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Nick Enz - Turkish Language Studies
Nick Enz talks about his experiences as a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow.Published 10 months ago
Duke-NUS Class of 2016 Orientation Slideshow
Pictures of our Class of 2016 during their Foundations course.Published 10 months ago
Nick McCrory on Winning an Olympic Medal
Duke diver and Olympic bronze medalist Nick McCrory said he is excited but still has work to do in the Olympics while joining WRAL's Kelcey Carlson via Skype Tuesday.Posted 10 months ago
Mapping Istanbul - Maria Suarez
This summer, from July 2 to August 13, 2012, the Duke Global Education Office for Undergraduates (GEO-U) offered a six-week, two-course program at Bogazici University in Istanbul. Erdağ Göknar, assistant professor of Turkish studies at Duke University, is the academic director of the program. Banu Gökarıksel, co-director, is associate professor of geography (curriculum of global studies) at UNC Chapel Hill. Duke in Turkey 2012 is the student blog connected with this program. http://sites.duke.edu/dukeinturkey2012/Published 10 months ago
Johnston, McCrory Hope to Bring US its First Diving Medal in 12 Years
Nick McCrory and Abby Johnston have spent countless hours twisting, turning and flying through the air at Duke University.Posted 10 months ago
Visionary Leaders: How Duke Goes Global (Forbes)
Duke's Tracy Futhey and Tim Walsh explain how Duke University taps technology to expand operations and boost transparency with constituents.Published 10 months ago
Global Perspectives on Service-Learning in Teacher Education
Plenary session at "Conversations That Matter III: Research, Policy, & Practice: The 3rd International Conference on Service-Learning in Teacher Education," June 21-23, 2012, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.Published 11 months ago
Preventing HIV Through Male Circumcision
Duke Master of Science in Global Health graduate Edgar Asiimwe shares important and surprising findings from his thesis research on the willingness of young men to undergo safe male circumcision in Uganda.Published 11 months ago
Abdeslam Maghraoui on Islamists Trend
Assoc. Professor of the Practice of Political Science Abdeslam Maghraoui discussed the Islamist political leadership trend in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco — previous to Mohamed Morsi's winning the Egyptian presidency.This conversation between Duke University's Azeddine Chergui (moderator) and Maghraoui was part of a live webcast June 15, when six Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17. This event was co-hosted by Duke University Office Hours Program and the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.
Published 11 months ago
Nadia El-Shaarawy on Human Rights Implications of a Morsi Win
Nadia El-Shaarawi is a Research Associate with the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Previous to Mohamad Morsi's winning the Egyptian presidency, she spoke of the human rights implications of a Morsi win.This conversation was part of a live webcast June 15, when six Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17. This event was co-hosted by Duke University Office Hours Program and the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.
Published 11 months ago
Duke Students Sarah Haas and Desmond Lee on Historic Egypt Election
This conversation was part of a live webcast June 15, 2012, when six Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17. The event was co-hosted by Duke University Office Hours Program and the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.Duke students studying in Cairo with the university also weighed in. Mbaye Lo, assistant professor of the practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University is pictured above with the students. He is leading the DukeEngage Cairo program and co-leading the Duke Study Abroad program in Qatar and Egypt this summer 2012.
Published 11 months ago
Duke's Shalom Goldman (in Israel) and David Schanzer on Israeli Politics and Egypt Election
Previous to Morsi's win, Schanzer and Goldman discussed the potential political implications of a Morsi/Muslim Brotherhood win on the Palestinians, Israelis, Hamas, PLO.This conversation was part of a live webcast June 15, 2012 when six Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17. This event was co-hosted by Duke University Office Hours Program and the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.
Published 11 months ago
David Schanzer on a Morsi/Muslim Brotherhood Win in Egypt
David Schanzer, Duke Assoc. Prof. of the Practice at the Sanford School for Public Policy and also Director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism, discussed the meaning of a Morsi/Muslim Brotherhood win previous to Morsi winning the Egyptian presidency.This conversation was part of a live webcast June 15, 2012 when six Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17. This event was co-hosted by Duke University Office Hours Program and the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.
Published 11 months ago
Uprooted/Rerouted: Narratives of Bhutanese and Iraqi Refugees
One DukeImmerse student performs a monologue based on life-story interviews with Iraqi refugees living in Egypt.Published 1 year ago
Egyptian Presidential Election Preview
In a live webcast Friday, June 15, five Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17.The election pits competing visions for the future of the fledgling democracy during a time of political instability. The contest has Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi competing against Ahmed Shafik, a former prime minister under past president Hosni Mubarak.
The participants were:
-- Mbaye Lo in Cairo, Egypt. Lo is an assistant professor of the practice in Asian and Middle Eastern studies. He teaches Arabic and recently conducted a study of the role of Al Jazeera Arabic writers during the Arab Spring. He is currently leading a group of Duke students in the DukeEngage Egypt civic engagement summer program (read the group's blog).
-- Shalom Goldman in Israel. Goldman is a professor of religion. His teaching and research interests include modern Hebrew language and biblical themes in Jewish and non-Jewish literature. He regularly comments on current events in the Middle East in the magazine Religion Dispatches as well as on blogs.
-- Abdeslam Maghraoui in Paris, France. Maghraoui is an associate professor of the practice in political science and author of "Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922â1936" (Duke University Press). His research and teaching address questions about democracy, governance, transparency and political ethics in North African and the Middle East.
-- David Schanzer in Durham. Schanzer is director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, and an associate professor of the practice at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. His area of expertise is emergency preparedness, homeland security, civil liberties and strategies for combatting terrorism.
-- Nadia El-Shaarawi in Durham. El-Shaarawi is a postdoctoral research associate at Duke's Kenan Institute for Ethics whose current scholarship examines the mental health and well-being of Iraqi refugees in Cairo.
Moderating the conversation was Azeddiine Chergui, an Arabic instructor at Duke and affiliated faculty member of the Duke Islamic Studies Center.
The online event was part of Duke's "Office Hours" interactive webcast series, which allows members of the Duke community and others to engage with faculty in their areas of expertise. Co-sponsoring the webcast was the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.
Published 1 year ago
