Upcoming Events

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 4:30pm
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

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 »


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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 5:00pm
Rubenstein Library Breedlove Room 349

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 »


COMPETING THEORIES OF SOVEREIGNTY IN THE COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN ARCHIVE Flyer
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 5:00pm
Rubenstein Library Breedlove Room 349

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 »


Still image from FRANTZ FANON, TRAJECTOIRE D'UN RÉVOLTÉ
Friday, October 6, 2023 - 7:00pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater

**CANCELED--This event will be rescheduled in the Spring 2024 semester!** [This event has been canceled due to circumstances beyond our control, and will be rescheduled next semester.] ==Film screening: "Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté" (Mathieu Glissant and Audrey Marion, 2021, 53 min,... read more »


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Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 7:00pm
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

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 »


Photo of David Marriott. Black text on yellow background with FHI logo.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 12:00pm
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

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 »


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Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 5:30pm
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

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 »


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Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00am
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

tgiFHI is a weekly series that gives Duke faculty in the humanities, interpretive social sciences and arts the opportunity to present their current research to their departmental and interdepartmental colleagues, students, and other interlocutors in their fields. tgiFHI events take place from 9:30-... read more »


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Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 7:00pm
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

Join the Duke Human Rights Center for a screening of the film "The Art of Political Murder," the second film in the 2023-2024 Rights! Camera! Action! Film Series Based on Francisco Goldman's book and executive produced by Oscar-winner George Clooney and Grant Heslov, this film tells the story of... read more »


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Friday, October 27, 2023 - 9:00am
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105

tgiFHI is a weekly series that gives Duke faculty in the humanities, interpretive social sciences and arts the opportunity to present their current research to their departmental and interdepartmental colleagues, students, and other interlocutors in their fields. tgiFHI events take place from 9:30-... read more »


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