The acclaimed fiction writer and Shakespeare scholar taught at Duke for almost 40 years. read more about Remembering Writer, Scholar and Teacher Joe Ashby Porter »
The acclaimed fiction writer and Shakespeare scholar taught at Duke for almost 40 years. read more about Duke Flags Lowered: Remembering Writer, Scholar and Teacher Joe Ashby Porter »
The poet was a genius, but he also was a head of his time in attracting attention read more about How Walt Whitman Showed the Way for Artists to Become Celebrities »
Industry leaders share perspectives on working with academic and trade presses read more about Advice for Would-be Book Authors »
Dirk Philipsen on the moment the world changed and what we get wrong about it read more about (Mis)Reading the Berlin Wall — 30 years later »
The latest publications from Duke authors read more about Fall Books: Clean Hands, Aging Brains, Evangelical Women and Other Great Reads »
The opening of an exhibit exploring the foundations of housing inequality in Durham was celebrated Oct. 28 in the Classroom Building on East Campus. “Uneven Ground” – a series of informational hanging panels rich with photos and archival data originally curated as part of the Bull City 150 project – will be hosted by the Franklin Gallery @ History throughout this academic year. read more about History Department Exhibit Presents the Stories Behind Housing Inequality in Durham »
A seminar series focused on language discrimination in fragile and precarious communities proposed by faculty in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke has attracted key funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The project has been designated a Sawyer Seminar Series and awarded a grant of $225,000 over two years. Institutions must be invited to apply for the opportunity. read more about Seminar Series to Raise Awareness of Language Discrimination »
Duke's Center for Documentary Studies is teaming with the SNCC Legacy Project to bring teachers to campus for training read more about More Than Just 9 Words: How Duke Is Improving Civil Rights Movement Education »
On a campus where time rarely stands still, historic spots go on to have new lives read more about The Offices Where Great Things Happened »
Undergraduate research and digital humanities storytelling at center of new library exhibit read more about Senses of Venice: Lavish Parties, Great Conversations and Lots of Canals »
A trip to New Zealand gave Duke Professor Walter Mignolo an opportunity to share the stage with a prominent Maori intellectual, Linda Tuhiwai Smith professor of indigenous education at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand, and author of the influential “Decolonizing Met read more about In New Zealand, Mignolo Discusses Decolonial Aesthetics With Indigenous Scholars »
A few years ago, two associate professors in Duke’s English Department started a reading group to explore their shared interest in human mobility and its cultural expressions. Building on their discussions, Charlotte Sussman and Tsitsi Jaji teamed up with fellow faculty members Dominika Baran, Jarvis McInnis, and Corina Stan to direct the Representing Migration Humanities Lab. read more about Migration’s Many Forms: Finding Creative Ways to Examine the Movement of Populations »
Six visiting scholars representing liberal arts institutions, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), and Durham Technical Community College arrive at Duke to collaborate with faculty as part of an innovative humanities initiative. read more about Duke Welcomes NCCU, Durham Tech, Liberal Arts Collaborators to Humanities Unbounded initiative »
Naomi Quinn, a long-time member of the cultural anthropology faculty and a leading scholar of the connection between culture and personal cognition, died June 23. She was 79. Quinn joined the Duke faculty in 1972. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard and earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from Stanford University. Her dissertation was on decision making among fishing crews in Ghana, and she kept her interest in cognitive and psychological anthropology throughout her career, exploring how culture is shared,… read more about Duke Flags Lowered: Professor Emerita Naomi Quinn Dies at Age 79 »
The Apollo missions to the moon — which culminated 50 years ago with man walking on the moon — delivered what President John F. Kennedy sought when he challenged Congress to a space race with the Soviet Union in 1961: They restored the luster of American science and technology after the Soviet coup of Sputnik in 1957. read more about Apollo 11 Was An Extraordinary Accomplishment Worthy of Celebration. Let's Not Repeat It »
From new mosques to stores specializing in halal -- food approved for Muslims -- there are signs all around the Triangle that the Islamic community here is growing. What is less known is just how deep and old those roots are in North Carolina, dating back centuries to the arrival of slaves from Africa. read more about Franklin Young Scholars Explore the Hidden History of Muslim Life in the Triangle »
