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Arab Springs Conference -Dean Srinivas Aravamudan
The Arab Springs Conference opening remarks from Dean Aravamudan. The Duke University Middle East Studies Center (DUMESC), in collaboration with the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at UNC-Chapel Hill (CCSMEMC), organized an interdisciplinary conference, “Arab Springs: Revolution and Repression,” that explores these questions from multiple perspectives. The conference addresses some of the artistic, technological, visual, and media dimensions of these struggles and transformations, including slogans, graffiti, poetry, cartoons, and songs, as well as the circuits of state controlled television, al-Jazeera, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and texting. Conference participants include academic experts, activists, Ph.D. student researchers, cartoonists, poets, and other artists. http://asianmideast.duke.edu/dumesc/arab-springs-conferencePublished 1 year ago
2012 Feminist Theory Workshop Welcome and Opening Remarks
The Sixth Annual Feminist Theory Workshop - March 16/17th 2012 will be held at the Sanford School of Public Policy. Keynote Speakers are Joanna Hodge, Professor, Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University - Patricia Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia Law School - Leti Volpp, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law School - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, University Professor, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. Registration is free, but required! Please to to http://womenstudies.duke.edu/news/feminist-theory-workshops/2012Published 1 year ago
Black Thought 2.0 Conference: W.E.B. Dubois on Twitter
Mark Anthony Neal outlines his upcoming conference, Black Thought 2.0.Published 1 year ago
International Criminal Courts in the Pursuit of Justice
The Center for International and Comparative Law and the Kenan Institute for Ethics in association with the Law & History Society, International Law Society, ICCSN, Human Rights Law Society, and BLSA invite all students to join, from The Hague, Judge Patrick Robinson of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (President, 2008-2011). Judge Robinson will discuss the role of the ICTY and international criminal courts in the pursuit of justice and reconciliation. He will also reflect on his extensive career in international law, having chaired the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and served on the Sixth Legal Committee of the UN General Assembly for 26 years. Judge Robinson will welcome and encourage questions from the audience.Published 1 year ago
Who Owns the Arctic? Michael Byers at Duke
Dr. Michael Byers spoke on the question, "Who Owns the Arctic's Oil?" on March 27, 2012 at 4:30 PM in the Duke University Energy Hub. Dr. Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. Prior to 2005, he was Professor of Law and Director of Canadian Studies at Duke University; from 1996-1999 he was a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University. Michael is a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Ottawa Citizen, and a frequent guest on the CBC, CTV and Global. His most recent book is "Who Owns the Arctic?" Reception to follow. This event is co-sponsored by the Duke Center for Canadian Studies.Published 1 year ago
At Duke, Theater Studies Meets Business
Nathaniel Hill, Duke class of 2012, describes how he married his love of theater with his aptitude for business to make his ideal major. The culmination of his unique undergraduate trajectory is an epic interdepartmental production of the play Ragtime, with him as producer. Duke's Department of Theater Studies, Markets and Management Certificate, Duke in New York, and the student theatrical group Hoof and Horn are the key players that helped him make his way.Ragtime is a joint production of Duke's Departments of Theater Studies and Music, the Dance Program, Hoof and Horn, the Duke Chamber Players, and the office of the Vice Provost for the Arts. For more about the play, which opens on April 5, 2012, see http://ragtimeduke.com.
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Sakai Support: Creating a Project Site
Learn more about the Sakai transition from Blackboard https://sakai.duke.edu/.Published 1 year ago
DukeEngage in Haiti
Duke Student Annie McDonough presents her research during a presentation on "Global Mental Health, Cultural/Historical Difference, and the Problem of the Human".
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Student Thesis on Haitian Ethnopsychiatry
Liana Lau presents her research during a presentation on "Global Mental Health, Cultural/Historical Difference, and the Problem of the Human".Published 1 year ago
Charting Resiliency in Haiti
Sedlin Mirtil presents his research during a presentation on "Global Mental Health, Cultural/Historical Difference, and the Problem of the Human".Published 1 year ago
Digital Mapping in Duke's Haiti Lab
Duke student Stephani Zakutansky presents her research during a presentation on "Global Mental Health, Cultural/Historical Difference, and the Problem of the Human".
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Black Thought 2.0 Conference
Mark Anthony Neal outlines his Black Thought 2.0 Conference.Published 1 year ago
Relationship Between Diversity and Democracy
Duke Law School welcomes Heather Gerken as the 2012 Currie Memorial Lecture speaker. Ms. Gerken is the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School where she specializes in election law, constitutional law, and civil procedure. Professor Gerken is one of the country's leading experts on voting rights and election law, the role of groups in the democratic process, and the relationship between diversity and democracy.Published 1 year ago
Duke Swimmers Coach Kids
Children learn to embrace the water during lessons from students on Duke's swimming and diving team. Learn more at https://today.duke.edu/2007/12/swim.html.Published 1 year ago
Armory Lovins: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era
On March 14, 2012 at 10am at Duke University, Amory B. Lovins, spoke on his new book, "Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era." Amory is the co-founder, chairman and chief scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute, a independent entrepreneurial nonprofit think-tank. Amory is a consultant, experimental physicist and 1993 MacArthur Fellow who has been active at the nexus of energy, resources, environment, development, and security in more than 50 countries for 35 years, including 14 years based in England. He is widely considered among the world's leading authorities on energy—especially its efficient use and sustainable supply—and a fertile innovator in integrative design.Published 1 year ago
