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UPCOMING DISC EVENTS: More events and information available in the Full Calendar of Islamic Studies Events
February 5: Conference: The New Face of Discrimination: "Muslim in America,"
9:00 - 3:30 PM; Duke Law School, 3rd floor. View Live Webcast.
February 5-6, 2010: UNC Sawyer Seminar Workshop: "Nationalists and Salafis"
UNC-Chapel Hill, FedEx Global Education Center, 4th Floor. Poster & Program
February 11: IPS Lecture: "Lessons of Darfur, Human Rights Activism and Africa," Mahmood Mamdani, Government, Columbia University.
5:00 - 6:30 PM; White Lecture Hall, East Campus
Cosponsors: DISC, Triangle Institute for Security Studies: Duke Program on American Grand Strategy; Franklin H umanities Institute.
February 19: IPS Lecture: "Are Second Generation Muslims Creating an American Islam?" Rhys Williams, Sociology, Loyola University.
1:00 - 2:30 PM; 139 Social Sciences Bldg, West Campus
Cosponsors: DISC; Sociology Department
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
Professor Negar Mottahedeh, Online Office Hours: "Representing Iran in Film and Social Media" (1/29/10)
Professor Timur Kuran interview in Religion Focus (summer 2009) featured by Department of Economics. (1/26/10)
Professor Mohsen Kadivar featured in Weekly Standard article, "Iran's Opposition Comes to Washington" (1/25/10)
Professor Bruce Lawrence's religion course, The Qur'an Over Time, featured in Duke Magazine (Jan-Feb 2010)
Professor Bruce Hall cited in Boston Globe article, "The Lost Script," on the importance of Ajami texts (1/10/10)
Professor Mbaye Lo, author of Understanding Muslim Discourse: Language, Tradition, and Bin Laden's Message," discusses terrorism in Yemen (1/8/10)
Duke and UNC faculty release findings of study of extremism in U.S. Muslim communities [Jan 6 09]. Read the study, "Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim-American Communities." Related Coverage: CNN Story: "Threat of Muslim-American Terrorism in U.S. Exaggerated" (1/6/10)
Time Magazine: "Homegrown Terrorism Threat May Be Exaggerated" ( 1/6/10)
Professor Mohsen Kadivar featured in LA Times article, "An Opposition Manifesto in Iran" (1/6/10)
Call For Papers: 6th Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference: No!: Subjectivity and Agency in Muslim Rights/Rites of Negation, February 27028, 2010, Duke University. Keynote Speaker: Kecia Ali, Boston University
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. Visit Events in Depth for details.
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.
6th Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Islamic Studies Conference: Feb 27-28, 2010. PROGRAM
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
Negar Mottahedeh spoke on "Representing Iran in Film and Social Media" in Duke's Online Office Hours 1/29/10.