Islam and Data Science Roundup

The Middle East Studies Center at Duke University is convening an online summer workshop entitled "Islamicate Digital Humanities: TEI XML for Arabic-Script Texts." A recent report released by the Council … Continue reading Islam and Data Science Roundup

Lecture: A North African Slave Advocating for Abolition in the US: Debating Slavery in Ottoman Tunis 1864, Middle East Studies Center (Duke University), November 9, 2020 @1:00 pm – 2:45 pm

In 1864 as the Civil War raged in the United States, a Circassian manumitted slave and Tunisian official named Husayn advocated for the abolition of slavery in the US. In … Continue reading Lecture: A North African Slave Advocating for Abolition in the US: Debating Slavery in Ottoman Tunis 1864, Middle East Studies Center (Duke University), November 9, 2020 @1:00 pm – 2:45 pm