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Therese Cory

Structural Racism: A Thomistic Approach

Sponsor(s): Philosophy and Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Classroom Building, Room 103
Therese Cory, University of Notre Dame
Fair skinned woman with dark brown hair, leaning against a wall with her arms crossed, looking into the camera.

Belonging: Artist as Witness with Nora Krug

Sponsor(s): Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), English, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), German Studies, History, International Comparative Studies (ICS), and Political Science
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105
Nora Krug
Poster for CAN ATALAY documentary

Screen/Society--"Şerafettin Can Atalay" (Nebil Özgentürk, 2025) docu + filmmaker in attendance

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Q&A to follow w/ director Nebil Özgentürk
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Making Regions: Academic Strategies for Middle East Studies

Sponsor(s): Duke Islamic Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
TBA
Seteney Shami
text: “APSI Speaker Series spring 2026; Yanshuo Zhang; ‘Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China’”; headshot of Yanshuo Zhang; background image: an absract painting of close-set buildings

Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, March 19, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
Yanshuo Zhang (Pomona College)
flyer with author image and RSVP QR code

Gender History in the Time of Gender Ideology

Sponsor(s): History, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, and Revaluing Care Lab
Thursday, March 19, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
East Duke Parlors
Dr. Durba Mitra
promotional poster for the documentary film, “Bluff City Chinese”; details of event (screening time, date, location, speakers) are included in the event post

Film Screening: “Bluff City Chinese” (Thandi Cai, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), and Cinematic Arts
Thursday, March 19, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Thandi Cai, director
flyer with book and author pic

"John Doe Chinaman:" Chinese Life under American Racial Law

Sponsor(s): History, Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), and Provost's Office
Friday, March 20, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Classroom Building, Room 229, Boyd Seminar Room
Beth Lew-Williams
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The Politics of Urban Space in Seville Before the Anti-Jewish Riot of 1391

Sponsor(s): History, Center for Jewish Studies, John Hope Franklin Center (JHFC), Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Romance Studies, and Trinity College
Friday, March 20, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Gray 229, York Reading Room
Maya Soifer Irish
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Human Rights Across the Professions

Sponsor(s): Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI) and Duke Alumni Engagement and Development
Sunday, March 22, 2026
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Social Sciences 136
Michael Schreiber, Rebecca Everly, Gagan Vaseer
Bridging the divide series flyer

Bridging The Divide – A Discussion on Bipartisanship with Tim Heaphy & John Wood

Sponsor(s): POLIS: Center for Politics and Sanford School of Public Policy
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Sanford 04
Tim Heaphy, John Wood, Barry Berke
Coexistence

Film Screening: "Coexistence, My Ass!"

Sponsor(s): Center for Jewish Studies
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
National Farmworker Awareness Week: Dolores Movie Night (Rebel, Activist, Feminist, Mother), + Expert Panel and Mixer

Dolores Film Screening and Expert Panel

Sponsor(s): Duke Campus Farm, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Mi Gente, and Population Health Sciences
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
4:00 am - 7:00 am
1317 W Pettigrew St, Durham NC, 27705
Book cover of A Flower Traveled in My Blood by Haley Cohen Gilliland, next to the logo for the Juan E. Méndez Book Award from the Duke Human Rights Center at Franklin Humanities Institute

Méndez Award Ceremony: Haley Cohen Gilliland, "A Flower Traveled in My Blood"

Sponsor(s): Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI) and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105
Haley Cohen Gilliland
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Bearing Witness: Genocide, Silence, and Responsibility in Sudan

Sponsor(s): Duke Islamic Studies Center, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Thursday, April 09, 2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Richard White Lecture Hall, Room 107
Stanford logo

Lunch with the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Admissions Director: Full Scholarships for Graduate School at Stanford

Sponsor(s): OUSF - Nationally Competitive Scholarship Events
Friday, April 10, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Wellness Center, Room 148
Duke NCS Advisors
A stack of books next to the words Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory, April 10-12, 2026, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory

Sponsor(s): Literature and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, April 10, 2026
1:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Richard White Lecture Hall, Room 107
Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Building peace from the margins. 23rd annual spring conference. April 11, 2026. FedEx Global Education Center. UNC Chapel Hill.

Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Conference

Sponsor(s): Duke Center for International Development (DCID) and Sanford School of Public Policy
Saturday, April 11, 2026
7:45 am - 3:30 pm
FedEx Global Education Center, UNC Chapel Hil
Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Fellows
A stack of books next to the words Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory, April 10-12, 2026, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory

Sponsor(s): Literature and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Saturday, April 11, 2026
9:00 am - 6:30 pm
Richard White Lecture Hall, Room 107
Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
A stack of books next to the words Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory, April 10-12, 2026, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory

Sponsor(s): Literature and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Sunday, April 12, 2026
9:00 am - 3:45 pm
Richard White Lecture Hall, Room 107
Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Image for the Donald T. Moore, MD, Endowed Lecture featuring speakers Omisade Burney-Scott (left) and Julian Wilson (right), presented by Duke Obstetrics & Gynecology and co-sponsored by Duke University School of Medicine.

Donald T. Moore, MD, Endowed Lecture

Sponsor(s): Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and School of Medicine (SOM)
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
7:30 am - 9:30 am
Duke South Clinic - Amphitheater
Omisade Burney-Scott
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