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AGS Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
Friday, September 11, 2026
3:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Peter Bergen
Beauty, Suffering, and Belonging
Sponsor(s):
Transformative Ideas, Divinity School Office of Black Church Studies, Duke Arts, and Provost's Office
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Matthew Rushing and Du'Bois A'Keen
AGS Marshall Military Conversation: The All Volunteer Force
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Admiral (ret.) Lisa Franchetti, General (ret.) C.Q. Brown, Jaron Wharton
M. Gessen: Hope, Hopelessness & Human Rights in a Time of Autocracy
Sponsor(s):
Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), Forum for Scholars and Publics, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), International Comparative Studies (ICS), Provost's Office, and Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Monday, September 28, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
M. Gessen
An "Independent Thinkers" Conversation with U.S. Rep Jake Auchincloss
Sponsor(s):
Provost's Office, American Grand Strategy (AGS), POLIS: Center for Politics, and Sanford School of Public Policy
Monday, October 05, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
U.S. Rep Jake Auchincloss, Frank Bruni
Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters
Tuesday, October 06, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Daniel Bell
The Shia-Jewish Legal Reasoning in Dialogue
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Provost's Office, and Religious Studies
Sunday, October 25, 2026
All Day
An "Independent Thinkers" Conversation with Katherine Mangu-Ward
Sponsor(s):
Provost's Office
Monday, October 26, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Katherine Mangu-Ward, Frank Bruni
We the People Believe: Freedom, Religion, and Pluralism
Sponsor(s):
Transformative Ideas, DKU Student Affairs, Duke Alumni Association (DAA), Duke Chapel, Duke Community Affairs, and Provost's Office
Thursday, October 29, 2026
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Eboo Patel
