Revisiting Garveyism: A Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Black Archival Imagination Lab, Africa Initiative, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Concilium on Southern Africa, English, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and History
Monday, February 02, 2026
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Natanya Duncan, Winston James, Adom Getachew, Henry Dee
B&I Workshop: Steve Greene (NC State)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Future of Human-Robot Interaction
Thursday, February 05, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Dr. Kate Darling
Technology and National Security Today: A Conversation with Kari Bingen
Monday, February 09, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Kari Bingen
Behind the Headlines: Greenland & Arctic Security
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
Tim Nichols; General C.Q. Brown, Jr. (Ret.)
The Whites-Only Immigration Regime: 1896–1952
Sponsor(s):
Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), History, Provost's Office, Trinity College, and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Kelly Lytle Hernández
PE/PI Workshop: Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro (Brown)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
From Policy to Plate: How Government Decisions Shape Food Access
Sponsor(s):
World Food Policy Center
Thursday, February 12, 2026
4:30 pm - 5:35 pm
Amy Beros, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Cognitive Rhetoric: Models, Metaphors, Representativeness
Friday, February 13, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Leif Weatherby
Polis x BridgeUSA Dialogue Participation Workshop
Sponsor(s):
POLIS: Center for Politics
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
PE/PI Workshop: Jennifer Bussell (Berkeley)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Faculty panel for non-federal funding: Social Sciences & Humanities
Sponsor(s):
Office for Research and Innovation
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Virtual
Twelfth Annual Duke Graduate Conference in Political Theory
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Thursday, February 19, 2026
All Day
The Spy and the State: The History of American Intelligence
Thursday, February 19, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jeffrey Rogg
Documentary Film Screening: A Road Out
Sponsor(s):
African and African American Studies (AAAS), Africa Initiative, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Concilium on Southern Africa, Duke Africa, Duke Community Affairs, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity (The Cook Center), Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity (The Cook Center), and Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Thursday, February 19, 2026
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Healthcare and Systemic Racsim
Sponsor(s):
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, and Sexual and Gender Minority Health Program (SGMHP)
Thursday, February 19, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Dr. Uche Blackstock
Phillips Lecture: Sen. Tillis
Sponsor(s):
American Grand Strategy (AGS), POLIS: Center for Politics, Political Science, Provost's Office, and Sanford School of Public Policy
Friday, February 20, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
TBA
Senator Thom Tillis
From Billions to Trillions: Reducing Risks for Energy and Climate Finance
Sponsor(s):
Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Duke Climate Commitment, Office of Climate and Sustainability, and Sanford School of Public Policy
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
All Day
B&I Workshop: Ethan Porter (GW)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
B&I Workshop: Lilliana Mason (Johns Hopkins)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, March 04, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
PE/PI Workshop: Andrew Little (Berkeley)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Thursday, March 05, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
PE/PI Workshop: Jack Paine (Emory)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
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)
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
The 19th Annual Feminist Theory Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Cultural Anthropology, Dance Program, English, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), History, Literature, Philosophy, Romance Studies, and Women's Center
Friday, March 20, 2026
All Day
B&I Workshop: Yanna Krupnikov (Michigan)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Effective State Policies to Strengthen the Early Years
Sponsor(s):
Center for Child and Family Policy
Thursday, March 26, 2026
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Cynthia Osborne
AGS Bonnie Glaser
Sponsor(s):
American Grand Strategy (AGS)
Monday, March 30, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Bonnie Glaser
PE/PI Workshop: Andreas Wiedemann (Princeton)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
PE/PI Workshop: Jeff Gill (American)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
B&I Workshop: Bernard Fraga (Emory)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Frontiers in International Security Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Friday, April 17, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
PE/PI Workshop: Leo Baccini (McGill)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm





