Upcoming Events
Nidesh Lawtoo is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and English at KU Leuven and Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded project, Homo Mimeticus. His work reframes the transdisciplinary concept of mimesis in light of theories of affective contagion, mimicry, and the unconscious. His books include... read more »
The Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University (FHI) will launch its fall programming with a panel discussion on a work of video art at the Nasher Museum. This faculty panel on Christian Marclay's Surround Sounds is the first event in the FHI's theme series "World Arts," which will... read more »
Visionary architect Sir David Adjaye OBE, the lead designer on the architectural team that worked on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, will deliver the annual John Hope Franklin Lecture at the Nasher Museum of Art on Thursday, September 12, 2019. This event is... read more »
Twelve Step groups regularly describe alcohol and drug addiction as the "family illness," due to the systematic way addiction takes destructive hold of nearly everyone who comes within range: not only people with SUD, themselves, but also their families and friends. Treatment programs (both... read more »
The event tentatively titled "Whose Crisis? Whose University?: Abolitionist Study in and beyond Global Higher Education" will be a two-day conference and workshop at Duke, on October 11th and 12th, 2019. The format for each day will be split into public events (panel presentations, roundtable... read more »
