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Open House: Joseph Conrad’s Polish-Ukrainian “Graveyard”: Memory, Mourning, and Anti-Colonial Resistance in his 19th-Century Family Photo Album

Sponsor(s): David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Thursday, October 24, 2024
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
George Z. Gasyna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Mona Lisa of the Galilee

Perilman Graduate Research Symposium

Sponsor(s): Center for Jewish Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cultural Anthropology, Divinity School, German Studies, History, Music, Political Science, and Religious Studies
Sunday, October 27, 2024
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Headshot of Viren Murthy; background image of a propaganda poster showing caricatures of individuals attending a round table discussion of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Pan-Asianism and the Legacy of the Chinese Revolution

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, November 14, 2024
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Viren Murthy (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
headshot of Professor Sucheta Mazumdar; descriptive text (series, title, date, time, location); vertical column of Chinese characters; logo of Jesus College Cambridge

From the Slave Trade to the Opium rush: China-America Trade in the Making of the Global World

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Sucheta Mazumdar, Associate Professor Emerita of History, Duke
Headshot of Kenneth Dean; descriptive text (series, talk title, date, time, location); background image of an earth god shrine

One Sea, One Temple: Digital humanities approaches to Chinese local historical materials in Southeast Asia

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Global Asia Initiative, and Religious Studies
Thursday, November 21, 2024
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Kenneth Dean (National University of Singapore)
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Decomposing the Twentieth Century with Mushrooms: The Emergence and the Challenges of “New Commons” in Japan

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cultural Anthropology, and International Comparative Studies (ICS)
Wednesday, December 04, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Shiho Satsuka (Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto)
Typing Hands

Getting Real with the Time you Have: Aligning Your Writing and Teaching

Sponsor(s): Faculty Write, Duke Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education, and Thompson Writing Program
Friday, January 10, 2025
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson
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U.S. Speakers of Spanish as a Heritage Language: Pedogogical Practices for Language Rights

Sponsor(s): Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and Romance Studies
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Megan Marshall
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Getting Real with the Time You Have: Aligning Your Writing & Teaching

Sponsor(s): Thompson Writing Program, Duke Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education, and Faculty Write
Friday, January 17, 2025
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson
Ellendea Proffer Teasley flyer Wed Jan 22 430 pm 249 Rubenstein Library

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
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Dr. Ellendea Proffer Teasley
Think Outside the Box

Open Playful Pedagogy Workshops

Sponsor(s): Language, Arts and Media Program and Thompson Writing Program
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Nan Mullenneaux
Headshot of Emily Wilcox; a map of Asia; background image of dancers on a stage; text (event series, sponsor, speaker, title, date, time, location)

Rethinking the Circuits of Cold War Dance: Mestizo Modernisms in 1957 China

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), and Dance Program
Friday, January 31, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Emily Wilcox (Chinese Studies, William & Mary)
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SES Presents: Zachary Hicks

Sponsor(s): Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Thursday, February 06, 2025
All Day
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Zachary Hicks
Title VI workshop on multilingualism and proficiency flyer Thurs Feb 6 3pm 249 Rubenstein Library

Best Practices in Multilingualism and Proficiency Assessment

Sponsor(s): Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES) and Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Thursday, February 06, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
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Heat, a History: Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet

Sponsor(s): Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Center for Jewish Studies, and History
Monday, February 10, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
On Barak
Headshot of Lijing Jiang; a map of Asia; background image of shrimp; text (event series, sponsor, speaker, title, date, time, location)

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
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Lijing Jiang (History of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University)
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POSTPONED TO APRIL 3—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
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Giorgio Biancorosso (Music, University of Hong Kong)
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Scripting Suicide in Japan (book talk)

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, February 27, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Kirsten Cather (East Asian Studies, University of Texas—Austin)
Think Outside the Box

Open Playful Pedagogy Workshops

Sponsor(s): Language, Arts and Media Program and Thompson Writing Program
Wednesday, March 05, 2025
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Nan Mullenneaux
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Workshop - Charity and Family in Muslim Societies

Sponsor(s): Duke University Middle East Studies Center and Duke Islamic Studies Center
Thursday, March 06, 2025
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Timur Kuran (Duke), Mustafa Batman (Duke), Adam Sabra (UCSB), Sumathi Ramswamy (Duke), and Adam Mestyan (Duke)
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A Nobility of the Spirit: Lineage, Household, and State in Ottoman Egypt

