Totalitarianism: Myth and Reality
Sponsor(s):
Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES) and Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Dr. Ellendea Proffer Teasley
Rethinking the Circuits of Cold War Dance: Mestizo Modernisms in 1957 China
Friday, January 31, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Emily Wilcox (Chinese Studies, William & Mary)
Heat, a History: Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet
Monday, February 10, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
On Barak
Niche Tanks and Coastal Sprawl: Species, Technology, and Economics of Shrimp Aquaculture in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Friday, February 14, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Lijing Jiang (History of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University)
Remixing Wong Kar-wai: Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics of Oblivion
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, February 20, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Giorgio Biancorosso (Music, University of Hong Kong)
Scripting Suicide in Japan (book talk)
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, February 27, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Kirsten Cather (East Asian Studies, University of Texas—Austin)
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)
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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