SUMMER & FALL 2009 EVENT ARCHIVE

MAY - NOVEMBER 2009, Art Exhibit:

May 21- November 29, 2009, David Roberts and the Holy Land,  David Roberts (1796-1864) of Scotland was one of the first major European artists to travel in the Middle East, sketching its landscapes and religious sites. He arrived in 1838, after the region had been reopened by Napoleon's expeditions. He traveled from the Sinai peninsula northward to the ancient ruins of Baalbec, in what is now modern-day Lebanon. His drawings were published from 1842-1844 as "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia," giving the general public its first glimpse of the biblical landscape and monuments previously known only by verbal descriptions.

Visit http://www.nasher.duke.edu/perm_collection.php#david_roberts for more information.

NOVEMBER 2009

Friday November 13 - Saturday, November 12, 2009

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE

Opening Lecture: "Civil Society in Egypt During the Mubarak Administration," Dr. Hamdy A. Hassan, Professor of Political Science, Cairo University and Zayed University, Dubai

Friday, November 13, 2009

Conference: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 8:30 - 4:30 PM, 240 John Hope Franklin Center

Cosponsors: DISC, DukeEngage, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Focus, DUCIS, Office of the Provost, Office of the Vice Provost of International Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Muslim Life

Thursday, November 12, 2009

IPS Lecture: "Ottoman-Era Slavery, Mediterranean Regionalism, and World History," Madeline Zilfi, History, University of Maryland, College Park.

Cosponsor: History Department

Lecture (UNC):  "The Widow's Torment: How Religious Liberty Can Increase Stability in the Middle East."

November 16, 2009 4:30pm, Pleasant's Room, Wilson Library, UNC-CH.

Lecture (UNC):  "Land, Natural Resources, and Sovereignty: Lessons from the Cherokee Nation and the Palestinian West Bank." Dr. Marty Matlock:

November 17, 2009 6:00pm, 0001 Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium, Michael Hooker Research Center, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-CH.

 

OCTOBER 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009, 6:15pm, Sanford 04

"The Future of Iraq and Afghanistan," a talk by Meghan O'Sullivan, former Duputy National Security Advisor to the President.

Sponsors: Federalist Society at Duke Law, Triangle Institute for Security Studies, Duke's Program in American Grand Strategy, American Constitution Society

Thursday, October 29, 2009, 4:00 - 5:30, 240 John Hope Franklin Center

Documentary Film Screening: Portrait of Jihad, Shahriar Kabir, Bangladeshi human rights activist.

Cosponsors: DISC and Center for South Asia Studies

Thursday, October 29th, 2009, 7:00pm CSAS Colloquium:   Gender Trouble in Islamic Texts and Contexts: Ashraf 'Ali Thanvi on Sexuality, Gender and the Body. Ali Altaf Mian, graduate student in Religion, Duke University. For location and a copy of the paper contact Scott Sorrell. Part of the North Carolina Consortium for South Asia Studies colloquium series.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009, 8:00pm. Griffith Theater 

CMW: Accented Film of the Middle East Series "Absurdistan" (Veit Helmer, 2008, Germany/Azerbaijan) This film series is cosponsored with the Franklin Humanities Institute.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009: 4:30-6:30 PM, Rhodes Conference Room (223), Sanford School of Public Policy

Lecture: "Aga Khan Development Network: An Expression of the Social Conscience of Islam"

Iqbal Noor Ali, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.

Sponsor: Foundation Impact Research Group

Tuesday, October 27, 2009; 5:30 pm, Room 3041, Duke Law School.

Lecture: "The Global War on Terror: Setting the Record Straight"

Douglas Feith, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for National Security Strategies at the Hudson Institute; Belfer Center Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Monday, October 26, 2009, 5:30PM Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-Chapel Hill UNC: "Afghanistan Deteriorating: Need the US Stay? How Will Success be Defined?" by Ambassador Ronald Neumann

Tuesday, October 19, 2009: 12:00-1:30pm, 201 Flowers. IPS Lecture Series: "The Social Origins of Separatism: Lord, Peasant and the Urban Radical in the Making of Modern Kurdistan." Dr. Smith's lecture is part of the Comparative Politics Workshop Series.

