The Other Dimension Distinguished talk series presents: A lecture by Bruce B. Lawrence –   Resighting the Persianate Cosmopolis: Its Larger Arc Across Maritime Asia Followed by Ehsan Sheikholharam’s reflection on The Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit   The lecture will … Continued

  Please join the UNC-Duke Area Studies Centers for free, virtual global cooking sessions via Zoom.  In each session, attendees will learn how to make a dish from a different region of the world while learning about the culture of … Continued

  Please join us via Zoom for the next monthly meeting of Urdu Majlis, the Triangle’s Literary Forum, on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. The featured poet is Kishwar Naheed (b. 1940). In the first half of the … Continued

Amb (Ret) David C. Litt, IDB Executive Director, Center for Stabilization & Economic Reconstruction, will moderate a panel on supply chain security through the Strait of Hormuz. This panel will speak about the importance of the Gulf in the global … Continued

  Musicians and poets, artists and dancers have played and written, painted and danced their way around the world through centuries – illuminating the time and the interplay of peoples and societies. In this program, Culture and the Arts on … Continued

  What can strengthen the future of democracy around the globe? How do we train and develop the leaders our world needs? Barbara Stephenson, UNC’s vice provost of global affairs and chief global officer, discusses her experience as a U.S. … Continued

Please join us via Zoom for the next monthly meeting of Urdu Majlis, the Triangle’s Literary Forum, on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. The featured poet is Ada Jafarey (1924-2015). In the first half of the meeting we … Continued

Through the work of rap artists from the MENA region, we will learn about the varied lived experiences of girls and women in this region. Their music and online expressions depict the challenges and pressures they face, as well as … Continued

This panel seeks to provide a scholarly, historical perspective on the multiple factors that have led to the current events taking place in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Furthermore, this panel will speak not to intellectual abstractions, but will … Continued

This handbook generates new insights that enrich our understanding of the history of Islam in Africa and the diverse experiences and expressions of the faith on the continent. The chapters in the volume cover key themes that reflect the preoccupations … Continued