AALL PRESENTS
2008 SPRING
January
10 Mani Kaul “On the Construction of Evocative Cinema”
120 Science Bldg
February
25 Jerusalem: Law, Land, Buildings” a conference with Marshall J. Breger; Nazmi Jubeh; Gregory Khalil; Daniel Seideman
Nasher Museum Auditorium
29 Merrill Swain “Talking-it-Through: Languaging as a Source of Second
Language Learning ”
Franklin Center 240
March
28 John Morris “Language Assessment”
April
2 Muslim Women: Holding up Half the Sky Film Event
“Half Moon” (dir. Bhaman Ghobadi)
9 Film “To Share a Husband”
(Q&A with visiting director Nia Dinata, Indonesia)
Griffith Theater
10-12 “Marketing Muslim Women” International Conference,
including keynote speakers Shireen Ebadi (Nobel Peace Laureate), Nawal El Saadawi, Minoo Moallem and Tayyiba Taylor and panelists from Europe and Asia.
Franklin Center and White Auditorium
25 Chuansen Ke "Studies on the reading process of Chinese as a foreign language".
Tu 9/18 White (8pm) | Life According to AGFA - DVD
Tu 10/2 Griffith (8pm) | Chronicle of a Disappearance - 35mm
Tu 10/16 Griffith (8pm) | Forgiveness - 35mm
Tu 10/30 Griffith (8pm) | Paradise Now - 35mm
Tu 11/13 Griffith (8pm) | Thirst (Atash) - 35mm
Tu 11/27 Griffith (8pm) | Attente (Waiting) - 35mm
Sponsored by
the Department of Asian & African Languages & Literature,
the Center for Jewish Studies,
the Duke Islamic Studies Center (DISC),
the Duke University Center for International Studies,
the Department of Cultural Anthropology,
the Program in Literature,
and the Film/Video/Digital Program