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
W@TC: Mobilizing Shame: Literary Representations of Wartime Sexual Violence
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Linshan Jiang
![Flyer with event information and he term "comfort women" is a disturbing euphemism that conceals the grave reality of the military's sexual violence perpetrated by the Japanese Empire within its occupied and colonized regions from 1931 to 1945. Today, the Girl Statue of Peace (2011), known as "pyeonghwaui sonyeosang" in Korean, has risen as a prominent and profoundly revered symbol of the activism seeking redress for "comfort women" in South Korea. This conversation delves into the transformation of the Girl Statue from a public monument into a cherished personal memento, taking various forms such as gifts, miniatures, and even tattoos. Headshot and image for the flyer are attached. The image of the statue can be captioned as: 작은 소녀상/Peace Statue/平和少女像, War and Women's Human Rights Museum, Seoul, South Korea](/images/2023/20230920/116466acda5575dbe601224d365c153c-CT-9_20_South Korean Girl of Peace Pop Culture_20230912071140PM.png "Flyer with event information and he term "comfort women" is a disturbing euphemism that conceals the grave reality of the military's sexual violence perpetrated by the Japanese Empire within its occupied and colonized regions from 1931 to 1945. Today, the Girl Statue of Peace (2011), known as "pyeonghwaui sonyeosang" in Korean, has risen as a prominent and profoundly revered symbol of the activism seeking redress for "comfort women" in South Korea. This conversation delves into the transformation of the Girl Statue from a public monument into a cherished personal memento, taking various forms such as gifts, miniatures, and even tattoos. Headshot and image for the flyer are attached. The image of the statue can be captioned as: 작은 소녀상/Peace Statue/平和少女像, War and Women's Human Rights Museum, Seoul, South Korea")
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
NCJSS Welcomes David Shyovitz
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, October 22, 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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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
