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Beginning Fall 2013, the global health co-major at Duke will prepare students to become real-life problem-solvers in global health. Learn from and work alongside the best faculty at Duke and expand your classroom experience with real-world fieldwork and research in the world. Learn more: http://globalhealth.duke.edu/education/major

In a public lecture on March 4, 2013, Rebiya Kadeer, head of the World Uyghur Congress and a prominent human rights advocate for the Uyghur people, came to Duke University through the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy to make the case for why American Grand Strategy should care about the Uyghurs. Here is her lecture, followed by a Q & A with students, faculty, staff and members of the public. Duke University Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Peter Feaver introduced Ms. Kadeer and moderated the Q & A. Alim Seytoff (President of the Uyghur American Association), acted as Ms. Kadeer's interpreter. Here is a link to an article about the lecture: http://islamicommentary.org/2013/03/rebiya-kadeer-american-grand-strategy-should-care-about-the-uyghurs/ Here is a link to a video interview with Ms. Kadeer conducted at Duke earlier on March 4: http://youtu.be/KR2oa97rB3A

Neve Gordon teaches politics at Ben-Gurion University in Israel and is currently a member at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton. He is also a founding member of Hagar school for Jewish Arab education for equality. Professor Gordon’s most recent book is Israel's Occupation (University of California, 2008) -- acclaimed by critics as one of the most important works on the military occupation to date. He has written numerous scholarly articles primarily on issues relating to human rights and political theory and is a contributor to a variety of media outlets including The Washington Post, Al-Jazeera, LA Times, The Guardian, The Nation, The London Review of Books, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

It's an exciting time of year for students, as admissions offers to graduate programs appear in mailboxes around the world. But which is a more wonderful combination of nail-biting and celebration, opening your offer letter or setting foot on campus for the first time? Here at the Duke Global Health Institute, we'd like to give you a taste of the energy and anticipation that started our most recent school year. To be sure, in the Duke University video, you can hear from two of our very own MSc-GH graduate students, as well as some of their compatriots in other departments around the university. Can you see yourself in their shoes in a few months?

Julie Poucher Harbin, Editor, ISLAMiCommentary (http://www.islamicommentary.org) interviews Head of the World Uyghur Congress Rebiya Kadeer on March 4, 2013 at Duke University. Interpreter: Mr. Alim Seytoff (President of the Uyghur American Association)

More information on Ms. Kadeer's bio and visit to Duke -- hosted by the interdisciplinary American Grand Strategy program: http://sites.duke.edu/agsp/2012/12/31/rebiya-kayeer-why-should-american-grand-strategy-care-about-the-uyghurs/

The Duke Islamic Studies Center ( http://islamicstudies.duke.edu ) was one of the event co-sponsors.

A presentation on the politics of walls and borders to show how these concrete barriers have fractured the city of Baghdad, as shown in contemporary Iraqi poetry. This presentation focuses on the ways in which borders both define and delimit the identity of subaltern "Others." It then demonstrates how literature provides a counter-occupation resistance narrative to reclaim identity and subjectivity.

Dr. Jay Pearson's research examines how various forms of structural inequality influence social determination of health. In this talk, Dr. Pearson discusses the health implications of racial categorization, ethnic identity formation, discrimination and alternative socio-cultural orientations.

Duke-NUS Centre for Computational Biology. This video was produced by the Office of Communications & Development.

Please join Professor Curt Bradley as he lectures on his newly released book, "International Law in the U.S. Legal System." This lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Law, Ethics and National Security and the Center for International and Comparative Law. "International Law in the U.S. Legal System" explores the dynamic intersection between international law and the domestic legal system within the United States and covers both settled principles as well as unresolved issues and areas of controversy.