ALTERNATIVE
POLITICAL
IMAGINARIES
The 2008-2009 Franklin Humanities Institute Seminar
Franklin Humanities Institute/
A. W. Mellon Foundation
HBCU FACULTY
FELLOWSHIPS
2008-2009
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS
IN RESIDENCE
2007-08
Sept 17 - 28
YVETTE CHRISTIANSE
Oct 8 - Nov 2
ROMILA THAPAR
Nov 26 - Dec 7
ELIZABETH POVINELLI
Mar 17 - 28
MICHAEL WARNER
DISSERTATION
WORKING GROUPS
2008-
2009
UPCOMING EVENTS
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May 3
Duke Human Rights Center
Waterboarding, Ghost Planes,
and Guantanamo:
Inside America's Secret War
(links to external site)
May 7
Your Brain on Art:
Probing Neuroaesthetics
Hans Diebner, David Freedberg, Jesse Prinz, William Seaman, Barbara Stafford
Spring 2008 PROGRAMS
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March 19
Beyond Hallie and Whoopi: Black Women and American Cinema - A Conversation
Esthern Iverem +
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
March 26
** Program Cancelled
**
Upcoming Humanities Events @ Duke:
Screening | <Birth of the Cool series> "Super Fly" (Blaxploitation classic)
Nasher Museum of Art
Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:00pm. Free and open to the public.
Nasher Auditorium, Nasher Museum of Art
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Exhibit | Literacy Through Photography: An Exhibit of Pictures and Writing
Documentary Studies
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Call for hours
Emily Krzyzewski Center, 904 W. Chapel Hill Street, Durham
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Exhibit | Pai, Estou Espearando/ Father, I am Waiting?
Documentary Studies
Monday, June 30, 2008 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sanford Building
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Exhibit | Then and Now: Eight South African Photographers
Libraries
Monday, June 30, 2008 9am-9pm, M-Sa; 10am-9pm, Sun. Call 919.660.5968 for holiday and summer hours.
Perkins Library, Special Collections Gallery
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Exhibit | Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool
Nasher Museum of Art
Monday, June 30, 2008 Closed Mondays. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m.
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Dr., at Duke University Road and Anderson Street, adjacent to the Sarah P. Duke Gardens
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Humanities News:
Siroky Named Peace Institute Scholar
Thursday, May 8, 2008
In New York, Students Learn About Credit Crunch Up Close
One team of students tackled investments strategies in a volatile bond industry.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Seven Questions about Today's Election
Duke experts discuss key aspects of the primary
Monday, May 5, 2008