Past Events

  1. Toni Williamson, Jan Riggsbee, Gerrelynn Patterson, and Edna Andrews

    Incite with Insight: How to Talk About Unrest, Discrimination, and Polarized Views in the Classroom

    March 18, 2021 - 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
    Toni Williamson, Jan Riggsbee, Gerrelynn Patterson, and Edna Andrews,
    Zoom Event Registration Link

    Our classrooms are often places where the difficult conversations and questions begin. "What does inciting an insurrection mean?" "Why are people upset with each other in our country?" "Will this happen again?" The questions come, and sometimes...

    • Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies
  2. flyer

    Global Trivia Night

    November 9, 2020 - 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm
    Zoom Event

    Join us for a raucous game night to kick off Duke's International Education Week. Trivia winners earn a custom piece of swag. This event is open to Duke students, staff, and faculty.

    See other International Education Week 2020 events at Duke.
    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
    • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
    • Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies
    • Concilium on Southern Africa
    • Duke University Middle East Studies Center
    • Duke Islamic Studies Center
    • John Hope Franklin Center
    • Africa Initiative
    • Brazil Initiative
    • Global Asia Initiative
    • India Initiative
  3. Prof. Norma Mendoza Dutton

    Crying, Control, and Masculinity in the Language of Donald Trump

    October 19, 2020 - 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
    Professor Norma Mendoza-Denton (UCLA)
    Zoom Event

    Donald Trump's speeches as president provide many examples of narratives of masculinity where he elevates himself as the pinnacle of virility, strength, toughness-and whiteness. Much as been written about the ways in which repeated tellings of...

    • Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies
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    Endangered Language, Cultural Crisis

    October 15, 2020 - 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
    Tom Belt, Western Carolina University
    Zoom Event

    The intrinsic relationship of linguistic expression and a dynamic culture determines the continued existence of a diverse and unique society.

    • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
    • Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies
  5. book talk flyer

    Book Launch Event with Simon Miles: Engaging the Evil Empire, Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War

    October 15, 2020 - 5:00 pm
    Simon Miles
    DUCIGS Zoom Webinar

    Join Professor William Inboden (Executive Director and William Powers, Jr. Chair at the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for National Security at the University of Texas-Austin) for a conversation with Professor Simon Miles, author of Engaging the...

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies
    • Rethinking Diplomacy
  6. Genetic Race Flyer

    Genetic Race? An Exploration of Ancestry Testing and Racial Identity

    October 8, 2020 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
    Trina Jones (Jerome M. Culp Professor of Law, Duke Law School) and Jessica Roberts (Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute and the Leonard Childs Professor in Law, University of Houston Law Center)
    Zoom Event

    Can genetic tests determine race? Americans are fascinated with DNA ancestry testing services like 23andMe and AncestryDNA. This paper introduces the concept of "genetic race" by considering ways in which DNA ancestry tests may affect...

    • Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies
  10. Cynthia Arnson

    CANCELED - Turmoil in the Americas: Are Protests the "New Normal" in the Region?

    March 25, 2020 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
    Cynthia Arnson
    John Hope Franklin Center, Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall, Room 240
    Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall

    Turmoil in the Americas: Are Protests the "New Normal" in the Region?

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
    • Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies
    • Wednesdays at the Center Series

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