Thursday, October 15, 2009: 5pm, Sanford Fleishman Commons. IPS Lecture Series: "Islam and the West: Eurabia: Truth or Paranoia?" Dr. Buruma's lecture is  also part of the Kenan Institute of Ethics 2009 Distinguished Lecture in Ethics.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009: 4:30pm, 139 Social Sciences Building, Duke West Campus

Jerusalem Women Speak Tour 2009 "Three Women- Three Faiths- One Shared Vision" presented by Partners for Peace.org. This event is sponsored by The Duke Middle Eastern Studies Center, The Duke Human Rights Center, Womens Studies, DUCIS, Hart Leadership Program.

SEPTEMBER 2009

Tuesday, September 29, 2009: CMW Lecture: "The Problem of Satanic Verses and the Formation of Islamic Orthodoxy," Muhammad Shahab Ahmed, Islamic Studies, Harvard University. This event is cosponsored with CCSMEMC.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009: Wednesdays at the Center, Presents: Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim American Communities, David Schanzer (Public Policy, Duke), Ebrahim Moosa (Religion, Duke), Charlie Kurzman (Sociology, UNC-CH).This event is cosponsored with the Franklin Humanities Institute, the Department of Religion, Sanford Institute of Public Policy and CCSMEMC at UNC-CH.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009: Pakistan Lecture Series, Khalid Masud (Islamic Studies, McGill) will discuss the role of the Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan today. This event is part of a larger lecture series held at Michigan University, Duke University and NC State. For a full CV and to view the entire agenda: http://www.pakistanstudies-aips.org/English/PLS_2009.htm This event is cosponsored with the Center for South Asian Studies.

Friday, September 18, 2009: Campus-wide Iftar took place in the Great Hall, Duke West Campus. Contact Abdullah Antepli for more information (a.antepli@duke.edu) This event was sponsored by: Center for Muslim Life and Muslim Student Association.

Thursday, September 17, 2009: Nicholas Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times since 2001, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes op-ed columns that appear twice a week. Free and open to the public, followed by book signing. For more information contact Colleen Scott (colleen.scott@duke.edu).

Thursday, September 17: MC: Lecture: "The Egyptian Revolutionary Context and Bint al-Shati's Construction of the Biographies of Women from the Prophet's Family," Mervat Hatem (Political Science, Howard University); "The Islamic Understanding of Women's Emancipation: Bint al-Shati's Qur'an Hermeneutics," Ellen McLarney (AMES, Duke University).

East Duke Parlors, East Duke Building, East Campus

Wednesday, September 16: MC: Film: " "Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Koran" (France/Turkey)

Griffith Film Theater, West Campus

Friday, September 11: On-line Office Hours: Professor Jen'nan Read discusses Muslim Americans. Live on Duke University Ustream channel

Thursday, September 10: Duke-UNC Pro-Faculty Seminar,Prof. Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian Institution of Philosophy and Duke University

Thursday, September 3: IN: Panel / Teach-In: The Iranian Political Crisis: Duke and UNC Perspectives

Rare Book Room, Perkins Library

AUGUST 2009

Wednesday, August 19, 2009: Pro-Faculty Seminar, Profs. Carl Ernst and Charles Kurzman, UNC-CH 6:00-8:30pm

Center for Muslim Life Welcome Events:

Saturday, August 22: Welcome Iftar for Class of 2013, 7:00-9:30 PM, CML Center, 406 Swift Ave.

Thursday, August 27: Welcome Back Iftar, open to all students, spouses, and families.

7:00-9:30 PM, CML Center, 406 Swift Ave.

Monday, August 31: Center for Muslim Life Open House. Open to all.

7:00-9:30 PM, CML Center, 406 Swift Avenue

JULY 2009

July 26, 2009 : Outreach Event: Perspectives on the Current Unrest in Iran

Professor Negar Mottahedeh and Kamal Rowhan, Iranian-born Durham resident.
Immaculate Conception Church (810 West Chapel Hill Street, Durham).

July 13, 2009: Duke-UNC Pro-Faculty Seminar.

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