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Prof. Socolar joins Editorial Board of Physical Review E
Physics, for faculty, 2008/12/24 21:11:17
Prof. Joshua Socolar was recently named to the Editorial Board of the American Physical Society's Physical Review E for a 3-year term starting January 1, 2009. The journal is interdisciplinary in scope, focuses on many-body phenomena, including recent developments in quantum and classical chaos and soft matter physics. It has sections on statistical physics, equilibrium and transport properties of fluids, liquid crystals, complex fluids, polymers, chaos, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, classical physics, and computational physics. In addition, the journal features sections on two rapidly growing areas: biological physics and granular materials.
Featured Member: Joshua E. S. Socolar of Physics
Prof. Bass joins Editorial Board of Journal of Physics G
Physics, for faculty, 2008/12/24 21:09:10
Prof. Steffen Bass has accepted an invitation to serve on the Editorial Board of the Institute of Physics' Journal of Physics G. The journal covers theoretical and experimental topics in the physics of elementary particles and fields, intermediate-energy physics and nuclear physics. The particle astrophysics section includes all aspects of experimental and theoretical research into cosmic rays, nuclear and particle astrophysics, gamma ray astronomy, neutrino astrophysics and dark matter.
Featured Member: Steffen A Bass of Physics
January 14, 2009 - DukeReads: Reynolds Price, Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
English, 2008/10/22 11:42:34
DukeReads is an interactive online book club hosted by NPR's Frank Stasio. Log on just before 7 pm to participate in the discussion!
Prof. Kate Scholberg named the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Associate Professor of Physics
Physics, for faculty, 2008/12/24 21:06:17
On December 8, Prof. Kate Scholberg was named the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Associate Professor of Physics, which includes membership in the Bass Society of Fellows. The Bass Chairs are awarded for excellence in teaching and research and it one of the highest honors bestowed on a Duke faculty member. She will hold the Bass Chair from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2013.
Featured Member: Kate Scholberg of Physics
Season's Greetings!
English, 2008/12/16 10:54:25
Wishing you all very happy holidays, a pleasant winter break, and all the best for the new year!
December 09, 2008 - Milton's 400th Birthday Celebration
English, 2008/12/02 10:13:54
Sarah Beckwith, Gregson Davis, and Richard Brodhead will read from Paradise Lost, with comments by Reynolds Price. Join us in celebrating the 400th anniversary of Milton's birth!
3:30 pm in the Rare Book Room; reception to follow
Milton's Birthday link here
December 13, 2008 - Minor American Reading Series
English, 2008/11/24 15:05:17
Brandon Brown, Allie Warren, and Chall Gray
Poetry Reading
location: Ken Rumble's home
time: 8 pm
December 03, 2008 - Americanist Speaker Series: Rachel Blau DuPlessis
English, 2008/11/24 14:58:10
"Reading Practices, Gender and Poetry"
Time: 7 pm
Location: The home of Priscilla Wald
For more information, email enf3@duke.edu
November 19, 2008 - Duke Reads: Judith Ruderman, Howard's End by E.M. Forster
English, 2008/10/22 11:31:47
DukeReads is an interactive online book club. Log on just before 7 pm at http://www.dukereads.com/ to participate in the discussion!
Working Group meetings
English, 2008/11/06 10:11:46
Working Group on Political Theory
Nov. 11, 6:30 pm, 328 Allen
Poetry Working Group
Wed. November 12, 5 pm, 304-i
Ordinary Language Working Group
Nov. 14 & 15 - retreat with Richard Fleming
For more information please see the Working Groups pages in our Community section.
Congratulations!
English, 2008/10/29 14:18:12
Voicing Women and War
Chelsea Allison was awarded the Middlesworth Prize, given by the library for the best paper based on work done in Special Collections. Chelsea won for her wide-ranging research on letters, journals, diaries, and other records written by women during periods of war, out of which she produced a remarkable manuscript of poems.
October 29, 2008 - Katie Cochran, MPSA best paper award
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/10/29 08:47:31
Katie's paper “International Conflict and the Spread of Democracy: The Effects of Selection, Emulation, and Socialization” has been chosen for the 2009 MPSA best paper award for IR. The committee thought that this was a superb research effort. The award will be made on Friday, April 3, 2009, at the MPSA business meeting in Chicago at the conference. Congratulations.
November 15, 2008 - Minor American Reading Series
English, 2008/11/06 09:47:29
Poetry Reading: Patrick Herron, Shanna Compton and Jen Knox
8 pm - for directions please email Ken Rumble at rumblek@gmail.com
October 22, 2008 - Duke Reads: Melissa Malouf, Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time
English, 2008/10/22 11:40:21
DukeReads is an interactive online book club hosted by NPR's Frank Stasio. Log on just before 7 pm to participate in the discussion!
December 04, 2008 - Paul Muldoon / Rackett
English, 2008/11/26 11:41:00
Poetry Reading by Paul Muldoon in the Rare Book Room (4:30), followed by a performance by his band, Rackett,at the Duke Coffeehouse on East Campus (9:30). more information
November 05, 2008 - Vivasvan Soni: "Committing Freedom: The Cultivation of Judgment in Rousseau's Emile and Austen's Pride and Prejudice."
English, 2008/11/05 15:04:13
3 pm in OLD TRINITY
October 07, 2008 - Political Theory Working Group meeting
English, 2008/10/06 15:00:42
6:30pm to 8:30pm in Allen 328 (discussion of Hannah Arendt, "What Is Authority?")
November 11, 2008 - Americanist Speaker Series: Florence Dore
English, 2008/09/29 15:20:45
Robert Penn Warren's Refusal to Know: Privacy, Race, and the New Criticism in
the Postwar South
7pm -- For details please email Erica Fretwell at enf3@duke.edu
Faculty Scholar Award
English, 2008/11/11 16:59:13
Congratulations to English major Paula Rosine Long, winner of the Faculty Scholar Award! The Duke University Faculty Scholar Award was established in 1974 by members of the faculty of Duke University to encourage undergraduates to undertake serious scholarship and to recognize excellence in scholarship.
October 04, 2008 - Minor American Reading Series
English, 2008/09/29 15:18:34
Jocelyn Saidenberg and Guillermo Parra: Poetry reading at the Broad Street Cafe, 7 pm
October 22, 2008 - Jane Hirshfield -- Visiting Blackburn Writer
English, 2008/09/29 15:19:17
Jane Hirshfield, award winning poet, essayist, and translator, will be our visiting Blackburn writer. Poetry Reading Wednesday October 22nd at 7 pm in Von Canon B. reception to follow
October 22, 2008 - Poetry Working Group meeting
English, 2008/09/29 13:56:50
Wed. October 22, 5 pm, Allen 328. For more information please see the Poetry Working Group page in our Community section.
October 24, 2008 - Ordinary Language Philosophy Seminar: Richard Fleming
English, 2008/09/29 15:20:02
Three retreats to read Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations with Richard Fleming. For more information (including the required texts) visit the Ordinary Language Philosophy Working Group page in our Community section.
August 23, 2008 - Poetry Working Group - Reading Series Begins
English, 2008/08/20 13:13:57
The Poetry Working Group reading series begins this fall with CA Conrad and Frank Sherlock. (Contact the English department for directions.)
2008 Undergraduate Writing Awards
English, 2008/04/30 13:35:37
Creative Writing Awards
Academy of American Poets University and College Prize: Adam Eaglin
Terry Welby Tyler, Jr. Poetry Award: Melissa Miller
Anne Flexner Award for Poetry: Jane Chen
Anne Flexner Award for Fiction: Daniel Riley
William H. Blackburn Scholarship: Lindsay White (Honorable Mention: Tassity Johnson)
Margaret Rose Sanford Scholarship:Dihn Xuan T. Phan
Francis K. Pemberton Scholarship: Doug Clark (Honorable Mention: Christopher Nold)
Schutte Senior Writing Award: Adam Eaglin
Department of English Award for Non-Fiction Essay: Joo-Young Chang
Outstanding Work in American Literature:
Daniel DeVougas
Barbara Herrnstein Smith Award for Literary Criticism/Theory:Katherine Buse
Stanley Fish Award for Work in British Literature: Aileen Liu
Award for Most Original Honors Thesis: Sarah Ellis and Christina Patsiokas
April 24, 2008 - Nietzsche, Strauss, and Mann: The Encounter of Music and Philosophy
English, 2008/04/17 12:31:32
April 24-25 in the Breedlove Room (Perkins Library)
Tracy B. Strong Music, Language and Politics in Nietzsche
Hans Rudolph Vaget 'Schicksalsgeist': Nietzsche, Music, Mann and Weiman Culture
Bryan Gilliam Strauss and the Sexual Body: The Erotics of Humor, Philosophy, and Ego-Assertion
David Wellbery Function and Form of Tragedy According to Nietzsche
Charles Youmans Subjectivity and Sentimentality in the Late Works of Richard Strauss
April 16, 2008 - UZODINMA IWEALA: Reading and Discussion
English, 2008/04/17 12:32:32
4:30 PM -- Gothic Bookstore
Join us for a reading and discussion about fiction, politics, and contemporary Africa with the acclaimed author of Beasts of No Nation. A lunch with interested undergraduates will precede the reading, at 12 pm in the English department lounge (Allen 328).
"In the blood and vomit and angry voices captured in Beasts of No Nation, a reader sees human nature reforged, manacled to evil, tragically perverted." -Los Angeles Times
"A novel so scorched by loss and anger that it's hard to hold, and so gripping in its sheer hopeless lifeforce that it's hard to put down." -Guardian (UK)
"In this staggering debut [...], a 23-year-old Harvard graduate has written a novel about the perversity of war, and the fragility of humanity." -Boston Globe
For more information, please contact Bart Keeton or Nathan Hensley.
[more]January 09, 2009 - January 9, 2008 - Writing Atlantic History: A Workshop - 12-2 Room 229 Carr
History, for faculty, 2008/12/22 15:16:50
Jean Hébrard teaches History at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and will be visiting Duke in January as part of an exchange with the Ecole. With Rebecca Scott, he is writing a book entitled Freedom Papers (under contract with Harvard University Press), tracing the history of a family from Africa and Haiti to Louisiana, Cuba, France and Belgium. In this workshop, Jean will share several choice documents about the family, and discuss the challenges and possibilities of combining the approaches of micro-history and Atlantic history.
Facilitated by Peter Wood and Laurent Dubois
Lunch will be provided.
October 01, 2009 - Graduate Certificate in Anthropology and History is now available
History, for faculty, 2009/09/04 11:55:08
The Graduate Certificate in Anthropology and History program will launch in fall 2009 with 24 affiliated faculty.
For more information, see www.duke.edu/~wmr/anthandhist.htm
January 21, 2009 - Checkout the Most Exciting Courses on Campus: Spring 2009 History Courses
History, for faculty, 2008/12/09 15:22:48
View the highlights at http://www-history.aas.duke.edu/news/sp09courses.php
January 03, 2009 - Saturday, January 3, 2009 AHA Joint Reception 5:30-7:30
History, for faculty, 2008/12/09 11:28:44
The History Departments at Duke and UNC will hold a joint reception at the AHA meeting in New York City, Hilton Hotel, Second floor, Beekman Parlor from 5:30 to 7:30 on Saturday, January 3, 2009.
December 05, 2008 - Friday, December 5 - Second Latin American & Caribbean Graduate Student Workshop - 3:00 - 5:30 Room 229 Carr
History, for faculty, 2008/11/24 16:04:43
Discussing the following advance-circulated papers by two Duke ABDs:
Alejandro Velasco (Gallatin School-New York University), "'A Weapon as Powerful as the Vote': Urban Protest and Electoral Politics in Venezuela, 1978-1983"
Bryan Pitts (Duke), "The Audacity to Strong-Arm the Generals: Paulo Maluf and the 1978 Sao Paulo Gubernatorial Contest"
There is no oral presentation of the papers given that they are circulated in advance (the papers will be available on 28 November, six days in advance of the meeting; please rsvp).
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It begins with each of the two presenters offering a reading and comment on the other paper•
It then move from one grad student to next for their comments with the attending faculty joining in once we reach general discussion.•
It will be followed by a reception and party (details forthcoming)NOTE: Please RSVP to jdfrench@duke.edu to confirm your participation.
The event is funded by the History Department Colloquium and Speakers Committee and is open to all interested faculty and grad students in all fields. All students in residence are expected to attend and several of our ABDs in the field, including Kristin and Katharine, promise to put in their two cents as well.
November 2008 - A President for All Americans
History, for faculty, 2008/11/13 11:33:35
Dr. John Hope Franklin discussed the election of Barack Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpUTRbXTRos
November 07, 2008 - November 7, 2008 - Freedom Fighters: Regime Change and U.S. Foreign Policy - East Duke 204B
History, for faculty, 2008/10/30 11:10:14
Keynote Presentation: 9:30-11:00
Greg Grandin (NYU): Empire's Workshop: The New Deal to the New Right, Latin America to Iraq
Session one (11:15-1:15): U.S. in the Middle East
Salim Yaqub (UCSB): "Openings and Closings: The United States and the Arab World in the 1970s."
Commentator: miriam cooke (Duke, Lit & AMES)
Session two (2:30-4:30: Plan Colombia
Diana Marcela Roja (Universidad Nacional de Colombia): "Transforming Interventions: US Policy in Colombia, 1998-2008." Commentator: Robin Kirk (Duke, DHRC)
Closing discussion: 4:45-5:30
Reception to follow.
Refreshments and lunch with be provided.
Sponsored by: Duke University History Department, Marxism & Society, Trent Foundation, and Arts & Science Faculty Research Council
For more information, contact: Jocelyn Olcott, (olcott@duke.edu)
October 17, 2008 - New program for DukeReads
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/10/21 09:01:24
We notified you earlier that Valentino Achak Deng, the subject of What is the What by Dave Eggers would be on campus to be interviewed by Frank Stasio. Unfortunately, Deng had to change his plans and will not be coming to Duke on October 17. Instead for Homecoming, we have created a new panel, moderated by Stasio, that we hope you'll find provocative and thoughtful: political science professor Alexander Downes, whose principle research interests are the causes and effectiveness of civilian victimization in warfare and the origins and consequences of foreign-imposed regime change; Duke student Megan Foran '10, new co-chair of the First-Year Advisory Counselor (FAC) Program and co-chair of the Student Alumni Advisory Board, who's involved with the Inter-Community Council and DukeEngage; and Jin-Soo Huh '09, past co-chair of the FAC program, who's active in the International Relations Association and serves as a tour guide. Huh was on the committee that selected What is the What as the summer reading assignment for the Class of 2012. You can listen to session after October 18 on the iTunes U at http://itunes.duke.edu/
Librarian Office Hours
History, for grad, 2008/10/01 11:47:44
Need help finding primary sources for your history paper? Can't figure out where to begin your research for HI195S? Stop by Carr 121 on Tuesdays between 1:00 and 3:00 to get personalized assistance from a reference librarian who specializes in history. No appointment necessary. No question too big or too small. Save time, ask a librarian!
November 16, 2008 - Intellectual History Seminar Program
History, for faculty, 2009/03/31 11:18:56
April 12, 2009
Amir Minsky (University of Pennsylvania): Revolution, Urban Experience, and the Making of Modernity in Early Nineteenth-Century German Cities
Seminar is on Sunday at the National Humanities Center at 7:00 pm.
October 26, 2008 - Duke/UNC Jewish Studies Seminar
History, for faculty, 2009/03/31 11:18:01
April 19, 2009
Motti Inbari, Brandeis University
"Religious Zionism and the Temple Mount Dilemma."
Seminar is on Sunday at The Freeman Center for Jewish Life at Duke University at 3:00 pm.
September 24, 2008 - Triangle Labor and Civil Rights Working Group
History, for grad, 2009/03/31 11:19:26
April 22, 2009 - Film Screening and Discussion, UNC, Love House, 6pm
The LCRWG seeks to foster greater dialogue between activists and scholars on issues related to civil rights and labor in the Triangle and beyond.
October 01, 2008 - 2008-09 History Colloquiums
History, for faculty, 2009/03/16 09:37:48
March 23 - Claudia Koonz, Professor of History
The Muslim Headscarf in France: A Word, A Thing, and an Image.
11:30 in 229 Carr Bldg
October 17, 2008 - Triangle Legal History Seminar
History, for faculty, 2008/11/13 11:29:47
Friday, December 5, 2008 - National Humanities Center
Mary Beth Basile, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
UNC - Chapel Hill
" 'I Was Given a So-Called Hearing': The Treatment of Italians during World War II and the Constitution's Promise of Civilian Control"
All seminars are 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
September 19, 2008 - Triangle Seminar on the History of the Military, War, and Society
History, for faculty, 2008/10/30 10:59:29
Friday, November 21, 2008
John Lynn
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
"Gauging Women's Participation in Early Modern European Armies: Demostrable Certainties, Reasonable Inferences, and Sheer Speculations"
The seminar begins at 4:15 and is in Room 229 Carr Building.
Refreshments will be served afterwards.
Pre-circulated papers are available a week in advance at fbruehoe@email.unc.edu
For more information see the website: www.unc.edu/mhss/.
Co-sponsored by the Triangle Institute for Security Studies
October 10, 2008 - Duke/UNC Southern Historical Association Reception
History, for faculty, 2008/09/29 12:53:53
Friday, October 10, 2008
Sheraton Hotel, Maurepas Room
New Orleans
5:00-7:00
Conference
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/08 15:35:02
Conference to Honor David Sanford
March 27-79, 2009
Location/Times TBA
Conference
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/08 15:32:43
Conference on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics
April 24-25, 2009
at UNC-Chapel Hill and
Duke University
Conference
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/08 15:25:56
Conference in Honor of David Sanford
March 27-29, 2009
Conference
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/08 15:24:04
Conference in Honor of David Sanford
March 27-29, 2009
Colloquia
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/08 15:02:34
42nd Chapel Hill Colloquium in Philosophy
October17-19
UNC-Chapel Hill
Colloquia
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/10 12:36:32
John Doris
Washington University in St. Louis
September 12, 1:30-3:30 in West Duke 204
Colloquia
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/08 16:52:47
Mohammed Fadel
University of Toronto
"The True, the Good, and the Reasonable: The Theological and Ethical Roots of Public Reason in Islamic Law"
November 5, 4:00-5:30 in Breedlove Room in Perkins
Co-sponsored with Department of Economics and Duke Ismlamic Studies Center
Colloquia
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/02 10:57:31
Jenefer Robinson
University of Cincinnati
December 5, 3:30 in East Duke 204D
Colloquia
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/02 10:56:56
Kristopher McDaniels
Syracuse University
February 20, 3:30, location TBA
Colloquia
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/09/02 10:41:56
Steven Nadler
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Spinoza, Leibniz, and the Gods of Philosophy"
November 21, 3:30 in East Duke 204D
Russell Powell
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/02/01 16:59:23
Russell Powell
"Contingency and Convergence in Macroevolution"
January 25, 2008
West Duke 202, 3:30
February 15, 2008 - Laura Franklin-Hall Job Talk
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/01/14 10:04:38
Laura Franklin-Hall
Columbia
"Plato's Joints: Metaphors, Individuals, and Kinds"
February 15
202 West Duke
3:30-5:30 PM
Keywords: e
January 14, 2008 - Gopal Sreenivasan
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/01/14 10:04:58
Gopal Sreenivasan joins the Philosophy Department this semester with a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine.
Keywords: 1
January 18, 2008 - Lara Buchak Job Talk
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/01/14 10:03:36
Lara Buchak
Princeton
"Risk and Rationality"
January 18
202 West Duke
3:30-5:30 PM
Keywords: b
January 15, 2008 - Michael Titelbaum Job Talk
Philosophy, for faculty, 2008/01/14 10:03:22
Michael Titelbaum
UC Berkeley
"Unlearning What You Have Learned"
January 15
204 West Duke
11:30-1:30 PM
Keywords: a
February 12, 2008 - Save the Date: Latino Political Participation with Prof Jason Casellas
Latino/a Studies, 2007/12/11 17:16:41
Latino/a Studies and Mi Gente: Latino Student Association will co-sponsor an evening talk by Professor Jason Casellas, visiting Duke this year from teh Univeristy of Texas at Autstin Department of Government. Prof Casellas will speak about political participation in the coming elections. Watch for more details.
November 19, 2008 - Border Deaths Exhibit on West Campus
Latino/a Studies, 2008/11/18 10:34:01
On Wednesday, November 19 from 8:00am-5:00pm a display of 183 crosses will be present on the West Union Quad on West Campus. These crosses symbolize the deaths of undocumented immigrants on the US Mexico border in Arizona in 2007-08. Duke Students for Humane Borders would like to remind the Duke community that it has a lot to be thankful for this upcoming holiday season. In particular, we owe many of our holiday comforts to undocumented workers who have supplied us items such as pumpkins, turkeys, and Christmas trees. What most of us do not know however, are the tragedies and physical risk these undocumented peoples undergo while crossing over. If you are on West Campus, take a few minutes to visit the display, give thanks and remember those lost in the struggle. Please also take time to visit the Border Stories photo exhibit located on East Campus at the Center for Documentary Studies. The exhibit will be up till January 4, 2009 A sign will be presented with the crosses: Each of these 183 crosses represents one human body recovered on the US-Mexico border in the state of Arizona alone, during the 2007-08 No More Deaths fiscal year. Since the mid 90s, over 4,000 undocumented immigrants have died attempting to cross our nation's southern border. Thousands of men, women, and even children begin the journey each year in an effort to escape extreme poverty in Mexico and Central America. These undocumented workers risk their lives to fill low-wage jobs in the US (agriculture, meatpacking, landscape and construction, service industry) that few US citizens have been willing to do for the pay offered. Meanwhile, our broken immigration policy, which does not permit proper papers for the number of jobs we have open, relegates these immigrants to a life of fear, and dwelling in the shadows of our society, without protections. This display by Duke Students for Humane Borders and the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South. To find out more about border policy and immigration issues, contact plz@duke.edu www.nomoredeaths.org: Oct 1, 2007 - Sept 30, 2008
November 18, 2008 - Francisco Goldman, The Art of Political Murder
Latino/a Studies, 2008/11/18 10:24:03
Francisco Goldman, "The Art of Political Murder" Tuesday, November 18, 7:00 pm, Rare Book Room, Perkins Library, Duke University. Free and open to the public, a reception will follow the reading. Novelist Francisco Goldman is the winner of the first Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)- Duke University Book Award, meant to honor the best non-fiction work on Latin America published the previous year that deals with human rights and social justice. In part, the award recognizes a new partnership between WOLA and Duke, which houses the group's institutional archives. Goldman's book, published by Grove Press, recounts the 1998 killing of Bishop Juan Gerardi, four days after he and a group of lawyers presented a devastating report on human rights abuses committed by the Guatemalan military against civilians, and the trial of several military officers for the assassination. The judges were unanimous in their praise for Goldman's book as not only well-written but researched with a rigor that will inform both Guatemala experts and general scholars of Latin American Studies. The event is sponsored by the Archives for Human Rights and the Duke Human Rights Center and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Regulator Book store will have copies of Goldman's book available for sale and signing after his reading. For more information contact Robin Kirk, director of the Duke Human Rights Center at (919)668-6511 or email at rights@duke.edu For a map see Duke Map
Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Suenos/ Our Stories, Our Dreams Exhibit
Latino/a Studies, 2008/11/17 09:49:26
Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Suenos/ Our Stories, Our Dreams An Exhibition from the Center for Documentary Studies and Student Action with Farmworkers runs November 13, 2008 through January 4, 2009 at Kreps Gallery in the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Through the collaborative project Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Suenos/Our Stories, Our Dreams, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Student Action with Farmworkers collected stories about the experiences of Latino immigrants, illuminating their reasons for coming to this country and the obstacles they face once they arrive. In particular the project focuses on farmworker families in the Carolinas and their dreams for the future; on their traditions, their educational aspirations, and their challenges as they try to pursue higher education. In photographs and audio recordings, the exhibit uses the documentary arts to amplify the voices of Latino migrant youth and their families so that their stories can be heard. For more information see the Center for Documentary Studies page for the event. Student Action with Farmworkers offers workshops on subjects related to this project; for information, contact Tony Macias at 919-660-3652 or tmacias@duke.edu.
November 13, 2008 - Nuestras Historias/Nuestros Suenos Exhibit Grand Opening!
Latino/a Studies, 2008/11/07 16:26:17
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, November 13, 2008 from 6pm to9pm, free to the public. Through the collaborative project Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Suenos / Our Stories, Our Dreams: Latino Immigrants in North Carolina, the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University and Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) collected stories about the experiences of Latino farmworkers and their families, illuminating their reasons for immigrating and the obstacles they face once they arrive in the United States. In particular, this project focuses on immigrant farmworkers' dreams for their children, especially their educational aspirations, and on some of the barriers migrant youth encounter as they try to pursue higher education. Click here for a map.
November 10, 2008 - Danny James: "Quemando el parquet": 'Cabecitas negras', urban legends and the construction of regional identity in an Argentine working class community
Latino/a Studies, 2008/11/03 14:58:09
Monday, November 10, 2008 at
2:15 pm
in 201 Flowers
The Romance Studies Department presents Daniel James giving a talk entitled "Quemando el parquet": 'Cabecitas negras', urban legends and the construction of regional identity in an Argentine working class community. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Daniel James was educated at Oxford University and received his doctorate from the London School of Economics. He was a Research Fellow at Cambridge University and from 1979 to 1982 taught sociology at the University of Brasilia. Since coming to the United States he has taught Latin American history at Yale University and Duke University until coming to Indiana in 1999 to take up the Bernardo Mendel Chair in Latin American History.
His primary research interests have been in Argentina. Since first going to Argentina in 1972 he has spent frequent prolonged periods in Argentina. His principle interest has been in modern Argentine labor, social and cultural history. Much of the focus of his work has been on Peronism. His first book, Resistance and Integration: Peronism and the Argentine Working Class 1943 - 1976, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1988. Since the late 1980s he has been engaged in a long-term collaborative project with Professor Mirta Zaida Lobato of the University of Buenos Aires focused on the history of the meatpacking community of Berisso. A central part of this project has involved the collection of oral testimonies in the community.
For more information please contact Cathy Knoop at 919-660-3102 or cknoop@duke.edu
November 05, 2008 - Talk by Rey Andujar: "Candela: cronica de una llama" (UNC-CH)
Latino/a Studies, 2008/11/03 14:53:04
The UNC Latina/o Studies Working Group presents: Rey Andujar "Candela: cronicas de una llama" 5:30 PM, Wednesday, November 5th at Toy Lounge, Dey Hall, UNC-CH Campus. Rey Andujar (Santo Domingo, 1977) is the author of El Hombre Triangulo (2005), El factor carne (2005) and a collection of short stories called Amoricidio (FIL National Short Story Award, 2007). He has received numerous awards including The Central Bank Award, the Theater House International Short Story Award and the Cibaena Alliance Short Story Prize. His story "The Blood of Philippe" appeared in Pequenas Resistencias 4: Antologia del nuevo cuento norteamericano y caribeno published in Spain and Narradores dominicanos del Siglo XX published in Guatemala. Rey Andujar lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he is working on a Doctorate in Caribbean Literature. Click here for directions. Sponsored by the UNC Chapel Hill Program in Latina/o Studies, the UNC Chapel Hill Latina/o Studies Working Group and the UNC Department of Romance Languages.
November 20, 2008 - Panel and Reception for Black Mirror/ Espejo Negro
Latino/a Studies, 2008/11/11 10:13:12
6:00-7:30 pm Scholars and artists will discuss their work in relation to Black Mirror/ Espejo Negro. 7:30-8:30pm Reception and guided tour of the exhibition. Panelists include: Walter Mignolo (author of The Darker Side of the Renaissance and The Idea of Latin America), Jennifer Gonzalez (author of Subject to Display: Restaging Race in Contemporary Art), Marie Junaluska (Cherokee storyteller, N.C. Arts Council board member), George E. Stuart (Archeologist & President, Boundary End Archaeology Research Center), Arnaud Maillet (author of The Claude Glass), Peter Sigal (author of From Moon Goddesses to Virgins: The Colonization of Yucatecan Maya Sexual Desire), Pedro Lasch (artist and author of Black Mirror/ Espejo Negro). Co-sponsored by Duke Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Latino/a Studies, The Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, The Center for French and Francophone Studies, and The Visual Studies Initiative. Free and open to all. For more information contact the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University at 919-684-5135.
November 29, 2008 - The International 3,800 Mile "Run of Unity" to Stop in Durham
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/30 15:04:19
Durham, N.C. - Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will welcome the International Run: Antorcha Guadalupana. Stay posted for time and location information. The International Run: Antorcha Guadalupana Mexico- New York is a 3,800-mile relay run from Mexico to New York carrying the Guadalupe Torch. It brings together two nations and thousands of families divided by the border. The torch leaves the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe to arrive at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in NYC. For Mexicans, Our Lady of Guadalupe is a national symbol of great importance. The Basilica in Mexico City where the International Run begins is the most sacred religious place in Mexico. Along the way, the Latino immigrant community, its supporters, and the local Catholic churches will offer hospitality and participate in the relay race. The local community will run with the torch in December along the 150-mile stretch from Durham, N.C. to Richmond, VA. The International Run: Antorcha Guadalupana, organized by the Tepeyac Association and the Archdiocese of New York, began in 2001. The event has an audience of more than 22 million people and the participation of over 7,000 runners who take turns carrying the torch according to the ancient Mexican indigenous tradition that has been sustained into the present. The welcoming of the Guadalupe torch and the participation in this run has the following objectives: To bring together thousands of families from both Mexico and the United States, grassroots organizations, international prize winning athletes, popular bands, clergy, politicians and leaders of business community. To promote friendship and solidarity among community groups. To call attention to the painful reality of the immigrant families and communities separated by the border and the dire economic situation in their countries of origin. To highlight the significant contributions of the Latinos to the economy and cultural vibrancy of our state and our country. A large crowd of the Durham Latino immigrant community, with their local community, religious and business leaders, will welcome the International Run: Antorcha Guadalupana at the Immaculate Conception Church in Durham on this day. Watch for more details.
