Upcoming Events
Please join the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for a lecture by Premesh Lalu! Undoing Apartheid: Accounts of apartheid in South Africa often neglect the persistence of a political rationality of race that took shape in the idea of petty apartheid. Instituted as a technique of ordering... read more »
TRANSLATION, MEDIA AND COSMOPOLITICSpart 2 of a colloquium presented by the Amazon Lab Oraliteragraphic and Mirror Visions in Contemporary Indigenous Literature and Media in Abya AyalaMonday, April 3, 2023 - 12:00pm-2:00pmat Smith Warehouse, Bay 5, Amazon Labfree lunch providedRSVP at... read more »
Please join the From Slavery to Freedom Lab at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for the Spring 2023 Masterclass series. The From Slavery to Freedom Lab supports a wide array of programs intending to examine the life and afterlives of slavery and emancipation, linking Duke University to... read more »
The Classical Studies Department, co-sponsored by the International Comparative Studies Department with generous support by Trinity College and the John Hope Franklin invites you to hear Dr. Michael Blakey, NEH Professor of Anthropology, Africana Studies and American Studies at the College of... read more »
Computational research using large numbers of images and audio-visual works holds incredible potential, yielding new insights and enabling new technologies. Unfortunately, legal uncertainty associated with text and data-mining of images and audio-visual works can stifle this research. Recent... read more »
Contemporary visual culture is marked by an exponential use of graphic images. Diagrams, charts, blueprints, maps, diverse forms of typography, graphs, models, X-rays, spectrograms: these images allow us to visualize what emerges from abstract data and knowledge, and thus grasp what otherwise... read more »
Please join the Climate Change, Decolonization, and Global Blackness Lab (CCDGBL) at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for our 2022-23 speaker series. CCDGBL is part of The Entanglement Project, a new FHI initiative focused on the intersections of race, health, and climate. More info:... read more »
Rebuilding a life after incarceration is difficult. How difficult? Join us on Friday, April 14th at Brodie Gym on Duke's East Campus to experience it for yourself at our Reentry Simulation. We'll be doing much more than listen to speakers: everyone will play a role, and try for themselves to... read more »
Please join the From Slavery to Freedom Lab at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for the Spring 2023 Masterclass series. The From Slavery to Freedom Lab supports a wide array of programs intending to examine the life and afterlives of slavery and emancipation, linking Duke University to... read more »
Join us at the Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Showcase to celebrate the accomplishments of our 2022-2023 Bass Connections project teams. This annual event features a poster session, interactive displays, lightning talks, awards and a reception. read more »
