The Fortress of the Figs: Cross-Cultural Materialities and Identities on the Byzantine-Islamic Frontier
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Classical Studies, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, History, and Religious Studies
Thursday, November 13, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Asa Eger
Rudnick Lecture presents Arie Dubnov: “Writing the History of Israel: Past, Present and Future.”
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, American Grand Strategy (AGS), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, History, and Religious Studies
Monday, November 17, 2025
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Arie Dubnov
British Federalism and Visions of Statehood: The Case of Zionism and Partitions Across the Empire
Sponsor(s):
History, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Center for Jewish Studies, Jewish Life at Duke, Jewish Student Union (JSU), and Religious Studies
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Arie Dubnov
Since When Does Rain Fall Here? Hebrew and Arabic along the Desert Axis—A Linguistic Analysis of Environmental Discourse
Sponsor(s):
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Center for Jewish Studies, and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Pink Parlor, East Duke Building (East Campus)
Dr. Ohad Cohen, University of Haifa
Film Screening: Now It’s a Strange House
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Cinematic Arts, and German Studies
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cate Knothe (T'24) and Ethan Grossman
Book Talk: "Games of Inheritance: Kabbalah, Tradition and Authorship in Jorge Luis Borges"
Thursday, December 04, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Yitzhak Lewis
NCJSS Welcomes Adam Cohn
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, December 07, 2025
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Adam Cohn
NCJSS Welcomes Tamar Hess
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, January 25, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Tamar Hess
Celebrating Marc Brettler's Scholarship: The Bible in the Public Square Revisited
Sunday, February 08, 2026
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
NCJSS Welcomes Daniel Schwartz
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, February 22, 2026
3:00 pm
Daniel Schwartz
Prayer, Ritual, and Silence: The Psalms as Worship in Biblical Scholarship and the Study of Religion
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Benjamin Sommer
NCJSS Welcomes Andrea Gondos
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, March 08, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Andrea Gondos
NCJSS Welcomes the 2026 Shatzmiller Fellows
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, April 05, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