November 13, 2008 - "Writing Who You Are (And Who You're Not)" at UNC- Chapel Hill
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/29 10:57:18
On Thursday, November 13, at 6:00 pm, The UNC Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series presents a talk by Cristina Henriquez, with Q&A and a book signing following in The University Room at The Institute for the Arts & Humanities at UNC-Chapel Hill. Henriquez is the author of Come Together, Fall Apart, a collection of eight stories and a novella. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Ploughshares, and elsewhere, and she was featured in Virginia Quarterly Review as one of "Fiction's New Luminaries." She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the recipient of an Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award founded by Sandra Cisneros. Cristina's first novel, The World in Half, will be published in 2009 by Riverhead Books. She lives in Chicago. For questions please contact John Ribo at for more information and for directions click here.
October 27, 2008 - Latino Outreach Event Hosted by LUL
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/27 19:47:17
A Q&A for Senator Obama's campaign representative with La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc (LUL) acting as sort of devil's advocate in order to ensure that it's not a one sided event. (Note that the McCain representative was unable to attend, notifying the group at the last minute.)The event is at 8pm tonight (10/27) in Social Psychology building room 130. Food and refreshments will be provided.
October 31, 2008 - Global Displacements: Geographies of Work and Garment
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/29 10:56:32
A lunch-time talk by Marion Traub-Werner PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota will Friday, October 31, 2008, 12:00 - 1:00 pm in Room 130-132 at the John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Duke Campus. Lunch will be served. Talk abstract: "Academic research on transnational production networks has generally followed industrial shifts to “new” regions. Feminist analyses of these shifts have illuminated their dependence on the production of gendered subjects. The feminist literature has highlighted both the contingent position of women workers in export factories and the centrality of gender in global capitalist accumulation. Nevertheless, neither the mainstream nor the feminist literatures adequately consider the space-times of these networks themselves, and in particular, those locations and workers displaced through shifts in production. To address this gap, I develop the concept of "global displacements" -- drawing on feminist and post-colonial theory -- to undertake two inter-related challenges: first, to deconstruct the implicit developmentalism in the critical literature on transnational industries in the global South, and, second, to rethink the space-times of global production." This event is organized on behalf of members of the Afro-Latin American Perspectives working group. For more information, please contact Professor Michaeline Crichlow (AAAS, Duke, crichlow@duke.edu) or Professor Tanya Shields (Women's Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, tshields@unc.edu).
October 28, 2008 - Duke Engage Info Session: US-Mexico Border Civic Engagement
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/24 15:44:50
The Duke Engage Info Session for "Encuentros de la Frontera: US-Mexico Border Civic Engagement" will be held from 6:30 pm -7:00 pm at the McClendon Commons (NOT McCLENDON TOWERS), 2138 Campus Drive (just behind Admissions).
This Duke Engage summer program will be based in Tucson, Arizona with time also spent in Nogales, Mexico.
Program Co-Directors are: Charlie Thompson & Jenny Snead Williams.
This info session is part of a larger 2-week series of information sessions offered by DukeEngage. For more info, see http://dukeengage.duke.edu/.
October 29, 2008 - Undergraduate Research Funding Workshop: Plan it, Write it, Win it
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/23 14:10:16
October 29, at 3:00 pm in the 225 Friedl Building (formerly Art Museum), we will be conducting a workshop for undergraduates on how to obtain funding for research (primarily summer funding, some for school-year).
The event is sponsored by Latino/a Studies, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Duke University Center for International Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, the Undergraduate Research Support Office and more.
For further general information see the Undergraduate Research Suppport Office. For information on the Latino/a Studies Summer Research Awards, see this link.
November 17, 2008 - The Appearance of Progress: Connecting Public Health and Race at the Mexican Border, 1890-1903
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/30 15:07:46
John McKiernan Gonzalez will give a talk entitled "The Appearance of Progress: Connecting Public Health and Race at the Mexican Border, 1890-1903" on November 17, 2008 at 12:00 pm in 225 Friedl Building on Duke University's East Campus. Dr. McKiernan Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Mckiernan-Gonzalez studies the intersection of public health, civil rights and transnational social movements. Sponsored by Latino/a Studies and the History Department. For directions, see this map.
November 02, 2008 - November 21, 2008 - 22nd annual Latin American Film Festival
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/21 11:01:00
The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke is proud to present The 22nd Annual Latin American Film Festival with a focus on "Afro and Youth Cultures in the Americas" November 2 - 21, 2008. There will be different screenings on different campuses each night with 7 films introduced and discussed by their film directors for a total of 28 films to be screened, including feature-length films, documentaries, and short documentaries and art videos. For more details and the complete Festival schedule, visit the Festival web site. This event is made possible through funds provided by the US Department of Education and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Film Festival Committee would also like to thank the following sponsors for their cooperation, contributions, and enthusiasm: the Institute for the Study of the Americas at UNC-CH; the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Program in Film and Video and Screen/Society, the Center for Documentary Studies, the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, the Department of Romance Studies and Perkins Library, all at Duke; the Witherspoon Student Center, the Department of Foreign Languages, and the Spanish Club at NC State; the Department of Foreign Languages at NC Central; the Department of Spanish at Durham Tech, Foreign Languages and International Studies at Guilford College; the Spanish Department at UNC-Greensboro; and the City of Durham Parks and Recreation.
October 23, 2008 - Looking for a major or interesting Spring courses??
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/20 18:34:53
Come eat pizza and join other students in learning more about the following majors and programs: African and African American Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Latino/a Studies, and the Literature Program
Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:00-6:30 pm
Friedl Building (old Science Building), Room 225
For more information, please contact Maria Maschauer at (919)684-5255 or go to http://literature.aas.duke.edu
October 29, 2008 - Hispaniola: From Yelida to Movimiento de Mujeres DominicoHaitianas
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/29 10:55:35
A Lecture by Dr. Dawn Duke on Wednesday, October 29th, 3:30pm at Toy Lounge Dey Hall at UNC-CH. Dawn Duke is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She specializes in Afro-Hispanic Caribbean and Afro-Brazilian Literature and Cultural Studies. Particularly interested in nineteenth-century, twentieth-century, and contemporary writings, her research places emphasis on race and gender, and their effects on literary production. Her first book, Literary Passion, Ideological Commitment: Towards a Legacy of AfroCuban and AfroBrazilian Women Writers (Bucknell University Press, forthcoming 2008) proposes a tradition of Afro- Hispanic and Afro-Brazilian women's writings initiated primarily during the nineteenth-century and continuing with ever-increasing success towards the twentyfirst century. She has published various articles on race, gender, and writing in Cuba, Brazil, Guyana, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. This event is sponsored by Romance Languages and Literatures, The James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, The Institute for the Study of the Americas, and The Center for Global Initiatives. If you have any Questions contact: Emilio del Valle Escalante
October 23, 2008 - Talk by Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez (UNC-CH)
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/08 23:52:48
The UNC Latina/o Studies Working Group is proud to present a talk by Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez October 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM at Saunders 220, UNC-CH. Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez is a writer, painter, academic, and unrepentant border crosser who has published stories in international literary journals and newspapers (Tinta, Los universitarios, El Pais, The Barcelona Review, Paralelo Sur) as well as in major anthologies on contemporary literature in the Americas (1998, Lineas aereas; 2000, Se habla espanol, voces latinas en USA; 2005, Pequenas resistencias 4; 2008, En la frontera. I migliori racconti della narrativa chicana). He has been invited to give readings from his work at universities and conferences in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States. An Assistant Professor of Latino/a and Latin American studies, and Creative Writing in the Department of Spanish, and Portuguese at the University of Iowa, Vaquera-Vasquez is currently editing his first novel, Esperando en el Lost and Found, and completing a collection of short stories. For directions, please see the map. For more information please contact John Ribo at jdribo@email.unc.edu. This talk is sponsored by the UNC Program in Latina/o Studies, the UNC Latina/o Studies Working Group and the Department of Romance Language.
October 23, 2008 - The Annual Weiss Lecture in Women's Studies at UNC-CH
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/08 23:50:08
Dr. Carol Hardy-Fanta will speak on Oct. 23, 2008, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, followed by a reception at Tate Turner Kuralt Auditorium. Dr. Carol Hardy-Fanta, Director of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at UMass Boston's John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies will deliver an address entitled "Eleccion Latina: Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and the Roles of Latina Women in the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Dr. Hardy-Fanta is author of two books: Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston (Temple University Press, 1993) and Latino Politics in Massachusetts: Struggles, Strategies and Prospects (Routledge Press, 2002). She is a nationally recognized scholar on Latina/o politics. For directions see: http://ssw.unc.edu/about/directions. This event is sponsored by the UNC Program in Women's Studies, the Carolina Women's Center and the UNC Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series.
October 23, 2008 - "Immigration: From the US-Mexico Border to North Carolina"
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/17 09:54:46
Thurs, October 23 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Free Dinner!
Mary Lou Williams Center, West Campus, Duke University
Presented by Duke Engage: US-Mexico Border Civic Engagement, the Center for Documentary Studies, and Latino/a Studies
October 02, 2008 - Jacob Lawrence, Experiences in Migration Event 10.2
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/30 11:15:23
Thursday, October 2, 2008,
6:30 pm
Join us for a powerful discussion, "Epics of Black and Brown: A Public Panel on the Representation, Culture and Experience of African American and Latino/a Migrations," led by esteemed scholars and members of the community. The panel will feature Harry Harrison, director of YMI Cultural Center in Asheville; Pedro Lasch, visual artist & Duke art professor; and Claudia Milian, cultural theorist & Duke Spanish professor.
Enjoy wine and cheese while you view the Jacob Lawrence show and mingle with our panelists. This event will be located at
Building 2, Floor 3, 807
East Main Building 2
Downtown Durham, NC 27701
For more information, please visit the website.
- Oct. 27, 2008- The United States and Cuba: Rethinking Reengagement Conference
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/26 20:49:52
Sonja Haynes Stone Center
150 South Road, Chapel Hill
The conference is conceived around the imperative of advocacy, to advance the logic of a new national debate leading ultimately to the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba. Planned on the eve of national elections in the United States and the fiftieth anniversary of the triumph of the revolution in Cuba, the conference is designed to provide a venue in which to examine the wisdom and contemplate the strategies leading to an improvement of relations between Washington and Havana. Lawrence B. Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, will deliver the keynote address, On Day One, on September 26, 2008 at 7:00pm in the auditorium of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center. Attendance to all conference events is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit the website.
September 25, 2008 - Latin@ Graduate Student Association
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/25 08:13:10
The Latin@ Graduate Student Association (LGSA) will be holding its first organizational meeting of the Fall 2008 semester on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 6.00 PM at the Multicultural Center, Bryan Center, West Campus. The meeting seeks to discuss and generate the focus and agenda for LGSA during this Fall semester, particularly in light of the fact that LGSA has just been reactivated (as of Spring 2008). Hence, another purpose of this first meeting is to re-evaluate what we managed to do (and how we did it) in the Spring, and to propose new ideas in order to generate a greater participation in and presence of LGSA. Those of you who have participated in LGSA's events before, as well as those interested in being part of the agenda of LGSA for this Fall semester are welcome. LGSA is an association for and of graduate and professional students who, regardless of whether or not they identify themselves as "latin@s", are interested in issues related to Latin@ communities in the U.S., and, more specifically, in Duke and Durham. We seek to generate an environment in which we can come together to meet and support each other, as well as to engage in productive conversations and debates about, for instance, our positions in the university, our and others' academic work, and the latter's relationship with our social and political concerns.
September 26, 2008 - September 27, 2008- The United States and Cuba: Rethinking Reengagement Conference
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/24 21:15:36
Sonja Haynes Stone Center
150 South Road, Chapel Hill
The conference is conceived around the imperative of advocacy, to
advance the logic of a new national debate leading ultimately to the
normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba. Planned
on the eve of national elections in the United States and the fiftieth
anniversary of the triumph of the revolution in Cuba, the conference is
designed to provide a venue in which to examine the wisdom and
contemplate the strategies leading to an improvement of relations
between Washington and Havana.
Lawrence B. Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin
Powell, will deliver the keynote address, On Day One, on September 26,
2008 at 7:00pm in the auditorium of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center.
Attendance to all conference events is free and open to the public. For more information, contacts, and directions, please visit the website.
October 20, 2008 - Racial/Ethnic Politics in the U.S.: Research (in progress) on Black-Latino Relations
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/17 09:57:31
Latino/a Studies and the Political Science Department are bringing Professor Rodney Hero to campus on Monday, Oct 20th to give a talk at 11:45am in the Breedlove Room of Perkins Library. Professor Hero is the Packey J. Dee III Professor of American Democracy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of three celebrated texts in the field of racial diversity (with a focus on US Latinos/as) and American democracy: Latinos and the U.S. Political System appeared in 1992, and received the Ralph J. Bunche Award of the American Political Science Association; Faces of Inequality (1998) won the American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Award; and Racial Diversity and Social Capital was published in 2007 by Cambridge University Press. Since the publication of his first book, Professor Hero has been one of the leading figures, worldwide, on US Latinos and U.S. Politics, policy and racial diversity. He has extensive administrative experience, having served as chair of the University of Notre Dame's Political Science department (2002-2007). Professor Hero has also served as President of the Midwest Political Science Association (2007-08), President of the Western Political Science Association (1999-2000), and Vice-President of the American Political Science Association (2003-04).
September 24, 2008 - Leonel Rivero Rodriguez, Mexican Human Rights Lawyer to Speak (UNC-CH)
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/22 14:58:38
Law
School (Van Hecke Hall, Ridge Rd.) Rm. 505
Wed. Sept. 24 6:00 pm
Mr. Rivero will address the connection
between the trends of the U.S. labor market, that draw Mexican
workers to the U.S., and the spiraling black market of human
trafficking. He will also speak about his work on the
assassination of Santiago Rafael Cruz, an organizer with FLOC,
the N.C. farm labor union, who was beaten to death in the union’s
Mexico office in Monterrey in 2007 shortly after the union won a
lawsuit restricting excess fees charged by H2A recruiting networks in
Mexico. Leonel’s visit to the U.S. was
arranged by FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez, who will
accompany Leonel at the event.
Mr. Rivero's past work has included: Providing
defense for ATENCO (People’s Legal Defense for Defense of their
Land) movement, prosecuted for impeding construction of Mexico City
Airport on indigenous land · Serving on Delegacion
Cuauhtemoc, investigating corruption of high level government
officials in Mexico City · Providing defense to students
prosecuted for participation in the student strike at the Autonomous
University of Mexico · Associate of assassinated human
rights lawyer Digna Ochoa. Co-sponsored by: the
Immigration Law Association; the National Lawyer’s Guild;
Student Action with Workers; Latino Studies at UNC; and ALIANZA
For
more information: floc_triangle_organizer@yahoo.com
October 02, 2008 - "The Hopes and Worries of a Vulnerable Observer"
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/26 20:51:15
Thursday, October 2, 7 p.m.
A Public Lecture by Ruth Behar
Richard White Auditorium, East Campus, Duke University
McArthur Prize-winning anthropologist Ruth Behar will discuss a range of issues regarding the relationship between the observer and the observed focusing on her most recent encounters with Jewish Cubans living on the island and in the diaspora. Years ago I declared myself to be a vulnerable observer. I had only hopes at first--hopes of writing about the human condition with greater compassion and poetry; hopes of being able to express how observation transforms the observer as well as the observed. But the practice of being a vulnerable observer eventually led me to worries of various sorts-worries about blurring the boundary between fiction and non-fiction; worries about writing in a way that is "too personal" or even "self-indulgent"; worries about exposing my subjects to a gaze that erases distance and is intimate and revealing. I plan to discuss these issues drawing from a range of fieldwork experiences, including my most recent encounters with Jewish Cubans living on the island and in the diaspora.
The event is free and open to everyone. For more information, call (919) 660-3680 or contact Alex Harris alex.harris@duke.edu, Charlie Thompson cdtomps@duke.edu, Melynn Glusman melynn.glusman@duke.edu, at the Center for Documentary studies.
Click HERE for directions.
Presented by the Center for Documentary Studies with additional support from the Department of Cultural Anthropology, the Cuban American Student Association (CASA), the Hart Leadership Program, Jewish Life at Duke, Latino/a Studies, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), all at
September 17, 2008 - "Tolerance Wears Thin"- Panel Discussion on Johnston County at UNC- CH
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/16 12:22:20
Tolerance Wears Thin
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 5:00PM-7:00PM
Room: 4085, UNC School of Law, Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
Understanding the Tension in Johnston County
The University of North Carolina School of Law's Hispanic Latino Law Student Association is hosting an open discussion with academics, community leaders, and politicians @@ to address:
- How immigration has changed the demographics in North Carolina An overview of North Carolina's response to changing immigration demographics The underlying issues behind the tension in Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell's comments* and anti-immigration rhetoric
- Where North Carolina is headed in respect to these issues
- How you can take action
Panel to Include:
University of North Carolina's Center for Civil Rights
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina
North Carolina Justice Center
UNC School of Law: Immigration/Human Right's Clinic
El Pueblo, Inc.
*As published in the News & Observer on Sunday September 7th, 2008
Link to campus map
Please contact Deborah M. Weissman for more information at
(919) 962-3564 email: weissman@email.unc.edu
September 23, 2008 - LATINO/A STUDIES FALL SEMESTER LUNCH MEETING
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008, 11:30-1:00PM
Students (grads and undergrads), faculty, and staff- COME HEAR AND SHARE IDEAS FOR LATINO/A STUDIES DIRECTION IN THE UPCOMING YEAR(S). Please rsvp to jennysw@duke.edu for this lunch meeting.
This event is located at 225 FRIEDL BUILDING (2nd FLOOR, OLD ART MUSEUM/SCIENCE BUILDING, EAST CAMPUS) Link to campus map
October 27, 2008 - Queer Latino Historical Debris: Archiving the Erotic Immigrant Body
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/02 10:32:06
Come listen to Horacio Roque Ramirez give a talk on "Queer Latino Historical Debris: Archiving the Erotic Immigrant Body" at 12:00, Monday, October 27th in 229
Carr Building.
Dr. Ramirez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa
Barbara and specializes in Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies. Co-sponsored by Latino/a Studies and the History Department. For more information please contact Carla Rusnak: carla.rusnak@duke.edu or call 919-684-2343.
October 23, 2008 - Domesticating the Pachuca
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/29 14:49:08
Come listen to Catherine Ramirez give a talk on "Domesticating the Pachuca" at 12:00 Thursday, October 23rd in 229 Carr Building. Dr. Ramirez is an Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her studies focus on Chicana and U.S. Latino literature and ethnic studies. This talk is co-sponsored by Latino/a Studies and the History Department. For more information please contact Carla Rusnak: carla.rusnak@duke.edu or call 919-684-2343.
September 15, 2008 - STRANGERS IN OUR MIDST (UNC-CH)
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/16 10:54:23
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES FOR THE PUBLIC
Do you support the idea that public universities and community colleges should be open to all members of the community? Would you like to learn more about the exclusion of aliens in NC community colleges? Why has hatred and fear of foreigners been a powerful force in the United States? How is this impacting the next generation? Is there something you could do? Come to a talk and discussion of these issues next Monday.
Director of UNC's Latina/o Studies, Dr. María DeGuzmán will introduce: Student Body President JJ Raynor and Ron Bilbao will talk about how to get involved and about a new state-wide coalition working to ensure access for all. This will be followed by a public talk and discussion.
Who: Emeritus Professor (UNC School of Law) Daniel H. Pollitt
When: 5 pm, Monday, September 15th
Where: Pleasants Room, Wilson Library, UNC campus
The event is sponsored by Latina/o Studies, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, CHispA, La Unidad Latina, and Institute for the Study of the Americas. Contact John Ribó at jdribo@email.unc.edu with any questions.
September 19, 2008 - Latino/a Studies Welcome Back Reception
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/16 12:20:59
Please join us on Friday, September 19th from 5:00 - 6:30pm as we celebrate the beginning of Latino/a-Hispanic Heritage Month with a Welcome Back Reception. Come enjoy good food/drinks and company on the 2nd floor of the Friedl Building (Old Art Museum, East Campus).
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August 09, 2008 - Learning Story: SAF Presents Farmworker Narratives
Latino/a Studies, 2008/07/31 14:40:55
Saturday, August 9, 2008, 1 - 5 pm Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium, Durham SAF interns and fellows gather to share the personal narratives and educational stories of Farmworkers living on the East Coast. Every summer SAF and the Center for Documentary Studies train and equip students to do in-depth and personal documentary projects with farmworkers they meet in the course of their site-work. You won't want to miss our students when they give their final presentations! Presented in Spanish and English, interpreting provided. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Tony Macias tmacias@duke.edu before August 7th Please Contact: Tony Macias 919-660-3652 tmacias@duke.edu for more information.
June 6-15: The Line in the Sand: Stories from US/Mexico Border
Latino/a Studies, 2008/06/02 16:17:14
Presented by "the justice theater project," Raliegh NC
The Line in the Sand: Stories from the US/Mexico Border
The Line in the Sand was written by a group of actors and writers from Catholic Relief Services (a national organization based in Baltimore, MD), who visited areas on both sides of the border between Mexico and Arizona in 2005 and interviewed citizens of both countries, immigrants and non-immigrants.
The Line in the Sand presents the dire situation that those people find themselves in. Not only is the story line compelling and moving, but it is told in the voices of real people and shows the various ways that many people, again not just immigrants, are affected by the lack of practical and humane immigration legislation.
Performance schedule and post-show discussions and events details online at: http://thejusticetheaterproject.org/index.php/jtproject/production/32/
Black Mirror/Espejo Negro: Museum Installation by Pedro Lasch
Latino/a Studies, 2008/07/31 11:47:18
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University presents:
Black Mirror/Espejo Negro: A Museum Installation by Pedro Lasch
Although the opening event has already taken place (June), you can still visit this installation through the fall semester.
This large-scale installation incorporates 16 works from the Nasher Museum's permanent collection. For more info, see Nasher Musuem website faculty page http://www.nasher.duke.edu/duke_faculty.php and/or contact plasch@duke.edu.
Supported by the NC Arts Council with funding from the state of NC and the National Endowment for rthe Arts.
Co-sponsored by Latino/a Studies and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, both at Duke University, and by Diamante, Inc.
May 04, 2008 - In the Durham Community: Sister Communities of San Ramon Celebration
Latino/a Studies, 2008/05/02 17:14:49
Sister Communities of San Ramon, Nicaragua is celebrating our 15th anniversary with wine, cheese (thanks Sage and Swift!) and fine music this Sunday, May 4, 5-7 pm at Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4907 Garrett Road, Durham. Cesar Davila, retired Sandinista Army captain and charismatic community activist will speak about CAFTA, impact of US foreign policy, and how citizen activism is the key to a better world. We are launching a drive to raise $16,500 to build a rural school and school kitchen where children will receive a free meal very school day. PLEASE HELP US GIVE A JOYOUS WELCOME TO THE DELEGATION FROM SAN RAMON! Suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Contact: Lonna Harkrader, 489-1656 for more info.
June 14, 2008 - Latino Festival in Durham
Latino/a Studies, 2008/05/02 17:12:38
Latino Festival Sat, June 14, 2008 Forest hills Park 3-8pm 1639 University Dr, Durham Music, Info Booths, Arts and Crafts, Food, and Children's Activities. For more info contact: Rosalie Bocellior Ray Gravis: 919-560-4355.
May 03, 2008 - Waterboarding, Ghost Plans, Guantanamo
Latino/a Studies, 2008/05/02 14:53:36
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 3 (10am-3pm, 240 Franklin Center), our colleages at the Duke Human Rights Center and NC Stop Torture Now will cohost Waterboarding, Ghost Planes, Guantanamo: Inside America's Secret War. The conference will feature former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg (via videoconference), former FBI officer Brad Garrett, leading human rights lawyer Tina Monshipour Foster, and others. More information can be found at the DHRC website: http://www.duke.edu/web/rightsatduke/
April 17, 2008 - La Unidad Latina presents: State of Latinos Forum
Latino/a Studies, 2008/04/16 15:13:46
Dear Administrators, Faculty, and Students,
On April 17th, 2008 the hermanos of La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Incorporated will be hosting its 3rd annual State of Latinos forum.
This forum has brought Latino issues to the forefront of changes in campus resources for students. With a growing Latino population in our own backyard, the growing importance of nationwide Latino issues is a topic of importance for the entire student body. This year we will be co-sponsoring this event with cultural groups on campus and discuss how changes in Latino life affect and relate to other minorities an overall student life. We will discuss overall plans for socioeconomic and campus culture change that will help to increase Latino presence as well as providing useful tools applicable to overall diversity at Duke.
Your attendance would be greatly appreciated as we look to reach a broad base of administrators, faculty, and students in hopes of creating a more diverse representation of Latino life and provide an outlook for further overall diversity at Duke.
What: State of Latinos 2008: Connecting the Struggle
When: Thursday, April 17th 2008
Where: Soc/Pysch 130
Time: 7 PM
Thank you, Brian Ovalle (Trinity '08) (ba09@duke.edu for further info)
April 15, 2008 - and April 17: Ugrad Presentations- Framing the Immigration Debate
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***** Immigration Event ***** On Tuesday, April 15th and Thursday, April 17th, first-year students from my Writing 20 class, "Framing the Immigration Debate," will be delivering presentations on their final research projects. All presentations will be held in Art Bldg, Room 116 (East Campus). Everyone is welcome to attend! Liz Drogin Note: Please email Prof Liz Drogin (drogin@duke.edu) for a full schedule of presentation titles and student names.
April 24, 2008 - Jornada Medica en las Montanas de Honduras
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April 16, 2008 - RECYCLE: 3 artists in conversation
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Wednesday, April 16 from 2:00 - 6:30 PM at Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center (2204 Erwin Road), Duke University
Recycle, the 2007-08 Franklin Humanities Institute Seminar, considers why and how used objects, ideas, places, images, practices are profitably or problematically reappropriated and put to different purposes. Through the empirical and theoretical consideration of specific historical salvage – texts, works, products, sites, methods, practices – either in the past or in the present, the seminar has met throughout the year to investigate the cultural and economic life of things and ideas. What do these instruments give up and what do they retain, what do they receive and what do they impose? Are there patterns or cycles of reuse and how do knowing agents join and modify them? How do changes in the work that objects perform document shifts in their political and economic circumstances? In this year-end event, the seminar fellows will explore these questions and more with guest artists working across a range of media (installations, performance, design, film and video, digital media).
Alex Rivera, whose work addresses concerns of the Latino community, is one of three main artists in the conversation.
Latino/a Studies Community Liaison, Pedro Lasch, will be moderating one panel.
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April 17, 2008 - Sports and Cuban Nationalism
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April 18, 2008 - A Korea-US Symposium on Race, Culture, and Policy
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A Korea-US Symposium on Race, Culture and Policy
Co-sponsored by Latino/a Studies at
for Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) at
4-6pm, followed by reception
225 Friedl/Science (
Opening Remarks by symposium moderator, Myoung Ah Shin (Professor of English and Director of American Studies, CAPS,
4:00 pm - 4: 40 pm Session I -Korean Studies
Dong-Ho Pak (Korean Language, Director of Korean Studies, CAPS,
Commentator: Hae-Young Kim, Asian & African Languages & Literature,
Jae Sung Kwak (Professor of Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies and Director of Latin American Studies, CAPS, Kyung Hee University, and Visiting Scholar, Inter-American Development Bank, USA
"Assessing Ten Years of Experiment of Area Studies in
"The Transnational Origins of Chicano/a Studies and
Contact Myoung Ah Shin for more info: ms241@duke.edu
April 27, 2008 - Community Series on Immigration - at UNC-CH
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TOPIC: Politics and Immigration
Location: The FedEx Global Education Center, Corner of McCauley and Pittsboro Streets, The University of North Carolina.
This series is sponsored by CHICLE (/The Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and Language Studies/) and ISA (/Institute for the Study of the Americas - UNC-CH/).
Free and open to the public. Free Parking Available under the GEC
Politics and Immigration
*4:00 pm - 6:00 pm* Discussion and actions
The following Tuesday will be the NC primary election. How have the national candidates addressed the immigration issues that this series has discussed? What can we expect from our state legislature and new governor? Are there some actions and activities that participants can agree to work on in NC? Local political scientists, politicians, and representatives from community organizations will be available for discussion.
* Readings on related issues will be available.
Funding Provided by: The UNC Center for Global Initiatives
With Support from: ACLU-NC, CALDO, Chapel Hill/Carrboro CITCA, El Centro Latino, El Pueblo, Institute for Southern Studies, NC Council of Churches, NC Justice Center, Pa’lante, Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF), The UNC School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic.
April 20, 2008 - Community Series on Immigration - at UNC-CH
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TOPIC: Education, Health Care, Social Services and Immigration
Location: The FedEx Global Education Center, Corner of McCauley and Pittsboro Streets, The University of North Carolina.
This series is sponsored by CHICLE (/The Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and Language Studies/) and ISA (/Institute for the Study of the Americas - UNC-CH/).
Free and open to the public. Free Parking Available under the GEC
Irene Godinez, Advocacy Director of El Pueblo, will lead a discussion on the impact of immigration on our schools, looking at issues such as low test scores, high dropout rates and gangs in the schools and the community. The discussion will also cover the impact of immigration on our health facilities, emergency rooms, healthcare costs and other health-related issues, including possible implications for future immigration.
