
Heat, a History: Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet
Monday, February 10, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
On Barak

Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Asian American and Diaspora Studies, and History
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Stacy D. Fahrenthold (UC Davis)

Hope For Peace and Justice in a Post-Assad Syria
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), and Muslim Students Association (MSA)
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Imad Alhajj, Dr. Rana Khoury, Sara Kayalli
Guy Ziv: "Is Israeli-Palestinian Peace Possible?"
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Jewish Life at Duke
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Guy Ziv

Book Presentation: The Woman Question in Islamic Studies
Thursday, February 20, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Kecia Ali (Boston U.)

"No Other Land" documentary film screening
Sponsor(s):
Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cinematic Arts, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Provost's Office, and Student Affairs
Thursday, February 20, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Screen/Society--"No Other Land" (Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, 2024
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Provost's Office, and Student Affairs
Thursday, February 20, 2025
8:00 pm
Panel Discussion to follow with Palestinian filmmaker/Duke instructor Hareth Yousef and Prof. Rebecca Stein (Cultural Anthropology)

Workshop - Charity and Family in Muslim Societies
Thursday, March 06, 2025
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Timur Kuran (Duke), Mustafa Batman (Duke), Adam Sabra (UCSB), Sumathi Ramswamy (Duke), and Adam Mestyan (Duke)

A Nobility of the Spirit: Lineage, Household, and State in Ottoman Egypt
Thursday, March 06, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Adam Sabra (UC Santa Barbara)

DUMESC Faculty Seminar
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Monday, March 17, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Frances Hasso

Chords Behind the Bars - Songs from Seydana Prison in Syria, 1980s-1990s
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Duke Arts, Office of Global Affairs, and Provost's Office
Monday, March 24, 2025
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Saltwater Kingdoms: Fossil-Fueled Water and Climate Change in Arabia
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Book Presentation: The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa
Thursday, March 27, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Malika Zeghal (Harvard)

Symposium: Islam, Family and Law in Iraq
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Duke Islamic Studies Center, and Provost's Office
Wednesday, April 09, 2025
9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Plague and Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean World: The Ottoman Experience, 1347-1600
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Thursday, April 10, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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