Impermanent is multimedia ritual environment combining video, sound, field recordings, interaction, zines, and sensors. Please bring clean trash (soft wrappers, plastic bags, compostables, etc) if… read more about Impermanent »
The Rights and Humanities Annual Series is jointly sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) and the Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI. The series was launched in 2019 to address… read more about Belonging: Artist as Witness with Nora Krug »
In a classical moral theory like that of Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), which centers on the moral status of discrete actions performed by individual persons, it can seem hard to find room for the… read more about Structural Racism: A Thomistic Approach »
The Atomic Now: Aesthetics and Technopolitics in the Nuclear AgeKeynote Speakers: Michaël Ferrier and Hikaru FujiWith Tom Cinq-Mars, Eric Disbro, Hannah Holtzman, Anne-Gaëlle Saliot, Brigitte… read more about The Atomic Now »
Quechua is a diverse family of languages spoken by about 10 million people throughout the greater Andean region from Argentina to Colombia. In this workshop, you will learn some basics of the… read more about Quechua Workshop »
Regions are made and remade both politically and intellectually.They are shaped, debated, and reimagined through politics, scholarship, and global change. Since the Cold War, U.S. universities have… read more about Making Regions: Academic Strategies for Middle East Studies »
Please join the Duke SPACE Initiative for the 2026 Duke Space Symposium - "Imagining Futures" on Thursday, March 19th and Friday, March 20th.This year's symposium brings together Duke faculty,… read more about 2026 Duke Space Symposium - Imagining Futures »
This talk is based on Professor Yanshuo Zhang's new book, "Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China" (University of Michigan Press, January 2026). The Qiang, one of… read more about Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China »
The Language and Justice working group, supported by the Racial Inequality Grant(Office of the Provost) is pleased to announce: Dr. Betsy Rymes from the University of Pennsylvania - REAL WORLD… read more about Real World Language: Everyday Inquiry Activities for Exploring the Power of Language with your (Inevitably) Multilingual Students »
Dr. Durba Mitra will discuss the current state of gender history as a field of study, covering, as well, key themes from her new book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against… read more about Gender History in the Time of Gender Ideology »
Please mark your calendar! You are invited to "The Life of the Novel in a Post-Text World: A Symposium on the State of the Literary Ecosystem", Thursday, March 19th, through Friday, March 20th, on… read more about A Symposium on the State of the Literary Ecosystem »
--Thandi Cai, 2024, 47 min, USA, in English--Introduction and post-screening discussion moderated by Professor Eileen Chow.***Two storytellers, one community, and 150 years of untold history.***"… read more about Film Screening: “Bluff City Chinese” (Thandi Cai, 2024) »
9:30 - 9:55 Pastries/Coffee Buffet 9:55 - 10:00 Opening Remarks: DUS Mattia Begali… read more about 16th Annual Romance Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium »
* Spring 26. 01/13/26-04/14/26. La mesa en español is a Spanish language group that meets every week during the academic year. It is open to all Duke students and the broader community at all levels… read more about Almuerzo y conversación en español »
The Feminist Theory Workshop (FTW), which is in its nineteenth year, offers a unique opportunity for internationally recognized faculty and young scholars to engage in sustained dialogue about… read more about The 19th Annual Feminist Theory Workshop »
Dr. Maya Soifer Irish's research focuses on religious violence and toleration, and investigates the legal, social, and economic situation of religious minorities in Iberian Christian societies.She is… read more about The Politics of Urban Space in Seville Before the Anti-Jewish Riot of 1391 »
Spring 26. 01/13/26-04/14/26. La mesa en español is a Spanish language group that meets every week during the academic year. It is open to all Duke students and the broader community at all levels of… read more about Noche internacional de fútbol (con los programas de francés e italiano) »
* Spring 26. 01/13/26-04/14/26. La mesa en español is a Spanish language group that meets every week during the academic year. It is open to all Duke students and the broader community at all levels… read more about Celebración del Mes de la Historia de la Mujer con juegos de mesa (Trivia, Adivina quién, etc.) »
Join the Center for Jewish Studies for a film screening of "Coexistence, My Ass!," with Q&A to follow by Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Rebecca Stein.Coexistence, my ass!(Amber Fares, 2025,… read more about Film Screening: "Coexistence, My Ass!" »
In premodern philosophy, simple contemplative acts such as "thinking about horseness" are often the main focus when discussing the metaphysics of thinking. But what should we make of other… read more about Knowing is Growing: Aquinas on the Being and Life of Intellects »
The talk explores how the expansion of the American state for the First World War reshaped the nature of governance. This wartime state expansion is examined through the creation, structure,… read more about Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War »
The CFFS, in partnership with Villa Albertine and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), welcomes writer Anna Moï. The award-winning author will join us for a conversation with… read more about A Conversation with Anna Moï »
Mark your calendar for Professor Ben Rowlett's upcoming talk: Diversity in "Asia's World City"? Mobilizing homonationalist discourse in support of the Gay Games Hong Kongby Professor Ben Rowlett,… read more about Diversity in “Asia’s World City”? Mobilizing homonationalist discourse in support of the Gay Games Hong Kong »
What does it take to change a sport from the inside out? Join Sara Gama, former captain of the ItalianNational Women's Soccer Team, Juventus Women FC and Vice President of the Italian Footballer'… read more about Leadership, Advocacy, Equity and Change in Women's Soccer »
Journee d'etude a l'honneur de Michele Longino with Ellen Welch, Stephanie O'Hara,Jennifer Perlmutter, Anjali Prabhu,Julie Singer, Filippo Screpanti, Micah True, and Faith Beasley, Katejensen, Ainan… read more about Routes & Relations across the Francophone Mediterranean & Atlantic »