NCJSS Welcomes Teresa Walch
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), German Studies, History, and Kenan Institute for Ethics
Sunday, December 04, 2022
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Teresa Walch (UNCG)
Haiti on the Brink: Chaos, Cholera & Corruption
Sponsor(s):
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), American Grand Strategy (AGS), and Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI)
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Pamela White
NCJSS Welcomes Laura Jockusch (Brandeis)
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, January 29, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Laura Jockusch
China, Postcoloniality, and the Global South
Friday, February 24, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Lisa Rofel (UC Santa Cruz), Carlos Rojas (Duke), Prasenjit Duara (Duke)
NCJSS Welcomes Joshua Teplitsky
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, February 26, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Joshua Teplitsky
Egypt’s Carceral Poetry and the Public Sphere
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Duke Islamic Studies Center, History, and Libraries
Friday, March 24, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Mohsen Mohamed, Sherine Elbanhawy, Adam Mestyan, Mesha Maren-Hogan
NCJSS Welcomes Cordelia Hess
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, March 26, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Cordelia Hess
Guojun Wang: The Gender of Knowledge: Virtues and Crimes in the Forensic Drama of Early Modern China
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Monday, April 10, 2023
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Guojun Wang
The Voice of a River: Environmental Struggles in Honduras
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Paola Reyes, Domingo Marín, Allison Lira
NCJSS Welcomes the 2022-23 Shatzmiller Fellows
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, April 23, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Shatzmiller Fellows
NCJSS Welcomes Vera Kallenberg
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, September 10, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Vera Kallenberg
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Sculpting Empathy: The Transmedial Journey of the "Comfort Women" Image, Girl Statue of Peace (2011) in South Korean Pop Culture
Sponsor(s):
John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
SaeHim Park
W@TC: From Genes to You: Understanding Epigenetics
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Reshma Nargund
W@TC: Democracy and American Higher Education: Higher Education in the Crosshairs
Sponsor(s):
John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Kenan Institute for Ethics, and Sanford School of Public Policy
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Eric Mlyn
NCJSS Welcomes David Shyovitz
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, October 22, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
W@TC: The Making of a Poet: Five Years in Six Egyptian Prisons
Sponsor(s):
John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, English, and Libraries
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Mohsen Mohamed & Sherine Elbanhawy
Words and Silences A Discussion on Contemporary Women Poets in Hindi
Thursday, October 26, 2023
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Prof. Rekha Sethi, University of Delhi
W@TC: "Pathways to a Brighter Future" The story of the indigenous Bunong
Wednesday, November 01, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Inn Chret
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Workshop on Taiwan Indigenous Literature
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Friday, November 03, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Kyle Shernuk and Nicolai Volland
W@TC: On Amer-African Statecraft: A Conversation with Solayman Idris
Sponsor(s):
John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Solayman Idris
An Independent Report on Contemporary Cuba
Sponsor(s):
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), and Romance Studies
Monday, November 13, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Mario Valdes Navia
Peace on the Land: Campesinx Women's Struggle for Reclamation and Healing in Colombia
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Briceida Lemos Rivera
W@TC: We the Young Fighters: How Tupac, Rambo, and Bob Marley wove their way into the conflict fabric of Sierra Leone
Sponsor(s):
John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Duke Center for International Development (DCID), and Sanford School of Public Policy
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Marc Sommers
Challenges and Opportunities for Humanities Research in China
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Friday, December 01, 2023
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
James Miller, Carlos Rojas
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NC JSS Welcomes Orit Bashkin
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, December 03, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Orit Bashkin
