Upcoming Events
What does the writing of world history look like when African and African American histories of global and local presence and engagement are placed at the center of the conversation? This workshop explores this question from three different locations: China and Asia, the US, and African American... read more »
Please join ENTANGLEMENT: STRANGE LIFE for "Against Home in the Settler Colony ," a lecture by Julietta Singh, Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at University of Richmond. What does "home" mean in the settler colony, and how does that term come to resound differently... read more »
Dir. by Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, and Edivan Guajajara. 2023. 85 minutes. In Portuguese, Tupi, and English, with English subtitles. Thousands of people are illegally setting up camp on protected land in the Brazilian Amazon, killing centuries-old trees for export and mining rare resources.... read more »
Please join the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for a public lecture by David Marriott as part of a 2-week residency at the FHI. This lecture is part I and will be followed by a reception. Abstract: "In these two linked presentations I consider the various meanings of crisis: as truth,... read more »
Please join the Manuscript Migration Lab for a presentation byJoseph Mulligan (Postdoctoral Associate in Duke's RomanceStudies Department) about the archive of late colonial Upper Peruduring 1780-1830. He will discuss the dispersal of the NationalLibrary in Lima and the materials that ended up in... read more »
Please join the Manuscript Migration Lab for a presentation by Joseph Mulligan (Postdoctoral Associate in Duke's Romance Studies Department) about the archive of late colonial Upper Peru during 1780-1830. He will discuss the dispersal of the National Library in Lima and the materials that ended up... read more »
Screen/Society--"Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d’un révolté " (Mathieu Glissant and Audrey Marion, 2021)
Film screening: "Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté" (Mathieu Glissant and Audrey Marion, 2021, 53 min, France, French with English subtitles, Digital) Presented by the Franklin Humanities Institute's Entanglement: Ecologies of Knowledges Lab. A documentary on Frantz Fanon, whose life and work... read more »
Join the Duke Human Rights Center for a screening of the film "Bedlam," the first film in the 2023-2024 Rights! Camera! Action! Film Series Through intimate stories of patients, families, and medical providers, BEDLAM is a feature-length documentary that immerses us in the national crisis... read more »
Please join the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for a public lecture by David Marriott. This presentation is part II. Lunch will be served. Abstract: "In these two linked presentations I consider the various meanings of crisis: as truth, judgement, and law. I put forward two propositions--... read more »
Please join ENTANGLEMENT: STRANGE LIFE for "Denaturing the Colonial Sensorium: A Poetry Reading" with Edgar Garcia, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at University of Chicago, and Joyelle McSweeney, Professor of English at University of Notre Dame. Joyelle McSweeney and Edgar... read more »
