Structural Racism: A Thomistic Approach
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Therese Cory, University of Notre Dame
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
Nora Krug
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
Q&A to follow w/ director Nebil Özgentürk
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
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
Yanshuo Zhang (Pomona College)
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
Dr. Durba Mitra
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
Thandi Cai, director
"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
Beth Lew-Williams
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
Maya Soifer Irish
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
Michael Schreiber, Rebecca Everly, Gagan Vaseer
Bridging The Divide – A Discussion on Bipartisanship with Tim Heaphy & John Wood
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Tim Heaphy, John Wood, Barry Berke
Film Screening: "Coexistence, My Ass!"
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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
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
Haley Cohen Gilliland
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
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
Duke NCS Advisors
Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory
Friday, April 10, 2026
1:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Conference
Saturday, April 11, 2026
7:45 am - 3:30 pm
FedEx Global Education Center, UNC Chapel Hil
Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Fellows
Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory
Saturday, April 11, 2026
9:00 am - 6:30 pm
Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory
Sunday, April 12, 2026
9:00 am - 3:45 pm
Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Donald T. Moore, MD, Endowed Lecture
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
7:30 am - 9:30 am
Omisade Burney-Scott





