The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Joseph Torigian
POSTPONED: Consumer Reports Archives Exhibit Opening and Panel Discussion
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
Libraries, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Screen/Society--"Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzmán, 2010)"
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), and Libraries
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
7:00 pm
Introduced by Miguel Rojas-Sotelo (Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies/NC Latin American Film Festival) and Daniel M. Scolnic (Physics/Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Stories of Origins: Lygia Pape's Filmwork
Thursday, January 29, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C104
Patricia de Andrade
New Civilizationisms in Asia
Thursday, January 29, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Dominic Sachsenmeier (University of Göttingen); Prasenjit Duara (Duke); Cemil Aydin (UNC—Chapel Hill); Jie-Hyun Lim (Williams)
Screen/Society--"Misericordia" (Alain Guiraudie, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Thursday, January 29, 2026
7:00 pm
Introduced by Prof. Eric Disbro (Romance Studies); Q&A to follow
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (Johan Grimonprez, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Friday, January 30, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Distinguished Professor Felwine Sarr (Romance Studies) and Distinguished Professor Mark Anthony Neal (African & African American Studies)
Screen/Society--"Ghost Trail" (Jonathan Millet, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Saturday, January 31, 2026
4:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Emerita Professor miriam cooke (AMES)
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
Duke in Tanzania Field Studies Summer 2026 Info Session
Sponsor(s):
Global Education Office for Undergraduates, Cultural Anthropology, and Evolutionary Anthropology
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Physics Colloquium - Cosmology with ACT and the Simons Observatory
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Jeffrey McMahon
Screen/Society--"Holy Cow" (Louise Courvoisier, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Thursday, February 05, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Dr. Emma Howell (Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies)
Beyond Borders: Access and Affordability of Study Away - Student Panel
Sponsor(s):
Global Education Office for Undergraduates, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, and Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culutre
Friday, February 06, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Screen/Society--"Meeting with Pol Pot" (Rithy Panh, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Friday, February 06, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Professor Eddie Malesky (Political Sciences) & Postdoctoral Associate Bradley DeMatteo (UNC, Dept. of Music)
Technology and National Security Today: A Conversation with Kari Bingen
Monday, February 09, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Kari Bingen
A Breakthrough in Early Japanese TV Commercials: 1967
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Yukie Takeuchi (Art and Advertising Design History, Doshisha University)
In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan
Thursday, February 12, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Alicia Volk (Japanese Art, University of Maryland)
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
The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance
Sponsor(s):
Dance Program, Duke Arts, Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Office of the Provost - Finance and Administration, Religious Studies, and SLIPPAGE
Friday, February 20, 2026
All Day
The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance
Sponsor(s):
Dance Program, Duke Arts, Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Office of the Provost - Finance and Administration, Religious Studies, and SLIPPAGE
Saturday, February 21, 2026
All Day
The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance
Sponsor(s):
Dance Program, Duke Arts, Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Office of the Provost - Finance and Administration, Religious Studies, and SLIPPAGE
Sunday, February 22, 2026
All Day
Prayer, Ritual, and Silence: The Psalms as Worship in Biblical Scholarship and the Study of Religion
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Benjamin Sommer
Listening for Otherwise Aliveness
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies
Friday, February 27, 2026
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Pink Parlor - East Duke Building
Dr. Yun Emily Wang
Reading and Conversation with Moshtari Hilal and Dr. Paniz Musawi Natanzi
Sponsor(s):
German Studies, Duke International Student Center, and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Friday, February 27, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Archives, Interdisciplinarity, and Mimesis in Romance Studies
Monday, March 02, 2026
3:00 am - 5:00 am
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)
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