Arabic Night
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arabic halaqa
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Tuesday, May 02, 2017
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Prof. Mothanna Taha Al-Hoory
Cries from Syria Documentary Screening & Discussion with filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky and Dr. Abdeslam Maghraoui
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
121 S. Estes Drive Suite 205 D
Screen/Society--Cine-East [Taiwan]--Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Dust in the Wind"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Monday, September 11, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
introduced by Prof. Guo-Juin Hong (AMES)
Arabic Reception
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Thursday, September 14, 2017
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Screen/Society--Documenting the Middle East [Turkey]--"Kedi"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Focus Program
Thursday, September 14, 2017
7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Dicussion to follow
Chinese Politics in the Xi Era: Reassessing Collective Leadership
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Dr. Cheng Li
Screen/Society--Cine-East--"Raise the Umbrellas" (documentary) + panel discussion on Democracy in Hong Kong w/ dir. Evans Chan & special guests
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), and Global Asia Initiative
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Panel discussion to follow w/ dir. Evans CHAN, Rwei-ren WU (Academica Sinica), and Prof. Ho-fung HUNG (Sociology, Johns Hopkins); moderated by Prasenjit DUARA (East Asian Studies, Duke)
Hindi Conversation Club- Fall 2017
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Thursday, September 28, 2017
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Screen/Society--Special Events--"Ahlaam" ("Dreams")
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Literature
Thursday, September 28, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Introduced by miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures (AMES)
Corpse Exhibition: Iraqi Literature after 2003
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Literature
Friday, September 29, 2017
All Day
Sinan Antoon
Iron Age Hebrew Epigraphy in the Silicon Age: An Algorithmic Approach To Study Paleo-Hebrew Inscriptions
Sponsor(s):
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Bass Connections-Information, Society & Culture, Center for Jewish Studies, Classical Studies, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Statistical Science
Thursday, October 12, 2017
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Barak Sober (Tel Aviv University)
Bollywood Movie Screening- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Friday, October 13, 2017
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Screen/Society--Cine-East [Taiwan]--Edward Yang's "The Terrorizers"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Monday, October 16, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
introduced by Prof. Guo-Juin Hong (AMES)
Chinese Studies Information Night
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Chi-Ju Hsieh
"An Italian Jesuit in Canton and the War on the Chinese: 'Orientalism,' Conquest, and the Eastern Indian Ocean in the 16th Century"
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Religious Studies
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
An Arab Jew in Rome: "Zionism" and "Islamophobia" in the 16th Century and Now
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and History
Thursday, October 19, 2017
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
Screen/Society--Documenting the Middle East [Palestine]--"Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Focus Program
Thursday, October 19, 2017
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Q&A to follow w/ Prof. Nadia Yaqub (Asian Studies, UNC-CH)
Screen/Society--Cine-East [China/USA]--"Maineland" documentary
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Monday, October 23, 2017
7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Introduced by Prof. Ralph Litzinger (Cultural Anthropology)
Hindi Conversation Club- Fall 2017
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Thursday, October 26, 2017
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
The Mosque in the Triangle, NC: Communities and Actors, Join Duke Arabic Halaq for Roundtable Discussion
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Thursday, October 26, 2017
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Imam Mowlid Ali and Dr. Khalid Shahu
Hindi Script Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Friday, October 27, 2017
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Kusum Knapcyzk
Video Skit Competition
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
All Day
See description
YASAK/BANNED: Print Media and Cultural Spaces from Abdülhamid to Erdogan
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Libraries
Thursday, November 02, 2017
All Day
Edhem Eldem
Jewish Life at Duke Presents Yavilah McCoy
Sponsor(s):
Jewish Life at Duke, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Baldwin Scholars, Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Multicultural Affairs, Center for Race Relations (CRR), Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Coalition for Preserving Memory (CPM), Duke Chapel, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity (The Cook Center), Duke Friends of Israel (DFI), Duke Israel Public Affairs Committee (DIPAC), Duke Jewish Student Union (JSU), Fraternity & Sorority Life, Housing, Dining and Residence Life (HDRL), J Street U, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity (The Cook Center), TAMID, Trinity College, Undergraduate Education, University Center Activities & Events (UCAE), and Women's Center
Monday, November 06, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Yavilah McCoy
Memories of Madagascar and Slavery in the Black Atlantic:The Mohamet Family and the Problem of Religious and Ethnic Identity
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Wednesday, November 08, 2017
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Professor Wendy Wilson-Fall
![Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg But That's Ok" (2006)](/images/2017/20171108/c86d14a90fa11505b8cb4a2e6cfa6aa0-CT-im_a_cyborg_but_thats_ok_20171030123145AM.jpg "Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg But That's Ok" (2006)")
Screen/Society--Cine-East: East Asian Cinema [S. Korea]--Park Chan-wook's "I'm a Cyborg, But That's Ok"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Wednesday, November 08, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Introduced by Prof. Nayoung Aimee Kwon (AMES)
!["Letters from Baghdad" (2016).](/images/2017/20171109/4b2bac1dbc51bd3a5bc2a79829656429-CT-Letters from baghdad_20171031042008PM.jpg ""Letters from Baghdad" (2016).")
Screen/Society--Documenting the Middle East--"Letters from Baghdad"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Focus Program
Thursday, November 09, 2017
7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Introduced by Nancy Kalow (Documentary Studies); discussion to follow!
!["Ice Poison" (2014)](/images/2017/20171113/5cd9b74daea3083e6434ec8ccedb4b96-CT-icepoison_20171031043023PM.jpg ""Ice Poison" (2014)")
Screen/Society--Cine-East [Taiwan/Myanmar]--"Ice Poison"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Monday, November 13, 2017
7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Introduced by Prof. Luke Robinson (Dept. of Media & Film, Univ. of Sussex, UK)
Sitar Concert with Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Monday, November 13, 2017
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Nelson Music Room, 1304 Campus Drive
!["Oyster Factory" (2016)](/images/2017/20171115/e8205db8e3cbf47704bb66ab6d5fd08a-CT-oyster_factory_still_lighter_20171105123626AM.jpg ""Oyster Factory" (2016)")
Screen/Society--Cine-East [Japan]--"Oyster Factory"
Sponsor(s):
Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Introduced by Prof. Leo Ching (AMES)
Arabic/Hebrew Night
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Hindi Conversation Club- Fall 2017
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Thursday, November 30, 2017
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Hindi Talent Show
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Friday, December 01, 2017
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Hindi Script Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Friday, January 12, 2018
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Kusum Knapczyk
Hindi Script Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Friday, January 19, 2018
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Kusum Knapczyk
Hindi Conversation Club Spring 2018
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Thursday, January 25, 2018
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Book Talk - Mihrî Hatun: Perfomance, Gender-Bending and Subversion in Ottoman Intellectual History
Friday, January 26, 2018
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Didem Havlioglu with Samer Ali and Michele Longino
Hindi Script Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Friday, January 26, 2018
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Kusum Knapczyk
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