To succeed in the field, global health researchers and practitioners must become proficient in a number of skills, from project management to research methods to cultural literacy—and the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) works hard to give students opportunities to develop this expertise. This semester, we added a new approach to the undergraduate curriculum mix to get at the cultural literacy part of the equation: pairing the “Fundamentals of Global Health” course with weekly language tutorials offered in French,… read more about Language Labs Help Global Health Students Build Cultural Literacy »
By Daniela Flamini | 12/01/2017 One of the most peculiar things I have ever witnessed happened in the small, winding alleyways of Fez, Morocco, while I was studying abroad there with the Duke in the Arab World program. Our group of 14 students followed our tour guide to the entrance of one of the famous Fez tanneries—a place where leather gets washed and dyed—and promptly began climbing the never-ending staircase that led us to the stunning view of the basins of dye on the building's roof. See full article:… read more about 'That's Just How Life Goes", Sophomore Bryan Rusch isn't letting life in a wheelchair dull his shine »
The graduate student conference component of the workshop will feature papers by 6 graduate students, selected by a panel of Duke faculty and graduate students. Duke will cover the domestic travel and 3 days of room/board for the graduate students who are invited to speak. Although the workshop does not have a formal theme, preference will be given to graduate student papers that complement the keynote speakers' focus on work that foregrounds methodological considerations. Students working on Asia (including global Asia)… read more about Call for Papers, Deadline November 20, 2017 »
Duke students are invited to make 5-minute videos in Hindi, based loosely on a scene from their favorite Bollywood film. The video is to be shot entirely on the Duke campus, using no more than 5 fellow-students as actors. The videos should be original work (copyrighted to you). You can submit a maximum of 2 videos. By submitting your videos, you agree to let us use them on our Duke Website and Facebook. Send your YouTube video link, video title, your name and indication of your major (if you have one) to… read more about Video Skit Competiton »
The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina invites applications for a position in Arabic culture at the level of assistant or early associate professor. The position is open to candidates with a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern or Near Eastern Studies, or related fields such as Comparative Literature, Film Studies, and Religion, whose research and teaching engages literature, visual media, popular culture, etc. Time period expertise is open, with a preference for the modern period… read more about Job Opportunity with AMES, Arabic Culture »
miriam cooke, a professor of Arab cultures, is one of several Duke faculty members releasing new books. cooke's publication — “Dancing in Damascus: Creativity, Resilience and the Syrian Revolution” (Routledge, Nov. 25, 2016) — traces the first four years of the Syrian revolution and the activists’ creative responses to physical and emotional violence. You can read about all the latest Duke faculty books on DukeToday, and watch an interview with miriam cooke below: read more about New Reads This Fall From Duke Faculty »
Two months after the 9/11 attacks, many of the major Islamic scholars gathered in Denver for their annual meeting. Omid Safi, the director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center and professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, was one of the conveners and he couldn’t help but notice how his colleagues looked “miserable and exhausted.” For the previous eight weeks, they had repeatedly answered the same questions from the media: “Why do they hate us?” “Why is Islam so violent?” So Safi offered to take his… read more about The Growth of Islamic Studies »
1st and 2nd Majors Arabic: Leila Alapour Susanna Kate Booth Tessa May Deardorff** Alimat Emiola (1st) Jessica Ashley Gold (1st)** Maura Rose Guyler Zelie Alexandra Lewis Kehaan Hussain Manjee Tara Katherine Mooney Thao Thi Nguyen (1st)*** Eric Francis Peterson (1st) Nura Smadi Jack Brian Stanovsek (1st) Rosemary Odoaru Williams (1st) Chinese: Emma Mary Campbell-Mohn*** William Patrick Gallagher (1st) Hyeonmin Kim Iris Kim Sang-Hyeon Lee James Martin Lenihan Oyintarelado Deborah Osuobeni Corinne Luann Wallace (1st)… read more about Congratulations to the 2016 Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Graduates »
This year's Presidential Undergraduate Prize for Best Undergraduate Essay on a Comparative Topic goes to Rosie Williams of Duke University, for her paper, “Paradox of Innocence: Objects and Architecture and the Violence of Space”. The members of the ACLA Presidential Undergraduate Prize Committee unanimously agreed that your thesis is solidly theoretically grounded, well researched, ambitious, and that it offers a potential for a significant contribution to scholarship in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies. Your… read more about Congratulations to the Winner of the 2016 Presidential Undergraduate Prize: Rosie Williams »
Love Marvel? Love Star Wars? AMES is offering a collaborative independent study course for the Spring 2016 semester! This course may count as an independent study under a number of different departments including AMES, CLST, AMI, and WST! Marvel VS. Star Wars: A Story of Two Franchises Topics will include: Fandom, Fan Labor, Fan Art, & Fanfiction Sequels & Reboots Authorship & Genres Contested Canons Gender, Desire, & Subversion Transmedial & Intermedial Storytelling Taught by Professors Eileen Chow,… read more about Marvel VS Star Wars Spring 2016 Course »
Dr. Kang Liu, Professor of Chinese Cultural Studies at Duke Kunshan University and Duke University, Director of Duke Program of Research on China, has recently been elected to the Academy of Europe, also known as the Academia Europaea, in the section of Film, Media and Visual Studies. “This is a recognition of my work on China by European scholarly community,” said Liu. “And I know how much weight ‘China’ carries in this honor at the moment, when the world wants to know China more than any time and, likewise, China… read more about Duke Kunshan Professor Kang Liu Elected to the Academy of Europe »