
On Abolition: A Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Romance Studies, Center for French and Francophone Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Office of Global Affairs
Thursday, February 02, 2023
11:00 am - 3:00 pm

John Hope Franklin Legacies Series Lecture - Tony Phillips, "John Hope Franklin: Hope at the BBC"
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, February 02, 2023
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Tony Phillips

tgiFHI: Negar Mottahedeh, "Electric Voice: Tactility and Tacticality in Revolutionary Iran"
Friday, February 03, 2023
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Negar Mottahedeh

John Hope Franklin Legacies Series - In Conversation: Tony Phillips, Mark Anthony Neal, and John Gartrell
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, February 03, 2023
11:30 am - 1:30 pm

No Empires, No Wastelands: The Necessity of Forging a Real Ecological Solidarity for the 21st Century
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, February 09, 2023
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Hannah Holleman

tgiFHI: Wenjin Liu, "Political Vice in Plato"
Friday, February 10, 2023
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Wenjin Liu

Visual arts in and on Afghanistan: political violence, war and the question of futurity
Sponsor(s):
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cultural Anthropology, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, February 10, 2023
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Mohsin Taasha, Shamayel Shalizi, Saadia Batool, Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, Anila Daulatzai

Irving Goh, "The Problem of Failure"
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Monday, February 13, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Irving Goh

Christianity and Whiteness
Sponsor(s):
Forum for Scholars and Publics, Duke Chapel, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Graduate School, Religious Studies, and Student Affairs
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Dr. Khyati Y. Joshi

Plantations Are Not Forests
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, February 16, 2023
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Danielle Purifoy, UNC Chapel Hill

tgiFHI: Ryan Donovan, “'Must Be Heavyset': Casting, Size, and the Body Politics of Broadway Musicals”
Friday, February 17, 2023
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Ryan Donovan

Juan E. Méndez Book Award Ceremony
Sponsor(s):
Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Francesca Lessa

ATLANTIC LATINIDADES or Models for Trans-Ocenaic Engaagement : a symposium
Sponsor(s):
Romance Studies, Africa Initiative, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), English, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Office of Global Affairs
Friday, February 24, 2023
All Day

tgiFHI: Sarah Quesada, "A Latin-African Literature and its Memorials"
Friday, February 24, 2023
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Sarah Quesada

Planetary Health and Disaster Justice
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, March 02, 2023
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Brian McAdoo

tgiFHI: Annette Joseph-Gabriel, "Childhood, Slavery, and Fugitivity in the Age of Revolution"
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), African and African American Studies (AAAS), and Romance Studies
Friday, March 03, 2023
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Annette Joseph-Gabriel

Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), German Studies, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Literature, Music, and Philosophy
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
TBD
Richard Wolin (CUNY)

Film Screening: "Nasrin"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI) and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Smith Warehouse Bay 4, The Ahmadieh Family Le

Climate Change, Decolonization, and Global Blackness: Lecture by Walter Mignolo
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, March 09, 2023
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Walter Mignolo

Climate Change, Decolonization, and Global Blackness: Lecture by Karen Barad
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, March 23, 2023
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Karen Barad, UC Santa Cruz

Global Ideas, Local Impact
Sponsor(s):
Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI) and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, March 23, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
TBA

16th Annual Feminist Theory Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Dance Program, English, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), History, International Comparative Studies (ICS), Literature, Office of the Provost - Finance and Administration, Philosophy, Romance Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Theater Studies, and Trinity College
Friday, March 24, 2023
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
LaMonda Horton-Stallings, Roderick Ferguson, Sayak Valencia, Nat Raha an Mijke van der Drift

16th Annual Feminist Theory Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Dance Program, English, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), History, International Comparative Studies (ICS), Literature, Office of the Provost - Finance and Administration, Philosophy, Romance Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Theater Studies, and Trinity College
Saturday, March 25, 2023
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
LaMonda Horton-Stallings, Roderick Ferguson, Sayak Valencia, Nat Raha an Mijke van der Drift

Climate Change, Decolonization, and Global Blackness: Lecture by Macarena Gómez-Barris
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, March 30, 2023
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Macarena Gómez-Barris, Brown University

Rights and the Humanities Annual Lecture
Sponsor(s):
Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI) and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, March 30, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Professor Katherine Franke

Climate Change, Decolonization, and Global Blackness: Lecture by Arturo Escobar
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, April 06, 2023
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Arturo Escobar, UNC Chapel Hill

2023 Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Showcase
Sponsor(s):
Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, Bass Connections, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Information Initiative at Duke (iiD), Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, and Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm