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Duke University wants to hear from you
Wednesday, December 16, 2020Dear Duke Community, As you may know, the university is currently reviewing its interdisciplinary institutes, centers, and initiatives, in the context of assessing how it will invest in interdisciplinarity in the coming years. The review committee has created a very short survey that we are now... read more about Duke University wants to hear from you »
From Conference to Publication: Duke and Duke Kunshan Faculty on the Coronavirus
Wednesday, December 16, 2020The Duke Kunshan Univeristy Humanities Research Center is pleased to announce the publication of The Coronavirus: Human, Social and Political Implications edited by James Miller (Palgrave Pivot 2020). Arising from a March 3, 2020 conference organized by the Humanities Research Center and... read more about From Conference to Publication: Duke and Duke Kunshan Faculty on the Coronavirus »
"Going There": Richard J. Powell on Black Visual Satire
Tuesday, November 24, 2020In a recent episode of the Yale University Press podcast, Jessica Holohan interviewed Richard J. Powell to discuss his new book, Going There: Black Visual Satire, a groundbreaking study of the visual forms of satire produced by Black artists in 20th- and 21st-century America. Richard J. Powell is... read more about "Going There": Richard J. Powell on Black Visual Satire »
Spring 2021 FHI-Affiliated Courses
Tuesday, October 20, 2020Whether you're a student bookbagging for the Spring 2021 semester, or simply interested in the range of courses taught by our faculty affiliates, enjoy exploring the list below! FHI Faculty Saskia Cornes Food, Farming, and Feminism GSF 275 / ENVIRON 209 / GLHLTH 225 / HISTORY 221 Mo 12:... read more about Spring 2021 FHI-Affiliated Courses »
Announcing Two-Part "Right to Housing" Series
Thursday, September 10, 2020A home is fundamental to the human condition. And yet many people—over time and across the world today—struggle to find, or keep, this most basic necessity. What does it mean to assert a right to safe, sustainable, affordable housing? And what are the political, ethical, and existential issues... read more about Announcing Two-Part "Right to Housing" Series »
Antigone Film Series Resource Page
Tuesday, August 25, 2020In collaboration with Screen/Society, the Franklin Humanities Institute is happy to announce an international film series on Antigone as part of its World Arts series. These four films are not strictly adaptations of Antigone (only one explicitly refers to Sophocles’ play), but each takes up the... read more about Antigone Film Series Resource Page »
Statement on the Ongoing Events Following the Murder of George Floyd
Thursday, June 4, 2020Writing in the final chapter of Black Skin, White Masks in the spirit of international anti-colonial resistance, Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist and activist explains the “refusal to accept the present as definitive.” Why does one revolt? he asks. “It is because ‘quite simply’ it was . . .... read more about Statement on the Ongoing Events Following the Murder of George Floyd »
Announcing Two New Humanities Labs
Monday, May 11, 2020As part of its core commitment to support interdisciplinary humanities research at Duke University, the Franklin Humanities Institute will introduce two new humanities labs– the Amazon Humanities Lab and the Manuscript Migration Lab – in Fall 2020.* The Office of Global Affairs will contribute... read more about Announcing Two New Humanities Labs »
Story+ Shifts to Remote Research Model
Monday, May 11, 2020On March 30, 2020, when Duke University announced that it would cancel onsite programming during Summer Session I due to COVID-19, Story+ co-directors Amanda Starling Gould and Jules Odendahl-James had already been planning ways to shift the program online for weeks. “Jules and I started... read more about Story+ Shifts to Remote Research Model »
Fall 2020 FHI-Affiliated Courses
Tuesday, April 7, 2020One of the best ways for Duke University students to join the intellectual communities at the Franklin Humanities Institute is to take a class with one of our affiliated faculty! Check out the list of FHI-affiliated courses for Fall 2020 below. FHI Faculty Saskia Cornes... read more about Fall 2020 FHI-Affiliated Courses »
