 min, USA, English, Digital)In association with Lenora Lee Dance, Lenora Lee Productions, Innocent Eyes and Lenses Films, and Asian Improv aRts… read more about Screen/Society--"Within These Walls" (Lenora Lee & Tatsu Aoki, 2024) + Q&A w/the filmmakers »
POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 28--ALL EXISTING TICKETS WILL BE HONOREDBasel Adra, a Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, has been fighting the mass expulsion by Israel's occupation since… read more about "No Other Land" documentary film »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Tabea Linhard. Tabea Linhard is Director of Global Studies and Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St.… read more about NCJSS welcomes Tabea Linhard »
Directed by Hu Sanshou, 2024, 115 min, China, in Chinese dialects w/ Chinese & English subtitlesFollowing the screening, stay for Q&A with director Hu Sanshou, moderated by Professor Guo-Juin… read more about Film Screening: “Resurrection” (Hu Sanshou, 2024) + Q&A w/ director »
Israeli Documentary Series presents: "The Water Front"Location: The Rubenstein Arts Center (The Ruby) Film Theater The Israeli Documentary Series presents "The Water Front," directed by Alon Levi (… read more about Israeli Documentary Series presents: “The Water Front” »
March 6, 2025 Thursday 1 pm-5 pmCharity and Family in Muslim Societies Duke Islamic Studies CenterRubenstein Library, Carpenter Conference Room 249 1 pm: Timur Kuran and Mustafa Batman (Duke U), "The… read more about Workshop - Charity and Family in Muslim Societies »
Title: A Nobility of the Spirit: Lineage, Household, and State in Ottoman Egypt Speaker: Adam Sabra, Professor of History and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies, University of… read more about A Nobility of the Spirit: Lineage, Household, and State in Ottoman Egypt »
Frances Hasso read more about DUMESC Faculty Seminar »
The rise of China and its great power competition with the U.S. will be one of the defining issues of our generation. But to understand modern China, one has to understand the people who live there-… read more about Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Book Talk with Emily Feng in conversation with Eileen Chow »
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 North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Yemina Hadad, Assistant Professor for Jewish Studies in the Theological Faculty at the University of Leipzig. Professor Hadad's research interests… read more about NCJSS welcomes Yemina Hadad »
More details to follow. read more about Chords Behind the Bars - Songs from Seydana Prison in Syria, 1980s-1990s »
Michael Christopher Low is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Middle East Center at the University of Utah. Low is the author of Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean… read more about Saltwater Kingdoms: Fossil-Fueled Water and Climate Change in Arabia »
In The Making of the Modern Muslim State, Malika Zeghal reframes the role of Islam in modern Middle East governance. Challenging other accounts that claim that Middle Eastern states turned secular in… read more about The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa »
In The Making of the Modern Muslim State, Malika Zeghal reframes the role of Islam in modern Middle East governance. Challenging other accounts that claim that Middle Eastern states turned secular in… read more about Book Presentation: The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa »
The Israeli Documentary Series presents "Abortion in the Holy Land," directed by Efran Shalom Danon (Israel, 2024, 70 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles). Abortions in Israel of 2024 are still… read more about Israeli Documentary Series presents: “Abortion in the Holy Land” »
About the talk:From the author of the pathbreaking "Situated Listening" (2016), "Remixing Wong Kar-wai" is a poetic, wide-ranging evocation of Wong Kar-wai's modus operandi. Dubbed once the "best ear… read more about Remixing Wong Kar-wai: Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics of Oblivion »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes presentations from the 2024-25 Shatzmiller Fellowship cohort. The Shatzmiller Graduate Fellows honor Emeritus Smart Professor Joseph Shatzmiller,… read more about NCJSS presents the Shatzmiller Fellows »
Duke and UNC will host a workshop that aims to examine how scholars of Jewish Studies think and rethink their disciplines in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and the war… read more about Workshop: Jewish Studies in the Aftermath of October 7 »
More details to follow read more about Symposium: Islam, Family and Law in Iraq »