*4:45 pm – 6:00 pm* Film: */La Vida no es Facil
Through an interview process, this documentary focuses on various issues affecting Latinos in North Carolina. Topics covered include in-state tuition and education, misconceptions of the Latino community, permanent residency, and the impact of Latinos on the economy. The video maker's son, Torin Martinez, will present this film. After the film students from Pa’lante will talk about their personal experiences with US education.
Readings on related issues will be available.
Funding Provided by: The UNC Center for Global Initiatives
With Support from: ACLU-NC, CALDO, Chapel Hill/Carrboro CITCA, El Centro Latino, El Pueblo, Institute for Southern Studies, NC Council of Churches, NC Justice Center, Pa’lante, Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF), The UNC School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic.
April 13, 2008 - Community Series on Immigration - at UNC-CH
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TOPIC: Economics and Immigration
Location: The FedEx Global Education Center, Corner of McCauley and Pittsboro Streets, The University of North Carolina.
This series is sponsored by CHICLE (/The Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and Language Studies/) and ISA (/Institute for the Study of the Americas - UNC-CH/).
Free and open to the public. Free Parking Available under the GEC
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm *Film: *Morristown: In the Air and Sun *
Filmed over an 8-year period in the mountains of east Tennessee, interior Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez, TT. /Morristown: In the air and sun TT is rooted in the authentic expression of workers who speak about their lives, work, disappointments, and hopes. These conversations are combined with scenes in factories, fields, union halls, Mexican stores, city parks, and employment agencies.
After the film there will be a discussion led by Dani Martínez-Moore and Ajamu Dillahunt from the NC Justice Center. They will address such issues as why immigrants travel to America, whether or not they are depressing wages and if they are taking jobs from non-immigrant North Carolinians.
Readings on related issues will be available.
Funding Provided by: The UNC Center for Global Initiatives
With Support from: ACLU-NC, CALDO, Chapel Hill/Carrboro CITCA, El Centro Latino, El Pueblo, Institute for Southern Studies, NC Council of Churches, NC Justice Center, Pa’lante, Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF), The UNC School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic.
April 05, 2008 - Open Panel Discussion with Lourdes Portillo - at Full Frame
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The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org) has announced that the curated series for the 2008 festival will focus on the theme of migration. Full Frame selected Lourdes Portillo, an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker whose films focus on the search for Latino identity, to curate the series. On Sat, April 5, 11 am, he will conduct an open panel discussion with this year's filmmakers. See http://www.fullframefest.org/festival/grid/date/2008-04-05
March 30, 2008 - April 6: Mon- Sun: Visit the Border Wall in Perkins Library
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Experiencing LA FRONTERA
Border Stories: On the Wall
Monday, March 31through Sun, April 6
Join Duke's "Farmworkers in NC" class and Latino/a Studies as we share with you the Border Wall, a creation stemming from our study of migration, security, and human rights at the US/Mexico Border. We'll share images, objects, and stories that we encountered during our spring break trip.
April 24, 2008 - At UNC-CH: The Limits of La Raza Cosmica
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The Globalization, Modernity/Coloniality and the Geopolitics of Knowledge Working Group presents:
The Limits of La Raza Cosmica: The Refiguration of Chicano Nationalist Politics in Post-Movement Chicana/o Literature with Timothy Libretti
Thursday, April 24 2008 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm Room 3033 (Global Education Center, UNC-CH)
This talk will explore ways in which the contemporary post-movimiento Chicana/o literary productions of Alejandro Morales, Rolando Hinojosa, Graciela Limon, Helena María Viramontes, and Cherrie Moraga conceptualize nationalism, internationalism, and transnationalism to comprehend the complex dialectical mediations between race, class, sexuality, and gender within the racial-patriarchal capitalist world system. Specifically, it will argue that one of the objectives of post-movement Chicana/o literature, in grappling with the internationalization of Latino identity, is precisely to foster a national consciousness that can properly comprehend and resist the international conditions of neo-imperialism euphemistically referred to as "globalization."
Tim Libretti is Professor of English, Women's Studies, and Latino and Latin American Studies at Northeastern Illinois University. He has published several articles on issues of class, race and ethnicity on the topic of Third World literatures in the United States. He is the author The Making of U.S. Working-Class Literature and Consciousness: The Nations, Genders, and Sexualities of U.S. Proletarian Literature from the 1930s to the Present (forthcoming from SUNY Press).
April 14, 2008 - On the Border of Order: Contemporary U.S. Immigration Principles and Policies
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The Kenan Institute for Ethics is pleased to present its Annual Public Ethics Spring Symposium for 2008:
On the Border of Order: Contemporary U.S. Immigration Principles and Policies
Monday, April 14, 12:00-5:00 pm
Doris Duke Center, Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Disaffection with the deadlock in U.S. immigration policy is widespread. These concerns are rooted in competing claims about human rights and the rule of law, social order and national identity, and the economic and civic dimensions of citizenship. The symposium gathers scholars, policymakers, and community leaders to assess the principles at stake in national policy debates, the meaning of citizenship at the state and local level, and the implications for social cohesion of large-scale demographic change.
Contact kie@duke.edu for full program info.
The symposium is made possible by support from the Matt and Susan Mackowski Fund.
The Kenan Institute for Ethics is grateful to the Sarah P. Duke Gardens for the use of the Doris Duke Center. The symposium is cosponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, the Center for Documentary Studies, Latino/a Studies, the Office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences, the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, the Wildacres Leadership Initiative, and the Department of Political Science.
This event is free and open to the public. Participants may attend all or any portion of the symposium. Free parking is available at the Doris Duke Center. Boxed lunches will be available starting at 11:30 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please call 919-660-3033 or email kie@duke.edu for additional information.
April 07, 2008 - Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza reading and book signing at UNC-CH
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Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza
"The General Insane Asylum La Castañeda from the Future:
History and Literature in the Early 20th and Early 21st Centuries in Mexico"
The lecture will conclude with a reading in Spanish from her latest novel, La muerte me da (2007). Book signing after her lecture!!!!
When: Monday, April 7th at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Toy Lounge, Dey Hall
Novelist, poet and short-story writer, Cristina Rivera Garza received her B.A in Sociology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and her Ph.D. in Latin American History at the University of Houston-Texas. Her work, written in English and Spanish, has received the most important literary awards in Mexico. Her most prestigious novel, Nadie me verá llorar (No one will see me cry, 1999), won the Premio Nacional de Novela José Rubén Romero, the Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the Premio IMPAC-CONARTE-ITESM, and was a finalist for the International IMPAC Prize. She is currently a Felice Massie Distinguished Visiting Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Sponsored by: UNC-CH Department of Romance Languages; UNC-Duke Consortium Working Group: "Nation Building, Popular Culture, and Marginalities"; UNC-CH Curriculum in International and Area Studies; UNC-CH Latina/o Studies Minor and Program.
April 06, 2008 - At UNC-CH: Impacts of Local Policy Responses to Undocumented Immigration
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Community Conference: Examining the Impacts of Local Policy Responses to Undocumented Immigration, April 6, 2008
Free and open to the public
The Institute for the Study of the Americas, the Chapel Hill Institute for Culture and Language Education (CHICLE), the UNC School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic and The Center for Global Initiatives, present the Community Conference, "Examining the Impacts of Local Policy Responses to Undocumented Immigration."
The Community Conference will take place in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium of the Global Education Center, UNC Chapel Hill, (301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill) from 12:30pm to 6pm on April 6.
Participants from UNC Chapel Hill, the UNC School of Law Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic, Elon University, the NC American Civil Liberties Union and the NC Justice Center will examine the following questions: In the wake of failed federal immigration reform, how are law enforcement agencies, state, and local policy makers in North Carolina responding to undocumented immigration? How is deportation being used as a solution to undocumented immigration in North Carolina counties, and what is its impact in communities in Alamance and Mecklenburg County? Presentations will be followed by a film screening of Al Otro Lado, a 2005 documentary about immigration and drug trafficking through the lens of Mexico's 200-year-old tradition of corrido music. (see http://isa.unc.edu/ for program details).
The community conference will kick-off a four part series of Sunday afternoon discussions and films in April entitled "Immigration: Asking the Hard Questions." (see http://chi-cle.com/sundayevents/sundayeventimmigration.html)
Additional event supporters include El Centro Latino, El Pueblo, The NC-ACLU, the NC Justice Center, CITCA, CALDO, The Institute for Southern Studies, and the NC Council of Churches.
Directions located at http://isa.unc.edu/about/directions.asp. Free parking available.
March 31, 2008 - Border Stories: live performance and local, healthy dinner
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Border Stories: Experiencing La Frontera
Join Duke's "Farmworkers in NC" class as we share stories from our trip to the US/Mexico Border in a live performance.
Monday March 31, 2008 from 6-8:00 pm
At The Refectory in the
Live Music and a Cash Bar
Delicious, Healthy, Local Dinner (all you can eat!)
A Unique Performance of Stories from the Borderlands
Tickets can be purchased at the Refectory for $15
For more information contact: fiona.osullivan@duke.edu
April 05, 2008 - Calavera Highway to premiere April 5 at Durham Civic Center
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Premiere at the Full Frame Film Festival
Durham Civic Center Theater
Saturday, April 5, 7pm
Filmmakers will be present
Tickets: http://fullframefest.org/ or call 1-800-514-3849.
* Winner, Best Documentary Feature, San Diego Latino Film Festival
* National broadcast on PBS's “P.O.V.' series, fall 2008.
THE STORY
When ARMANDO and CARLOS PENA set off to carry their mother's ashes back to South Texas and reunite their far-flung brothers, the road reveals more than they bargained for. Calavera Highway traces the odyssey of two brothers as they decipher a complex story. Why their mother was an outcast, and what happened to their father who disappeared during "Operation Wetback," the 1954 U.S. government program that deported over a million Mexican and Mexican Americans. Calavera Highway is a sweeping story of seven brothers grappling with the meaning of masculinity and fatherhood, and the nature of family ties.
A co-presentation of Latino Public Broadcasting. Funded in part by the Center for Asian American Media with funds provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Calavera Highway will be aired nationally on the PBS series, P.O.V., in the fall of 2008.
Contact: Renee at 323-376-3799, tajimapena@aol.com
April 04, 2008 - The African Presence and Persistence in Mexico: Memory and Modernity
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"The African Presence and Persistence in Mexico: Memory and Modernity"
A discussion with Padre Glyn Jemmott of El Ciruelo, Oaxaca.
Friday, April 4, 2008
4:00pm
Friedl Building, Room 225
East Campus (Formerly Old Art Museum)
Padre Glyn Jemmott Nelson is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and has worked in the Costa Chica region of Southwestern Mexico for nearly a quarter of a century helping his parishioners recover their African memory and identity. In 1997, he was involved in launching the First Meeting of Afrodescendant Communities (Encuentro de Pueblos Negros) of the coastal region of Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico, and in recognizing March as Mexico?s Black History Month. Padre Glyn has worked with other regional residents, to open and maintain a library and a secondary school. He is also a founding member of the grassroots organization México Negro A.C.
For more information, contact Talia Weltman tw10@duke.edu
Sponsored by:
Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Latino/a Studies at Duke University; Duke Center for Multicultural Affairs; Duke Center for Global Studies and the Humanities; La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.
April 06, 2008 - A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
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A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN premieres in North Carolina at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
The film was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Peter Raymont (Emmy Award for SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL) and based on Ariel Dorfman's memoir "Heading South, Looking North." The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festivals and has been shown at many
film festivals around the world. It was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary and selected as one of the 10 best Canadian films for 2007.
When Augusto Pinochet overthrew the government of Chile's socialist president Salvador Allende in an extraordinarily violent coup on September 11, 1973, cultural advisor Ariel Dorfman was among the very few in Allende's administration to survive. More than thirty years later, the renowned novelist and playwright returns to Chile with filmmaker Peter Raymont for a probing meditation on memory,exile, and democracy as he searches for a way to remember the dead. Together the two men revisit the scenes of Dorfman's past, such as the balcony of the presidential palace where Allende made his last farewell, as Pinochet lies dying nearby under house arrest. Weaving previously unseen archival footage with affecting contemporary scenes and Dorfman's vivid reminiscences, Raymont offers us an unforgettable story of repression and resistance.
2007. Canada. 92 mins. Directed by Peter Raymont. Produced by Peter Raymont
Sunday, April 6, 7 p.m.
Durham Civic Center
http://www.fullframefest.org/festival/grid/date/2008-04-06
March 28, 2008 - LGSA: Dinner Conversation on Caribbeanness and Mestizaje
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The Latin@ Graduate Student Association would like you to join us for a dinner conversation with Professor Claudia Milian and Professor Hernandez-Adrian. They will address the categories of "Caribbeanness" and "Mestizaje, followed by a collective dialogue and delicious food. All are welcomed.
WHEN: Friday, March 28 2008
WHERE: Lounge Area @ Multicultural Center (Bryan Center, West Campus)
TIME: 5.00pm - 6.00pm
Food will be provided.
Please RSVP to: kency.cornejo@duke.edu asap.
March 29, 2008 - Sonidero Expo-Pachanga-NC/Carrboro- P.Lasch presenta
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Tianguis Transnacional Pedro Lasch presenta / presents... PACHANGA+EXPOSICION=PARTY+EXHIBITION GRAN MARATON SONIDERO 2008
Saturday March 29 from 6pm - 2am
Arts Center, Carrboro, NC (300 G Main Street, in front of KFC)
Sonideros, djs, and groups all over Mexico and the US making history in the Carolinas!
6-8pm Public conversation about sonidero/dj phenomenon*
8-9pm Public reception, sonidero workshop, and interviews
9pm-2am Gran Baile
Sonidero Sonidos and Dance Groups: Sibarey, Ilusion, Son Poquitos, Los Reyes de la Presalsa, Alucinaci
This exhibition and its related events present collaborations by Pedro Lasch and various North Carolina artists for his ongoing transnational projects. Belonging to his Naturalizations Series, and created with Carrboro Arts Center's bilingual arts collective.
For more info on the Sonidero Expo-Party, contact Prof Pedro Lasch at plasch@duke.edu
March 26, 2008 - April 5: Farmworker Awareness Week - lots of great events
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From March 26-April 5th, Students, Advocates, Farmworkers, and Community Members are organizing events around the Triangle in honor of Farmworkers-
Show your support for those who harvest our food by coming to one of these great local events:
1. "Slavery Still Exists: A Conversation with the CIW" | March 26th
2. Protest at Burger King! | March 26th
3. Fair Food Dinner & Border Stories Presentation | March 31st
4. Panel Discussion on Religion & Farmworkers | April 1st
5. Helena Maria Viramontes Talk | April 1st
6. Screening of Invisible Chapel | April 2nd
7. Border Stories Documentary Presentation| April 2nd
8. Screening of De Nadie | April 3rd
9. Farmworker Awareness Week Table at Springternational | April 4th
10. Farm Labor Camp Delegation | April 5th
For more info, see http://cds.aas.duke.edu/saf/involved/faw.htm or contact Tony Macias, tmacias@duke.edu.
Farmworker Awareness Week March 26 - April 5
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From March 26-April 5th, Students, Advocates,
Farmworkers, and Community Members are organizing events around the Triangle in
honor of Farmworkers
Show your support for those who harvest our food by
coming to one of these great local
events:
1. "Slavery Still Exists: A Conversation with the CIW"
| March
26th
2. Protest at Burger King!
|
March
26th
3. Fair Food Dinner & Border Stories Presentation
|
March
31st
4. Panel Discussion on Religion &
Farmworkers
|
April 1st
5. Helena Maria Viramontes
Talk
|
April 1st
6. Screening of Invisible
Chapel
|
April
2nd
7.
Border Stories Documentary
Presentation|
April
2nd
8.
Screening of De
Nadie
|
April
3rd
9.
Farmworker Awareness Week Table at
Springternational |
April
4th
10. Farm
Labor Camp
Delegation |
April
5th
For full information on all events, see http://www-cds.aas.duke.edu/saf/involved/faw.htm and/or contact Tony Macias, tmacias@duke.edu.
April 10, 2008 - Inter(Cambio): Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: The Duke Cuba Conference
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APRIL 10-APRIL 13
Hosted by Raices de Esperanza and the Duke University Cuban American Student Association
From April 10-13, join us at the campus of Duke University for Raices de Esperanza's 5th anniversary youth Cuba conference, hosted by the Cuban American Student Association at Duke. This three-day event will unite prominent figures that are active in the study of Cuban and Cuban-American affairs, young professionals, and students from universities and high schools across the nation. Visit www.dukecubaconference.com
About Raices: Founded in 2003, Raices de Esperanza is an international network of more than 1,000 students and young professionals passionate about Cuba and its future. With students at more than 44 universities and young professionals in New York, Washington D.C., and Miami, we seek to educate ourselves about Cuba's complex realities and proactively support our young counterparts on the island. Raíces members are united by their shared hope of seeing a free, democratic Cuba in the future, but do not all agree on the best way to get there. We welcome debate, diversity, and a humanistic portrayal of the dilemmas that divide the Florida straits, hoping that our conduct can serve as an example for others. For more information, contact Alicia Castilla Zelek at alicia.zelek@duke.edu
March 18, 2008 - Film, dinner, and discussion
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6:30pm in 225 Friedl (Science, Old Art Museum on East Campus)
Screening of La Boda - The Wedding
You are invited to the wedding of Elizabeth and Artemio in Nuevo León, Mexico. The video introduces a young couple whose lives and community have roots in Mexico while they encounter the challenges of migrant life in the United States.
The film will run about an hour, followed by dinner and discussion, including the summer DukeEngage opportunity on the US-Mexico Border.
Co-sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latino/a Studies, and Mi Gente.
April 01, 2008 - Helena Maria Viramontes presentation and book signing (at UNC-CH)
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On Tues, April 1 at 6pm, Helena Maria Virramontes presents:
"Cemeteries, Freeways and the Bones of the Forgotten: How Geography Shaped One Writer's Inspiration"
Q & A and book signing to follow talk
Location: Hitchcock Multipurpose Room, The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture & HistoryHelena Maria Viramontes is the author of The Moths and Other Stories (1985) and Under the Feet of Jesus (1995), a novel. Her most recent novel, Their Dogs Came with Them, just published by Atria Books, focuses on the dispossessed, the working poor, the homeless, and the undocumented of East Los Angeles, where Viramontes was born and raised. Her work strives to recreate the visceral sense of a world virtually unknown to mainstream letters and to transform readers through relentlessly compassionate storytelling.
In the 1980s, Viramontes became co-coordinator of the Los Angeles Latino Writers Association and literary editor of XhistmeArte Magazine. Later in the decade, Viramontes helped found Southern California Latino Writers and Filmmakers. In collaboration with feminist scholar Maria Herrera Sobek, Viramontes organized three major conferences at UC-Irvine, resulting in two anthologies: Chicana Creativity and Criticism-Charting New Frontiers in American Literature (1988) and Chicana Writes: On Word and Film (1993).
Viramontes' work has been included in nearly every anthology of American literature published in the last ten years, including, most recently, The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women. Named a USA Ford Fellow in Literature for 2007 by United States Artists, she has also received the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, a Sundance Institute Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Luis Leal Award. A teacher and mentor to countless young writers, Viramontes is currently Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English at Cornell University.Sponsored by the UNC Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series & The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture & History.
March 08, 2008 - Spring Break
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Spring Break: Classes break on March 7 at 7pm and resume on Monday, March 17 at 8am.
April 03, 2008 - April 3-6: Latino Student Recruitment Weekend
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Watch for details on a number of events to take place between April 3 - 6, when prospective Latino/a undergraduate students visit campus.
April 04, 2008 - Angelica's Dreams with Q & A to follow
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Angelica's Dreams/ Los Suenos de Angelica, a film by Duke alum, Rodrigo Dorfman, which premiered this past fall to great reviews at the Carolina Theater in Durham, will be screened at the Terry SANFORD INSTITUTE for Public Policy, Room 104 on Friday, April 4th from 11:30-1:30pm, with FREE LUNCH from CHIPOTLE for the first 50 to arrive and a Q & A to follow with director/producer, Rodrigo Dorfman and the CEO of Latino Community Credit Union, also a Duke alum, Luis Pastor. Angelica's Dreams is the first Latino feature to come out of NC, the moving story of an immigrant copule torn between staying in the US or returning back to their native country. Shot entirely on location in Durham NC. Location: Sanford Institute of Public Policy Sponsored by: Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Spanish Service Learning, Latino/a Studies, and the Multicultural Center.
February 29, 2008 - Latin Chic at the Library: Mi Gente, DU Libraries, DU Union
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Mi Gente, Duke's Hispanic Student's Association, is working with Duke University Libraries in collaboration with the Duke University Union (DUU) to bring you a never-before-seen interpretation of elegance on the evening of Friday, February 29, 2008.
The central theme, "Latin Chic," is a style based on fundamental pan-Latin elements crafted together with beauty and taste. The mood of this formal event will convey the unique liveliness of Latin-American culture.
Performances by: -Bio Ritmo Salsa Band -Stella by Starlight -Smooch -Latin Jazz Band -Holy Samba Drums, a Brazilian Samba troupe -Sabrosura -Plus an eclectic mix of international beats playing throughout the night.
Be ready to be transfixed by: -The smooth vibes of a vintage Caribbean Jazz Club -A scintillating splash of color in the tropical VIP lounge -Elegance inspired by a popular South Beach Hotel
Each niche of the library will serve a different purpose: dancing, mingling, listening, lounging, eating.
Special Features: Mojitos for seniors at 9 pm -VIP/Senior lounge - Tapas by Triangle Catering -Cash bars featuring Spanish, Chilean, and Argentine wines, sangria, mojitos, and more....
Students, alumni, faculty, and staff are invited to come celebrate Mi Gente's 15th birthday in style!
(With support from Latino/a Studies and various other units across campus.)
February 15, 2008 - LGSA conversation/reflection about "Latinidad" with Profs. Saldivar & Mignolo
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/11 16:16:59
Latino/a Graduate Student Association conversation and reflection on "Latinidad" with Professor Jose David Saldivar and Professor Walter Mignolo
When: Friday from 5:00-6:00 pm @ the Lounge Area in the Multicultural Center (Bryan Center, West Campus)
Please RSVP to cbl5@duke.edu by *tuesday, 12 february* if you are planning to attend, so that we can order food accordingly. thanks!
*Organized and sponsored by the Latino/a Graduate Student Association and by Latino/a Studies*
February 14, 2008 - Chocolatl-Kakaw: The New World Origins of Chocolate
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/11 15:40:57
When: 7:00 pm @ Nelson Mandela Auditorium & Atrium, UNC Global Education Center, 301 Pittsboro Street - click to view map
Celebrate Valentine's Day with a discussion and reception on chocolate! Public Lecture followed by Chocolate Reception
Dr. Dorie Reents Budet, an expert on Mayan ceramics and curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts will give the 2008 Robert Howren Lecture in Mayan Studies sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Americas. This talk explores the origins of chocolate and the social and ritual uses of this wonder-filled food. After the lecture, enjoy a delicious chocolate reception with treats including Mexican cafe de ollo, tacos de Mole, Mayan chocolate cake, Aztec chocolate bark and much more!
Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Global Cup Café with support from Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Foster's Market of Chapel Hill, Harris Teeter, A Southern Season, Chocolaterie Stam and Daniel's Catering.
February 13, 2008 - La Bracereada: Institutional Actors and the Creation of Internal and International Labor Migration Streams During the Bracero Era
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/11 15:34:18
When: Wednesday, February 13 from Noon-1:00 pm @ 271 Hamilton Hall, UNC-CH Campus - click to view map
Presented by: Dr. Sergio Chavez, UNC-CH postdoctoral fellow in Sociology
ABSTRACT:
This paper traces the journeys of male migrants to Empalme, Sonora, Mexico to uncover the development of the often overlooked domestic bracero program that operated in conjunction with its well-known international equivalent. Drawing on interviews and observations with ex-braceros who met at a park near the Mexico-U.S. border, I examine their experiences and participation in Mexico?s domestic bracero program, an unintended and unexplored consequence of its internationa counterpart. The study shows how regulation and control were constantly reinvented at every step of the selection process by state actors and their affiliates in Mexico. The paper reveals how the oversupply of migrant labor resulted in the development of a migration industry where local municipal leaders, coyotes, the state, and Mexican agribusiness capitalized from men?s displacement. The migration industry during the bracero selection process controlled who gained access to the U.S. labor market by capturing migrant labor en route to the U.S. in the process fueling a thriving cotton industry in the otherwise stagnant Empalme, Sonora economy. The study concludes by taking the lessons of the domestic bracero program to understand
the link between internal and international labor markets.
February 21, 2008 - February 22, 2008- Reflections on the De-colonial Option & the Humanities: An International Dialogue
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/11 15:22:45
Where: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Presented By: The Center for Global Studies and the Humanities (Duke
University) in collaboration with The Institute for Transcultural and
Postcolonial Studies (Inputs, University of Bremen, Germany) and The
Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and its Legacy (NiNsee,
Amsterdam, Holland).
Thursday, February 21, 2008; Noon-5:00 pm
Panelists: Gregson Davis (Duke University) Sabine Broeck (INPUTS, University of Bremen, Germany) Guo-Juin Hong (Duke University) Commentators and discussion leaders: Esther Gabara (Duke University) Jessica Eaglin (Duke University) Arnold Ho (Duke University)
Friday, February 22, 2008; 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Panelists: Kwame Nimako (the National Institute for the Study for Dutch Slavery and its Legacy (NiNsee) Madina Tlostanova (People's Friendship University of Russia) Claudia Milian (Duke University) Nelson Maldonado-Torres (The University of California at Berkeley) Commentators and discussion leaders: Joseph Tucker Edmonds (Duke University) Beatriz Llenin-Figueroa (Duke University) Jose Venegas (UNC - Chapel Hill)
February 29, 2008 - Book Reception: Dead Subjects by Antonio Viego
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/25 17:17:43
Latino/a Studies will host a wine and cheese reception for colleagues, students, friends and fans of Professor Antonio Viego (Literature and Romance Studies) to celebrate the recent publication of his book, Dead Subjects: Toward a Politics of Loss in Latino Studies (Duke University Press, 2007). See DUP link.
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: 225 Science Building (Old Art Museum) on East Campus
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
February 29, 2008 - Save the Date: Book Reception: Dead Subjects by Antonio Viego
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/07 10:09:02
Latino/a Studies will host an afternoon wine and cheese reception for colleagues, students, friends and fans of Professor Antonio Viego (Literature and Romance Studies) to celebrate the recent publication his book, "Dead Subjects: Toward a Politics of Loss in Latino Studies" (Duke University Press, 2007). See DUP link.
Time: 4:30pm
Location: 204 Science (Old Art Museum) on East Campus
Details To Follow
February 12, 2008 - Political Outlook 2008: The Latino/Hispanic Vote in the Presidential Election
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/07 10:02:54
Where: Rare Book Room @ 7:00 pm, Free Dinner!
With Visiting Professor of Political Science: Jason Casellas
An evening talk
on Latino/a political participation in the coming elections. Featuring
Professor Jason Casellas, visiting from The University of Texas at
Sponsored by: Mi Gente and Latino/a Studies
With support from Institute for Critical US Studies, Duke Democrats,
Duke Political Science Student Association, and Bench and Bar.
March 27, 2008 - March 30, 2008- Festival on the Hill: Latin American and Latino Music in NC and the U.S. at UNC-CH
Latino/a Studies, 2008/03/27 17:49:50
The Music Department at UNC-CH will host a festival recognizing and celebrating the contributions of Latin American music and culture to the United States. For more information on the festival please visit: http://music.unc.edu/festivalonthehill2008/
Please contact: David Garcia at daga@email.unc.edu for more information.
February 21, 2008 - Hispanic Faculty, Graduate and Professional Student, and Friends Luncheon
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/13 17:55:29
The Office of Graduate Student Affairs is hosting the Hispanic Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, and Friends Luncheon and panel discussion on Thursday, February 21 from 12:00 -1:30 pm in the Von Canon room of the Bryan Center.
The panel discussion will provide Duke's Hispanic graduate students, faculty, staff and friends with information on 1) the current status of Latino issues in Durham and in NC, 2) what various organizations are doing to address these issues, and 3) how we, as scholars, leaders, and volunteers, can contribute. Susan Denman (Assistant Professor of Nursing and Latino health advocate) will introduce the topic and speakers. Rebecca Reyes (Program Coordinator for the Latino Health Project) will give a brief history of the Latino community in Durham and NC to give the group some background before the panel begins. Panelists include: Emilio A. Parrado (Associate Professor of Sociology), Joan Clifford (Director Spanish Language Program), Liliana Paredes (Assistant Professor of Romance Studies), Pilar Rocha (researcher, Duke dietition, Latino advocate), and Andy Caamano (North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals).
This event is supported by Latino/a Studies.
Please RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/38mvfc by Friday, February 15. If you have questions, contact Tomalei Vess at tomalei.vess@duke.edu.
January 31, 2008 - Latino Graduate Student Association (LGSA) Meeting
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/30 16:09:20
WHEN: 6-8 PM; Thursday, 31 January 2008
WHERE: Resource Room, Multicultural Center Bryan Center (west campus)
Dinner from Torero's will be served (compliments of Latino/a Studies)!
The Latino Graduate Student Association (LGSA) at Duke is being reestablished. Please join us for our FIRST meeting to discuss current issues, needs and/or concerns of Latino graduate and professional students as well as of those who are interested in issues related to Latino communities within and without Duke. Meet other Latino grad students, and be a vocal and active part of the planning of LGSA's upcoming agenda.
