ADULT FORUM - "An Invitation to the Journey of Mysticism"
Sunday, September 06, 2026
9:45 am - 10:45 am
John H. Armstrong, Author, Mentor, and Minister
Screening: Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner
Sponsor(s):
Archive of Documentary Arts, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), and Libraries
Thursday, September 10, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Brad Bailey, Gwen Carr
Making Care Work — Book Conversation with Nancy Folbre
Sponsor(s):
Revaluing Care Lab, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), History, Trinity College, and Vice President for Research
Thursday, September 10, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Online
Nancy Folbre, Jocelyn Olcott
Community Screening: Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner
Sponsor(s):
Archive of Documentary Arts, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Libraries
Thursday, September 10, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Durham County Main Library, 300 Roxboro St.
Brad Bailey, Gwen Carr
ADULT FORUM - Adult Christian Education to Deepen Faith and Understanding
Sunday, September 13, 2026
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Pastor Ryan Wilson and Jia Cummings, Divinity School Intern
FELLOWSHIP LUNCH GATHERING
Sponsor(s):
Congregation at Duke University Chapel
Sunday, September 13, 2026
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Congregation Fellowship Committee
Catholic Music in the Snowlands of China: Sound, Ritual, and History in Tibetan Regions
Monday, September 14, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Chenhui Sun (Chinese National Academy of Arts)
The Promise of Pluralism: Religion and Freedom at America 250
Sponsor(s):
Religious Studies
Monday, September 14, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
David Krueger, Ph.D.
Beauty, Suffering, and Belonging
Sponsor(s):
Transformative Ideas, Divinity School Office of Black Church Studies, Duke Arts, and Provost's Office
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Matthew Rushing and Du'Bois A'Keen
Lunch and Learn: Why study gender/sexuality/feminism in 2026?
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bolton Family Tower Room, Broadhead Center
FHI | Caribbean Poetics: Nature and the Visual Arts
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, September 18, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
FHI | Caribbean Poetics: Nature and the Visual Arts
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Saturday, September 19, 2026
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
AADS Fall Symposium: Asian American Art and Performance
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Cinematic Arts, Dance Program, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Theater Studies
Saturday, September 19, 2026
10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Screen/Society--"About Face: Disrupting Ballet" (2025) w/ dir. Jennifer Lin | AADS Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), and Libraries
Saturday, September 19, 2026
3:00 pm
Discussion to follow with director Jennifer Lin, in conversation with Prof. Jingqiu Guan (Dance)
ADULT FORUM - Adult Christian Education to Deepen Faith and Understanding
Sunday, September 20, 2026
9:45 am - 10:45 am
How a “Civil Rights" Organization Turns Against Social Justice Movements: The ADL in Context
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, and International Comparative Studies (ICS)
Thursday, September 24, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Emmaia Gelman
Cook Center September Colloquia with Dr.Sherilynn Black
Friday, September 25, 2026
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Sherilynn Black
Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood
Sponsor(s):
Forum for Scholars and Publics, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity (The Cook Center)
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Mark Anthony Neal and Karla Holloway
DICE Book Launch and Discussion: Sick Work
Thursday, October 01, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Emily Lim Rogers
OIE 101
Sponsor(s):
Office for Institutional Equity (OIE)
Tuesday, October 06, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Zoom
Elizabeth Jones, Ph.D., Director for Education and Outreach
FHI | Simon Fisher, “Writing Pauli Murray History in the Twenty-First Century: The Impact of Transgender Studies"
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), and Pauli Murray Project
Tuesday, October 06, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Quality Hiring and Selection: Building an Effective Team
Sponsor(s):
Office for Institutional Equity (OIE)
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Smith Warehouse
Kimberly Hewitt, J.D., Vice President for Institutional Equity
Book Talk with Dr. Felicia Arriaga, '12, '15, '18
Sponsor(s):
Libraries, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), History, Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, and Sociology
Thursday, October 22, 2026
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
We the People Believe: Freedom, Religion, and Pluralism
Sponsor(s):
Transformative Ideas, DKU Student Affairs, Duke Alumni Association (DAA), Duke Chapel, Duke Community Affairs, and Provost's Office
Thursday, October 29, 2026
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Eboo Patel
Worlds of 1776: Liberty is Sweet
Sponsor(s):
History, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Libraries
Thursday, October 29, 2026
1:30 pm - 2:55 pm
Woody Holton
OIE 101
Sponsor(s):
Office for Institutional Equity (OIE)
Thursday, October 29, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Zoom
Elizabeth Jones, Ph.D., Director for Education and Outreach
AWW: America at the Margins
Sponsor(s):
History, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Libraries
Friday, October 30, 2026
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Woody Holton
Discrimination and Harassment Prevention
Sponsor(s):
Office for Institutional Equity (OIE)
Thursday, November 19, 2026
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Smith Warehouse
Kimberly Hewitt, J.D., Vice President for Institutional Equity





