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UPCOMING DISC EVENTS
September 8, 2010 - 6pm, Campus Wide Iftar, Great Hall, Duke West Campus, Sponsored by: Center for Muslim Life
September 16, 2010, 12pm, 3037 Duke Law- Ann Elizabeth Mayer "Islam and Human Rights: New Perspectives in Recent United Nations Discussions". Part of the Fall 2010 Islam in the Public Square Lecture Series. Sponsored with Duke Law and the Center for International and Comparative Law.
September 23, 2010, 5:30pm, 240 John Hope Franklin Center- Philip Howard "The Digital Origins of Democracy: Information Technology & Political Islam." Part of the University Seminar on Global Governance & Democracy and the Fall 2010 Islam in the Public Square Lecture Series. Sponsored with the Duke University Center for International Studies.
September 29, 2010, 8:00pm, Griffith Film Theater- 40 Quadratmeter (40 qm Deutschland) Part of the "Muslim Cultures, Muslim Voices" Film Series
More events and information available in the Full Calendar
SEE OUR FULL CALENDAR OF ISLAMIC STUDIES EVENTS AT DUKE AND BEYOND
SEE DISC Events In Depth for detailed information on Islam in the Public Square and other DISC events.
View more DISC-sponsored events on the Duke Calendar
LATEST NEWS
Timur Kuran's "The Long Divergence" will be released in the near future. You can start to follow the dialogue and information about the publication on Facebook.
David Schanzer: Islam-bashing undermines U.S. domestic counterterror efforts.
Duke graduate and DISC student Andrew Simon (T 10) wins 2010 Durden Prize for senior thesis.
Radio interview: Ebrahim Moosa and David Schanzer discuss the role of mosques as a deterrent to the spread of militant Islam and terrorism.
DUKE-UNC CONSORTIUM FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES wins Title VI Middle East Studies Award (July 21, 2010). See Award Letter.
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Duke Islamic Studies Center launch new partnership. DISC faculty attend royal reception with Prince Charles and Farhan Nizami (See Duke News story June 2010).
Joint Duke-UNC Graduate Certificate in Middle East Studies approved.
Engseng Ho featured speaker at Singapore conference "Global Crossroads: Port Clusters of Southeast Asia and the Middle East."
DukeEngage Cairo 2010 students document civic engagement experiences through blog postings and photos.
Ebrahim Moosa featured speaker on Islamic Literacy at CUNY conference: The Rise of Intellectual Reform in Islam.
Professor Bruce Lawrence retiring after 40-year career at Duke. Read Duke News article and listen to Professor Lawrence's last lecture (April 23, 2010)
NEW ONLINE ACCESS TO ISLAMIC STUDIES THESES: Islamic Studies scholars have online access to nearly 1000 Ph.D theses in the subject spanning ten years. Click Here.
List of Fall 2010 Islamic Studies courses is available. If you know of a course you believe should be listed please contact us.
Duke had a new welcome page in Arabic. Thanks to Shadi al-Abdul-Razaq and Azeddine Chergui for the translation and to Duke for extending a welcoming Arabic message.
EVENTS IN DEPTH: Islam in the Public Square Lectures
These lectures embody DISC’s commitment to scholarly examination of Islam and Muslims across the curriculum.
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies-DISC Partnership
FACULTY WEBPAGES
See profiles of new Islamic Studies faculty on the New Arrivals page. To learn more about DISC faculty, visit the faculty webpages.
LINKS OF INTEREST: Hot topics, new DISC programs, and special features.
DISC Faculty Experts on IRAN: Mohsen Kadivar and Negar Mottahedeh
DISC-DeWITT WALLACE MEDIA FELLOWS PROGRAM: Cosponsors: DISC, DeWitt Wallace, DUCIS, SSRC
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE.View conference proceedings on iTunesU
LATEST AUDIO/VIDEO
Bruce Lawrence, "On Teaching Islam," Online Office Hours 4/30
Professor Timur Kuran, new book forthcoming: "The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East" (Princeton U. Press, Dec 2010)