Please direct questions to: Kency Cornejo kc67@duke.edu or Beatriz Llenin-Figueroa cbl55@duke.edu
February 09, 2008 - 5th Annual UNC-Duke Consortium Spring Conference
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/28 16:48:25
When: All day; Saturday, February 9
"The Politics of Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean" in FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH. All conference activities are free and open to the public. To view the program please visit:
http://www.duke.edu/web/carolinadukeconsortium/index.html
Please contact: Beatriz Riefkohl 919-966-1484 riefkohl@email.unc.edu for more information. Directions to FedEx Global Education Center: http://gi.unc.edu/aboutus/directions.html
February 05, 2008 - Faculty Bookwatch: Rereading the Blacklegend: The Discourses of Racial and Religious Difference in the Renaissance Empires
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/28 16:47:58
When: 6:30 PM; Tuesday February 5, 2008
Where: Rare Book Room, Perkins Library
Book Sale + Reception to Follow
The phrase "The Black Legend" was coined in 1912 by a Spanish
journalist in protest of the characterization of Spain by other
Europeans as a backward country defined by ignorance, superstition, and
religious fanaticism, whose history could never recover from the black
mark of its violent conquest of the Americas. Challenging this
stereotype, REREADING THE BLACK LEGEND contextualizes Spain's uniquely
tarnished reputation by exposing the colonial efforts of other nations
whose interests were served by propagating the "Black Legend." A
distinguished group of contributors here examine early modern
imperialisms including the Ottomans in Eastern Europe, the Portuguese
in East India, and the cases of Mughal India and China, to historicize
the charge of unique Spanish brutality in encounters with indigenous
peoples during the Age of Exploration. The geographic reach and
linguistic breadth of this ambitious collection will make it a valuable
resource for any discussion of race, national identity, and religious
belief in the European Renaissance.
Panelists include:
Lewis Gordon, Temple University <http://www.temple.edu/philosophy/Gordon/index.htm>
Margaret R. Greer, Duke University <http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Romance/faculty/mgreer>
Leslie Peirce, New York University <http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/lesliepeirce>
With:
Walter D. Mignolo, Duke University <http://waltermignolo.com/>
Maureen Quilligan, Duke University
<http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/English/mquillig>
Presented by the Franklin Humanities Institute and the Duke UniversityLibraries, Faculty Bookwatch is a series intended to celebrate and to encourage scholarly conversations on important recent books by Duke humanities faculty. For more information, please visit: http://jhfc.duke.edu/fhi/events/bookwatch/index.php.
Questions? e-mail fhi@duke.edu
February 05, 2008 - Latina/o and Black Relations Under White Supremacy at UNC-CH
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/28 16:46:59
Please join us for Dr. Laura Pulido's upcoming public talk on February 5th at 3:30 PM in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at UNC-CH. http://www.lib.unc.edu/stone/location.html
Biography:
Professor Pulido researches race, political activism, ethnic studies, and Los Angeles. Currently, she is working on two related projects. First, she is exploring Latino (especially ethnic Mexicans') racial identity. In particular, she is examining how the racial identity and position of Latinos has varied over space and time. Second, she has been researching the relationships between African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles. The two studies are intimately related because it is impossible to understand the racial position of Latinos outside of their relationship to African Americans.
Abstract:
The subject of Latino and Black relations is growing rapidly in significance across the country. Dr. Laura Pulido is particularly interested in Latinas/os and African Americans attitudes towards each other and what it suggests about the larger racial formation.
Books:
Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
For further information, please contact: jdribo@email.unc.edu.
February 08, 2008 - 5th Annual UNC-Duke Consortium Spring Conference
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/28 16:13:39
"The Politics of Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean" in the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University.
All conference activities are free and open to the public. To view the program please visit: http://www.duke.edu/web/carolinadukeconsortium/index.html
Please Contact: Natalie Hartman 919-681-3983 njh@duke.edu for more information.
February 20, 2008 - Nelson Maldonado Torres: Coloniality and Latiniwhat?
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/19 16:12:47
The UNC-CH/Duke Working Group, "Globalization, Modernity/Coloniality and the Geopolitics of Knowledge" and Latino/a Studies at Duke University present:
COLONIALIDAD/LATINIDAD Discussion Series with Guest Speaker
NELSON MALDONADO-TORRES
Wed, Feb 20 from 6 - 8:30pm
John Hope Franklin Center, 240 (brick building, corner of Erwin & Trent)
Dinner will be provided
Dr. Maldonado-Torres will present "Coloniality and Latiniwhat?: Decolonization in Multiple Voices" This is a short introduction to four different projects (local, national, and international) in which questions of identity, liberation, and decolonization are central: 1) Rethinking U.S. Ethnic Studies in its Fortieth Birthday, 2) the Latino/a Academy of Arts and Sciences, 3) Reparation, Affirmative Action, and the Decolonization of Knowledge in Brazil, and 4) the Caribbean Philosophical Association.
For readings and supplemental material visit: http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/globalstudies/programs.html
In addition to the readings, please view: Quilombo Vivo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9vqBPMvBrI.
February 18, 2008 - Celebration of New Home: George Lipsitz Lecture, followed by program and reception
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/13 17:55:01
President Richard Brodhead and Provost Peter Lange invite you to a lecture and reception in celebration of the opening of the new home of the Departments of African & African American Studies and Cultural Anthropology, the Programs in Literature and Latino/a Studies, the Institute for Critical US Studies, and the Duke Human Rights Center.
Monday, February 18, 2008 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Lecture in the Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building followed by a brief program and reception in the Science Building (formerly the Duke Art Museum) and tours of the building.
Alternative Knowledges, Social Spaces, and Historical Times: Mind Work as Exercise of Citizenship
George Lipsitz, PhD Professor of Black Studies and Sociology University of California at Santa Barbara
With a response from Duke faculty members Michael Hardt, Program in Literature, and Wahneema Lubiano, African & African American Studies
Universities can be places where evidence and argument matter more than influence, where original and generative thinking matters more than entertainment. Yet the public, which the university is supposed to serve, becomes constructed as a series of market interests. Countering that understanding requires interrupting current and recycled attempts to distract our attention away from the consequences of various domestic and foreign policies by fixing on the university as the problem needing management. However, the mind work possible in the university, necessarily difficult, offers not simply critique of existing conditions but demonstrations also of the transformative power of educational ideas and civic activism. And such work expresses itself not just in complicated epistemological practices but in activism as well, born out of the seemingly ordinary processes of everyday life. Mind work as citizenship is a way of thinking both about the university and about activism. Widely known as one of the preeminent scholars in the field of American popular culture studies and described as one of the world's finest scholars of working-class culture, social movements, and urban history and culture, George Lipsitz is Professor of Black Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of eight books, including his most recent monograph, Footsteps in the Dark: The Hidden Histories of Popular Music, along with The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, American Studies in a Moment of Danger, Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s, and Time Passages: Collective Memory and American Popular Culture. Professor Lipsitz serves as editor of the Critical American Studies series at the University of Minnesota Press and as co-editor of the American Crossroads Series at the University of California Press. Active in struggles for fair housing and educational equity, Professor Lipsitz's work in political and civic activism goes back to the early 1970s when he worked in union organizing.
January 31, 2008 - UNC-CH: Andrew Fuligni speaks on Youth from Immigrant Families
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/22 14:11:28
Family Identity, Obligation, and Support among Youth from Immigrant Families
The FedEx Global Education Center at UNC-CH will offer a free public lecture by psychologist Andrew Fuligni at 5:00pm on Thursday, January 31 in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium as part of a series sponsored by the Latino Issues Workgroup and the Center for Global Initiatives. Fuligni will discuss the experiences of immigrant children in the U.S. and the cultural traditions that support their development and prosperity.
DAY: Thursday, January 31st
TIME: 5pm
PLACE: FedEx Global Education Center (corner of Pittsboro & McCauley Streets), Nelson Mandela Auditorium
Many immigrant families carry with them cultural traditions that emphasize the role of children in supporting, assisting, and respecting the authority of the family. These traditions take on practical significance as immigrant families attempt to adapt to American society.
In this talk, Fuligni will discuss a program of research that has investigated the extent to which youth from different immigrant and ethnic backgrounds identify with and provide support and assistance to their families of origin. Using findings obtained from questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and daily diary techniques, the presentation will focus on how immigrant status, ethnic background, and economic resources shape adolescents' psychological sense of obligation to the family as well as the different ways in which that obligation gets fulfilled on a daily basis. The implications of family obligation and assistance for aspects of youth' mental health, adjustment, and development will be highlighted.
*Andrew J. Fuligni* is Professor in the Department of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and is Co-Director of the NIMH Family Research Consortium IV. He has received extensive recognition for his teaching and research including the William T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholars Award, FIRST Award from the NICHD, Distinguished Teaching Award from the Department of Psychology at New York University, and the APA's Boyd McCandless Award for Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology. Fuligni's work is also well supported through private foundations and the National Institutes of Health including grants from the William T. Grant Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, and the National Institute of Child Health Development. His research focuses on family relationships and adolescent development among culturally and ethnically diverse populations. Much of his work has examined the adaptation of immigrant families to American society, and how that adaptation process ultimately influences the development and adjustment of adolescents in those families. Fuligni is currently following these youths as they make the transition into young adulthood, and is employing both quantitative and qualitative methods in order to understand how the youths' sense of duty and obligation to the family shapes their psychological well-being and decision-making about education, employment, and family formation.
Note: pls direct inquiries to: perreira@email.unc.edu
February 26, 2008 - Political Outlook:Immigration -presentation by Baldemar Velasquez, President of FLOC
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/21 18:26:03
Baldemar Velasquez, President of Farm Labor Organizing Committee, will give a public talk on Tuesday, February 26th at 6pm in Social Psychology 130 (West Campus). See location map. This event is co-organized by: Latino/a Studies and Mi Gente. With additional support from Institute for Critical US Studies, Spanish Service Learning, the Archive for Human Rights (RBMSCL), Student Action with Farmworkers, and the Multicultural Center. Read more about FLOC here: http://www.floc.com/ and see the Wikipedia entry on Mr. Velasquez here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldemar_Velasquez.
January 23, 2008 - Modernity/Coloniality/Latinity Working Group Meeting
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/22 14:11:52
From: venegas@email.unc.edu [mailto:venegas@email.unc.edu]
Dear friends,
I am pleased to announce our next Modernity/Coloniality/Latinity meeting. Our main focus will be to prepare for Nelson Maldonado Torres's visit in February. We will discuss the readings that Nelson kindly forwarded and come up with issues/concerns/problems that we would like to address during his visit. His talk in February is titled: "Coloniality and Latiniwhat?: Decolonization in Multiple Voices." and involves a short introduction to four different projects (local, national, and international) in which questions of identity, liberation, and decolonization are central. See details under separate listing.
This dinner and discussion meeting will take place at Room 3009 (Global Education Center, UNC-CH) on Wed., January 23 from 6 to 8. Dinner will be served. Best, Jose Luis Venegas
Note: Please email Jose for the readings
January 23, 2008 - Mi Gente and DUU present comedian, Pablo Francisco
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/16 18:35:31
Mi Gente and DUU have teamed to bring you PABLO FRANSISCO, the hilarious comedian who has been featured on his own Comedy Central special and is a regular voice on The Family Guy, will be at Duke on January 23rd in Page Auditorium. Tickets are $15 for students, and will go on sale TOMORROW January 14th. This is an event you won't want to miss.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7pm
Page Auditorium
$15 Duke Students
$20 General Public
For more information about buying tickets go to:
www.tickets.duke.edu
Check out You Tube clips of Pablo Francisco on the facebook event page at:
http://duke.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6970158255&ref=share
January 17, 2008 - DukeEngage: US/Mexico Border Program
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/16 18:31:29
Encuentros de la Frontera: US-Mexico Border Civic Engagement - Summer 2008 Faculty and staff organizers of the DukeEngage project on the US/Mexico border will be presenting information on this opportunity on Thurs, Jan 17th at 7pm in Social Science 139. Program updates and information can be found at the Center for Civic Engagement and DukeEngage website: http://dukeengage.duke.edu//.
January 17, 2008 - Latino Student Recruitment Weekend -Dinner Meeting
Latino/a Studies, 2008/01/11 19:44:16
The Undergraduate Admissions Office is calling all undergraduates, alumni, faculty, and staff affiliated with the Duke Latino community to share their input over a free dinner Thurs!
WHAT: El Concilio Focus Group for Latino Student Recruitment Weekend 2008
WHEN: Thursday, January 17, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
WHERE: McClendon Commons, Behind Admissions Office on Campus Drive
WITH: Free dinner! (provided by Latino/a Studies at Duke)
RSVP TO: Kim Reyes, Senior Admissions Officer (kimberly.reyes@duke.edu) Or on Facebook (Search Events: LSRW 2008)
Latino Student Recruitment Weekend (April 3 -6, 2008) is quickly approaching and the Undergraduate Admissions Office is calling all undergraduates, alumni, faculty, and staff affiliated with the Duke Latino community to share their input for this year’s events. Whether you have new ideas, comments from past LSRWs, or suggestions for how you or your organization can help – PLEASE COME! Kim Reyes ('03), Coordinator of Latino Student Recruitment, is creating a planning committee for this year’s LSRW with broad representation from ALL Latino student groups on campus. Come find out how you can be a part of this planning committee which will have a fun way for everyone to participate in recruiting the best and brightest Latino students for the Class of 2012.
October 25, 2008 - Parent's Weekend Brunch
Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows, 2008/10/14 14:47:47
From 9:30-11 AM, please join us for brunch with your family at our new office located in the Smith Warehouse, Room B209.
September 11, 2008 - Dinner with civil rights leader Ann Atwater
Education, 2008/09/11 09:43:23
In preparation for their work in the Durham Public Schools, student teachers in the Elementary Teacher Preparation Program met with Ann Atwater, a Durham activist and civil rights leader, to discuss critical issues facing the local schools and community. Mrs. Atwater's story is highlighted in the book,The Best of Enemies. To view a photo visit Elementary Teacher Preparation Program page
August 19, 2008 - Move-In Day - August 19th
Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows, 2008/07/09 08:25:56
Stop by the OUSF office on August 19th from 1-5 PM for cookies and lemonade with your family as a break during move-in. We look forward to seeing you then!!
August 28, 2008 - OUSF Opening Picnic - August 28th
Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows, 2008/07/09 08:25:14
Everyone's invited to our first event of the new school year. This year it will be held on the EAST Duke lawn on August 28th from 5:30-7 PM. We hope to see you there!!
May 06, 2008 - Congratulations to David Siroky--Peace Scholar
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/05/06 14:07:49
David Siroky has been chosen by the United States Institute of Peace as a Peace Scholar for 2008-2009. David's proposal was selected as one of ten winners from a pool of 166 applications. This is an outstanding achievement. Congratulations David!
April 24, 2008 - OUSF Closing Picnic
Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows, 2008/05/12 13:06:58
Thank you to all who attended and helped with the OUSF closing picnic. It was a huge success! Have a fantastic summer!!
Endowment drops 19 percent
Arts & Sciences, 2009/02/09 09:00:05
President Brodhead told faculty and staff that while Duke enjoys "great strength and stability," he has asked deans and administrators to begin preparing scenarios for future savings. [more]
Increase in early decision offers
Arts & Sciences, 2009/01/21 13:21:15
Duke notified 547 students that they will be the first members of the Class of 2013, 75 more than last year. [more]
Trustees approve new master's degree
Arts & Sciences, 2009/01/26 13:44:25
The MS in Global Health will be offered through the Graduate School and administered by the Duke Global Health Institute. [more]
Two seniors win Marshal Scholarships
Arts & Sciences, 2009/01/21 13:20:53
Sally Liu will study public health in London. Dan Roberts will study mathematics at Cambridge. [more]
'07 grad wins Rhodes
Arts & Sciences, 2009/01/21 13:20:43
Julia Parker Goyer, Duke's 42nd Rhodes Scholar from Duke, will study international comparative education at the University of Oxford in England. [more]
Law professor named to Biden Senate seat
Arts & Sciences, 2008/12/19 09:35:28
Ted Kaufman E'60, a senior lecturing fellow in the School of Law, will fill the Delaware senate seat of the vice president-elect. [more]
Four at Duke win Fulbright grants
Arts & Sciences, 2009/01/21 13:20:27
Sean Metzger, assistant professor of English and Theater Studies, was among the winners of a Fulbright Scholar Grant. [more]
Financial Aid Initiative surpasses goal
Arts & Sciences, 2008/12/08 14:20:45
The three year campaign raised $301.1 million in endowed financial aid as of Nov. 7, passing its $300 million overall goal. [more]
African American historian comments on election
Arts & Sciences, 2008/12/02 08:46:58
Professor Emeritus of History John Hope Franklin, 93, called Barack Obama's victory "one of the most historic moments in the history of this country." [more]
Oprah to speak at 2009 graduation
Arts & Sciences, for staff, 2008/11/25 10:53:05
Philanthropist and talk show host Oprah Winfrey will deliver the commencement address on May 10, 2009. [more]
Endowment increases to $6.1 billion
Arts & Sciences, 2008/11/25 10:42:09
Duke Management Company reported a return of 6.2 percent on the university's investments in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2008. [more]
Trustees approve first stage of New Campus
Arts & Sciences, for staff, 2008/11/25 10:41:54
Phase I will include suite-style residence halls, new space for arts and cultural departments, the John Hope Franklin Institute, and other venues to serve the campus community. [more]
Economics professor delivers Founder's Day address
Arts & Sciences, for staff, 2008/11/10 10:59:25
Craufurd Goodwin, James B. Duke Professor of Economics, encouraged Duke to "integrate the fine arts and the humanities throughout all of the fields and disciplines."
[more]
Duke Med official named international advisor
Arts & Sciences, 2008/10/22 15:24:21
Senior Vice Chancellor Sanders Williams will advise the president and provost on global academic issues. [more]
Duke ranked 8th for 3rd consecutive year
Arts & Sciences, 2008/10/22 15:24:09
The U.S. News national university rankings have Duke tied with Columbia and the University of Chicago. Harvard, Princeton, and Yale took the top three spots, respectively, with more ties at 4th (MIT and Stanford) and 6th (Cal Tech and Penn). [more]
Class of 2012 welcomed at Duke
Arts & Sciences, 2008/10/22 15:23:56
President Brodhead urged the new students at convocation to "live up to the promise of your highest personal gifts." [more]
New e-mail newsletter for employees
Arts & Sciences, 2008/10/06 15:20:42
"The Week at Duke," a new weekly newsletter is being sent to employee e-mail inboxes by the Office of News and Communications. [more]
Financial aid director named
Arts & Sciences, 2008/10/22 15:23:47
Alison Rabil, financial aid director at Barnard College since 2005, was named assistant vice provost and director of financial aid. [more]
Online events calendar launched
Arts & Sciences, 2008/10/06 15:20:59
Members of the Duke and Triangle communities will be able to search more easily for concerts, films, lectures, games and other events at Duke. [more]
17 students win Fulbrights
Arts & Sciences, 2008/09/05 11:04:46
Eight recent graduates, six graduate students, and three current students received scholarships from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. [more]
Three new trustees appointed
Arts & Sciences, 2008/08/19 14:22:10
Xi-Qing Gao L'86, president and chief investment officer of China Investment Corporation, Ryan Todd T'08, and Xing Zong, a Ph.D candidate in physics, assumed their new roles effective July 1. [more]
McLendon reappointed, named Trinity dean
Arts & Sciences, 2008/09/05 11:04:28
George L. McLendon has been appointed to a second five-year term as dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences. He was also named dean of Trinity College. [more]
First Muslim chaplain named
Arts & Sciences, 2008/08/14 08:59:22
Abdullah T. Antepli, a native of Turkey, joins the more than 20 campus chaplains ministering to diverse faiths at Duke. [more]
Anthropology professor named to Trinity post
Arts & Sciences, 2008/09/05 11:04:16
Lee D. Baker is the new dean of academic affairs, assuming the duties of Robert J. Thompson Jr., who is returning to teaching. [more]
UNCG research dean joins A&S administration
Arts & Sciences, 2008/08/12 10:53:09
Kevin W. Moore is the senior associate dean for faculty affairs, succeeding Charles W. Byrd, who is retiring. Moore has been associate dean for research at UNCG since 2004. [more]
Notre Dame AD coming to Duke
Arts & Sciences, 2008/08/12 10:52:36
Kevin White, director of athletics at Notre Dame since 2001, will succeed Joe Alleva, who accepted the same position at LSU. [more]
China earthquake relief site
Arts & Sciences, 2008/06/17 09:39:09
A Student Affairs Web site provides information from the Duke Chinese Students and Scholars Association and other sources. [more]
Trustees approve $2 billion budget
Arts & Sciences, 2008/06/17 09:39:36
Revenues in the FY 08/09 budget are about 9.1 percent higher than those for the current fiscal year, while expenditures are budgeted to increase 9 percent. [more]
Graduates urged to redefine success
Arts & Sciences, 2008/06/17 09:39:22
More than 4,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students received degrees at Duke 156th commencement. Novelist-essayist Barbara Kingsolver P'09 spoke on the virtues of a sustainable, community-oriented lifestyle. [more]
Pratt gift to develop courses on uncertainty
Arts & Sciences, 2008/06/17 09:39:46
A $5 million anonymous gift will enable the engineering school to establish a new curriculum that encourages undergraduates to think critically about problems that lack obvious solutions. [more]
Faculty award honorees named
Arts & Sciences, 2008/06/10 11:54:00
Mike Reed (mathematics), Wesley Kort (religion), Huseyin Yildirim (economics), and Daniel Rittschof (marine lab) were honored for excellence in teaching. Mary Boatwright (classical studies) received the Dean's Distinguished Service Award. [more]
Faculty award honorees named
Arts & Sciences, 2008/05/02 09:38:10
Mike Reed (mathematics), Wesley Kort (religion), Huseyin Yildirim (economics), and Daniel Rittschof (marine lab) were honored for excellence in teaching. Mary Boatwright (classical studies) received the Dean's Distinguished Service Award. [more]
TDE gives $50 million to DUMC
Arts & Sciences, 2008/05/27 08:48:44
The Duke Endowment gift (the largest ever received by Duke University Medical Center) will help construct a medical-education facility and a cutting-edge pediatric inpatient facility. [more]
Robertson Scholarship winners announced
Arts & Sciences, 2008/05/12 11:27:56
Fifty-three high school seniors were chosen for the merit awards. About half will enroll at Duke and about half at UNC-Chapel Hill. All the students take courses at both schools and spend a semester in residence at the other campus. [more]
Fellowship to honor slain student
Arts & Sciences, 2008/05/12 10:51:02
The Abhijit Mahato Memorial Fellowship will provide financial support to an international engineering graduate student, with preference given to a student from India, birthplace of the January 18 murder victim. [more]
Eggers novel selected for first-year reading
Arts & Sciences, 2008/05/12 10:50:52
"What is the What," by Dave ("A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius") Eggers, is the Summer Reading Program selection for the Class of 2012. [more]
Alleva hired at LSU
Arts & Sciences, 2008/05/08 14:31:36
Athletics Director Joe Alleva will leave Duke after 32 years, the last 10 as AD, to take the same post at Louisiana State University. [more]
Writers, CEOs, judge to get honorary degrees
Arts & Sciences, 2008/05/02 09:37:26
The May 11 commencement ceremony will honor novelist Barbara Kingsolver, essayist Wendell Berry, CARE CEO Helene Gayle, broadcast executive James Goodmon, and Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Wald. [more]
Holiday Drop & Shop
Duke Faculty Club, 2009/01/19 17:35:03
Looking for a few hours of uninterrupted holiday shopping, baking, or just general down time? Then bring your kids to the DFC for one (or both) of our Holiday Drop & Shops this December. Similar to a Mini-Camp day, kids will enjoy games, sports, and other fun activities. Lunch will be provided.
Details:
Two Parent's Night Out!
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/10/31 13:50:19
This November will have not just one great Parent's Night Out, but two! The DFC is teaming up with UNC Recreation students to present an "Autumn Themed Kid's Night" on Friday, November 7. The next week will follow with our regularly scheduled Parent's Night Out on Friday, November 14. Combined with our two mini-camps and the end of the month Holidays, November is shaping into a pretty fun-filled month!
Details:
Mini Camps
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/10/31 11:29:23
When the kids are out of school and you need a fun, safe place for them to go, bring them to the DFC Mini-Camp! From 8:30am to 5:30pm, the day will be filled with games, sports, and other fun activities. Open to children in first through seventh grade.
Upcoming dates are:
October 04, 2008 - Oktoberfest
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/10/06 14:48:04
Do you like beer and bratwurst? Do you like Traditional German Folk music? Do you like socializing with your DFC friends? If so, then you need to come out to the Oktoberfest party on October 4th from 6:00-9:00pm. There will be bratwurst and vegetables on the grills, a wide selection of seasonal microbrews to sample (as well as some local homebrew), music, campfire, and fun! $8 per adult members, $10 per adult guest, and $5 per child covers food, drink, and merriment. Call the office to RSVP.
October 11, 2008 - Family Campout
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/09/26 11:03:11
Are you ready for some outdoor fun? Then bring your family, friends, tent, and sleeping bags to the DFC for our inaugural Family Campout on Saturday, Oct. 11. We'll provide fun activities, campfire, smores, dinner, and breakfast. It's a great chance to enjoy the cool nights and starry skies without "roughing it" too badly ... bathrooms, showers, and running water are always a short walk away.
Details:
September 12, 2008 - Parent's Night Out
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/09/09 15:34:29
Why scramble for a sitter when you can bring your kids to the DFC for Parents Night Out? Parent's Night Out is open to children 4-12 yrs old, and will be offered on the second Friday night of every odd numbered month. Our next PNO is Friday September 12, from 6-9pm. We'll play games, go to the pool, and make homemade pizza and ice-cream sundaes! Call the main office to reserve a spot.
October 11, 2008 - 2nd Annual Rally for the Cure
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/10/06 14:48:47
On Saturday, October 11 the UNC Faculty Staff Recreation Association (FARM) and the DFC will co-host our second annual Rally for the Cure Charity Event. This is a tennis event with the purpose of spreading awareness in the fight to eradicate breast cancer as a life threatening disease (www.rallyforthecure.com). The event will include a Meet and Greet at 8:30am, round robin tennis play from 9am-11am, and lunch from 11-12:30pm. We will also be raising funds for our local Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliate. Raffle tickets are for sale in the DFC office beginning October 1st and will be available at the event. The cost of one ticket is $5 or 5 for $20. [Registration Form]
Labor Day Weekend Tailgate
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/08/28 17:27:27
Please join us for our inaugural Labor Day Weekend Tailgate Party on Saturday, August 30. The DFC will be celebrating the start of Duke's football season with a club tailgate party. A tennis round robin will be held from 9-11am, pool games from 4-5pm, BBQ, chicken and fixins will be served at the picnic shelter from 5-7pm, and there will be a banner making contest and a punt, pass, and kick competition on the basketball courts at 5:30pm. All events are free to members. Guests will be charged the club's guest fee ($5 for adults, $3 for children). [Flyer]
DFC Logo Contest
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/08/28 17:27:12
The DFC is having a logo contest! All DFC members and summer and part-time staff are invited to submit an entry to the contest. Submissions will begin on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, and entries will be due by 10:00am on Monday, November 3, 2008. Entries will be judged by a committee. The winning entry will be announced and displayed at the annual meeting in January, 2009. The winner will be awarded $100 and any DFC t-shirts created during the summer of 2009. Full time DFC staff and their families are excluded from the contest. Submission forms and contest rules are available here: [Registration Form and Rules]
August 23, 2008 - Pre-Teen Back to School Pool Party
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/08/18 11:26:36
The summer season is winding down and school will begin before you know it, so let's get together for one more summer bash! Rising 5th through 9th graders are invited to the DFC for a night of pool games, music, food and drink.
DATE: Saturday, 8/23
TIME: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
COST: $2 per child (members). $5 per child's guest
FOOD: Pizza and drinks
Please call the office (684-6672) to RSVP.
August 07, 2008 - Early Pool Closing
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/07/28 12:50:35
The main pool will close at 7:00pm on Thursday August, 7th for the Summer Staff Appreciation Party.
Mini-Camp Schedule
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/07/28 12:48:13
The mini-camp schedule and registration form for the 2008-2009 school year has been posted. You can find them under the link for Youth Camps.
July 11, 2008 - Parent's Night Out
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/07/09 11:15:31
Why scramble for a sitter when you can bring your kids to the DFC for Parents Night Out? Parent's Night Out is open to children 4-12 yrs old, and will be offered on the second Friday night of every odd numbered month. Our next PNO is Friday July 11, from 6-9pm. We'll play games, go to the pool, and make homemade pizza and ice-cream sundaes! Call the main office to reserve a spot.
Water Safety Instructor Course
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/07/03 10:32:06
The Duke Faculty Club will offer an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Course beginning Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 27, 2008. The cost is $120 plus course materials; a $20 deposit is required. Participants must be at least 16 years old. The course schedule is: Friday, July 18, 6-7pm Saturday, July 19, 9am-4pm Sunday, July 20, 9am-4pm Saturday, July 26, 9am-4pm Sunday, July 27, 9am-12pm For more information follow the link to Aquatics and Staff. Call the main office (684-6672) to register. A minimum enrollment of 5 students is needed for the class to be held.
Water Aerobics Classes
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/06/19 14:41:54
The DFC is offering water aerobics classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the main pool from 10:30-11:30am. All classes are $6.00 for members, $8.00 for non-members. Save $$$ by pre-purchasing your 10-CLASS ACTIVITY PASS at the Faculty Club office $40.00 for members, $65.00 for non-members.
July 4th Celebration
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/06/19 14:38:55
Come celebrate July 4th at the DFC for a full day of games and free food!! We'll have pool games, basketball, tennis, hot dogs on the grill, water melon and more. See attached flyer for details. [July 4th(pdf) , PDF]
June 11, 2008 - POOL CLOSED
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/06/11 13:46:19
We had a problem with our pool filters last night and have had to close the main pool today because the water is too cloudy as a result of not properly circulating through the filters last night. The problem with the pump has been fixed, and now we need to let the water clear by circulating through the filtration system. We will keep the pool closed for the rest of the day (Wednesday) and reopen on Thursday at 10am. I apologize for the inconvenience that this closing may cause you. The lap pool continues to be open for our over 16 year old lap swimmers. Meg Pomerantz, Director
Congratulations Maxine
Physics, for staff, 2008/05/27 16:34:17
On May 15th the Physic Community and others from across Duke got together at the Duke Gardens' Pavilion to celebrate Maxine Stern's contributions to Duke and the Physics Department. [more]
Membership Survey Results
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/06/19 14:13:27
Thank you, again, to all the members who responded to the survey. There was a great response with a lot of good feedback. This information is valuable to the board and staff of the DFC, and will play a significant role in guiding the Strategic Planning Committee. A summary document is attached, and a copy of the full results are kept in the front office. [DFC Survey Summary (pdf)]
May 26, 2008 - Memorial Day Summer Celebration
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/05/13 11:04:22
The Memorial Day Summer Celebration is an all day fun-filled FREE event for the whole family. There will be games, inflatables, drinks, music, and more! We hope to see you there. Please click here for a detailed schedule of events: [Memorial Day Celebration (pdf) ]
May 09, 2008 - Parent's Night Out
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/05/06 10:35:57
Why scramble for a sitter when you can bring your kids to the DFC for Parents Night Out? Parent's Night Out is open to children 4-12 yrs old, and will be offered on the second Friday night of every odd numbered month. Our next PNO is Friday May 9, from 6-9pm. We'll play games, make homemade pizza, ice-cream sundaes, and watch Charlotte's Web! Call the main office to reserve a spot!
USTA Summer Mixed Doubles
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/04/25 16:46:38
Durham Parks and Recreation sponsors an adult Mixed Doubles league during the summer with the season spanning the third week in June through the second week in August. The Faculty Club will be fielding at least one 7.0 team and possibly a 6.0 team and an additional 7.0 team depending on interest. If you would like to join the fun this summer or have any questions about the league, contact Kelly Baker or send an e-mail to stewart.johnson@duke.edu. The registration deadline is May 28 and the cost is $14.
Register for Group Swimming Lessons
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/05/13 10:56:07
Are you ready for the summer? Register now for group swimming lessons at the DFC. Details including dates, times, costs and registration forms are available under our aquatics programs link.
Lifeguard Training Certification Course
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/05/13 10:55:50
Are you looking for a great summer job as a lifeguard but lacking the certfication? Join the DFC for a lifeguard training class beginning on Friday, May 16. Details including dates, times, cost, and registration information are available under our aquatics program link.
Jump Rope Workshop
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/04/11 09:43:11
Come join us at the DFC for some jump rope action! Krishinda Lee, award winning Bouncing Bulldog and DFC fitness intern, will be hosting a jump rope workshop for DFC members of all ages on Saturday, April 12 from 11am-12pm. The event is free, but we do ask that you call the office to let us know that you be joining us. Hope to see you there!
Spring Egg Hunt
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/04/11 09:33:32
Thanks to all the DFC parents and children who made the 2008 Spring Egg Hunt a huge success! Children of all ages hunted eggs, and parents enjoyed a beautiful spring day with bagels and Shade Tree Coffee. Eamonn the Bunny expertly hid eggs all over the DFC grounds. Four sharp eyed egg hunters retrieved the golden eggs and were awarded big chocolate bunnies. We look forward to seeing you next year!
News Item: Wave of Hate Crimes against Latinos
Latino/a Studies, 2008/12/12 12:52:23
News Item: MALDEF CALLS FOR NATIONAL ACTION IN WAKE OF KILLING OF THIRD LATINO VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME IN FIVE MONTHS
Thursday, December 11, 2008
As we have reported, hate crimes against Latinos are at record levels. Today, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) President & General Counsel John Trasviña called upon leaders across all communities to unite and speak out against hate violence:
"We mourn and are outraged by the murder in Brooklyn, New York of Jose Osvaldo Sucuzhañay, whose life was violently taken by a group of people, and whose crime, according to witnesses, was motivated by hate-filled bigotry. Only one month ago, 37-year old Marcello Lucero was ferociously beaten and fatally stabbed in Long Island, New York by a group of teenagers who hunted him down simply for being Latino. In July, 25-year old Luis Ramirez lost his l ife after he was knocked unconscious and kicked in the head by a group of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania teenagers who yelled racial epithets before and during the brutal beating. We extend our sympathies to their families and loved ones.
In the past several years, hate crimes against Latinos have risen 40 percent. This is a national epidemic whose growth is spurred each day by hate speech and anti-immigrant sentiment expressed on cable shows, local radio shows and across the airwaves. National legislation, such as the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crime Prevention Act, must be a top priority for Congress and the new Administration, but it is not sufficient to reach the hate that threatens to pervade local communities. This drastic rise of hate crimes against Latinos, not coincidentally, has occurred during the same years in which there has been an explosive rebirth of extremist anti-immigrant rhetoric and measures.
The serious topic of immigration has been contaminated by hatred and racism, and has created a toxic climate which fosters and condones violence and civil rights violations motivated by bigotry. In seeking to enact unconstitutional anti-immigrant ordinances, irresponsible elected officials spew inflammatory rhetoric that depicts undocumented immigrants as parasites and the root cause of the nation´s fallen economy. Television and radio personalities spread misinformation and stereotypes that criminalize and dehum anize Latino immigrants. Meanwhile, white supremacist groups are using this anti-immigrant wave to promote their racist groups and promote violent acts against Latinos. Collectively, the messages and norms they seek to establish are that immigrants are less human and less worthy, and do not merit basic human rights protections our Constitution demands. These messages have begun to infect too many Americans, and they are being manifested through violence.
Unfortunately, our elected leaders have failed to recognize and condemn this national crisis, the media has largely remained silent, and families have not acted to protect their children from being infected from this hatred. As proven by this year´s historic election, the great majority of Americans have defeated artificial barriers of racism and ushered us into a new era. After over a century of struggle for freedom and democracy irrespective of race, Americans have abolished the disease of racial hatred; however, a virus continues to linger with some, and we must not allow it to proliferate. There are those that may believe that racism and xenophobia will always exist, but it must not exist in our country, in our democratic institutions, in our schools, and in our homes. We must be ever-vigilant, and stamp it out where we see it.
MALDEF calls upon our national representatives, faith leaders, educators, and parents to stand up and take immediate a ction against this national wave of hatred. We again call on Congress and the next President to fix our broken, archaic immigration system to establish national immigration priorities, including community integration that serves the nation´s interests, allows newcomers to work with legal status and protections against exploitation, and safeguards the nation´s communities. Local and federal authorities must prosecute hate crimes to the fullest extent under law. Local officials and media personalities must take responsibility for the consequences of their extremist rhetoric and should spread messages of respect and tolerance. Most importantly, we call on all Americans to unite against this wave of hatred and defeat the hate and violence. It is unacceptable and we must stop it now."
Updated UNC-CH Latina/o Studies Film Database
Latino/a Studies, 2009/01/15 09:57:36
UNC-CH Latina/o Studies Film Database recently updated!!! Check out the database to learn about films related to the following subject areas: anthropology, gender and sexuality studies, sociology, geography, city planning, literature, communications, history, Latin American studies, public health, law, social work, and American studies. The database now offers links to Afro Latina/o films and recently added experimental short, documentary, and feature films sections. All films available on UNC-CH campus, some may be available through inter-library loans for viewing at Duke. Check out the database at: http://english.unc.edu/latina-o/LSFilmDatabase/LSFilmIndex.html
Fields Farmworker Justice Internships
Latino/a Studies, 2008/11/07 16:40:42
Through the Into the Fields Summer Internship program you can spend your summer meeting and supporting the people who plant, harvest and produce the food you eat everyday! In this internship, you will support and organize farmworkers, get trained on the issues surrounding their lives and the broader context of the agricultural industry. Applications are due by February 11, 2009. Apply online at www.saf-unite.org starting January 1, 2009. To Qualify You must speak intermediate to advanced Spanish. SAF preferences college students from farmworker families and students from the Southeast. Benefits include $1250 total per diem, $1500 scholarship, free furnished housing, free trainings and some travel costs. Program runs June 1-August 9, 2009. If you have questions, please check out www.saf-unite.org for the brochure and more information or contact Melanie Stratton Lopez, National Student Organizer at 919-660-3652 or melanie.stratton@duke.edu.
October 22, 2008 - AP- NC sheriff's slurs snarl locals' immigration work
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/28 10:38:13
October 22, 2008 8:18 AM EDT
By: Marty Rosenbluth
SMITHFIELD, N.C. - For years, Sheriff Steve Bizzell watched the number of illegal immigrants in his rural county skyrocket - and with it, he says, residents' fear that the newcomers were responsible for more than their share of crime. So he helped make
-But in a newspaper interview last month, Bizzel complained that "Mexicans are trashy" and pointed to several children playing and said "All they do is work and make love." Though he quickly apologized, his contrition wasn't enough to ward off critics who call his comments evidence that the nation's increasingly popular efforts to enforce immigration statutes locally have nothing to do with law and order. "The chief law enforcement officer is demonstrating his racism in public, and he's allowing his officers to do the same," said Tony Asion, the executive director of nonprofit advocacy group El Pueblo and a retired
-Bizzell declined to comment to The Associated Press about the remarks to the News & Observer that caused the uproar, and the
-"Look at that," he said, pointing at a storefront during his tour of the area with the newspaper reporter. "You can't even read the durned sign. Everywhere you look, it's like little
-Not all opinions of the program are positive, even among Bizzell's fellow sheriffs.
-Bizzell's comments to the newspaper "go from simply stating opinion to constituting illegal racial profiling if these opinions are reflected in practice," said Jennifer Rudinger, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. "It's one thing to think something and say something. It's another to have that kind of bias carried out and enforced." Rudinger said the ACLU is seeking information from
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New Course: Intro to Latino/a Studies in the Global South
Latino/a Studies, 2008/10/20 19:55:02
Intro Course to be taught for the first time Spring '09!
LSGS 100: Introduction to Latino/a Studies in the Global South
Taught by: Professor Antonio Viego
Crosslisted with: Span 120 and Lit 162E
Areas of Knowledge: ALP, SS
Modes of Inquiry: CCI
See full description
SPANISH-SPEAKING DUKE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/16 12:22:32
If you can speak Spanish and are looking for a volunteer opportunity, EK Powe Elementary School needs you! We are located on Ninth St., just up the road from The Regulator book store and within walking distance of East Campus. EK Powe is a Durham public school whose population is 30 percent Latino and growing. Many of our Latino kids are just learning English and we need help with tutoring, translations and other kid-centered tasks. Spanish-speakers and others very welcome! If interested, please write Alice-Anne Kern at aliceanne.kern@dpsnc.net.
Civil Rights Groups Investigate Sheriff's Inflammatory Comments about Latinos
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/16 12:21:32
ACLU of North Carolina and Other North Carolina Civil Rights Groups Launch Investigation Into Johnston County Sheriff's Office After Sheriff Makes Racially Inflammatory Comments About Latinos to the Raleigh News & Observer. [more]
Duke Physicsts welcome LHC first beam
Physics, 2008/09/10 08:20:55
The Duke HEP ATLAS group is working with the Large Hadron Collider which acheived "first beam" Sept. 10, 2008.
September 01, 2008 - September 27, 2008: Spanish Speaking Volunteers Needed: Nasher, El Pueblo, El Centro
Latino/a Studies, 2008/09/15 10:27:35
SPANISH SPEAKING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Several Bilingual (Spanish/English) volunteers are needed for upcoming events.
Contact information and sign up instructions are included for each event separately.
1. NASHER MUSEUM OF ART, EL GRECO TO VELAZQUEZ: August 21 through November 9, 2008 Duke's Nasher Museum of Art will be exhibiting masterpieces of Spanish Art from the 17th century. Volunteers are needed for several positions at the museum. Training will be provided. To learn more about the exhibit visit www.nasher.duke.edu/elgreco. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator for the exhibit, Barclay McConnell at barclay.mcconnell@duke.edu.
2. LA FIESTA DEL PUEBLO: Saturday and Sunday, September 6-7 at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.La Fiesta del Pueblo is a two-day Latin American festival for the entire family. This festival has grown from an attendance of 2,000 in 1994 to about 25,000+ in 2007. Through Fiesta, El Pueblo, Inc. has brought the arts and cultures of Latin America and the
3. FIESTA DE LA SALUD: Saturday, September 27 from 12:00-5:00 pm at Hillside High School (3727 Fayetteville Street, Durham). Volunteers are needed to work at a number of health related stations during the Health Fair. Contact El Centro for more information or to sign up as a volunteer at 687-4635.
DukeEngage: Encuentros de la Frontera: US-Mexico Border Civic Engagement
Latino/a Studies, 2008/08/20 17:27:13
The 8-week summer DukeEngage progam on the US-Mexico Border has successfully come to an end. Visit the following blogsite for student reflections: http://dukeengageusmexico.blogspot.com/
Visit http://dukeengage.duke.edu/ to learn more about DukeEngage intensive civic immersion programs around the world.
NC Community College ban lacks legal rationale
Latino/a Studies, 2008/07/31 11:44:27
From Insidehighered.com on July 28:
In May, the North Carolina Community College System banned students who could not document legal immigration status from enrolling, but last week the legal rationale for that decision apparently fell apart. In barring the students, the system cited a recommendation of the state’s attorney general, who said it would be illegal under federal law to enroll such students. On Friday, however, the system released letters from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to the state attorney general saying that such enrollments were not necessarily illegal, and a letter from the attorney general’s office stating that — based on the federal letter — it appeared the state community college system was not barred from admitting these students after all. The community college system also released statements indicating that the ban would remain in place for now, but would be discussed by the state community college board soon, based on the new letters.
Visit http://www.adelantenc.org/5.html to find out more and learn of ways to support higher education for all students.
Help Protect Higher Education for ALL Students: Read and TAKE ACTION
Latino/a Studies, 2008/05/16 17:24:13
North Carolina community colleges on Tuesday banned illegal immigrants from seeking degrees, a policy that is among the most restrictive in the nation. See http://www.newsobserver.com/news/higher_education/story/1071836.html.
HELP PROTECT HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS: TAKE ACTION TODAY
We need your help to ensure that Higher Education will be available for ALL students: http://capwiz.com/elpueblo/issues/alert/?alertid=11384781&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]
Allowing access for ALL to higher education will: strengthen our future tax base. This is a workforce development issue.
These are qualified North Carolina students. In-state tuition and federal immigration issues are separate issues from open enrollment admission.
CERTIFICATE APPROVED: Latino/a Studies in the Global South
Latino/a Studies, 2008/04/23 16:28:58
BIG NEWS for LATINO/A STUDIES: Our undergraduate certificate proposal for "Latino/a Studies in the Global South" has been approved by the Arts and Sciences Council!! The certificate program allows students to expand on their knowledge of Latino/a communities in the United States by combining courses across the disciplines in the humanities, natual sciences, and social sciences along with interdisciplinary introductory and capstone courses. Certificate details will be posted on-line under the "Academics" section soon. Students interested in the certificate may contact Jenny Snead Williams, jennysw@duke.edu, Coordinator of Latino/a Studies.
Tax Time: "Illegal Immigrants Pay Billions in Taxes"
Latino/a Studies, 2008/04/23 16:29:27
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- The tax system collects its due, even from a class of workers with little likelihood of claiming a refund and no hope of drawing a Social Security check. Illegal immigrants are paying taxes to Uncle Sam, experts agree. Just how much they pay is hard to determine because the federal government doesn't fully tally it. But the latest figures available indicate it will amount to billions of dollars in federal income, Social Security and Medicare taxes this year. One rough estimate puts the amount of Social Security taxes alone at around $9 billion per year. Paycheck withholding collects much of the federal tax from illegal workers, just as it does for legal workers. The Internal Revenue Service doesn't track a worker's immigration status, yet many illegal immigrants fearful of deportation won't risk the government attention that will come from filing a return even if they might qualify for a refund. Economist William Ford of Middle Tennessee State University says there are no firm figures on how many taxpayers are in that situation. "The real question is how many of them pay more than they owe. There are undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of people in that situation," Ford said. But some illegal immigrants choose to file taxes and write a check come April 15, using an alternative to the Social Security number offered by the IRS so it can collect income tax from foreign workers. "It's a mistake to think that no illegal immigrants pay taxes. They definitely do," said Martha Pantoja, who has been helping Hispanic immigrants this tax season as an IRS-certified volunteer tax preparer for the nonprofit Nashville Wealth Building Coalition. Among those she has assisted is Eric Jimenez, a self-employed handyman who has worked in Nashville for several years. He feels obliged to pay taxes -- even though, as Pantoja said, "nothing would happen" to him if he did not. "I have an idea, a mentality, that to be a good citizen you have to pay taxes," he said. "Also, I'm conscious of the fact that the money we pay in taxes supports the schools and all the public services." See http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/04/15/immigrant.taxes.ap/index.html for the remainder of this Associated Press story.
Apply Now: Duke Engage on the U.S. - Mexico Border
Latino/a Studies, 2008/03/26 01:14:32
"Encuentros de la Frontera: U.S. - Mexico Border Civic Engagement" A DukeEngage Summer 2008 Program Program Description: Immigration is perhaps the single largest domestic challenge facing the both the U.S. and Mexico today. People die nearly every week on the border. Hostilities against immigrants in the U.S. are mounting. International relations are strained. This program will provide DukeEngage students the opportunity to become informed about issues related to the border, migration, and foreign policy. Students will gain a better understanding of “comprehensive immigration reform” and will analyze concerns surrounding “amnesty.” The experience will be closely tied to the work of BorderLinks, a well-respected organization that has been working with college students for 20+ years. Volunteer opportunities will range from working at a migrant day labor camp to teaching ESL, to providing emergency humanitarian aid in the desert, and more. Tangible outcomes of this project will likely consist of documentation projects linking the US/Mexico border to Durham, NC; students will share these projects through exhibits, class presentations, independent studies and theses projects. Project Leaders: Charlie Thompson, Jenny Snead Williams, Tennessee Watson Program Dates: June 7 – Aug 2 We will accept 6-8 students this first summer; application deadline is March 31, with students admitted on rolling basis. Apply early for preferential placement. Come see a presentation by 8 students who spent Spring Break with Borderlinks and the project leaders: March 31, 6-8pm at the Refectory Dining Hall on Duke West Campus. Contact Fiona O’Sullivan for $15 tickets (all you can eat, healthy local food) and for more info. fiona.osullivan@duke.edu. For More Info on this DukeEngage opportunity on the US/Mexico Border, see DukeEngage website http://dukeengage.duke.edu/ and contact Jenny Snead Williams, jennysw@duke.edu.
Undergraduate Summer Research Grants: Deadline March 31
Latino/a Studies, 2008/03/04 16:34:06
Two to three awards of up to $2000 each will be made to undergraduate students who proposed independent summer research projects involving the study of Latino/a communities in the United States or US Latino/a-related subjects. Awardees will conduct summer research related to any discipline for at least two weeks in a Latino/a community or at a research institute or library with relevant holdings. Projects may be carried out anywhere in the United States and/or in multiple locations. (Note: this is different from international pojects taking place only in Latin America.) Deadline for applicants is March 31st. See Academics-Funding for more info and contact jennysw@duke.edu for application form and competition guidelines.
Pedro Lasch Exhibits Work in San Antonio: Eligible Traffic
Latino/a Studies, 2008/03/03 17:02:27
Duke Latino/a Studies Community Liaison Pedro Lasch is participating in the exhibition, ELIGIBLE TRAFFIC, showing in San Antonio, TX from March 7 - April 5, 2008, with an opening reception on Friday March 7, 5-7pm.
Eligible Traffic opens March 7, 2008 at the
Eligible Traffic is a term that refers to a designation employed by the Department of Defense in which the law regulates the flow of individuals. Eligible Traffic addresses the subject of the undocumented immigrant and the legal formalities that differentiate the permitted from the excluded, responding to the current geo-political conflict involving the US/Mexico border.
This exhibition refuses to sentimentalize or marginalize the immigrant as victim. Instead, the works materialize laws that are invisible to its subjects. Borders are visualized and scrambled. Surveillance is turned against itself. National membership and issues of citizenship are re-imagined, proposing a more active question that directly articulates the complicated knot between art and politics: how can one represent artistically a life severed politically?
An experiment in curatorial collaboration, Eligible Traffic is a collaboration between the students from Trinity Universitys Gallery Practicum seminar and guest curator, NYC-based artist, Steven Lam. Through personal interaction with artists and scholars, the seminar utilizes the exhibition format as a hand-on pedagogical tool addressing topical concerns through the lens of artistic practice.
DukeEngage: Encuentros de la Frontera: US-Mexico Border Civic Engagement
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/27 14:13:46
Duke undergraduates (excluding graduating seniors) are eligible to apply for an eight-week civic engagement opportunity on the US-Mexico Border.
Immigration is perhaps the single largest domestic challenge facing the both the U.S. and Mexico today. People die nearly every week on the border. Hostilities against immigrants in the U.S. are mounting. International relations are strained. This program, through which students will spend at least 10 days in Mexico, will provide DukeEngage students the opportunity to become informed about the issues related to the border and to understand what “comprehensive immigration reform” is as well as analysis of ideas of “amnesty.” The experience will be closely tied to the work of BorderLinks, a well-respected organization specifically designed to work with college students. Volunteer opportunities will range from work with ESL students to emergency first aid. Tangible outcomes of this project will likely consist of documentation projects and film footage that students will share through exhibits, forums, class presentations, independent studies and theses projects. Visit http://dukeengage.duke.edu/ for more information.
NBC-17 news coverage: Latino/a Studies (1) and El Centro Hispano (2)
Latino/a Studies, 2008/02/13 18:28:14
Headline 1: Importance of Latino Vote to Be Discussed at Duke click here (video coverage of the event was shown at 11pm TUESDAY, FEB 12 and is not - yet - online). Visiting Professor of Political Science, Jason Casellas, spoke on "The Latino/Hispanic Vote in the Presidential Election" to a standing-room only audience. The event was presented by Latino/a Studies and Mi Gente: Latino Student Association.
Headline 2: Durham Police Chief Hopes To Make Latinos Feel Safer: TUESDAY, FEB 12 - click here. Durham's police chief sought out Latinos Tuesday night to tell them its ok to call police when they have been a victim of a crime.
Headline 3: Durham Cracking Down On Robbers Targeting Latinos: FRIDAY, FEB 8 - click here Gun toting robbers have been targeting Latino residents in Durham and police say they're cracking down on the criminals.
2nd Annual Marcy Speer 3 Mile Fun Run/walk
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/10/29 15:50:01
The 2nd annual Marcy Speer 3 mile run/walk will be held at the DFC on Saturday, November 22, 2008. The run/walk is in honor Marcy Speer, a long time member of the Duke Community who lost her battle with breast cancer last year. Entry fee is $25 for adults, $15 for teens, $10 for children 5-10 years old, and children under 5 are free. You can register on-line at http://wwwchg.duhs.duke.edu/marcyrun.
Duke physics major battles for Olympic spot
Physics, for faculty, 2008/06/06 15:01:24
Konrad Dudziak continued his quest to make the U.S. Olympic team this past weekend when he won the championship in freestyle at 211.5 pounds at the University World Team Trials. [more] [more] -- http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=1475622
August 27, 2008 - Organizational DUMU meeting and Math 149S information session
Mathematics, for ugrad, 2009/02/16 18:51:39
August 27, 2008 at 7:30pm in Physics 128
New scholarship for International Taxation Program fellows
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:10:06
DCID announces the establishment of a new scholarship in the name of Professor Oliver Oldman, who for many years directed and nurtured the International Taxation Program (ITP) while it was hosted at Harvard Law School. Beginning in academic year 2009-10, the Oliver Oldman Memorial Scholarship will support one fellow per academic year who is enrolled in the one-year master of arts Program in International Development Policy with a specialization in international taxation. Read more about the Oliver Oldman Scholarship.
October 28, 0200 - Kerry Haynie in the news
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/10/23 10:02:27
Race and politics: how far have we come? By Gregory Childress : The Herald-Sun gchildress@heraldsun.com Oct 21, 2008 Durham --
When Barack Obama announced he was running for president nearly two years ago, he pushed race to the forefront of presidential politics in a way never done before. He is now the first African-American with a legitimate chance to win the nation's highest office and, as such, blacks and whites have begun to see the 2008 presidential election as a bellwether on race. Its outcome will potentially be the yardstick by which many measure racial progress for decades to come. "I think it will be a barometer of how far we have come and also of the work we have to do," said Jarvis Hall, director of the N.C. Central University Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change. "This is a critical juncture." Obama enjoys a comfortable lead in the polls with just 14 days left to Election Day, something that would not be possible without the support of legions of white voters. "This is a monumental positive step forward for this country," said Durham attorney Ken Spaulding, who is a former chairman of the influential Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People. "I'm just elated to see whites put race behind in favor of competency." Still, it's difficult for blacks such as Jarvis to talk about the Obama candidacy without mentioning the "Bradley effect" -- a term coined after exit polls showed former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley leading by a wide margin in the 1982 California governor's race. After the final vote was counted, Bradley had lost to white Republican George Deukmejian, which led some pollsters to conclude that white voters lied to pollsters about for whom they voted because they didn't want to seem bigoted. "Certainly, I expect there to be some of that," said Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science at Duke University. But Haynie believes Obama has something that may be more powerful than race working in his favor to defeat Republican John McCain -- the economy. "That may favor Obama on a number of fronts," Haynie said. "That has taken race off of the table." Just a few short months ago, however, Haynie thought differently. He predicted race would be a major factor working against Obama in his bid to become America's first black president. "The issue of race is going to loom large for Sen. Obama," Haynie said in June. "He's going to have to reach out to white voters who might not be comfortable voting for an African American candidate." But since then, the economy has taken a nose-dive, and Congress has agreed to spend $700 billion to bail out financial institutions that many Americans think are undeserving. Haynie said voters struggling to pay their mortgages and watching their retirement savings shrink likely will have their pocketbooks uppermost on their minds when they enter the voting booth. David Smudski, chairman of the Durham County Republican Party, also believes race will be less of a factor than the economy and Obama's politics. "I have not picked up a racial tone [among the people with whom he's spoken to about the election] except once or twice," Smudski said. Smudski says Obama's "Marxist" politics will supersede his skin color when Republicans enter the voting booth. "They're just amazed that someone so leftist and Marxist could make it to the top of the Democratic ticket," Smudski said. "But then again, they were also surprised that [President] Bush nationalized the banks." Charmaine McKissick-Melton, associate professor of mass communication at N.C. Central University, an Obama supporter who describes herself as a "guinea pig" of integration, says her instincts tell her that, racially, times have changed for the better, particularly among America's youth. "I see the younger students, those under 30 in particular, as having a different mind set," McKissick-Melton said. "They're more open-minded [about race], but they also see Obama as the light out of the darkness." McKissick-Melton, the sister of state Sen. Floyd McKissick, believes an Obama victory will depend heavily on whether young people move beyond simply campaigning for Obama to actually show up at the polls Nov. 4 to cast votes. "If they come out in droves, I assume we will win," McKissick-Melton said. Note: you will have to register to read the article online at Heraldsun.com [more]
DCID staff and faculty visit Chinese alumni in Beijing
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:10:43
In March 2008, Professors Cory Krupp, GP Shukla and Joe Tham, along with DCID staff members Jon Abels, Jason Kulasingam and Rusty Miller traveled to Beijing, China, to host a banquet for past participants of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) executive education program.
Each year since 2004, approximately 30 Chinese government officials have spent one semester at DCID for this customized public policy program. To mark the approaching conclusion of the five-year contract with the Chinese government, and to express enthusiasm about continuing the program in the future, DCID hosted a banquet in Beijing and invited all past participants to attend. Of 150 alumni, over 100 were able to attend, in addition to Sun Zhaohua, Deputy Director-General of SAFEA, Wei Dawei, Deputy Director-General of SAFEA and Zhai Hong, Director of Overseas Training for SAFEA.
Now in its fifth year, the SAFEA program provides participants with a unique opportunity to live in the United States, take advantage of all that Duke University provides its students and gain new perspectives on policy and development. DCID staff and faculty remain optimistic about future partnerships with the Chinese government, and look forward to continuing the SAFEA program in the future. Read more about DCID custom executive education programs including SAFEA.
DCID faculty members reach out to undergrads
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:10:29
New DCID Undergraduate Dinner Discussion Series aims to engage undergraduate population in discussions on themes related to development
DCID faculty members have long focused their teaching efforts on the master's degree Program in International Development Policy and on executive education programs for mid-career professionals. Now, as a new effort to reach out to the Duke undergraduate population, DCID has begun a series of discussions on topics related to international development.
The first event of the series took place in September, when Catherine Admay led a discussion of the book, "What is the What," by Dave Eggers. This event was co-sponsored by the Duke Student Affairs office of Dean Todd Adams and DCID.
