As the largest and most extensive movement for the liberation of African descended people in the world, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) has ignited generations of scholarship about… read more about Revisiting Garveyism: A Symposium »
The phrase "digital humanities" is applied liberally across many fields and contexts. But what is it? Why might scholars engage technologies as part of their humanities research? How can graduate… read more about Digital Humanities: A Gentle Introduction »
Hosted by the Office of Climate and Sustainability Green Devils, we will be discussing food, agriculture, and labor justice with friends from the Duke Campus Farm. Lunch provided!Climate cafes are… read more about Climate Cafe: Food, Agriculture, and Labor Justice »
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the severe weather policy in effect for Duke University on Monday, February 2nd, 2026, this event will be held on Zoom. Duke Affiliates may register here: https://duke.zoom.us/… read more about Iran at a Crossroads: Protests, Sanctions, and Political Futures »
Register to attend: https://trentcenter.duke.edu/february-2026-trent-humanities-medicine-le…When your entire profession feels like a sick patient and there's no protocol to follow, how do you respond… read more about Yes And!...Can Improv Help Us Navigate Uncertain Times? »
PresentersEliza Williamson (Duke University)"Debilitating Care: Mothers na correria in the Wake of Zika"Shaun Respess (North Carolina State University)"The Emergent Normativity of Carebots:… read more about Fragile Care »
Join us for our February Salon & Snacks meet up with students, faculty, and grad students in the Program in Literature. Curious about what we do? Have questions about our classes? Our major and… read more about Literature Salon & Snacks »
Have you ever considered studying abroad, but hesitated because of concerns about identity, cost, or representation? Did you know that you can fund an experience abroad through outside scholarships… read more about Beyond Borders: Access and Affordability of Study Away - Student Panel »
This half-day symposium brings together scholars to celebrate the achievements of Marc Brettler in the field of Hebrew Bible, Jewish Studies, public education, and interreligious engagement. Two… read more about Celebrating Marc Brettler's Scholarship: The Bible in the Public Square Revisited »
This event marks the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the landmark declaration of the Second Vatican Council that transformed Catholic relations with Judaism and other world religions. The event… read more about Breaking Barriers, Building Bonds: 60 Years of Interfaith Dialogue After Nostra Aetate »
Why focus on the history of Japanese television commercials? Advertising rapidly incorporates new artistic trends. This seems to be a particularly prominent feature in Japan. However, research on… read more about A Breakthrough in Early Japanese TV Commercials: 1967 »
The Infiltrators (2019, 95 min.) is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who get arrested by Border Patrol and put in a shadowy for-profit detention center - on purpose.… read more about Film Screening: The Infiltrators »
The #SCAI2026: Conference on Society-Centered AI (previously Responsible AI Symposium), co-sponsored by The Society-Centered AI Initiative at Duke, the Fuqua School of Business, and the Duke… read more about #SCAI2026 - Conference on Society-Centered AI »
**the talk will take place in Room A266**Drawn from Volk's recently published In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan, this talk unearths an immensely creative yet almost entirely overlooked… read more about In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan »
tgiFHI is a weekly series that gives Duke faculty in the humanities, interpretive social sciences and arts the opportunity to present their current research to their departmental and… read more about tgiFHI | Melanie Lamotte, History »
People with severe menstrual pain, fibroids, or undergoing many gynecological procedures are often not believed with reporting pain, but other times are told to bear the pain. I argue that… read more about Normalization of Gynecological Pain and Inductive Risk Evaluation in the CDC's Contraceptive Guidance »
People with severe menstrual pain, fibroids, or undergoing many gynecological procedures are often not believed with reporting pain, but other times are told to bear the pain. I argue that… read more about Normalization of Gynecological Pain and Inductive Risk Evaluation in the CDC's Contraceptive Guidance »
The Jameson Institute for Critical Theory presentsThe Critical Theory WorkshopLeif Weatherby Friday, February 13, 2026 4:00pmFriedl Building, Room 225Leif Weatherby will be discussing his article, "… read more about Cognitive Rhetoric: Models, Metaphors, Representativeness »
As part of their From the Ground Up series focusing on land use, sovereignty, and ownership, the Duke Campus Farm is inviting all folks to join a conversation with Dr. Jarvis C. McInnis around the… read more about The Tuskegee Agricultural Extension Program and Black Land MAnagement as Community Resilience »
Work-in-Progress PresentationMonday, February 16, 2026 · 5:00-6:30 PM ETIn person · Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C106Join us for a work-in-progress presentation by Jessie Wilkerson (University of… read more about Care, Radically »
Join the Office for Research and Innovation (OR&I) for a panel discussion featuring Social Sciences and Humanities faculty who have successfully pursued non-federal research funding. Hear… read more about Faculty panel for non-federal funding: Social Sciences & Humanities »
How do we model thinking, and in what sense does our thought have objects? I review two models of thinking from the medieval Scholastic tradition, which I call the "gaze + sign" model (in Augustine… read more about Two Medieval Methods of Thought and Its Objects »
tgiFHI is a weekly series that gives Duke faculty in the humanities, interpretive social sciences and arts the opportunity to present their current research to their departmental and… read more about tgiFHI | Preeti Singh, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies »
Please join us for the Triangle Undergraduate Literary Conference (TULC). This one-day conference is a space for undergraduates attending Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State… read more about 2026 Triangle Undergraduates Literary Conference »
The North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar welcomes Daniel Schwartz, Professor of Modern Jewish History at George Washington University. Daniel B. Schwartz specializes in modern European and… read more about NCJSS Welcomes Daniel Schwartz »