Insurgent Legality: Law in the Making and Breaking of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Sponsor(s):
Duke Islamic Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Thursday, September 24, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Pink Parlor, East Duke Building
Dr. Mara Revkin
State Fragmentation and the Crisis of Governance in Post-Bashir Sudan
Sponsor(s):
Duke Islamic Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Thursday, October 15, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Pink Parlor, East Duke Building
Dr. Mia Hassan
The Shia-Jewish Legal Reasoning in Dialogue
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Provost's Office, and Religious Studies
Sunday, October 25, 2026
All Day
The Islamic Secular
Sponsor(s):
Duke Islamic Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Department of Religious Studies, and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Monday, November 09, 2026
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Pink Parlor, East Duke Building
Sherman A. Jackson
Color of Words Conference
Sponsor(s):
Duke Islamic Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Thursday, November 12, 2026
10:00 am - 3:30 pm
TBA
Colonial Legacies, Citizenship, and the Making of the Modern Ugandan State
Sponsor(s):
Duke Islamic Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Friday, November 20, 2026
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
Dr. Mahmood Mamdani
NCJSS Welcomes Yair Wallach
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Sunday, December 13, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Yair Wallach
