Past Events

Premesh Lalu, "Undoing Apartheid"
April 3, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Premesh Lalu

Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

Please join the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for a lecture by Premesh Lalu. He will discuss an enduring problem of racial formation in South Africa.
- Concilium on Southern Africa
The Past and Future of Durham’s Historic Black Burial Grounds

March 29, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Alicia Jiménez, Khadija McNair, Adam Rosenblatt, and Jenna Smith.

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The Past and Future of Durham’s Historic Black Burial Grounds
In a Global Water Crisis - Everyone Must be a Water Diplomat!
March 27, 2023 - 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Yodit Balcha

Rubenstein Library Breedlove Room 349

Yodit Balcha will be sharing her experiences as a woman water diplomat and some of the challenges and opportunities facing inclusive water diplomacy.
- Africa Initiative
- Rethinking Diplomacy
Hindi Movie Night - Dangal
March 24, 2023 - 5:30 pm

Richard White Lecture Hall, Room 107

The movie screening - Dangal which is based on a true story and is also the highest grossing Bollywood film to date.
- India Initiative
The Making of a Poet: Five Years in Six Egyptian Prisons
March 22, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Please check back as this will be rescheduled (potentially in Fall 2023).

Wednesday at the Center welcomes Mohsen Mohamed and Sherine Elbanhawy. The first half of the discussion will be Egyptian poet, Mohsen...
- Duke Islamic Studies Center
A Global History of the Doctoral Dissertation as a Genre of Academic Writing, with an Emphasis on Its Developments East Asia
March 21, 2023 - 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Kevin Chang

Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249

This talk sketches the long history of the dissertation and its arrivals and developments in East Asian countries.
- Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
- Global Asia Initiative
Capoeira Connections: from Angola to Brazil
March 1, 2023 - 12:15 pm to March 3, 2023 - 12:15 pm

Edielson Da Silva Miranda, Júlio Janquinda Moniz, Katya Wesolowski

Rubenstein Arts Center, Dance Studio 201

The three-day event includes movement and music workshops in Angolan combat games and capoeira with guest artist-teachers from Angola and Brazil, as well as a book launch party and performance.
- Africa Initiative
- Brazil Initiative
Duke’s Experiential Education: Supporting undergraduates beyond campus
March 1, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

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Duke’s Experiential Education: Supporting undergraduates beyond campus
- John Hope Franklin Center
- Wednesdays at the Center Series
The Use of Social Emotional Learning to Support Students' Diverse Needs: a workshop for K-12 educators and teacher-trainers
February 22, 2023 - 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

multiple from NCCU, DPS, Orange, and Wake Co shools

Perkins Library, Korman Assembly Room, 217

SEELRC, a title VI Center funded by the US Department of Education, is pleased to present: The Use of Social Emotional Learning to Support Students' Diverse Needs a workshop for K-12 educators and teacher-trainers featuring Megan Lyons -...
- Center for Slavic Eurasian and East European Studies
Off the Grid: Maps and Mapmakers in 20th-Century Egypt
February 22, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Chloe Bordewich

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Off the Grid: Maps and Mapmakers in 20th-Century Egypt
- John Hope Franklin Center
- Wednesdays at the Center Series