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    Things are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela

    September 14, 2022 - 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
    William Neuman, Former New York Times Andes Region Bureau Chief
    John Hope Franklin Center, Ahmadiah Family Conference Hall (Rm 240), 2204 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC

    This event will be held in person in the Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall, Room 240 at the John Hope Franklin Center. A light lunch will be available before and after the event in FC 130/132. The talk will be streamed in that room, as well. Please...

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
    • John Hope Franklin Center
    • Wednesdays at the Center Series
  7. Bennett-Singer

    Speaking Truth to Power: Activism and Social Change in the Films of Bennett Singer

    April 13, 2022 - 12:00 pm
    Bennett Singer, Documentary Filmmaker
    Zoom Event

    In this session, Singer will share clips from three films he has co-directed along with his reflections on the elements of effective activism.

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • John Hope Franklin Center
    • Wednesdays at the Center Series
  8. Banu Gökarıksel

    Balconies, Windows, and Doorways: The Architecture of Living Difference among Alevi and Sunni Neighbors in urban Turkey

    April 6, 2022 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
    Dr. Banu Gökarıksel
    Zoom Event

    In this talk, Dr. Banu Gökarıksel will discuss about the dynamic entanglements of everyday relations between Alevi and Sunni neighbors in three cities across Turkey.

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • Duke University Middle East Studies Center
    • John Hope Franklin Center
    • Wednesdays at the Center Series
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    Embodied Enactments: Human Rights in Colombian Literature and Cultural Production

    March 30, 2022 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
    Editors Kevin Guerrieri (UC San Diego) and Carlos Gardeazabal-Bravo (Rhodes College) Authors: Daniel Coral (UC Davis), Carolina Sánchez (Rutgers), Miguel Rojas-Sotelo (Duke University)
    Zoom Event

    This volume explores how Colombian cultural production seek to enact-to perform, to stage, to represent-human rights that are otherwise enacted discursively, that is, made public or official, in juridical and political realms

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
    • John Hope Franklin Center
    • Wednesdays at the Center Series
  10. Flyer for the event and the images of Levy and Chaparro

    What Comes Next in Colombia's Peace Process?

    March 23, 2022 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
    Gabriella Levy and Mateo Villamizar-Chaparro, Duke Political Sciences
    Zoom Event

    Gabriella Levy and Mateo Villamizar-Chaparro from Duke Political Sciences will talk about Colombia's peace process in the aftermath of FARC.

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
    • John Hope Franklin Center
    • Wednesdays at the Center Series

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