FHI's Humanities Laboratories are faculty-led interdisciplinary ventures organized around a central theme. Versatile in form, a lab is simultaneously a hub of research projects, a cluster of courses, a host of events, and a platform for collaborations with campus and community, national and international partners.

The Black Archival Imagination Lab examines how Black experiences have posed problems with regards to representation across imperial encounters. It takes seriously narrative and creative reasoning, and as such, genres such as the novel, poetry, film, photography, sound, critical fabulation and digital spaces in thinking through the idea of the Black archive. 

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The Experimental Film Lab (EFL) is a group of projects aimed at redefining and broadening the contemporary discourse around "experimental film" by addressing academic biases, fostering inclusion and diversity, and expanding the conversation.

The Harmony Humanities Lab (HHL) aims to bridge the gap between ancient wisdoms and modern challenges by fostering cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary conversations both within and beyond Duke community. 

The Revaluing Care Lab explores both how to center care as an ethical value and how to value care as a practice.