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The Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Duke University Middle East Studies Center, the Duke Islamic Studies Center, and the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies stand with the Middle East Studies Association and other national scholarly organizations in [...]

Our annual newsletter highlights exciting center activities from the 2019-2020 academic year. Read to learn more about programming, highlights from our affiliated faculty and students, and K-14 outreach events. Click on the image below to view the newsletter, or download a PDF copy. Thank you for your continued support of [...]

Overview and Purpose  On March 22-24, 2019, the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies held a conference on “Conflict Over Gaza: People, Politics, and Possibilities.”  For the past eight years, the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies has held an annual conference on an important topic in the contemporary Middle [...]

The Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, dedicated to informed research and teaching on the Middle East, rejects anti-Semitism and all forms of racism and bias. Unfortunately, a musical performer at the Consortium’s recent conference on “Conflict over Gaza: People, Politics, and Possibilities,” made remarks that were inexcusable. We apologize [...]

UNC Global welcomes students, faculty, and staff from over a hundred countries, represented by a diverse range of perspectives, traditions, and faiths—and we stand steadfast against hate in all its forms. Many members of our community, including Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, are heartbroken and offended by a musical performance during [...]

The academic year 2016-2017 Carolina Global Photo Competition, which is open to all students, faculty, alumni and staff of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, showcases Carolina’s global activity, educational opportunities, research and service work. Each photographer may submit up to three photos. Photos may represent any world [...]

Our first annual newsletter highlights exciting Center activities and programs from this academic year, 2015-2016. Read to learn more about our events, visiting scholars, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) award winners, K-12 outreach efforts, and more. Download the newsletter by clicking here or by clicking on the image below. Thank [...]

Photo: UNC Global. From left to right: Pam Silberman, Amanda Corbett, Harmony Chi, Shay Slifko, Fatima Ly, Rohit Ramaswamy, Rector Ibrahima Thioub, Mamarame Seck, Barbara Anderson, Suzanne Maman, Mamie Sackey Harris and Jim Herrington. Photo by Linda Kastleman. The African Studies Center at the University of North Carolina [...]

Ideally, Emma Harver would have taken her group of K–12 teachers to the Middle East to immerse them in Muslim cultures. But she didn’t have the budget for an overseas trip. So she did the next best thing. She introduced them to Muslim communities in the Triangle. “Connecting the Middle [...]

Associate professor of women’s and gender studies Emily Burrill credited the African Studies Center with helping her further her research when she first came to UNC. Burrill is a gender historian focusing on 20th century Africa. Through Title VI funds, she was able to return to Mali and Senegal, which [...]

The submission period is now open for the 16th annual amateur Carolina Global Photography Competition. The competition is open to all students, faculty, alumni and staff of UNC-Chapel Hill. Photos may represent any world region. There is no restriction on the time period in which the photograph was taken. Entries [...]

Sumayya Ahmed, a doctoral candidate in the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is spending three months in Morocco this summer with support from an American Institute of Maghrib Studies (AIMS) grant. Ahmed’s research focuses on documentary heritage as it [...]