In a Wednesdays at the Center presentation, Jeanetta Hopkins, founder of Bull City Music School , described how her experiences as a young music student turned her into a fierce advocate for the inclusion of underrepresented composers in standard music education. Read more.

Duke visiting research scholar Piotr Plewa (DUCIGS, Duke Sanford) hosted the event "Crossing the Darien Gap with U.S.-bound Migrants," where he invited two independent journalists who authored a series of reports for the Pulitzer Center and PBS NewsHour. Here, Plewa provides context and data about the migration trends in Central and South America.

Scholars and Duke alumnae McKenzie Frances Johnson and Luz Angela Rodríguez spoke on February 18, 2021 at the DUCIGS event: “Junior Scholars in Conversation: Comparative Dimensions of Environmental Peace Building.” The webinar marked the closing of the Environmental Peacebuilding/Colombia Arc series and provided a discussion on comparative interstate environmental peace building.

At the first "Wednesdays at the Center," Spring 2021, UNC's Marc Driscoll and Duke's Leo Ching discussed Western imperialism in Asia in the 19th century. The talk was based on Driscoll's book: The Whites Are Enemies of Heaven: Climate Caucasianism and Asian Ecological Protection. Read more.