The book, which was nominated by Prof. Admay and subsequently chosen for the 2008 Summer Reading Program, tells the story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Participants gathered in the historic East Duke Building on Duke’s East Campus to consider Mr. Deng's exceptional story and policy issues that could be raised, such as the challenges the international systems faces in protecting refugees, the nature of refugee resettlement in the United States, and the core policy question of how individuals become qualified—as refugees rather than as economic migrants—for relocation in the United States.
The next event in the series will take place on October 22. Students will have the opportunity to discuss the topic of, "The World Bank: Friend or Foe." DCID faculty member Phylllis Pomerantz, formerly Chief Learning officer at the World Bank, will moderate.
India and Kazakhstan governments sign contracts with DCID
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:08:50
DCID begins two new contracts for customized executive education programs in 2008.
In October 2008, DCID will host a group of 20 central government civil servants of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The group will take part in a program, led by DCID faculty members, on Administrative Reform: Decentralization, Fiscal Planning and Management.
Participants in the program will include civil servants of the central government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As in many of the custom programs that DCID provides, this one will include classroom training and field visits to government and private sector offices. In addition, DCID staff will organize weekend visits to Washington, D.C, and New York, N.Y.
Strengthening its relationship with the Government of India, DCID has signed a contract with the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Through this agreement, DCID faculty members will provide training and workshops for groups of 40 senior civil servants in the Provincial Civil Service (PCS), two times each year for the duration of the three-year contract.
In addition to these new programs, DCID continues to provide customized training and education programs for the Indian Administrative Service, Government of India, and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), People's Republic of China. Read more about custom programs at DCID.
DCID Professor Cory Krupp earns promotion
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:10:53
Professor Cory Krupp, director of graduate studies for the Program in International Development Policy at DCID, is one of three Sanford Institute faculty members to receive a promotion. [more]
Welcome to the 2008 - 2009 academic year!
Romance Studies, 2008/08/27 10:01:23
We'd like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new and returning students & faculty as we begin the 2008 - 2009 academic year.
Stay tuned for our department newsletter, coming soon!
UNIVERSITY WIDE SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM NOW HOUSED IN THE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION
Education, 2009/06/26 14:06:01
Under the leadership of David Malone, Faculty Director, the Service Learning Program (SLP) will continue to support faculty, staff, students, and community partners involved in Duke courses with the SL designation, and will focus on expanding and enhancing SL course offerings. The new SLP website will be up shortly. Inquiries should be addressed to Kristin Wright, SLP Coordinator, servicelearning@duke.edu.
Executive Education 2008 summer programs begin with PARM
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:11:08
The first open-enrollment Executive Education program of 2008 came to a successful close on Friday, June 6. Forty-two participants from 17 countries took part in the four-week program on Project Appraisal and Risk Management (PARM) on campus at DCID. This was the largest group of PARM participants since the program commenced at Duke in 2002. In addition to classroom exercises and evening/weekend social events, the group traveled to Washington, D.C., where they met with professionals from the World Bank and USAID. For more information about PARM and other DCID Executive Education programs, please see the Executive Education section of our website.
Members of PIDP class of 2008 present Master's Projects
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:11:21
On March 28, 2008, the PIDP class of 2008 presented Master's Projects to classmates, instructors, and guests. Topics ranged from Consolidating Peace in the Sudan to Enhancing the Role of Armenian Diaspora in Peaceful Development in Armenia. Subsequently, on April 4, the graduating class of the Duke-UNC Rotary Center participated in the fifth annual Rotary Spring Conference, where each of them presented their projects to a larger audience including Rotarians from around the world before taking questions.
The Master’s Project is a required component of the PIDP master’s degree curriculum. Fellows must demonstrate mastery in defining a policy problem, analyzing it in an interdisciplinary manner, and recommending a specific course of action to address that problem.
The PIDP and MPP hooding ceremony will take place on May 10, 2008. 32 PIDP Fellows will participate in the ceremony. May 2008 graduates will receive their Master of Arts diplomas on Sunday, May 11, following the Duke Graduate School ceremony.
Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal named Fellow of the American Physical Society
Physics, for faculty, 2008/12/24 21:01:46
On November 17, Prof. Ashutosh Kotwal was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Election to Fellowship is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership and is recognition by peers of outstanding contribution to physics. The citation for his certificate reads: "For his precision measurements of the mass of the W boson at the Tevatron." [more]
Featured Member: Ashutosh V Kotwal of Physics
Chemistry professor Jie Liu, Duke adjunct physics professor Henry Everitt,
Chemistry, 2009/01/09 16:59:27
and their graduate student John Foreman have found that a cheap and nontoxic sunburn and diaper rash preventative can be made to produce brilliant light best suited to the human eye. They have discovered that adding sulfur to ultra-fine powders of zinc oxide at about 1,000 degrees centigrade allows the preparation to convert invisible ultraviolet light into a remarkably bright and natural form of white light. They are now probing the solid state chemistry and physics of various combinations of those ingredients to deduce an optimal design for a new kind of illumination. Everitt and Liu have applied for a patent on using the preparations as a light source. More details are available at http://news.duke.edu/2008/12/zincoxide.html.
April 19, 2009 - "RELIGIOUS ZIONISM AND THE TEMPLE MOUNT DILEMMA"
Jewish Studies Program, for faculty, 2009/03/24 10:00:00
MOTTI INBARI
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009 - 3 PM
THE FREEMAN CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE
Motti Inbari is the first postdoctoral fellow at the newly created Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. Dr. Inbari focuses his research on Jewish fundamentalism in Israel. He earned his PhD at the department of Modern Jewish
History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prior to his fellowship at Brandeis, Dr.Inbari served as the Schusterman Visiting Assistant Professor for Israel Studies at the
University of Florida. His first book Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount was published by Magnes Press in Hebrew. The English version of the manuscript is forthcoming
by the State University of New York Press.
This Lecture is part of the Carolina Seminars on Jewish Studies 2008 - 2009 Program.
A paper from David Beratan and his collaborators
Chemistry, 2008/12/09 16:51:30
in the December 5, 2008 issue of Physical Review Letters [101, 238301 (2008)] explains a puzzle associated with the photoionization of electrons from metals coated with chiral adsorbates. Experiments indicate that the yield of photoelectrons is different when the surface is illuminated with left vs. right- circularly polarized light. This effect is mysterious because the energy spectra of left vs right handed systems are identical. In an international collaboration involving scientists at Duke, the University of Cyprus, Tel Aviv University, the Weizmann Institute, and the University of Pittsburgh, the group showed that electronic states prepared with angular momentum (as arises with circularly polarized light) have characteristic phase lags associated with both the angular momentum of the excited state and the handedness of the bridge. This lag translates into different electron yields when the adsorbate handedness or the light polarization is reversed. This effect could be useful for distinguishing between tunneling and resonant electron transfer mechanisms for charge transfer systems of interest in biology and nanoscience.
Giant protist discovered.
Biology, 2008/12/09 16:05:03
Sonke Johnsen discovered -- and is the senior author of a recent Current Biology paper on -- the largest known motile protist. The deep-sea organism is a one-inch-diameter testate amoeba that moves by rolling as it eats. It leaves trails that reopen the debate about whether some of the Ediacaran fauna were actually over-sized protists and whether trace fossils in the Proterozoic can be unambiguously assigned to metazoans. This paper has been featured in Nature, The Scientist, New Scientist, Discover and the New York Times. Sonke Johnsen's "advice for potential graduate students" has also been featured in "Nature Jobs" (December 4th edition of Nature). [more]
Congratulations to
Chemistry, 2008/12/08 12:57:36
Manchuta Dangkulwanich, Romin Bonakdar, and Eric Wang on their initiation into Phi Betta Kappa. The Department of Chemistry is justifiably proud of all of our chemistry majors, but it is especially impressive and rewarding to see students like these who rise to the highest levels of academic achievement while pursuing one of the most challenging majors in the university.
Tenure Track Systems Biology position in DSS
Statistical Science, 2009/04/15 10:26:29
The Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) and the Duke University Trinity College of Arts & Sciences invite applications for tenure-track faculty positions in the areas of computational, quantitative, or systems biology. We seek applicants with strong quantitative backgrounds (for example, in computer science, mathematics or statistics) and with experience in addressing challenging questions in the life sciences, including genome biology, systems biology, evolutionary genomics, functional genomics, or modeling across biological scales. Appointees will enjoy and contribute to existing strengths in the broad areas of computational and systems biology at Duke and will be affiliated with the IGSP Center for Systems Biology, a campus-wide intellectual center supported as a National Systems Biology Center by the NIH.
A successful candidate will have a tenure-track academic appointment in a suitable department in Arts & Sciences, as well as an appointment as an Investigator in the IGSP, with the possibility for a joint appointment in other departments or schools as appropriate. While the current search is directed to faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor, exceptional candidates may be considered at more senior ranks.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a brief summary of current and proposed research, a statement of teaching interests and experience, and reprints of up to three publications via the web at www.academicjobsonline.org. Candidates should arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be uploaded to the website. Applications received before 5 January 2009 will receive full consideration; applications after this date may be considered until positions are filled. Questions about the search may be addressed to bbooher@duke.edu; additional information may be found at http://www.genome.duke.edu/centers/csb/facsearch.
Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer; women and members of minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Djembe and Afro-Cuban Ensembles
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/11/19 16:17:54
Director: Bradley Simmons, with Monti Ellison. Free Admission. Friday, November 21, 8pm. Baldwin Auditorium.
Bradley Simmons, a native of New York City, began playing Afro-Cuban and African percussion when he was 9 years old. Throughout his teenage years he worked to enhance his knowledge of Haitian, Cuban and African percussion, becoming a sought after Conguero and shekere player for community and religious events. He has done several on and off Broadway plays and performed at nightclubs with artists including Eartha Kitt, and Gregory and Maurice Hines. Simmons has also appeared on Television including the Mike Douglas Show and the Cerebral Palsy Telethon. He directed his own show "Cultural Journey: The Elements of Percussion" in 1990 at the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta and again in 1996, in Durham, NC. Simmons has taught throughout the United States and is currently a Musical Director at Duke University, teaching West African Music and History, focusing on djembe, songba, djun-djun and kenkeni. Off campus he teaches classes on Afro-Cuban percussion and is the leader of the percussion ensemble, Elements of Percussion that tours both locally and nationally.
As a teenager, Monti Ellison trained as a dancer and then an actor through HARYOU-ACT (also known as Harlem Youth Opportunities Limited). He credits Bradley Simmons as serving as being an encouraging influence as he was first emerging as a young performer. During a fifteen year tenure with The Alvin Ailey School , Ellison served as head musician. His reputation at the Ailey School won the attention of musical greats such as Harry Belafonte, for whom Ellison performed as a featured soloist, and Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul (headed by Steven Van Zandt, guitarist with Bruce Springsteen), with whom Ellison toured internationally for several years. Currently, Ellison teaches several dance and drumming classes for Loyola Marymount University, CSU-Long Beach, Orange County College and St Josephs Ballet. He continues performing professionally with groups like Rhapsody in Taps , an organization founded by his wife to honor the tradition of tap dance.
Entre los Muertos/Among Death
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/11/19 15:07:03
Final film of the 22nd annual Latin American Film Festival. Friday, November 21, 7pm. UNC-Chapel Hill - Nelson Mandela Audiorium, Fedex Global Education Center.
Cuba/El Salvador, 2004. Director: Jorge Dalton.
Introduced by the director.
This film chronicles the cultural approaches to the familiar presence of death in El Salvador, presenting it not merely as a celebration, but also as an aspect of Salvadoran life that even advances the country's economy.
57 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
Reception to follow.
Video Art from Latin America
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/11/19 15:06:50
Viewing of select documentaries. Thursday, November 20, 7pm. Richard White Auditorium. Part of the 22nd annual Latin American Film Festival.
"Bocas de Ceniza" - Columbia. Director: Juan M Echavarria.
"Street is a Mutha" - Canada & Street is a Mutha 2 - Colombia. Coordinators/Producers: Jorge Lozano and Guillermina Buzio.
"Cuando Yo Sonaba un Mundo al Reves/When I Dreamed a World Up Side Down" - Cuba/El Salvador. Director: Jorge Dalton.
"Terminal" - Chile/USA. Director: Andres Tapia-Urzua.
"Water/Sea of Words/February" - Palestine, Colombia, Canada. Director: Julieta Maria.
RDU NBMBAA - 2008 Scholarship Program
Prebusiness Advising Office, 2008/11/19 14:25:03
MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. The Raleigh Durham Chapter of the National Black MBA Association Inc. is pleased to announce it's 2008 scholarship program awarding graduate and undergraduate scholarships to deserving minority candidates. For more information, please visit the following website: www.rdumba.org.
Holiday Hours
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/12/01 09:35:10
Saturday, Dec. 20 - Close at 5pm
Christmas Eve - 7am-12pm
Christmas Day - Closed
New Year's Eve - 7am-12pm
New Year's Day - Closed
Departmental Events and Photos
Romance Studies, 2009/02/12 16:14:25
Please click the links below to enjoy photos and summaries from some of our departmental events!!
East Campus "House-Warming" for the Spanish Language Program
Fall Reception
Retirement Party for Philip Stewart
Sustaining Innovation in Practice -- The International Society for Disease Surveillance to host Annual Conference in Raleigh. December 3-5, 2008
Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 2008/11/10 22:47:06
The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference is
the premier annual gathering for global leaders in public health,
epidemiology, health policy, biostatistics, computer science, and related
fields focused on cutting-edge research in biosurveillance and emerging
challenges to public health practice. The multi-disciplinary field of
disease surveillance brings together biostatistics, mathematical
modeling, natural language processing, GIS visualization, and decision
theory to address public health challenges including communicable
diseases, non-infectious diseases, adverse drug events, and zoonotic
outbreaks. In addition to presentations describing novel research, the
conference also highlights case studies from real-world surveillance
practice by public health practitioners.
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lecture by Justin Crumbaugh
Romance Studies, 2008/11/10 11:52:13
The Department of Romance Studies is proud to present a lecture by
Justin Crumbaugh
entitled The Power of Inauthenticity and the Rise of Spanish Neoconservatism:
The “Spain Is Different” Tourism Campaign of 1964
Friday, November 21, 2008
4:00 pm
305 Languages Building
Reception to follow lecture
http://www.romancestudies.aas.duke.edu/romancestudies/JustinCrumbaughLecture.html
Since Justin Crumbaugh received his doctorate from Emory University, he has taught at the University of
Pennsylvania and at Mount Holyoke College, where he is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Film
Studies. His research focuses on Spanish public discourse of recent decades with a particular emphasis
on tourism, political conflict and the tensions associated with Spain’s transition to a postindustrial
society. His book, Destination Dictatorship: The Spectacle of Spain’s Tourist Boom and the Reinvention
of Difference (SUNY Press 2009), examines the media frenzy surrounding the rise of mass tourism
during the1960s as it relates to the Franco regime’s attempts to shore up power through modernization
and “economic government.” Professor Crumbaugh’s most recent work connects the so-called Basque
problem and the symbolization of the “victims of terrorism” to debates about historical memory of the
Franco dictatorship.
For more information, please contact the Department of Romance Studies at 919-660-3100
The BEST Award for Student Research 2008
Statistical Science, 2009/03/18 12:06:15
Statistical Science major Craig Reeson (Trinity 2009) is the recipient of the 2008 Best Award in recognition of his research on "Financial Time Series, Graphical Modelling & Portfolio Analysis"
Statistical Science PhD student James Scott receives an Honorable Mention in recognition of his research on "Nonparametric Bayesian Multiple Hypothesis Testing of Autoregressive Time Series"
BEST Award for Student Research
Department of Statistical Science, Duke University
http://www.stat.duke.edu/research/BEST/
November 10, 2008 - Lecture by Danny James
Romance Studies, 2008/11/04 13:42:20
The Department of Romance Studies is proud to present a lecture by
Danny James
called
"Quemando el parquet": 'Cabecitas negras', urban legends and the construction of regional identity in an Argentine working class community
Monday, November 10, 2008
2:15 pm
201 Flowers
Reception to follow lecture. This lecture is free and open to the public.
http://www.romancestudies.aas.duke.edu/romancestudies/Danny_James_Lecture.html
Daniel James was educated at Oxford University and received his doctorate from the London School of Economics. He was a Research Fellow at Cambridge University and from 1979 to 1982 taught sociology at the University of Brasilia. Since coming to the United States he has taught Latin American history at Yale University and Duke University until coming to Indiana in 1999 to take up the Bernardo Mendel Chair in Latin American History.
His primary research interests have been in Argentina. Since first going to Argentina in 1972 he has spent frequent prolonged periods in Argentina. His principle interest has been in modern Argentine labor, social and cultural history. Much of the focus of his work has been on Peronism. His first book, Resistance and Integration: Peronism and the Argentine Working Class 1943 - 1976, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1988. Since the late 1980s he has been engaged in a long-term collaborative project with Professor Mirta Zaida Lobato of the University of Buenos Aires focused on the history of the meatpacking community of Berisso. A central part of this project has involved the collection of oral testimonies in the community.
For more information please contact Cathy Knoop at 919-660-3102 or cknoop@duke.edu
NMR work in the Warren lab
Chemistry, 2008/10/28 09:59:49
is featured in the cover story of the October 27 issue of Chemical and Engineering News. This article discusses dynamic nuclear polarization, a new method that dramatically increases NMR signals, and the Warren lab's efforts to create very long lived contrast agents which use this effect.
Visiting Faculty Positions
Statistical Science, 2009/03/18 12:07:30
The Department of Statistical Science invites applications for Visiting Faculty positions beginning Fall 2009. Candidates must have a PhD in statistics and potential for success in teaching and collaborative research. Submit a letter, CV, and names of three references at Academic Jobs Online . Send inquiries to Dalene Stangl, Associate Chair. Applications accepted until positions are filled. Screening begins on 15 January, 2009.
Women and under-represented minorities are encouraged to apply. Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Tenure Track Opportunities in DSS
Statistical Science, 2009/03/18 12:07:00
The Department of Statistical Science invites applications for faculty appointment at the level of Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2009. Preference will be given to candidates whose core statistical science research interests are complemented with collaborative research interest in systems biology, neurosciences, social sciences, or environmental science.
The Department of Statistical Science is an internationally recognized center of excellence for research and education in the development and application of contemporary statistical methodology. Particular emphasis is directed toward Bayesian modeling in many scientific fields as well as emerging computationally intensive methods. The Department offers outstanding computational facilities and opportunities for interdisciplinary research. It currently has 13 regular rank faculty along with 12 visiting, adjunct, and post doctoral faculty and 34 Ph.D. students.
The Ph.D. program as well as the Department's research agenda benefit from strong connections with the Statistics and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) and the National Institute of Statistical Science (NISS), both located nearby in the Research Triangle. A Statistical Science major, started in Fall 2007, provides the primary focus of our undergraduate program. More information about the Department is available at the web site http://stat.duke.edu/.
All applicants should provide a letter, curriculum vitae, personal statement, and the names of three references. All materials should be submitted online at Academic Jobs Online. For inquiries and e-mail correspondence please write to search@stat.duke.edu. The application pool will remain open until the position is filled but screening will begin on 1 December, 2008.
Duke University is an Equal opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women and minorities are strongly encouraged.
International Justice/ Asymmetrical Justice?
African & African American Studies, 2008/10/30 12:36:42
AAAS Brown Bag Series with Professor Stephen Smith
October 29, 2008
225 Friedl Building
12:00 pm
(light lunch provided)
A conversation about international justice in Africa, with regard to special tribunals, the International Criminal Court, and the question of "asymmetrical justice."
Professor Stephen W. Smith will begin with a brief account of his recent testimony at the Charles Taylor trial in the Hague, where Taylor stands charged with responsibility for serious international crimes.
Other panelists include Louisa Lombard and Jatin Dua (Cultural Anthropolgy).
Lecture by Christopher Prendergast
Romance Studies, 2008/10/29 14:18:24
The Department of Romance Studies is proud to present a lecture by
Christopher Prendergast
USES AND ABUSES OF THE CLASSIC
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
4:45 pm
The Rare Book Room
Perkins Library, West Campus
Reception to Follow
Professor Prendergast is a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge and a Professor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge. He has taught at Pembroke College, Oxford, and at Downing College, Cambridge. has been Distinguished Professor in French and Comparative Literature at the Graduate School in the City University of New York, and was a Fellow at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities. He has held the title of Visiting Professor at UCLA, SUNY-Albany, the University of Cape Town, and the University of Copenhagen. He has been Visiting Fellow at Princeton University and the Remarque Institute of New York University.
His numerous publications include Balzac: Fiction and Melodrama; The Order of Mimesis; Paris-Spectacle: Images de Paris dans la peinture au Musée d’Orsay; Writing the City: Paris and the Nineteenth Century; Napoleon and History Painting; The Triangle of Representation; and For the People, By the People? Eugène Sue’s ‘Les Mystères de Paris.’ Professor Prendergast has edited a number of important volumes on 19th and 20th century French literature, and was General Editor of the recent six-volume English translation of Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu [In Search of Lost Time] (Penguin, 2002).
http://www.romancestudies.aas.duke.edu/ChristopherPrendergastlecture.html
The most recent issue of Science
Chemistry, 2008/10/16 16:28:52
includes a paper by Professor Warren's group on the development of a new method to image temperature deep in the body using magnetic resonance. The resonance frequency of water depends on temperature, since the hydrogen bonding network changes, but in tissue the small shifts are overwhelmed by magnetic field imperfections and motional artifacts. Warren's group has developed a method to flip up a water spin, while simultaneously flipping down a nearby fat spin (which has a temperature-independent resonance frequency). Such transitions evolve at the difference frequency between water and fat, which retains the temperature dependence while eliminating most of the artifacts. They have demonstrated high speed imaging using this method, which will now be incorporated into ongoing clinical trials at Duke on hyperthermic therapy (heating tissue to kill cancer cells). Radiation and heat affect cancer cells at different stages in the cell division cycle, so adding a heating stage to cancer treatment could improve patient outcomes, but the problem to date has been the inability to accurately measure the heating (and, hence, to give a reproducible heat dose).
The Optical Society of America
Chemistry, 2008/10/16 16:05:08
is highlighting the recent development in Professor Warren's laboratory of methods to image neuronal firing using shaped laser pulses. This work will be featured in a presentation by Henry Liu, one of Warren's students, at the Frontiers in Optics meeting.
A paper from David Beratan's group
Chemistry, 2008/10/13 11:38:49
was featured on the October 10 cover of Physical Review Letters. Post-doctoral associate Ilya Balabin and Visiting Professor Spiros Skourits (from the University of Cyprus) working with Beratan have identified an average transition distance at which protein-mediated electron tunneling becomes dominated by thermal fluctuations of the protein. Although these fluctuations control the tunneling mechanism in most cases, the researchers find that fluctuations do not "wash out" the influence of the underlying protein fold on the kinetics. Electron transfer reactions play a central role in photosynthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, and biocatalysis.
Chemistry department t-shirts
Chemistry, 2008/09/29 15:50:17
are now available. Click here to see the winning design on our PLU sponsored t-shirt contest. To purchase t-shirts please contact Jeff Rubino: j.t.rubino@duke.edu.
Life is a Dream (La vida es sueño)
Romance Studies, 2008/11/10 11:47:06
Life is a Dream
Performance of Alejandra Juno's 21st century adaptation in English of Pedro Calderon de la Barca's La vida es sueño. Introduction by Luciano Garcia Lorenzo
8:00 pm on Thursday, November 6, 2008, 209 E. Duke Theater
For more information and to confirm your attendance, please contact David Baxter in the Department of Romance Studies at 919-660-3100
Lecture by Michael Noone
Romance Studies, 2008/09/30 12:29:59
http://www.romancestudies.aas.duke.edu/MichaelNooneLecture.html
Monday, October 6, 2008
Michael Noone will give a lecture entitled Newly-discovered musical masterpieces from El Greco’s Toledo: from 16th-century illuminated manuscripts to 21st-century CD’s. The lecture will take place in Room 104, Biddle Music Building (East Campus) at 4:00 pm. Reception to follow.
Musicologist and choral director at Boston College, Michael Noone has held teaching, research and performance posts at universities on four continents. His research focuses on early modern sacred music. He is the author of Music and Musicians in the Escorial Liturgy under theHabsburgs and El Códice 25 de la catedral de Toledo. Prof. Noone has recorded more than a dozen CDs, including award-winning recordings by the Ensemble Plus Ultra, which he co-founded specifically to perform Spanish music.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Music, the Department of Romance Studies, and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in relation to the Nasher Museum of Art’s exhibit, “El Greco to Velázquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III.” For more information, please contact Cathy Knoop (cknoop@duke.edu, 660-3102).
Lecture by Elizabeth Rhodes
Romance Studies, 2008/09/30 12:28:16
http://www.romancestudies.aas.duke.edu/ElizabethRhodesLecture.html
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Elizabeth Rhodes will give a lecture entitled "Inquisitions: Spain in the Pre-Modern Age." The lecture will take place from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in the Breedlove Room of Perkins Library.
Elizabeth Rhodes, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and an award-winning teacher, adviser and mentor at Boston College, is a specialist in early modern Spanish literature, particularly the fields of theology and religious literature, and women's studies. She recently lectured on the arts and the Inquisition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in conjunction with the "El Greco - Velázquez" exhibit.For more information, please contact Cathy Knoop at 660-3102 or cknoop@duke.ed. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
A Symposium: Image and Illusion in Early Modern Spain
Romance Studies, 2008/09/30 12:29:32
http://www.romancestudies.aas.duke.edu/ImageIllusionConference.html
Thursday and Friday, October 2 and 3, 2008
Keynote Speakers:
William Egginton, Johns Hopkins U. “The Theater of Truth”
Frederick De Armas, U. of Chicago. “Framing Francisco Ribalta: From Lope’s La viuda valenciana to the Rimas del licenciado Tomé Burguillos.”
Margaret Greer, Duke University. “Honra es aquélla que consiste en otro: the reflected subject in Lope's Los comendadores de Cordoba.”
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Department of Romance Studies, the Nasher Museum of Art and Duke in Madrid and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. For more information, please contact Cathy Knoop (cknoop@duke.edu, 660-3102)
A Colloquium will close the event on Saturday, October 4, 2008 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon in the Breedlove Room at Perkins Library. The colloquium will be led by Prof. Frederick de Armas. Breakfast will be provided.September 16, 2008 - Research Tech Opening
Biology, 2008/09/16 12:41:37
Research technician wanted to participate in research in evolutionary ecology and genetics. Research will combine work in the field, laboratory, and greenhouse. Duties include plant care; preparations for molecular and biochemical work; setting up and maintenance of field and greenhouse experiments, and keeping supervisor informed of results; data collection and organization; instruction of others in basic laboratory techniques and procedures; general lab and clerical tasks; other related duties as required. Available immediately. Competitive salary and full Duke benefits. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Please send CV and names of references to Kathleen Donohue: k.donohue@duke.edu DEADLINE FOR CONSIDERATION: OCTOBER 20, 2008
October 22, 2008 - Graduate and Professional School Day 2008
Prebusiness Advising Office, 2008/09/16 09:42:39
This one-day event, to be held on Wednesday, October 22, Bryan Center upper level will bring representatives from over 100 graduate, business, health professions, and law schools around the country to the Duke campus to talk with undergraduates and local alumni interested in pursuing graduate or professional study.
September 18, 2008 - Prebusiness Meeting for Seniors
Prebusiness Advising Office, 2008/09/11 09:02:10
Information meeting for Seniors interested in applying to Business School. Thursday, September 18, 130 Social Psychology, 5:00pm. Please attend!
"Masking and Unmasking": Romance Studies Graduate Student Conference
Romance Studies, 2008/09/17 12:35:59
Mark your calendars!
The Annual Romance Studies Graduate Student Conference is coming up next weekend, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13 in the Women's Studies Parlors on East Campus. This year's conference is entitled "Masking and Unmasking."
We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker, Trevor Burnard, 2008-2009 Fellow at the National Humanities Center and professor at the University of Warwick. His talk is entitled:
"Intimate Strangers: The Multiple Masks of Slavery in Jamaica and Berbice, 1750-1823."
We welcome all undergraduates, graduate students and faculty who wish to attend.
