Past Events

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    Mongols, Marco Polo, and Pu'er Tea: China's Southwest Silk Road as a Gateway to Southeast Asia

    November 1, 2017 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
    James Anderson
    John Hope Franklin Center Room 240 -- Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall
    Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall

    In the northeast corner of Dali Prefecture in modern-day Yunnan one finds "Stone Gate Pass (shimen guan)" in a steep mountain valley along the ancient Southwestern Silk Road. Located in the southern region of modern-day Yanjin county on the...

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • John Hope Franklin Center
    • Global Asia Initiative
    • Wednesdays at the Center Series
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    Mexican Contemporary and Interdependent Art Scene, Biquini Wax EPS: The Temple of Sub-Critique Studies

    October 25, 2017 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
    Paloma Contreras Lomas, Julio García Murillo, Nika Chilewich, Natalia de la Rosa, and Roselin Rodríguez
    John Hope Franklin Center Room 240 -- Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall
    Biquini Wax EPS is an interdependent contemporary art space in Mexico City run by artists Paloma Contreras Lomas, Ramón Izaguirre, Israel Urmeer, Cristóbal Gracia, Daniel Aguilar Ruvalcaba, and Eric Valencia, writers Gustavo Cruz, and Sandra Sánchez...
    • 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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    When Global Health Comes Home: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa and Refugees in the U.S.A.

    September 20, 2017 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
    Brandon Knettel
    John Hope Franklin Center Room 240 -- Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall
    Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall

    Speaker: Brandon Knettel, Ph.D. In this age of globalization, the problems of one population can quickly become the problems of all. This is certainly true in the area of behavioral health, where we see knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors...

    • Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
    • John Hope Franklin Center
    • Africa Initiative
    • Wednesdays at the Center Series

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