Professor Miriam Cooke (Duke University & Honorary Research Fellow, Exeter) presents "Dancing in Damascus: Creativity, Resilience and the Syrian Revolution"
2019-02-27 17:15 - 18:45 | IAIS Building/LT1&2
Miriam Cooke is Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures emerita at Duke University. She has been a visiting professor in Tunisia, Romania, Indonesia, Qatar and Istanbul. She serves on several national and international advisory boards, including academic journals and institutions. Her writings have focused on the intersection of gender and war in modern Arabic literature, Arab women writersâ€™ constructions of Islamic feminism, contemporary Syrian and Khaliji cultures, and global Muslim networks.http://www.exeter.ac.uk/events/details/?event=8977