For more information, please go to
http://www.duke.edu/web/romance08/schedule.html
[more]Postdoc position in Computational Biology
Biology, 2008/09/04 16:37:20
POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS in the Duke University IGSP Center for Systems Biology. The DCSB is seeking highly motivated postdoctoral candidates with experience in computational and/or mathematical approaches relevant to the understanding of the function of biological systems. Positions are available in several collaborative research groups investigating a broad range of topics in systems biology with a focus on network control. Currently, there are six projects investigating various aspects of cell cycle control, development, and network evolution (see http://www.genome.duke.edu/centers/csb/ for project summaries and faculty). All appointees will be affiliated with the Duke Center for Systems Biology, a cross-school, campus-wide academic center that is also one of the NIH-supported National Systems Biology Centers. Highly qualified candidates will compete for the DCSB Postdoctoral Fellow Award. All Fellow Awards provide stipend support for one year, with the expectation of renewal for a second year. Women and members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. U.S. citizenship is not a requirement; however, international scholars should contact us before applying because of visa restrictions. Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a brief summary of current research and future research interests, and reprints of 2 or 3 key publications at www.academicjobsonline.org. Applicants should also arrange for 3 letters of recommendation to be uploaded to this website. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. [more]
Postdoc Position in Systems biology
Biology, for jobs, 2008/09/03 15:19:04
The Benfey Lab at Duke University is seeking a research associate with a broad range of engineering expertise and innovation experience to join our systems biology team. The successful candidate will be involved with multiple projects to design and implement high-throughput systems biology methods. Immediate duties will be in efforts to improve our novel automated imaging experimental platforms for gene expression and root architecture. The ideal candidate would have experience relating to SolidWorks drafting, microfluidic devices, stereolithography, physical-chemical micro-sensors, microscopy, image analysis and Java programming . The successful candidate is exceptionally creative and organized and must be equally effective working independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team. Applicants with a B.S. or M.S. in engineering or related fields should provide a description of their research experience and contact information for three references to: Blythe Boquist (bbooher@duke.edu). Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Faculty position in Neural Circuits and Behavior
Biology, for jobs, 2008/09/03 15:12:53
Neural Circuits and Behavior Position at Duke University Duke University’s Department of Biology and the Duke Institute of Brain Sciences (DIBS) seek applications for a tenure-track faculty position, within the thematic core of Neural Circuits and Behavior. We are especially interested in applicants working at the intersections between molecular neuroscience, neural circuits, and behavior using an invertebrate or non-mammalian vertebrate system. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, locomotion, sound production and communication, chemo-, photo- and phonotaxis, migratory and homing behavior, sensation and perception, sensorimotor integration, and learning and memory. DIBS is a cross-school, campus-wide, interdisciplinary Institute with a commitment to building an interactive community of brain science research and scholarship. The Department of Biology is a broad department with strengths in evolution, ecology, behavior, and cell and molecular biology. It is in close proximity to the Medical School and the School of Engineering, and there are excellent opportunities for interactions with faculty and students from other departments and programs across campus. Successful candidates must have a Ph.D. and will be expected to establish extramurally funded research, train graduate students, and actively participate in undergraduate education and research. We anticipate hiring at the Assistant Professor level but will consider outstanding individuals at a more senior level. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a brief summary of current and proposed research, reprints of 2 or 3 key publications and a statement of teaching interests via the web at www.academicjobsonline.org. Candidates should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded to this website. We will begin to review candidates on Oct 1. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer; women and members of minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Faculty position in Neurobiology at a cellular/molecular level
Biology, 2008/09/03 15:11:12
The Department of Biology at Duke University and the Duke Institute of Brain Sciences (DIBS) seek applications for a tenure-track faculty position in neurobiology at a cellular/molecular level. We are especially interested in applicants using model invertebrate systems, or zebrafish, and genetic, molecular, developmental and/or systems level approaches to address problems of fundamental importance to neural function. DIBS is a cross-school, campus-wide, interdisciplinary Institute with a commitment to building an interactive community of brain science research and scholarship. The Department of Biology is in close proximity to the Medical School and the School of Engineering, and there are excellent opportunities for interactions with faculty and students from other departments and programs across campus. Successful candidates must have a Ph.D. and will be expected to establish extramurally funded research, train graduate students, and actively participate in undergraduate education and research. We anticipate hiring at the Assistant Professor level but will consider outstanding individuals at a more senior level. Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, a brief summary of current and proposed research, reprints of 2 or 3 key publications and a statement of teaching interests via the web at www.academicjobsonline.org. Candidates should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded to this website. We will begin to review candidates on Oct 31. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer; women and members of minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Postdoc Positions in Systems Biology
Biology, for jobs, 2008/09/03 15:08:37
POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS in the Duke University IGSP Center for Systems Biology. The DCSB is seeking highly motivated postdoctoral candidates with experience in experimental biology and an interest in understanding the function of biological systems. Positions are available in several collaborative research groups investigating a broad range of topics in systems biology with a focus on network control. Currently, there are six projects investigating various aspects of cell cycle control, development, and network evolution (see http://www.genome.duke.edu/centers/csb/ for project summaries and faculty). All appointees will be affiliated with the Duke Center for Systems Biology, a cross-school, campus-wide academic center that is also one of the NIH-supported National Systems Biology Centers. Highly qualified candidates will compete for the DCSB Postdoctoral Fellow Award that provides stipend support for one year, with the expectation that preliminary findings from the initial appointment will support applications for external funding in subsequent years. Women and members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. U.S. citizenship is not a requirement; however, international scholars should contact us before applying because of visa restrictions. Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a brief summary of current research and future research interests, and reprints of 2 or 3 key publications at www.academicjobsonline.org. Applicants should also arrange for 3 letters of recommendation to be uploaded to this website. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. [more]
Researchers in the Franz Group
Chemistry, 2008/09/18 08:53:40
have put copper in a cage. The work, which was highlighted in the Science and Technology Concentrates of the Sept. 1 C&E News was published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and was spearheaded by graduate student Katie Ciesienski, who synthesized the new photoactive complex that releases its copper cargo when irradiated with light. The team envisions that their strategy could be used to deliver the redox-active metal in a time- and site-dependent manner as a way to induce oxidative damage selectively in cancer cells or as a tool to study mechanisms of intracellular copper trafficking.
Ethics in the Professions Series Symposium: Torture & Interrogation Have We Gone Too Far?
Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 2008/11/10 22:48:08
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill September 13, 2008. The aim of this symposium is to explore the ethical issues raised by the methods of interrogation practiced by the U.S. government. The second day of our program features distinguished speakers addressing this timely topic from perspectives and disciplines ranging from psychology, law, philosophy and government. (more)
Spanish Language Program has moved to East Campus
Romance Studies, 2009/02/06 15:18:27
On May 19, 2008, the Spanish Language Program moved from their existing headquarters in the Language Building to the Bell Tower site on East Campus. The move had been carefully planned throughout the 2007—2008 school year with the intent of providing more office space to all the Language Program, which had been crammed into the basements of Perkins and the Language Building up to this point.
All of the Spanish Language instructors, Liliana Paredes, the Program Director, Pat McPherson, the Administrative Secretary, and Bonnie McManus, the Service Learning Coordinator, now occupy offices in the Bell Tower site.
A “house-warming” party is planned for late August at the Bell Tower offices.
2008 Commencement
Romance Studies, 2008/09/19 15:25:34
For photos and more information about our
2008 Commencement
ceremony, please visit:
http://www.romancestudies.aas.duke.edu/romancestudies/2008Commencement.html [more]
Teaching Awards
Chemistry, 2008/08/12 13:05:38
A great chemistry department needs to be judged on research, teaching and service. To complement the research awards, the Department is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Pelham Wilder teaching award, presented in recognition of outstanding dedication as a teaching assistant.
Pelham Wilder was a faculty member here for many years, with an outstanding teaching reputation. As with the research awards, this award includes a monetary prize to the recipients.
Please take an opportunity to congratulate these students:
James Harrington
John Stanko
Amanda Kasper
Allison Schmidt
Aldrich Receives APSA’s 2008 Eldersveld Career Achievement Award !
Political Science, for faculty, 2010/06/16 10:12:38
Our own John Aldrich has been selected to receive the 2008 Samuel Eldersveld "Career Achievement Award," given annually by the American Political Science’s Political Organizations and Parties Section, “honoring a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field." Congratulations John!
John is the third member of our department to receive this award. Alan Kornberg won it in 1989 and Herbert Kitschelt in 2006. Duke faculty represent 1/6 of all the Eldersveld career achievers in the entire discipline. No other university has even won TWO, and now we have THREE.! For more information: http://www.apsanet.org/~pop/awards.htm and Political Organizations and Parties Section Award WinnersCongratulations to Dr. Aron J. Cohen,
Chemistry, 2008/08/12 16:18:27
who will launch his independent career in the fall of 2008 at Cambridge University in the UK with a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Dr. Cohen has been a research associate with Professor Weitao Yang and has been developing density functional theory.
Congratulations to Dr. Hao Hu,
Chemistry, 2008/08/11 13:29:53
who will take up a tenure-track position in the fall of 2008 as an Assitant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong. Dr. Hu has been a research associate with Professor Weitao Yang and has been developing theory and computational methods for simulations of biological systems.
Mike Munger as guest columnist
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/07/07 14:50:38
It took a Frenchman to define American dream
By Michael Munger : Guest columnist The Herald-Sun Jul 3, 2008 As we approach Independence Day, I am proud to reflect for a moment on America, and what it has meant to those of us who care deeply about liberty and responsibility. The American dream is simple, at its core. If you work hard, you will succeed. But what is the essence of the American dream? What is the system that we think other nations should look to, and adopt? Remarkably, it took an outsider, a Frenchman, to recognize what makes America unique. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville published a memoir of his travels in the U.S. It was called "Democracy in America," but it could have been called, "How Americans Get Things Done." Tocqueville marveled at how Americans worked together privately to solve civic problems. Tocqueville was no fan of majority rule. The problem with political democracy, he said, is that citizens are isolated and feeble. They can hardly do anything by themselves, and they can't force others to help them. He admired the American solution to this problem: organize into private groups, and leave government out of it. Specifically, Tocqueville said: "They all, therefore, become powerless if they do not learn voluntarily to help one another. If men living in democratic countries had no right and no inclination to associate for political purposes, their independence would be in great jeopardy, but they might long preserve their wealth and their cultivation: whereas if they never acquired the habit of forming associations in ordinary life, civilization itself would be endangered." Translation: rely on people, not rules! Private voluntary associations are the very essence of liberty, and hence of authentic American society. Citizens freely associating promote liberty, protect liberty and provide increased welfare for everyone. If you want to go out and persuade some people to work with you -- and all voluntarily work for the benefit of each -- then that is libertarian democracy. If someone wants to drop out and form a different association, then he is free to do so. Tocqueville was very critical of his countrymen in France. He had seen, in the legacy of the French Revolution, the damage that political democracy and a reliance on majority rule could do. But when I read his critique today, I get a sick feeling. His criticism on France in 1831 is an even more scathing indictment of American society today. We have come to focus on politics, rather than action. Voting, for far too many of us, is the extent of our civic action, leaving lobbying by interest groups the only route open to solve civic problems. Tocqueville said the mistake the French made was to believe that the more enfeebled the citizens become, the more active government ought to be. He questioned whether the state can do what individuals can no longer do for themselves. The real American dream is not more, but less, government from the top down. Given the freedom to do so, and the responsibility to act, citizens organize to solve problems. After Hurricane Katrina, thousands of people tried to help. They organized mountains of contributions of food and supplies, they donated money to rent trucks and they gave their time to drive those loaded trucks toward New Orleans. And they were turned away. Turned away! Instead of keeping order inside the ruined city, the one job government really can do, federal troops "kept order" by turning away relief supplies at the borders. The spirit of America does not allow for sitting back and waiting for the state to do it. If you are my neighbor, I'll help you. And you'll help me. We have a direct, powerful voluntary connection, complete with reciprocal obligations, complex organizations, relationships voluntarily negotiated and ended. Top-down government crowds those out. If the government is supposed to take care of all of us, then I have no moral obligation to help out. I see you attacked, and I look up and down the street and cluck to myself, "Why don't the police do something?" If I see a bad school, I wonder why the state doesn't improve it. In spite of all its flaws, all its taxes and regulations, America itself, 232 years after the founding, represents a limitless sense of the possible. The American dream rests on individuals, working together in complex, interconnected organizations that they have designed, trying to solve problems. Michael Munger is chair of the Duke University political science department and the Libertarian candidate for governor of North Carolina.Congratulations to Jim Maloney
Chemistry, 2008/07/07 12:04:25
on his retirement. Jim retired from Duke and the Department of Chemistry after 33 years as Sr. Electronics Technician. He was honored at a departmental reception on June 30 and began his well-deserved retirement July 1.
Congratulations to Kerry Haynie
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/06/30 09:48:27
Congratulations to Professor Kerry Haynie for his recently published co-edited volume, New Race Politicsin America: Understanding Minority and Immigrant Politics. The volume was co-edited with Jane Junn and published by Cambridge University Press.
Kerry Haynie, a guest faculty for the Bravarian-American Academy's Summer Institute on Ethnicity and Society in America
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/06/30 09:46:57
Professor Kerry Haynie will serve as guest faculty for the Bravarian-American Academy's Summer Institute on Ethnicity and Society in America, that will be held in Munich, Germany, July 21-25.
Postdoctoral Research Associate appointment in David Dunson's group, August 2008
Statistical Science, 2008/08/20 16:27:42
A Postdoctoral Research Associate appointment in Dr. David Dunson's group is available. Applicants should email their CV, a brief statement of their background and interests and contact information for at least three references to:
David Dunson
Professor, Department of Statistical Science
Duke University
dunson@stat.duke.edu
Graduate student Dan Lim and Prof. Don Coltart
Chemistry, 2008/06/16 09:35:46
have reported a simple and efficient method for the asymmetric α-alkylation and α,α-bisalkylation of acyclic ketones, a long-standing problem in the field of asymmetric synthesis. Their method uses chiral N-amino cyclic carbamates (ACCs), which substantially diminish the drawbacks associated with the use of chiral dialkyl hydrazines, yet provide excellent stereoselectivity and high yields. In addition, ACCs exhibit a unique directing effect that overrides the inherent selectivity of lithium diisopropylamide (LDA), providing the first ever method for the asymmetric α,α-bisalkylation of ketones. The work has been selected for review in upcoming editions of Chemical and Engineering News, Chemistry World and Drug Discovery and Development.
The first total synthesis of the natural product largazole has been completed
Chemistry, 2008/05/30 15:42:05
by Yongcheng Ying, Hyoungsu Kim, Prof. Jiyong Hong, and their colleagues. The biological evaluation of largazole and its key analogues, suggested that histone deacetylases (HDACs) are molecular targets of largazole and that largazole is a class I HDAC inhibitor. In addition, structure−activity relationship studies revealed that the thiol group is the pharmacophore of the natural product. Largazole is a cyclic depsipeptide with a thioester functional group that is uncommon in natural products, and it exhibits highly differential growth-inhibitory activity, preferentially targeting transformed over nontransformed cells and favorably comparing to other natural products drugs such as paclitaxel in this respect.
May 28, 2008 - Mohamed Noor wins Darwin-Wallace Medal.
Biology, 2008/06/16 11:24:18
The Council of the Linnean Society of London announces the awarding of 13 Darwin-Wallace Medals 2008 for "major advances in evolutionary biology since 1958." The award is presented every 50 years and commemorates the 150th reading of the joint Darwin-Wallace paper "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection" at the Linnean Society of London in 1858. The President of the Society, Professor David F Cutler, will award medals on Thursday 12th February 2009, the 200th birthday of Charles Robert Darwin, to: Professor Nick Barton FRS, Professor M W Chase FRS, FLS, Professor B C Clarke FRS, FLS, Professor Joseph Felsenstein, the late Professor Stephen Jay Gould, Professor P R Grant FRS, FLS, Dr Rosemary Grant FRS, Professor J L B Mallet FLS, Professor Lynn Margulis FLS, the late Professor John Maynard-Smith FRS, FLS, Professor Mohamed Noor, Professor H Allen Orr and Professor Linda Partridge FRS. [more]
Congratulations to Zhibin Zhang from the Widenhoefer group and Dan Fu from the Warren group,
Chemistry, 2008/05/29 08:56:39
who recently received highly competitive "Awards for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad" from the Chinese Government. The awards are for Chinese self-financed students under 40 who are studying in PhD degree programs and have completed one or more years of their studies. The awards were established to encourage research excellence and to recognize achievement among Chinese students abroad. They cover all fields of study, and were given to 72 Chinese students in the United States this year. The awards were presented at the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in May.
May 23, 2008 - Munger, Keynote speaker at the Libertarian Party's national convention
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/05/21 13:18:36
Mike will be the keynote speaker at the Libertarian Party's national convention which is being held in Denver, CO this weekend. CSPAN is very likely to cover the convention. Mike's speech is scheduled for around 2pm on Friday. Good luck Mike!
POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS in the Duke University Center for Systems Biology.
Biology, for jobs, 2008/05/14 15:55:28
The DCSB is seeking highly motivated postdoctoral candidates with experience in experimental biology, computation, or quantitative analysis relevant for understanding the function of biological systems. Positions are available in several collaborative research groups investigating a broad range of topics in systems biology (see http://www.genome.duke.edu/centers/csb/ for project summaries). Successful candidates with computational and/or analytical expertise may choose to work with several groups. All appointees will be affiliated with the Duke Center for Systems Biology, a cross-school, campus-wide academic center that is also one of the NIH-supported National Systems Biology Centers. All DCSB Postdoctoral Associates receive salary support for one year, with the expectation of renewal for a second year. Experimentalists will use preliminary findings from the first year to support applications for external funding that could support additional years. Women and members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. U.S. citizenship is not a requirement; however, international scholars should contact us before applying because of visa restrictions. Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a brief summary of current research and future research interests, and reprints of 2 or 3 key publications at www.academicjobsonline.org. Applicants should also arrange for 3 letters of recommendation to be uploaded to this website. Applications received by May 31, 2008 will be guaranteed consideration. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Request Duke Participation in U-Grad History Journal
History, 2008/05/13 11:58:48
Columbia Undergraduate Journal of History is currently soliciting submissions for the Fall 2008 issue. Any questions you have may be addressed to reb2123@columbia.edu or cujh@columbia.edu
Undergraduates and professors, please submit papers to the Columbia Undergraduate Journal of History. Articles submitted to the Columbia Undergraduate Journal of History may be either research or historiography papers. All undergraduate papers submitted to the Journal must be nominated by a faculty member for recognition as outstanding and exemplary undergraduate scholarship. All nominated papers will be posted on the website of the Columbia Undergraduate Journal of History, at cujh.columbia.edu. From the many nominated papers, the editors select five to six articles to be published in the Journal, and three authors are invited to the Herbert Aptheker Undergraduate History Conference at Columbia University to give talks on the papers published in the Columbia Undergraduate Journal of History. The authors invited to the History Conference receive an honorarium of at least one-hundred-and-fifty dollars.
May 07, 2008 - Haase Lab publishes important finding on cell cycle
Biology, 2008/09/04 13:56:09
Prof. Steve Haase and his collaborators have published an important discovery in the journal Nature in their paper "Global control of cell cycle transcription by coupled CDK and network oscillators," Nature advance online publication, 07 May 2008 doi:10.1038/nature06955. Using genomic techniques, the team examined about 6,000 genes in mutant yeast cells to discover that many cell cycle activities are driven by a series of transcription factors acting one after another. For more information follow the link to the paper. [more]
May 07, 2008 - The Perry Prize awarded to Dr. Steven Spoel
Biology, 2008/05/07 17:06:51
Prof. Paul Manos, chair of the prize committee, writes "Steven is on a fast research track, publishing at least five papers during his graduate career at Duke. He has outstanding scholarly abilities and excellent command of his thesis project." Steven writes, "In their natural environment, plants are continuously exposed to very different attackers, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and herbivorous insects. Immunity against these attackers depends on various defense responses that are regulated by the plant hormones salicylate and jasmonate. Whereas salicylate is closely related to the human anti-inflammatory drug aspirin, jasmonate is a derivative of the fragrance jasmine. The work in my dissertation has uncovered that molecular communication between salicylate and jasmonate provides the plant with a means of fine-tuning its immune response specifically against the attacker encountered. Understanding the communication between such key hormones in plant immunity is essential for the development of environmental friendly crop protection strategies for, amongst others, the food and bio-fuels industry.” [more]
Alvin L. Crumbliss, Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the Natural Sciences,
Chemistry, 2008/05/01 10:53:56
has been appointed as the new Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Chemistry and as a member of the Bass Society of Fellows, effective July 1, 2008. Congratulations to Prof. Crumbliss on this well-deserved recognition.
Recent work by Charlotta Wennefors and colleagues in the Shaw lab
Chemistry, 2008/05/01 10:51:05
reveals the properties of boronated nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) analogs as substrates for creatine and pyruvate kinases. The conversion of the NDP's into their triphosphate derivatives reported in this work has implications for the treatment of HIV, because the P-borano triphosphates have been shown to be promising chain terminators targeting HIV reverse transcriptase.
April 30, 2008 - Congratulations to Dennis Rasmussen
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/04/30 10:15:01
Dennis Rasmussen's dissertation has been published - "The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society" - congratulations Dennis!
Prof. Jie Liu's laboratory
Chemistry, 2008/04/28 09:08:37
has reported a new method for fabricating dense arrays of oriented, single-walled carbon nanotubes. The ability to make large numbers of identical nanotubes would allow future nanoengineers to bundle them onto multiple ultra-tiny chips that could operate with enough power and speed for nanoprocessing. With their research, the Liu lab has removed a major roadblock in the path to ultrasmall devices.
Vaupel Recognized for his Work in Mathematical Demography
Population, Policy and Aging Research Center, 2008/04/25 14:47:20
James W. Vaupel, research professor at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University and also director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, was honored by being the recipient of the Mindel C. Sheps Award on 18 April 2008 for his contributions to the methodological foundations of demography. This award is one of the most prestigious international awards in demography and is given biennially for outstanding contributions to mathematical demography. It was presented to Vaupel by the Population Association of America and the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). The award is named for Mindel C. Sheps, MD (1913-1973), who became an expert in statistics as well as demographic and biological aspects of fertility through her studies on the impact of social factors on public health. Although demography brings together many disciplines and includes methodological approaches from the humanities and social sciences as well as from medicine and biology, it is mathematical methodology that is often the key to solving demographic problems. Among Vaupel's pioneering contributions in the field of mathematical demography is the introduction and application of so-called frailty models to the field of population science. Frailty models bring new understanding to an individual's or a group's risk of death with age. At Duke University, Vaupel recently founded the Duke Population Research Institute, comprised of highly interdisciplinary researchers. Some of Vaupel's work in the institute has been focused on the new field of evolutionary demography. Vaupel and colleagues propose to use complex mathematical functions to model the impact of various factors on the aging of different organisms. As the founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, which is now one of the most renowned research institutions in the world in the population sciences, Vaupel emphasized mathematical demography from the outset. To understand the long-term development of populations or the life histories of individuals, Vaupel says that a solid mathematical foundation is required. To interpret the relationships between complex phenomena, Vaupel will often advise his institute researchers to go back to the basics of "births, deaths, and mathematics." To Vaupel, this is the heart of demography. In addition to this current honor, the Population Association of America awarded James W. Vaupel its Irene B. Taeuber Award for lifetime research achievement in 2001. Vaupel is now only the 4th demographer in the history of the Population Association of America to be the recipient of both these awards.
Education Award Winners
Education, 2008/08/21 10:40:44
Congratulations to all of our winners! Kim McCallum won the DT Stallings award! Jennifer Herring and Michele Farber won the Holton Prize! Elizabeth Kelly won an honorable mention for the Holton prize. The DT Stallings award honors a Duke senior who has shown sustained and dedicated service to tutoring local school children. The Holton Prize is given to a Duke junior or senior for outstanding innovative or investigative research focused on education. The winners papers are: Michele J. Farber “How Expectancy-Value and Possible Future Self Perceptions Impact Motivation to Study Science” Jennifer L. Herring “Situational Interest in Gifted Science Classrooms: The Influence of Teacher Practices on Student Interest”
Research Technician Opening
Biology, for jobs, 2008/04/29 16:45:32
Research Technician, Biology Dept., Duke University. Great lab opportunity on a developmental genetics project in plant roots. Full time, BA/BSc and lab experience required (some molecular biology experience preferred). Duties will include plant care and basic molecular analyses. Please send cv/resume to Jaimie Van Norman: jaimie.vannorman@duke.edu Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Robert J. Niess/Alexander Hull Award
Romance Studies, 2008/08/25 16:04:04
We are happy to announce Annalies Heinrichs has won the Robert J. Niess/Alexander Hull Award in French for excellence in the major. She recently defended her Honors Thesis, directed by Paol Keineg, “Kay Koule Tronpe soley, min li pa tronpé la pli En route vers l’assurance des soins de santé en Haïti” and received Highest Distinction.
Please join us in congratulating Annalies!
Richard L. Predmore Award
Romance Studies, 2008/08/25 16:03:58
We are happy to announce Kathryn Husted Wooten is the 2008 recipient of the Richard L. Predmore Award in Spanish for excellence in the major. She will receive the award and gift at our commencement luncheon and diploma presentation on Sunday, May 11th.
Please join us in congratulating Kathryn!!
Guido Mazzoni Award in Italian
Romance Studies, 2008/08/25 16:03:51
Brian Alberto Ovalle is the 2008 recipient of the Guido Mazzoni Award in Italian for excellence in the major. He will receive the award and gift at our commencement luncheon and diploma presentation on Sunday, May 11th.
Please join us in congratulating Brian!!
April 24, 2008 - "Tertulias" Series Continues
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/04/15 11:00:13
Thurs., April 24, 4:30 - 6:00 pm Room 028 Franklin Center, with Dr. Dennis Clements. The "tertulias" provide a forum for Duke faculty and students to discuss their work related to Latin America and the Caribbean in an informal setting. This week's speakers are Dr. Dennis Clements (Duke Children's Primary Care and Duke Global Health Institute) and students in the "Exploring Medicine in Foreign Cultures" class. Refreshments will be served. After 4:00 pm parking is available free of charge behind the Marshall Pickens Health Clinic at the corner of Erwin Road and Trent Drive, across the street from the Franklin Center. Please Contact: Natalie Hartman njh@duke.edu for more information.
John Hope Franklin Scholars Ceremony and Reception
African & African American Studies, 2008/04/15 16:07:28
The John Hope Franklin Scholars Program at
Duke University will hold a graduation and reception to honor the scholars.
April 26, 2008.
4pm - 115 Ernestine Friedl Building
April 21, 2008 - Paul Farmer to Give Global Health Lecture
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/04/15 11:06:08
Monday, April 21, 6:30-8:00pm Page Auditorium Farmer is the founding director of Partners in Health (PIH), a Boston-based charitable organization dedicated to providing direct health care services and undertakes research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty. PIH, whose work began in Haiti, has expanded its reach to include Lesotho, Malawi, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, and the USA, with support to projects in Mexico and Guatemala. Please Contact: Rosa Solorzano (919) 684-9334 rosa.solorzano@duke.edu for more information.
AAAS Graduation Ceremony and Reception
African & African American Studies, 2008/04/11 14:01:13
Honoring 2008 Graduating Majors, Minors
and
Graduate Student Certificate Recipients
Friday, May 9, 2008
2:00-4:00 PM
Front Lawn of the West Duke Building East Campus
Reception immediately following
115 Ernestine Friedl Building
Apply Online Now
Focus Program, 2008/05/27 15:20:42
The Focus Program is now accepting online applications for fall 2008! The application deadline has been extended to May 31, 2008. Don't miss your chance for this fantastic learning opportunity! [more]
John Simon, George B. Geller Professor
Chemistry, 2008/04/08 15:10:20
and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, will recive the 2008 Photon Award from the American Society for Photobiology at their national meeting in June. The ASP Photon Award was established to honor members who have made exceptional contributions and who have served the ASP above and beyond the call of duty.
We are pleased to welcome Patrick Charbonneau,
Chemistry, 2008/07/24 12:52:23
who has joined the Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Charbonneau comes to Duke from a post-doctoral research position at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, and his research interests are in the simulation and theory of the dynamics and thermodynamics of soft matter.
Legal Risks & Business Opportunities in Latin America
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/04/08 13:33:35
April 4th, 2008 symposium organized by the Latin American Business and Law Association! more info
March 27, 2008 - Jacques Revel: lecture and discussion
Romance Studies, 2008/04/21 15:54:57
The Department of Romance Studies along with the Center for French and Francophone Studies, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Center for European Studies, Duke Interdisciplinary Studies, Center for International Studies, Department of History, Program in Literature are proud to present
Jacques Revel
Jacques Revel is a directeur d’études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in
French Studies at New York University.* He is known for his significant contributions to the Annales school and also, more recently, for the promotion of microhistory, Revel’s work focuses on social history, cultural forms and practices, and the Ancien Régime. In 2006, he published Un Parcours Critique
(Galaade Editions). He is currently at work at on a project that examines the link between religious practices, political and philosophical critiques of religion, and historical thought.
LECTURE: Religions, History and Society: A Debate around 1720
Thursday, March 27
5:30 pm (refreshments begin at 5:00 pm)
Room 240,
BROWN BAG LUNCH DISCUSSION: Friday, March 28
11:00 am—1:00 pm
Location TBA
Lunch provided, please RSVP to ham5@duke.edu by March 17
These events are free and open to the public
For more information, please email
*We are grateful to NYU for extending the conditions of Professor Revel’s visa to permit him to participate in these events at Duke.
March 17, 2008 - Christopher Miller discussing his new book
Romance Studies, 2008/04/21 15:54:48
The Department of Romance Studies and Atlantic Studies Present
Christopher Miller discussing his new book
The French Atlantic Triangle: Literature and Culture of the Slave Trade
March 17-19, 2008
Miller’s visit will involve three events:
LECTURE
Tuesday March 18th at 6:00 p.m.
Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
SEMINAR
Monday, March 17th, 4:25-7:25 in 305 Languages
Wednesday, March 19th, 4:25-7:25 in Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
PLEASE NOTE: Participants in the seminar are expected to have read the book in advance. Copies are available at the Gothic Bookstore. Please register for the seminar by writing to Laurent Dubois at ld48@duke.edu
Duke Law To Host National Security Conference
Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 2008/04/24 09:21:03
The Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security at Duke Law School will hold its annual national security conference on April 10-11, 2008 entitled "Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration." To register (free of charge) and view the program see: (more)
Kenan Institute To Explore Immigration Policy
Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, 2008/04/24 09:20:48
The Kenan Institute for Ethics will focus during its annual public ethics symposium on the topic of immigration policy. This event, "On the Border of Order: Contemporary U.S. Immigration Principles and Policies," will be held on April 14, 2008 at 12:00pm. For more information, see (more)
March 06, 2008 - Katia Koelle publishes on Dengue Fever
Biology, for articles, 2008/09/04 13:55:44
Prof. Katia Koelle and her collaborator, Prof. Yoshiro Nagao (Osaka University) recently published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 105, no. 6, pp. 2238-2243. The paper is entitled "Decreases in dengue transmission may act to increase the incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever."
