Author Zhang Ling (张翎) will discuss her experience writing in both Chinese and English and having her works translated into both languages. She will share the challenges and excitement she has… read more about Zhang Ling-"Is language just a language?" »
Limited space, first come first serve.Please email Professor Jingqiu Guan at jingqiu.guan@duke.edu to RSVP for the workshop. read more about Movement Workshop by Eiko Otake and Wen Hui »
This workshop will focus on what approaches to gender and sexuality can tell us about Okinawa and what approaches to Okinawa can tell us about gender and sexuality. As a colonized and occupied space… read more about Workshop: Gender, Sexuality, Okinawa »
In 1964, the Chinese Communist Party made a momentous policy decision. In response to rising tensions with the United States and Soviet Union, the state directed resources away from existing cities… read more about Cold War China’s Secret Military Industrial Complex »
Activist and Poet Shlomi Hatuka comes to Duke for a poetry reading with fellow poet and author Merhav Yeshoron. A writer, poet, editor, teacher and activist Hatuka has published the poetry books "… read more about Poetry Reading with Shlomi Hatuka and Merhav Yeshoron »
Click on Additional Information below for tickets or go to Duke University Box Office https://tickets.duke.edu/ to get your free ticket.Adania Shibli (Palestine, 1974) has written novels, plays,… read more about Literature Through Silence: A Lecture by Adania Shibli »
A dialogue about translation and world literature, with a visiting scholar Stiliana Milkova, and Duke professors, Eileen Chow, Martin Eisner, Sarah Quesada, and Reut Ben-Yaakov. Lunch will be… read more about Translation and World Literature »
Please join us for a work-in-progress showing of the new work that Eiko Otake and Wen Hui will create during the residency. A Q&A discussion will follow the showing, moderated by the Director of… read more about Work-in-Progress Showing followed by a Reception »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Henriette Dahan. Professor Dahan is an Israeli Senior Lecturer of political science and the founder of the Gender Studies Program at Ben Gurion… read more about NCJSS welcomes Henriette Dahan »
This event will be livestreamed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rf6Og_voi4Andrew Waggoner: "Forgotten Stories" for String Quartet and Pipa (2024); Alan Chan: "Catch Me at the Canidrome" for… read more about Ciompi Quartet: An American in Shanghai: Forgotten Stories, with Min Xiao-fen, pipa and voice »
Middle East policy expert, Robert Satloff (T'83), returns to Duke in a moderated discussion entitled "Out of Crisis, Opportunity? War and Peace in Post-October 7 Middle East" with Professor Bruce… read more about Robert Satloff: “Out of Crisis, Opportunity? War and Peace in Post-Oct 7 Middle East” »
Shai Held, one of the foremost Jewish thinkers and educators at work today - will speak about his new book, JUDAISM IS ABOUT LOVE (Farrar Straus and Giroux 2024), in conversation with Ellen Davis and… read more about A Conversation with Rabbi Shai Held »
A conversation with Professor Frances Hasso. Livestream link https://duke.is/v/5v55 For detailed biographies, see "more event information" below.Razzan Quran is a Palestinian and co-founding member… read more about A Livestream Panel on Health in Palestine with Palestinian Health Professionals »
Join us for a pivotal discussion on "Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the US Legal System" by Professor Ji Li, John & Marilyn Long Professor of US-China Business and Law, University of… read more about Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the US Legal System »
Corky Lee (1948-2020), the "undisputed, unofficial Asian American photographer laureate," photographed Asian American daily life and their movements for equal rights and social justice for 50… read more about Corky Lee's Asian America: 50 Years of Photographic Justice, 1970-2020 »
Join us to view a selection of Corky Lee's art on display at the John Hope Franklin Center Gallery April - June 2024. Corky Lee's work invites us to rethink what we thought we knew about Asian… read more about Corky Lee's Asian America: 50 Years of Photographic Justice, 1970-2020 Gallery Exhibit Opening »
ABOUT DRY GRASSES(Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2023, 197 min, Turkey, Turkish with English subtitles, DCP)Samet, a teacher serving mandatory civil service in an isolated village in Anatolia, dreams of a new… read more about Screen/Society -- "About Dry Grasses" (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2023) »
The Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Department invites faculty, students, staff, alumni, and guests to dinner celebrating Eid al-Fitr.Please join us for dinner and conversation.April 12th 6:… read more about AMES EID Dinner »
The Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Department invites faculty, students, staff, alumni, and guests to dinner celebrating Eid al-Fitr. Please join us for dinner and conversation. April 12th 6:… read more about AMES EID Dinner »
PERFECT DAYS(Wim Wenders, 2023, 124 min, Japan/Germany, Japanese with English subtitles, DCP)Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine he… read more about Screen/Society -- "Perfect Days" (Wim Wenders, 2023) »
This conference is for Hebrew Literature post-doctoral candidates and new PhDs. It will include 9-10 speakers discussing their current theoretical challenges, and their attempts to find new… read more about 'Ah, Reality’: New Approaches to Hebrew Poetics and Literature »
What happens when different displaced people come into convergence with each other? This talk will present a novel grounded in history that tackles this and other questions around loss, looting, and… read more about Keohane Distinguished Lecture: Fiction as History, History as Fiction: a Novel about Nazi Looted Art »
Join Jewish Life at Duke, the Program in American Grand Strategy, the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Duke University Middle East Studies Center and the Jewish Business Association… read more about Dan Senor: October 7th, Six Months Later: What Have We Learned, Where Are We Heading? »
The event will be held in-person and can also be followed online. Feroz will be reading passages from the English publication of his book "Graveyard Empire: Four Decades of Wars and Intervention in… read more about Book Launch: "Graveyard Empire: Four Decades of Wars and Intervention in Afghanistan" »
Palestine Seminar Livestreamed Panel on Literary Gaze with Professor Frances Hasso. Livestream link coming soon! read more about A Panel on Literary Gaza with Palestinian writers »