Sponsors & Organizers

Thank you to the following co-sponsors of this conference:

• Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies (Duke University Middle East Studies Center and the Carolina Center for the the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations)
• Provost’s Office; Performing Arts Special Activities Fund, UNC
• Department of History, UNC
• Duke Islamic Studies Center
• Institute for Arts and Humanities
• The Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies (CSEEES), UNC
• Carolina Asia Center, UNC
• Department of Asian Studies, UNC
• Department of Geography, UNC
• Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, UNC
• Department of Religious Studies, UNC
• Department of Music, UNC
• Curriculum in Global Studies, UNC
• Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense, UNC
• Center for Global Initiatives, UNC
• Forum for Scholars and Publics, Duke

with additional support from the Chancellors Global Education Fund (UNC).

Conference organizers:

Professor Sarah Shields, UNC Department of History
Professor Cemil Aydin, UNC Department of History
Professor Yaron Shemer, UNC Department of Asian Studies
Professor Mike Figueroa, UNC Department of Music
Shai Tamari, Associate Director, CCSMEMC
Emma Harver, Program/Outreach Coordinator, CCSMEMC