![Visualization and the Holocaust: Analyzing Space and Place with Digital Methods and Geographical, Textual, and Visual Sources Visualization and the Holocaust: Analyzing Space and Place with Digital Methods and Geographical, Textual, and Visual Sources](/images/2019/20190118/178feb2d0bb1f988e70c541ceee7f18a-CT-croppedHolocaust_20190108015221PM.jpg)
Visualization and the Holocaust: Analyzing Space and Place with Digital Methods and Geographical, Textual, and Visual Sources
Sponsor(s):
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Center for Jewish Studies, Dean of Humanities, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Nasher Museum of Art, and Research Computing
Friday, January 18, 2019
All Day
![portrait of former president Luis Guillermo Solís portrait of former president Luis Guillermo Solís](/images/2019/20190227/af76c170a002aaedcbaa66ce9a94092a-CT-luis guillermo solis cal_20190128043931PM.jpg)
Central American Realities: A Conversation with President Luis Guillermo Solís
Sponsor(s):
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Luis Guillermo Solís
![Dr. Richard Leakey Dr. Richard Leakey](/images/2019/20191022/73adbb688715a7eb5513b4c5bba403bd-CT-Leakey-Image_20190911032428PM.jpg)
Humankind: Past, Present, and Future
Sponsor(s):
Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, Africa Initiative, and Evolutionary Anthropology
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
5:00 pm
Richard Leakey
![Daniel Shea Photo Daniel Shea Photo](/images/2019/20191114/7eee21261db8df1b1e14a556f7bb6954-CT-DanielShea_20190904011609PM.jpg)
Artist Talk: Daniel Shea with Walter Benn Michaels
Sponsor(s):
Literature, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), Center for Philosophy, Arts and Literature, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Dean of Humanities, Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, English, Forum for Scholars and Publics, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Graduate School, History, Institute for Critical Theory, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts (MFAEDA), Nasher Museum of Art, Romance Studies, Social Practice Lab, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, and Vice Provost for the Arts
Thursday, November 14, 2019
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
![Nicholas Burns is the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the founder and Faculty Chair of the Future of Diplomacy Project and Faculty Chair of the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship. Burns is Director of the Aspen Strategy Group, Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group, and serves on the Board of Directors of Entegris, Inc. Burns served in the United States government as a career Foreign Service Officer. He was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005 to 2008; the State Department¿s third-ranking official. He was U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2001-2005), Ambassador to Greece (1997-2001) and State Department Spokesman (1995-1997). He worked on the National Security Council as Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs; Special Assistant to President Clinton; and Director for Soviet Affairs for President George H.W. Bush. Burns served in the American Consulate General in Jerusalem where he coordinated U.S. economic assistance to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and before that, at the American embassies in Egypt and Mauritania. He was a member of Secretary of State John Kerry¿s Foreign Affairs Policy Board from 2014-2017. He is a graduate of Boston College (B.A. 1978) and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (M.A. 1980) and earned the Certificat Pratique de Langue Francaise at the University of Paris-Sorbonne (1977). Nicholas Burns is the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the founder and Faculty Chair of the Future of Diplomacy Project and Faculty Chair of the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship. Burns is Director of the Aspen Strategy Group, Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group, and serves on the Board of Directors of Entegris, Inc. Burns served in the United States government as a career Foreign Service Officer. He was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005 to 2008; the State Department¿s third-ranking official. He was U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2001-2005), Ambassador to Greece (1997-2001) and State Department Spokesman (1995-1997). He worked on the National Security Council as Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs; Special Assistant to President Clinton; and Director for Soviet Affairs for President George H.W. Bush. Burns served in the American Consulate General in Jerusalem where he coordinated U.S. economic assistance to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and before that, at the American embassies in Egypt and Mauritania. He was a member of Secretary of State John Kerry¿s Foreign Affairs Policy Board from 2014-2017. He is a graduate of Boston College (B.A. 1978) and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (M.A. 1980) and earned the Certificat Pratique de Langue Francaise at the University of Paris-Sorbonne (1977).](/images/2020/20200402/5f72d56d6efbb84413ec222672f96861-CT-2020.BIDDLE-Burns,N-Head_20190823032006PM.png)
CANCELLED: America's Foreign Policy in the Trump Era (2020 Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. Lecture on International Studies)
**CANCELED**
Thursday, April 02, 2020
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns
![Daphne Brooks Daphne Brooks](/images/2022/20220223/47cbb36b6a25312f91cd099c5dd34ac0-CT-Daphne_Brooks_web_20220105075519PM.jpg)
![Book cover for Gas Mask Nation Book cover for Gas Mask Nation](/images/2023/20230309/10cc21235e22190314f359bccf92bb31-CT-Gas Mask Nation Gennifer Weisenfeld_20230119034330PM.jpg)
Gennifer Weisenfeld: "Gas Mask Nation"
Sponsor(s):
Nasher Museum of Art, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, March 09, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
![Pawan Dhingra Pawan Dhingra](/images/2023/20230329/cffe07c9eca4eb8349f407390e6abb1d-CT-keohane-lecture-mar29-dukecalendar_20230227085432PM.png)
Keohane Distinguished Lecture: Moving Beyond Fighting Anti-Asian Racism
Sponsor(s):
Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian American and Diaspora Studies, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Pawan Dhingra
![Event Image Event Image](/packs/media/images/v2016/featured-event-2-2b60d10c1712a87455b9cf66d1f07292.png)
2023 MFA|EDA Thesis Exhibition: THESIS FILM PREMIERES
Sponsor(s):
Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts (MFAEDA) and Nasher Museum of Art
Friday, April 07, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
![image of a woman from 5 angles over a cloud image of a woman from 5 angles over a cloud](/images/2023/20230914/359ff4c940b4206db62b56d16258e11c-CT-9489_20230905041338PM.jpg)
The Otolith Group with Denise Ferreira da Silva: Screening and Conversation
Thursday, September 14, 2023
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Otolith Group and Denise Ferreira da Silva
![Brett Ashley Kaplan headshot; text: Keohane Distinguished Lecture: Memory, Representation and the Power of Fiction Brett Ashley Kaplan headshot; text: Keohane Distinguished Lecture: Memory, Representation and the Power of Fiction](/images/2023/20231108/a8b82d3165ab814dcc88b7c81df612ac-CT-keohane-lecture-11-8-23-dukecalendar-10-6_20231006072814PM.png)
Keohane Distinguished Lecture: Memory, Representation, and the Power of Fiction
Sponsor(s):
Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, Bass Connections, Center for Jewish Studies, Dean of Humanities, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Jewish Life at Duke, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Provost's Office, Religious Studies, Thompson Writing Program, and Trinity College
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Brett Ashley Kaplan (Director of the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, University of Illinois)
![Headshots of Peter Hessler (left) and Kaiser Kuo (right); center panel of descriptive text on a blue background (title, date, time, location) Headshots of Peter Hessler (left) and Kaiser Kuo (right); center panel of descriptive text on a blue background (title, date, time, location)](/images/2023/20231110/6afc964c10648652f15a5a01cca1a23e-CT-Hessler_Kuo_20231006043928PM.jpg)
Modern Revolutions in Ancient Civilizations: A Conversation with Peter Hessler and Kaiser Kuo
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cultural Anthropology, and Duke University Middle East Studies Center
Friday, November 10, 2023
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Peter Hessler (The New Yorker), Kaiser Kuo (Sinica Podcast)