Impermanent
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Sunday, March 15, 2026
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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
Ethical Solidarity: The Importance of Betrayal
Sponsor(s):
Cultural Anthropology, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Literature
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Grant Farred
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
A Symposium on the State of the Literary Ecosystem
Sponsor(s):
English, Center for Computational Thinking, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES), Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Kenan Institute for Ethics, and Libraries
Thursday, March 19, 2026
All Day
Dan Sinykin, Will Evans, Meg Reid, Kathy Pories, Becca Rothfeld, Ross Barkan, Joanna Bigges, Laura McGrath, Richard So, Tom Comité, Camille Bordas, Anne Garreta
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
Screen/Society--"Milisuthando" (Milisuthando Bongela, 2023) w/ filmmaker in attendance
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Black Archival Imagination Lab, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Concilium on Southern Africa, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Humanities Labs@FHI
Thursday, March 26, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow w/ director Milisuthando Bongela, in conversation w/ filmmaker Palesa Shongwe
Muslims in the African Diaspora: New Books in the Field
Sponsor(s):
Duke Islamic Studies Center, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Forum for Scholars and Publics, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, April 02, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Ellen McLarney, Samiha Rahman, Alaina Morgan, Atiya Husain, Youssef Carter, Solayman Idris
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
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
Nuno Ramos: Aesthetics and Politics in Contemporary Brazil
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
