Aesthetics and Politics in Ba‘thist Syria

November 1, -
Speaker(s): miriam cooke
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 of Arab Cultures at Duke University. She has been a visiting professor in Tunisia, Romania, Indonesia, Qatar and Alliance of Civilizations Institute in Istanbul. She serves on several international advisory boards, including academic journals and institutions. Since coming to Duke University she has taught Arabic language and a wide variety of courses on Arabic literature, war and gender, the Palestine-Israel conflict, postcolonial theory. She has directed several study abroad courses in Morocco, Tunisia, Cairo and Istanbul.

Her writings have focused on the intersection of gender and war in modern Arabic literature and on Arab women writers' constructions of Islamic feminism. Her more recent interests have turned to Arab cultural studies with a concentration on Syria, and to the networked connections among Arabs and Muslims around the world.
Sponsor

Duke Islamic Studies Center

Co-Sponsor(s)

Duke University Middle East Studies Center; History

Aesthetics and Politics in Ba‘thist Syria

Contact

Maxwell, Julie
919-668-1955