Join Duke's Society-Centered AI Initiative (SCAI) for the inaugural "Big Think" - a dynamic, high-impact event designed to tackle provocative and socially relevant questions about artificial… read more about Big Think on Interdisciplinary Science with James Evans »
At an average of $9,000 funeral costs and laws that restrict legal responsibility for the dead to intimate kin alone, the numbers of those who can't afford a proper burial and funeral and those who… read more about Seeking Human Rights for the Dead: The Case of Massachusetts »
The power of narrative...to humanize, to heal, to transform healthcare and health policy. In a rapidly changing, increasingly technologic healthcare environment, however, how can we maintain the… read more about Caring for Our Patients, Our Students, Our Colleagues, Ourselves: The Power of Narrative »
Dr. Hedy Wald comes to Duke for a special lecture on "The Role of Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance: Sustaining Our Moral Compass." This event is cosponsored by the… read more about Hedy Wald: "The Role of Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance: Sustaining Our Moral Compass" »
A celebration of the publication of Professor Javier Wallace's new book with Duke University Press, Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams.Professor Wallace will read from his book… read more about Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams »
Dinner provided | RSVP by November 10 | Join Mailing ListThe FHI graduate working group Gender and Ecologies brings together students interested in how productive and reproductive labor can serve as… read more about FHI Graduate Working Group | Gender and Ecologies: Second Meeting »
Palliative Care Grand Rounds is a weekly conference. CME available. read more about Duke Palliative Care Grand Rounds »
The Program in Literature presentsThe Srinivas Aravamudan Annual Lecture in Critical TheoryNovember 2025Elizabeth WilsonLecture: Fury: What Feminists Do with Anger and Rage Thursday, November 13,… read more about Fury: What Feminists Do with Anger and Rage »
The FHI Black Feminist Working Group presents a screening of the creative documentary A Mother Apart (2024), followed by a hands-on workshop wherein participants will get the opportunity to respond… read more about A Mother Apart Film Screening and Workshop »
The Elizabeth A. Clark Center for Late Ancient Studies (EAC-CLAS) is pleased to welcome Dr. Asa Eger (UNCG) to give a lecture entitled "The Fortress of the Figs: Cross-Cultural Materialities and… read more about The Fortress of the Figs: Cross-Cultural Materialities and Identities on the Byzantine-Islamic Frontier »
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 meeting of the Northeast Conference on Chinese Thought (NECCT) will be held from November 14-15 at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. This annual… read more about NECCT Conference (Northeast Conference on Chinese Thought) »
The Black Archival Imagination Lab invites you to "The Archives of African Literature Colloquium" symposium. The symposium will feature Keynote Speaker Jean-Marie Jackson and several presenting and… read more about The Archives of African Literature Colloquium »
The Program in Literature presentsThe Srinivas Aravamudan Annual Lecture in Critical TheoryNovember 2025Elizabeth WilsonLecture: Fury: What Feminists Do with Anger and Rage Thursday, November 13,… read more about Negativities: Hate, Aggression, Anger »
Lunch at 1:00 (RSVP required at the event website) and lecture at 1:30. David Albertson is Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy at USC in Los Angeles, where he studies medieval Christian… read more about Free Thinking Medieval Women: Hadewijch the Beguine and Philosopher »
The Rudnick Lecture at the Duke Center for Jewish Studies on Israel and World Affairs, is pleased to welcome Arie Dubnov, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, who holds the Max… read more about Rudnick Lecture presents Arie Dubnov: “Writing the History of Israel: Past, Present and Future.” »
You are invited to join a discussion of Mahdi Ahmel's "Arab Marxism and National Liberation" as part of Jodi Dean's Short Residency at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute. Ahmel is one of the… read more about FHI, Short Residency | Reading group with Jodi Dean »
Fall 2025 Public Screening Series: Early JamesonEarly Jameson: Film & Theory at the Limits of CultureScreenings begin at 11:30 AM | Free and open to the public | RSVP @ tania.rispoli@duke.edu |… read more about Fall 2025 Public Screening Series: Early Jameson | "An American Utopia: Fredric Jameson in Conversation with Stanley Aronowitz" (2014) »
The Center for Comparative Philosophy works to bring distinguished scholars who work in comparative philosophy to Duke, to hold seminars and roundtables and to teach classes on cross-cultural… read more about Duke/UNC Ancient Greek Philosophy Workshop »
During this panel discussion, research administrators from local school districts will describe their districts' research priorities, share internship opportunities, as well as go over the process… read more about Conducting Research in Schools Panel 2025 »
How can AI, Natural Language Processing, machine learning, and computational approaches advance research and education in the humanities and interpretive social sciences? how can humanistic… read more about LLM Working Group »
A conversation with social choreographer, Allison Orr. Orr will discuss her ethnographic and artistic process and show clips from her large-scale, public shows. Her talk will be followed by a panel… read more about Labor as Dance »
Cate Knothe (T'24) returns to Duke to screen her documentary film: "Now It's a Strange House" with Ethan Grossman. Cinematography by Lilit Danielyan. Through interweaving recently captured digital… read more about Film Screening: Now It’s a Strange House »
Palliative Care Grand Rounds is a weekly conference. CME available. read more about Duke Palliative Care Grand Rounds »
This year brought Expo 2025 to a reclaimed island in Osaka Bay, the city's third and the country's sixth international exhibition since its famous predecessor in 1970. Yet these are only the most… read more about Spectacle, Development, and Modern Japan »
You are invited to a lecture by Jodi Dean, as part of her Short Residency at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute. Are we still living under capitalism or is it becoming something worse? In… read more about FHI, Short Residency | Public Lecture: Jodi Dean, "Neo Feudalism and the New Class Struggle" »