Rethinking Global Cities Conference
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Center for European Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Duke Islamic Studies Center, and Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI)
Friday, February 06, 2015
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Rethinking Global Cities Conference
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Center for European Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Duke Islamic Studies Center, and Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI)
Saturday, February 07, 2015
9:15 am - 1:30 pm
The Image Wars and Kiarostami's Zig Zag
Sponsor(s):
Women's Studies Program
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Joan Copjec
W@TC | Syrian Culture after 2011
Sponsor(s):
John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Duke Islamic Studies Center, and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
miriam cooke
Screening of James Longley's "Iraq in Fragments" and "Sari's Mother"
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
James Longley
Documenting Lives in Conflict Zones: A Conversation with James Longley
Sponsor(s):
Forum for Scholars and Publics
Thursday, February 19, 2015
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
James Longley
Malcolm X: Afro-American Visionary, Muslim Activist
Sponsor(s):
Duke Islamic Studies Center, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Department of Religion
Friday, February 20, 2015
All Day
Closing Reception for "Kabul, Afghanistan" Exhibit
Friday, February 20, 2015
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
James Longley
Lunch seminar with Jessica Montell
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Forum for Scholars and Publics, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Jessica Montell
Jessica Montell: Politics Aside: Promoting Human Rights and Accountability in Israel-Palestine
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Forum for Scholars and Publics, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Jessica Montell
Rudnick lecture presents Ambassador Thomas Pickering: "The Greater Middle East - Challenges and Opportunities"
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Monday, March 02, 2015
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Ambassador Thomas Pickering
Anat Biletzki: "Politicizing Human Rights in Israel/Palestine"
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), and Forum for Scholars and Publics
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Anat Biletzki
"Early Modern Istanbul"
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cemal Kafadar
From an Arab Queen to a Yiddishe Mama: Advice on Married Life among Muslims, Jews and Christians
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
TBA
Oded Zinger
Screen/Society--AMI Showcase--"ROSEWATER" (Jon Stewart, 2014) - Q&A to follow!
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), and Duke Islamic Studies Center
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
7:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Q&A to follow w/ Prof. Negar Mottahedeh (Literature) and Prof. Philip Bennett (Public Policy/Journalism)
Reasonable Accommodations: Turkey
Sponsor(s):
Center for European Studies, Center for Canadian Studies, Center for Jewish Studies, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Kenan Institute for Ethics, and Provost's Office
Thursday, March 19, 2015
9:15 am - 1:15 pm
TBA
Screen/Society-- International House 50th Anniversary Film Screening-- "Excuse My French"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke Chapel, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, International House, and Libraries
Friday, March 20, 2015
7:00 pm - 8:50 pm
Preceded by a reception at 6:30pm / Discussion to follow w/ Prof. Mbaye Lo (AMES) & Courtney Murray '15
"The Israeli Occupation and Jewish-Israeli Dissent"
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Forum for Scholars and Publics, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Sanford School of Public Policy
Monday, March 23, 2015
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Amira Hass
Writing under the Gaze of Hafiz Al-asad
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Nihad Sirees
The Iraq War: Risk, Failure and Leadership
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
LTG (Ret.) Dan Bolger
Reporting From Ramallah: An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land
Sponsor(s):
Forum for Scholars and Publics
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Amira Hass
Eitan Bar-Yosef: "The Nostalgic Return to Mandatory Palestine in Israeli Literature and Culture"
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, March 29, 2015
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Eitan Bar-Yosef
Eitan Bar-Yosef: Africa in Israeli Culture: Fantasies and Encounters
Monday, March 30, 2015
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Eitan Bar-Yosef
Screen/Society--Iranian Film--"About Elly" (Asghar Farhadi, 2009)
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI) and Graduate Students Association of Iranians at Duke
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Introduced by Sajad Modaresi, Vice-President of the Graduate Student Association of Iranians at Duke
An Anatomy of the Islamic Cyborg
Sponsor(s):
Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC)
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Negar Mottahedeh
Arabic Majors Distinguished Lecture
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC)
Monday, April 06, 2015
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Nasser Rabbat (MIT)
Gaza Kitchen: A Public Talk on the Cuisine, Resistance and Remembrance in Palestine
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Duke Islamic Studies Center
Friday, April 10, 2015
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Laila El-Haddad
Voices of Home: A Photovoice Exhibition
Sponsor(s):
Kenan Institute for Ethics
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
See description
Screen/Society--Refugees Film Series--"Not Who We Are: A Documentary about the Lives of Syrian Women Living as Refugees in Lebanon"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Public Policy Majors Union (PPSMU)
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
7:00 pm - 8:35 pm
Q&A to follow w/ Prof. miriam cooke (AMES) and Anna Lamb '15 (Undergraduate Council)!
Student Symposium in Human Rights, Ethics, and International Politics
Sponsor(s):
Kenan Institute for Ethics
Saturday, April 18, 2015
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Arabic Night @ Duke
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Humanities Futures: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, History, Slavic & Eurasian Studies
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), History, and Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Friday, April 24, 2015
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Meet Your World @ Duke: Chile
Sponsor(s):
International House
Friday, April 24, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Duke International Spouse
The Call of Cairo - Opening Reception & Iftar
Sponsor(s):
John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Muslim Life
Thursday, June 25, 2015
8:30 pm
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