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
Shiho Satsuka (Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto)
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
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson
U.S. Speakers of Spanish as a Heritage Language: Pedogogical Practices for Language Rights
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Megan Marshall
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
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson
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
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
Emily Wilcox (Chinese Studies, William & Mary)
SES Presents: Zachary Hicks
Sponsor(s):
Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Thursday, February 06, 2025
All Day
Zachary Hicks
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
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)
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)
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
“Shaked in sorow and anguish and tribulation”: Holy Church in Crisis in Julian of Norwich’s Revelation of Love
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Nicholas Watson (Harvard University)
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
Nükhet Varlık
Defining Your Impact at Midcareer: A Workshop for Associate Faculty (Tenured and Nontenured)
Sponsor(s):
Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Monday, May 05, 2025
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