Sponsor(s): Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Duke Islamic Studies Center, History, and Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Thursday, March 06, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Adam Sabra (UC Santa Barbara)
Typing Hands

Faculty & Staff Writing Retreat

Sponsor(s): Faculty Write, Libraries, and Thompson Writing Program
Friday, March 07, 2025
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson
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Saltwater Kingdoms: Fossil-Fueled Water and Climate Change in Arabia

Sponsor(s): Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Michael Christopher Low (U. of Utah)
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“Shaked in sorow and anguish and tribulation”: Holy Church in Crisis in Julian of Norwich’s Revelation of Love

Sponsor(s): Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Divinity School
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Nicholas Watson (Harvard University)
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Book Presentation: The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

Sponsor(s): Duke University Middle East Studies Center and Duke Islamic Studies Center
Thursday, March 27, 2025
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Malika Zeghal (Harvard)
Global Voices Conference flyer April 4

Global Voices: Exploring Multilingualism in the 21st Century

Sponsor(s): Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES)
Friday, April 04, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
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Playing the Changes - Tracking Darius Brubeck | Film Viewing and Discussion with Darius and Cathy Brubeck

Sponsor(s): Concilium on Southern Africa, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), International Comparative Studies (ICS), and Music
Monday, April 07, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Darius and Cathy Brubeck
Research Symposium

Jewish Studies Research Symposium

Sponsor(s): Center for Jewish Studies
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Headshot of Alexandra Kaloyanides; a map of Asia; background image of golden Buddhas; text (speaker name, talk title, speaker series)

Natural Resources and Burmese Religions

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and Religious Studies
Thursday, September 18, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Alexandra Kaloyanides (UNC Charlotte)
Duke Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education

Duke's Suite of Generative AI Tools (Hybrid)

Sponsor(s): Duke Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education
Thursday, September 25, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
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Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and Cultural Anthropology
Thursday, September 25, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Brendan Galipeau (Binghamton University, SUNY)
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A Revision of Paraguayan Guarani Predicates: Argument Indexing and Diathesis ​

Sponsor(s): Romance Studies and Linguistics
Friday, October 17, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Bruno Estigarribia
Nabratein

Jewish Studies Annual Research Scholars Symposium

Sponsor(s): Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, October 19, 2025
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
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Improv for Writers

Sponsor(s): Language, Arts and Media Program and Thompson Writing Program
Monday, October 20, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Nan Mullennaux
Headshot of Fenggang Yang; a map of Asia; text: “Mapping East Asian Religions: Local Traditions, Global Transformations”; APSI Speaker Series Fall 2025, Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute; background image of a Chinese painting

Mapping East Asian Religions: Local Traditions, Global Transformations

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and Religious Studies
Thursday, October 30, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Fenggang Yang (Sociology, Purdue University)
Headshot of Angus Lockyer; background image of an illuminated city skyline at twilight

Spectacle, Development, and Modern Japan

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Thursday, November 20, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Angus Lockyer (Rhode Island School of Design)
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Repatriate:00

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and History
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Wing Ki Lee
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New Civilizationisms in Asia

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and History
Thursday, January 29, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Dominic Sachsenmaier (University of Göttingen); Prasenjit Duara (Duke); Cemil Aydin (UNC—Chapel Hill); Jie-Hyun Lim (Williams)
text: “APSI Speaker Series spring 2026; Shu-chin Tsui ‘Traces of Plastic Waste: Slow Violence and Slow Cinema in Chris Jordan’s “Albatross”’; Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute”; a headshot of Shu-chin Tsui; a silhouette map of Asia; background photo of a bird's nest containing plastic debris and other detritus (bones, feathers)

Traces of Plastic Waste: Slow Violence and Slow Cinema in Chris Jordan’s “Albatross”

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Friday, February 20, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Shu-chin Tsui (Bowdoin Professor of Asian Studies & Cinema Studies, Bowdoin College)
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The Individual and the Community: Paradoxes of Responsibility in Kafka's Prose Fiction

Sponsor(s): Center for Jewish Studies and German Studies
Monday, February 23, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Carolin Duttlinger
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