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October 2018
Western Women of Daesh: Quests for Paradise, Empowerment and Adventure
Bio Dr Katherine E Brown is Head of Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, where she is a senior lecturer (associate professor) in Islamic Studies. She is interested in Muslim women's involvement in violent religious politics, specifically those linked to Islam. Her work examines the ways in which gendered jihadi narratives motivate and enfranchise, and how they combine with everyday experiences of living and politics. As a result of her expertise, she also works with the UK high courts as an…
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“Sexual Selection, Agency, and the Reasonableness of Beauty” – Daniel Pedersen, University of Exeter
In a discussion of the role that beauty plays in the selection of mates by non-human females, Dr. Daniel Pedersen (Exeter) will offer an alternative to the two dominant answers to this question—the “adaptationist: and the “aesthetic view.” The first claims the beauty is simply marker of fitness. The second affirms the non-adaptive role of beauty but, according to the speaker, cannot offer a coherent model of rational female agency, complete with final causes. Professor Alex Rosenberg (Duke) will offer…
Find out more »The Ethics of Now: Annise Parker in Conversation
Annise Parker, the 61st mayor of the city of Houston and CEO and President of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute, joins Duke professor of history Adriane Lentz-Smith in conversation. Parker was Houston's second female mayor, serving 2010-2016, and one of the first openly gay mayors of a major U.S. city, with Houston being the most populous U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor. She is currently a professor at the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. …
Find out more »November 2018
Arabic Medicine Conquers Latin Europe 1050 – 1300: Methods and Motives
Join us for an exhibit tour with our curators Sean Swanick and Rachel Ingold at 5pm.
At 5:30 we will have our keynote lecture with Cristina Álvarez Millán with a reception to follow.
This event is sponsored by:
Religions and Public Life at the Kenan Institute for Ethics
Duke Center for Jewish Studies
Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Duke University Islamic Studies Center
Duke Libraries
History of Medicine Collections in the Rubenstein Library
Arabic Medicine Conquers Latin Europe 1050-1300: Methods and Motives: Symposium
Join us for a Symposium featuring:
Eliza Glaze (Coastal Carolina U)
Francis Newton (Duke)
Michael McVaugh (UNC - Chapel Hill)
Joseph Shatzmiller (Duke)
This event is sponsored by:
Religions and Public Life at the Kenan Institute for Ethics
Duke Center for Jewish Studies
Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Duke University Islamic Studies Center
Duke Libraries
History of Medicine Collections in the Rubenstein Library