PIDP Fellows visit Washington, DC
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:11:33
A group of PIDP Fellows, along with DCID faculty and staff, traveled to Washington, DC, from January 6-8, for meetings with World Bank officers and professional associates. This annual professional development program is the culmination of several weeks' planning by DCID staff and includes: six meetings within the World Bank, nine organizational visits, and four panels featuring 16 panelists from different international organizations based in DC.
"This annual visit to Washington, DC, gives our PIDP Fellows an opportunity to meet with prominent specialists from international organizations, consulting firms, the World Bank, and NGOs," says Linda Scovill, Professional Development Coordinator for the PIDP. "It is also an opportunity for our Fellows to plan for informational interviews that will potentially lead them to a summer internship or a job."
This year, for the first time, the PIDP expanded its reach into both the national and international Washington communities by coordinating joint sessions with students from the Fuqua School of Business and the Sanford Institute's MPP program. We are also grateful to Rotary International who, with DCID, sponsored an alumni reception at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Many PIDP alumni from the Washington/Baltimore area attended, as well as local Rotarians.
In all, about 60 PIDP fellows, and 15 DCID faculty and staff participated in this year's Professional Development Washington, DC, program.
Managers in Transition Program hosts World Bank - MENA
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:11:42
In December of 2007, The Duke Center for International Development (DCID) welcomed members of the World Bank senior management team for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for a two-day management and planning retreat on the campus of Duke University. This was the first official gathering of the new MENA leadership team since several positions were recently filled.
The retreat brought eight of the eleven-member management team together for a series of sessions with the core Management in Transition Program (MTP) faculty. Additionally, Sanford Institute Director Bruce Kuniholm spoke at the opening dinner about current political and policy issues of the Middle East region, and political science professor Bruce Jentleson was a featured presenter later in the week.
Prior to working with the MENA group, Jonathan Abels and Gary Nelson led the leadership team of the South Asia Region (SAR) of the World Bank in a successful one-day management retreat and planning session in Washington, DC.
During the fall of 2007, DCID hosted five World Bank participants in the Managers in Transition Program, including the World Bank Regional Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Region.
The Managers in Transition Program core faculty includes Jonathan Abels (DCID), Gary Nelson (UNC), Francis Lethem (DCID) and sports psychologist Greg Dale (Duke). For more information, please contact Kurt Meletzke at meletzke@duke.edu
DCID expands Managers in Transition Program
Duke Center for International Development, 2009/05/28 16:11:55
The Duke Center for International Development's Managers in Transition Program, originally developed for the World Bank, has a new client: Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI).
The World Bank executives and HFHI senior managers oversee global regions, and therefore face similar challenges in their new positions. This weeklong executive coaching and leadership training program is tailored to each manager’s experience and future challenges. It provides time for reflection and planning, while drawing on the relevant expertise of the academic community.
The new chief learning officer for HFHI heard about the program during a previous consulting assignment with the World Bank and contacted DCID Executive Director Jonathan Abels.
“We thought the program model could be successfully adapted for Habitat for Humanity,” said Abels.
In September 2007, Steven Weir was the first HFHI manager to participate in the program. After serving as Vice President of Asia and Pacific regions, Weir was preparing for a position with HFHI headquarters. In his new role, he works with affiliated NGOs and local governments and provides oversight of HFHI branch offices in more than 30 countries.
During his week with the Managers in Transition Program, Weir met with faculty and students from Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill to share his experiences and hear from others working in development. He spent time with Public Policy faculty Phyllis Pomerantz, Jerry VanSant, Elizabeth Frankenberg and Francis Lethem, discussing topics such as organizational development and leadership. Weir’s schedule also included a discussion with the Rev. Sam Miglarese, an instructor in the Department of Religion and Director of Community Engagement for the Duke Office of Community Affairs, about the spiritual component of community service. After speaking to students about his work with Habitat for Humanity, he attended a dinner with the Robertson scholars and later met with PIDP graduate student Tetsuya Morita from Japan to talk about his research in service delivery.
Two additional members of HFHI’s management team are scheduled to complete the Managers in Transition Program this spring.
For more information about the Managers in Transition Program at DCID, please e-mail Kurt Meletzke at meletzke@duke.edu
February 20, 2009 - Lecture by Julie Singer
Romance Studies, 2009/03/05 14:21:39
Julie Singer, Assistant Professor of French at Washington University in St. Louis (and Duke alum, PhD '06) will be giving a lecture at Duke in February 20,2009 at 5:30 pm in 319 Social Sciences. Title - "Metonymy and Prosthesis."
For more information see: http://rll.wust1.edu/people/singer
November 01, 2008 - Virginia Tech Math Contest
Mathematics, for ugrad, 2009/02/16 18:53:30
Saturday, November 1, 9-11:30
Nominations for Mary Creason Memorial Award
Physics, 2008/12/04 00:00:57
Call for nominations for the Fall 2008 Mary Creason Memorial Award for Undergraduate Teaching.
Kristine Callan receives award
Physics, for grad, 2008/06/10 14:01:19
Kristine Callan is the first recipient of the Mary Creason Memorial Award for Undergraduate Teaching.
Keywords: Mary Creason Memorial Award, Undergraduate Teaching
March 25, 2009 - MICHAEL FISHBANE: 'MARTIN BUBER'S "SPIRIT OF JUDAISM": PERSONAL REFLECTIONS 100 YEARS LATER.'
Jewish Studies Program, for faculty, 2009/03/24 09:59:27
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009, 5:30 pm
YORK ROOM, GRAY BUILDING
Michael Fishbane is the Nathan Cummings Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago, he was trained in Semitic languages, biblical studies, and Judaica. His writings span from the ancient Near East and biblical studies to rabbinics, the history of Jewish interpretation, Jewish mysticism, and modern Jewish thought. Among his many books are Text and Texture; Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel; Garments of Torah; The Kiss of God; and The Exegetical Imagination: On Jewish Thought and Theology. Both Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel and The Kiss of God won The National Jewish Book Award in scholarship. His commentary on the prophetic lectionary (Haftarot) in Judaism was published in 2002 (Jewish Publication Society Bible Commentary), and his book Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking was published in 2003 (Oxford University Press). His most recent work, Sacred Attunement: A Jewish Theology was published in 2008 (University of Chicago Press).
Sponsors: The Center for Jewish Studies.
May 05-07, 2008 - Gergen lectures
Mathematics, 2008/04/24 08:40:13
Optimal Transport and Riemannian Geometry
1 - The Monge-Kantorovich problem: The Monge-Kantorovich problem asks
about the most economic way to transport matter from one prescribed
distribution to another one. Born in France around the time of the
Revolution, this problem has become a classic one in probability and
economics. At the end of the eighties, the independent works of Brenier,
Cullen and Mather announced a sharp turn of the theory, with renewed
interest by the analysts. The speaker will present a summary of the
modern theory of this problem.
Monday, May 5, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in Physics 128
2 - Monge, Boltzmann and Ricci: Starting from works of Otto and Villani,
it was understood that Ricci curvature bounds are intimately linked with
the behavior of Boltzmann's entropy functional along geodesics (in the
space of probability measures on the manifold of interest) induced by
the optimal transport problem. This observation can be exploited to give
a new point of view of Ricci curvature, with probabilistic and geometric
applications (one is the weak stability of Ricci curvature bounds, which
was proven independently by Lott and Villani, and by Sturm).
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in Physics 119
3 - Regularity, curvature and the cut locus: The regularity of optimal
transport in curved geometry is a singularly difficult problem because
of the sharp interaction between geometry and analysis. In connection
with this problem a new curvature tensor has been introduced by Ma,
Trudinger and Wang; it plays a key role in the analysis of the
smoothness of optimal transport. As shown in a work with Loeper, this
tensor also has striking implications about the shape of the cut locus.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in Physics 119
June 13, 2008 - Congratulations to Bill English
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/06/16 11:39:38
William English has received a Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation. And, we just got approval from IRB to carry out the experiments! Congratulations Bill!
Why Science Makes for Great Drama
Focus Program, 2008/04/08 12:40:18
Richard Palmer talks about his latest Focus Program course, The Drama of Science! [more] -- Duke News, 4 April 2008
The Drama of Science
Focus Program, 2008/04/08 12:39:49
Read more news about the Faces of Science Focus cluster! [more] -- Duke News, 4 April 2008
April 18, 2008 - Research Triangle Seminar in the History of the Military, War, and Society
History, for grad, 2008/04/08 11:31:07
PRESENTS
Sigrun Haude (University of Cincinnati)
Dealing with the Reality of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648): The Story of Two Religious Women
Friday, April 18, 2008 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Duke University
East Campus, Carr Building, Room 229, 114 Campus Drive
The seminar starts at 4:15 pm. Refreshments will be served before the seminar.
A pre-circulated paper is available a week in advance at dirk.bonker@duke.edu.
The presentation concentrates on two autobiographical documents, the diaries of Klara Staiger, prioress of the Augustinian cloister Mariastein near Eichstaett, and the recordings of Anna Maria Junius, nun of the Dominican cloister Heiligengrab in Bamberg. By looking at personal accounts of the war, we turn the focus on the individual, and, with the two religious women, on a couple of very select persons. However, their diaries and chronicles regularly direct their attention beyond the personal and thus reflect a wider circle of contemporaries. A critical reading of these two testimonies in the broader context of other contemporary voices reveals both the commonalty and the uniqueness of their experience, and sheds light on how people managed to survive the war. Klara Staiger led her convent through flights, the destruction and rebuilding of their cloister, poverty, and other frightful experiences of the war, while Anna Maria Junius was part of a group of nuns that held out in their convent as the war raged on around them. Though their situations were quite different, the two women showed great pragmatism in navigating the war and a willingness to exploit all options - orthodox and unorthodox - to ensure their survival.
SIGRUN HAUDE is Associate Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati. Her main fields of research are the history of reformation, Early Modern European History, and the history of Christianity, European History, in particular the history of Anabaptism and the Radical Reformation, and the history of the Thirty Years' War. Her publications include: In the Shadow of "Savage Wolves": Anabaptist Munster and the German Reformation during the 1530s (Boston, 2000).
April 11, 2008 - April 11 - Examining Encounters: Strangers in Strange Land - 229 Carr - 3:30-5:30
History, for grad, 2008/04/07 10:33:21
Janet Ewald, Department of History, Duke University
"'No Objection to a Wandering Unsettled Life': African Slaves and Freedmen in the Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Indian Ocean World."
Elizabeth Fenn, Department of History, Duke University
"Madoc on the Missouri: Searching for America's Welsh Indians"
Andrew Byers, Department of History, Duke University "Prostitution as a 'Military Necessity': The Politics of Sexuality, Morality, and Venereal Disease During the American Occupation of the Philippines, 1898-1918"
Willeke Sandler, Department of History, Duke University "Creating Future Colonists: Colonialist Discourse, National Socialism, and the Rendsburg Colonial School for Women, 1926-1945"
Chair: Justin Ward, Department of History, Duke University
This is the third annual workshop sponsored by the Duke Department of History second-year graduate cohort that strives to bring together graduate students and faculty to present and discuss their research interests and current projects. This year, our workshop will explore personal and societal encounters with the marketplace, with the state and its institutions, and with other people, societies, and places. How do these encounters leave the participants changed? How do individuals and societies define themselves in relation to the market, the state, or the strangers they encounter? How does the historian approach these questions?
Bruce Jentleson in the N & O
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/04/07 09:08:47
Bruce has an article in the Point of View section the News & Observer. Congratulations Bruce!
April 17, 2008 - "Tertulias" Series Continues
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/04/03 09:42:42
April 17th 4:30-6:00pm Room 028 John Hope Franklin Center with speaker Enver Casimir. "Tertulias" provide a forum for Duke faculty and students to discuss their work related to Latin America and the Caribbean in an informal setting. The topic for this meeting is "Kid chocolate, the Golden Age of Boxing and the Origins of the close link between Sports and Cuban Nationalism."
April 18, 2008 - Workshop on Agenda Setting in Latin America: Executive-Legislative Relations in Comparative Perspective
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/04/03 09:52:09
April 18th,9:00am-1:00pm Room 130-132 John Hope Franklin Center. Organized by Mellon Visiting Professor Patricio Valdivieso. This workshop for scholars and graduate students is intended to develop a collective research agenda about executive-legislative politics in Latin America. It will include guest speakers:Eduardo Aleman (Dept. of Political Science, University of Houston), Scott Morgenstern (Dept. of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh), and Peter Siavelis (Dept. of Political Science, Wake Forest University). Contact Patricio Valdivieso pv15@duke.edu for more information.
Three juniors win Goldwaters
Arts & Sciences, 2008/04/08 10:05:24
Mark Hallen, Nicholas Patrick, and Daniel Roberts were awarded Goldwater Scholarships in science, mathematics and engineering. [more]
Sarah Wengryniuk, a first-year graduate student in the Coltart lab, has been awarded
Chemistry, 2008/04/02 09:24:05
a Graduate Research Fellowship from NSF. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in the relevant science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees. NSF Fellows are expected to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering. These individuals will be crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation’s technological infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well being of society at large. Congratulations to Sarah!
May 10, 2008 - Fort Fisher State Historic Site - Mary Holloway Seasonal Interpreter
History, 2008/04/01 10:22:12
The Mary Holloway Seasonal Interpreter is a summer position that will assist with daily tours, visitor services, weapons demonstrations, and other special projects. It is a 35 hour a week position, Wednesdays through Sundays, from mid-May to mid-August. Pay is $6.15 per hour.
Gain invaluable experience working in public history.
Applicants should fax or email a resume to Amy Manor Thornton. State applications are available on request.
Fort Fisher State Historic Site is a part of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
E-mail: amy.thornton@ncmail.net
Phone: (910) 458-5538
Fax: (910) 458-0477
Duke-UNC student-athletes to conduct clinics in Vietnam
Arts & Sciences, 2008/04/07 08:58:05
The Coach for College program uses sports camps to inspire and prepare middle-school children for higher education. [more]
March 31, 2008 - Anne Firor Scott Award Winners
History, for grad, 2008/04/03 09:35:40
Congratulations to the following Anne Firor Scott award winners:
Katharine French-Fuller, "The Commercialization of Daily Life: A History of Domestic Cultures and Technologies in Post-1960 Argentina."
Reena Goldthree, "Shifting Loyalties: War and the Gendered Politics of Patriotism in the British Caribbean, 1900-1938."
Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell, "The Geographies of Home: Somali Women Refugees, Race, and Resettlement in the U.S. South."
Jacob Remes, "When the State Blew Away: Survival and Organization After Two Progressive-Era Urban Disasters."
Danielle Terrazas Williams, "Few But Not So Far Between: Free Black Women of Means in Colonial Veracruz."
April 10, 2008 - April 10, 2008 - At the River I Stand - 6:00 - 8:00
History, for grad, 2008/03/31 11:30:01
The Triangle Labor and Civil Rights Working Group, the African American History Working Group, and Student Action with Workers
Presents a film and discussion of "At the River I Stand"
The Powerful Documentary of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Final Crusade
6-8pm. April 10, 2008 at the Love House and Hutchins Forum 410 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill
Kindly RSVP orion.teal@duke.edu
Commemorating the 40-year anniversary of Dr. King's death.
Grad school rankings announced
Arts & Sciences, 2008/04/07 09:09:08
The medical school was ranked No. 6, the law school was tied for No. 12, and the business school was ranked No. 14 by U.S. News & World Report. [more]
Record-low acceptance rate for Class of 2012
Arts & Sciences, 2008/04/07 09:08:40
3,814 high school students were accepted from among 20,337 applicants, an acceptance rate of 18.8 percent that is the lowest in Duke's history. [more]
Search for Endowed Chair in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Physics, for faculty, 2008/03/28 12:02:04
The Duke University Physics Department is searching to fill an Endowed Chair in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
March 27, 2008 - Gold Citation Award goes to John Aldrich
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/03/28 09:35:27
John Aldrich has just been notified that he will receive the "Gold Citation Award" for outstanding achievements by an alumnus, from Allegheny College
The Gold Citation is awarded in recognition and appreciation of honor reflected upon the College by virtue of professional or volunteer activities.
Congratulations John!
Students win Goldman, Davis awards
Arts & Sciences, 2008/04/08 10:03:11
Adam Nathan T'10 won a Goldman Sachs Global Leaders award. Zhuoma Gadou T'11 and Nanjie Caihua T'10 were honored by the Davis Projects for Peace Fund. [more]
April 15, 2008 - AAAS Spring Talks
Professors Thavolia Glymph and Bayo Holsey
African & African American Studies, 2008/04/03 12:25:11
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
1pm
225 Friedl Bldg.
Professors Thavolia Glymph (AAAS) and Bayo Holsey (AAAS) discuss their forthcoming books.
"Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household" (Glymph)
"Routes of Remembrance: Refashioning the Slave Trade in Ghana" (Holsey)
April 10, 2008 - Political Theory Working Group Spring Symposium
English, 2008/04/02 10:03:36
The Duke University English Department's Working Group on Political Theory is pleased to announce its second annual Spring symposium April 10 and 11. Schedule
April 08, 2008 - AAAS Spring Talks
Margaret Lee (African and Afro-American Studies)
African & African American Studies, 2008/03/28 11:17:56
Discussion with.........
Margaret Lee (University of North Carolina)
The 21st Century Scramble for Africa
April 09, 2008 - Poetry Reading and Discussion with Professor Ed Pavlic
African & African American Studies, 2008/03/28 11:17:24
Award - Winning poet Ed Pavlic reads from his new collection of poetry, "Winners Have Yet to be Announced: A Song for Donny Hathaway."
About Ed Pavlic.....
Ed Pavlic is associate professor of English and director of the MFA/PhD program in creative writing at the University of Georgia.
His previous books of poems are Labors Lost Left Unfinished and Paraph of Bone & Other Kinds of Blue, which was selected by Adrienne Rich for the American Poetry Review /Honickman First Book Prize.
He has also published a scholarly work,Crossroads Modernism, on African American literary culture.
April 01, 2008 - AAAS Spring Talks
Charmaine Royal
African & African American Studies, 2008/03/28 11:16:54
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
1pm
225 Ernestine Friedl Bldg.
Charmaine Royal (IGSP)
Genomics, Social Identity, and Health
April 16, 2008 - In Conversation with Author Stephane Dunn
African & African American Studies, 2008/03/27 17:41:34
Author of Baad Bitches and Sassy Supermamas:
Race, Gender & Sexuality in Black Power Action Fantasies (University of Illinois Press).
About Baad Bitches and Sassy Supermamas:
This lively study unpacks the intersecting racial, sexual, and gender politics underlying the representations of racialized bodies, masculinities, and femininities in early 1970s black action films, with particular focus on
the representation of black femininity. Stephane Dunn explores the typical, sexualized, subordinate positioning of women in low-budget blaxploitation
action narratives as well as more seriously radical films like Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and The Spook Who Sat by the Door, in which
black women are typically portrayed as trifling "bitches" compared to the supermacho black male heroes. The terms "baad bitches" and "sassy
supermamas" signal the reversal of this positioning with the emergence of supermama heroines in the few black action films in the early 1970s that featured self-assured, empowered, and tough (or "baad") black women as protagonists: Cleopatra Jones, Coffy, and Foxy Brown.
Festival on the Hill: Latin American and Latino Music in NC and the U.S.
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/03/27 16:11:06
March 27-30: UNC-CH Music Department hosts a festival celebrating the contributions of Latin American music and culture to the United States. more info
"The Stench of Success: Anchovies, protein politics, and the making of a fishmeal empire in Peru and Chile, 1950-2000"
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008/03/28 10:08:00
Tertulia Thurs. March 27, 4:30-6:00pm Room 028 Franklin Center. Kristin Wintersteen (PhD candidate, Duke History) more info
Perkins Libraries' Durden Prize
History, 2008/03/26 10:47:29
Perkins Libraries will be awarding the Durden Prize for the first time this fall. The prize honors undergraduates who make effective use of Duke's general library collections and services and demonstrate excellence in research, including outstanding analysis, evaluation and synthesis of sources.
The Durden Prize, named in honor of Robert F. Durden, professor emeritus of history, will be awarded annually to one undergraduate in each of three categories: first and second year students; third and fourth year students; and fourth year students writing honors theses. Applicants will supply copies of the papers or projects they wish to submit for competition, cover sheets (form may be found online), faculty statements of support (again, form my be found online) and 500-word essays on their research strategies. Winning papers will be selected by a committee of faculty and librarians and will be announced in fall 2008. The three winning students will be honored at a reception during Parents and Family Weekend in October 2008 and will receive cash prizes of $1000.
Award guidelines and entry forms may be found online at http://library.duke.edu/research/awards/. If you have additional questions about this award, feel free to contact Emily Daly at emily.daly@duke.edu.
Good Luck!
March 28, 2008 - March 28 - Examining Encounters Workshop - 229 Carr - 3:30
History, for grad, 2008/03/26 10:37:31
Amy Williams, Department of History, Duke University "Appropriating Supranationalism: Representing the League of Nations in Upper-Level German Gymnasium Textbooks, 1920-1968"
Anna Krylova, Department of History, Duke University "'Woman-Soldier' as a State and Popular Category of Mobilization in the Soviet Union, 1941-1945"
Liz Shesko, Department of History, Duke University "'Who Will Speak for the Indian'?: Representations of Indigeneity at Bolivia's 1945 Indigenous Congress"
John French, Department of History, Duke University "When the State Reaches Out/Down to the Poor: Combating Hunger During the First Presidential Administration of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, 2002-06."
Chair: Stephan Isernhagen, Department of History, Duke University
This is the third annual workshop sponsored by the Duke Department of History second-year graduate cohort that strives to bring together graduate students and faculty to present and discuss their research interests and current projects. This year, our workshop will explore personal and societal encounters with the marketplace, with the state and its institutions, and with other people, societies, and places. How do these encounters leave the participants changed? How do individuals and societies define themselves in relation to the market, the state, or the strangers they encounter? How does the historian approach these questions?
March 27, 2008 - March 27-29 - FNI International Conference
History, for faculty, 2008/03/26 09:42:29
Enduring Loss in Early Modern Germany
5th FNI International Conference
Duke University, March 27-29, 2008
How do societies cope with loss - recurrent and devastating losses in all spheres of everyday life? The 5th FNI conference March 27-29 explores how the experience of loss -- political, material, economic, bodily, spiritual, and intellectual -- shapes societies and cultures in an unstable and changing world. It goes without saying that loss was and still is the crucible of making modern societies and cultures. This interdisciplinary conference explores how the part of Europe that contributed so much to the making of modern politics, culture and religious life -- German-speaking Central Europe -- came to terms creatively with recurrent and devastating losses.
Colleagues from all disciplines are invited to attend sessions of the conference. Approximately 80 speakers -- about 30 of them from Europe -- will present papers. Among the highlights are plenary addresses by several highly regarded scholars, including:
Hans Medick (History, Göttingen), "Ways of Viewing Catastrophe: The Experience and Memory of the Thirty Years War"
Jeffrey Chipps Smith (Art History, University of Texas, Austin), "Did Dürer Die? Artistic Loss and Dilemmas of Cultural Identity"
Jill Bepler (History and Literature, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel), "Enduring Loss: Memorializaing Women"
Christopher Ocker (Theology, San Francisco Theological Seminary), "Spiritual Loss in the German Religious Controversy"
Mary Lindemann (History of Medicine, University of Miami), "The Defects of Flesh: Loss, Imperfection, Ambiguity."
The conference opening reception is Thursday, March 27th, at 5:30 in the Rare Book Room. Sessions run in Von Canon Hall A-C Friday and Saturday, March 28th and 29th. For a full program and registration information go to the FNI website: http://fni.ucr.edu.
The conference is free to Duke faculty and students. For additional information contact Tom Robisheaux, FNI Executive Secretary, trobish@duke.edu. Graduate students should contact James Stutler regarding special participation opportunities.
March 31, 2008 - 2007-08 History Colloquium - Anna Krylova - 229 Carr - 12:00 Noon
History, for faculty, 2008/03/26 09:28:32
Professor Krylova will be talking about her new book, which is near completion, "Women in Combat: Writing Shared History of Violence of the Eastern Front, 1930-1980s."
The colloquium will be in 229 Carr at 12:00 noon and lunch will be served. This talk is open to all faculty, graduate students, and visitors.
March 27, 2008 - March 27 - Jacques Revel Lecture - Room 240 Franklin Center - 5:30
History, for faculty, 2008/03/25 16:43:19
Jacques Revel is a directeur d'etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, where he also served as the school's president from 1995 to 2004.
In addition, he is the Global Distinguished Professor of History and the Institute of French Studies at New York University. He is known for his significant contributions to the Annales school and also, more recently, for the promotion of microhistory, Revel's work focuses on social history, cultural forms and practices, and the Ancient Regime.
In 2006, he published Un Parcours Critique (Galaade Editions). He is currently at work at on a project that examines the link between religious practices, political and philosophical critiques of religion, and historical thought.
LECTURE: Thursday, March 27
5:30 pm (refreshments begin at 5:00 pm)
Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Free parking available after 4pm at the Pickens Clinic lot across the street
"BROWN BAG" LUNCH DISCUSSION: Friday, March 28
11:00 am—1:00 pm
Faculty Commons, West Union Building, Upper Level
Lunch provided, please RSVP to ham5@duke.edu by March 24
A selection of Professor Revel's articles and a bibliography are available on Blackboard
(search "Jacques Revel" in course search box)
These events are free and open to the public
For more information, please email Heather Mallory at ham5@duke.edu
March 27, 2008 - March 27 - Kristin Wintersteen - Franklin Center - Room 028 - 4:30-6:00
History, for grad, 2008/03/25 16:29:48
"The Stench of Success: Anchovies, protein politics, and the making of a fishmeal empire in Peru and Chile, 1950-2000" presentation by Kristin Wintersteen (PhD candidate, Duke Department of History)
Kristin will present some preliminary findings from her dissertation research, which traces the history of the fishmeal industry as Peru and Chile grappled with environmental limits and powerful interest groups within a shifting international political, socio-economic, and legal landscape since the 1950s. Fishmeal is a flour-like substance used in fertilizers and high-protein animal feeds. This global commodity helped fuel the rapid expansion of chicken, hog, and fish farming in the developed world after World War II and catapulted Peru and Chile into the ranks of the world's top fishing nations. Kristin's research seeks to understand how actors in these two states--linked by a shared marine ecosystem and the devastating consequences of El Niño--responded to common challenges, and how together they shaped this massive protein transfer along global food commodity chains from the world's most productive marine ecosystem to the dinner plates of first-world consumers.
Nominations for Mary Creason Memorial Award
Physics, for faculty, 2008/03/24 22:55:42
Call for nominations for the Spring 2008 Mary Creason Memorial Award for Undergraduate Teaching. [more]
Keywords: Mary Creason, Award, Undergraduate, Teaching
Spring Egg Hunt
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/03/22 11:36:45
Grab your basket and bunny ears and come join us on Saturday, March 22 for our annual Egg Hunt. Children of all ages (broken into three age groups) will canvas the DFC for candy-filled eggs and prizes. Coffee and breakfast fare will be provided. The hunt begins at 10am sharp! A bunny ear making craft will start at 9:30am. Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 19 by calling the main office at 684-6672.
March 25, 2008 - Business School Representatives on Campus
Prebusiness Advising Office, 2008/03/20 15:58:43
Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University; Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University; Stanford Business School, Stanford University, March 25, 2008, THE GREAT HALL, 11:00am - 3:00pm. All classes invited. Sponsored by the Prebusiness Advising Office.
Vincent Brown, Associate Professor at Harvard University visits Duke
African & African American Studies, 2008/03/18 17:32:37
A talk with Vincent Brown, Associate Professor at
Harvard
The Afterlives of an African Rebellion
March 21, 2008
12:00 Noon
229 Carr Building
March 18, 2008 - Post Graduate Scholarship Information Session
Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows, 2008/03/14 15:44:51
for students interested in applying for the RHODES, MARSHALL, FULBRIGHT and other Post-Graduate Awards Get ready for the summer deadlines! Tuesday, March 18th 6:00 p.m. 105 West Duke Building
Duke statement regarding arrests in students' murders
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/31 10:25:21
Senior vice president John F. Burness reacted to the arrest of a man accused in the murders of Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato and UNC-Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson. [more]
March 12, 2008 - Raymond Mercado article in N & O
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/03/12 16:36:04
A very interesting op-ed in today's N&O, from our own Raymond Mercado. Congratulations, Raymond!
March 25, 2008 - Americanist Reading Group
English, 2008/03/12 11:14:26
5.00 pm, graduate lounge
Mikko Tuhkanen, "'Out of Joint': Passing, Haunting, and the Time of Slavery in Hagar's Daughter"
In conjunction with the Americanist Speaker Series, the Americanist Reading Group will be meeting to discuss Prof. Mikko Tuhkanen's recently-published essay in American Literature. Both the Speaker Series and the Reading Group facilitate the development of a local community of scholars, attempting to foster this community while interrogating how we delineate "Americanist" within and across disciplinary, geographic, thematic, and methodological lines.
USC official named Pratt dean
Arts & Sciences, 2008/04/02 10:28:49
Thomas Katsouleas, Southern Cal's vice provost for information services, will take over on July 1. [more]
President expresses sorrow at death of UNC student
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/13 14:04:14
The murder of student body President Eve Carson was "senseless and appalling," President Brodhead said. [more]
New campus plans shift south
Arts & Sciences, 2008/04/04 09:24:12
The revised central campus master plan design will focus on developing Campus Drive between Duke Gardens and the Nasher. [more]
Parent's Night Out
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/03/12 08:58:33
Why scramble for a sitter when you can bring your kids to the DFC for Parents Night Out? Parent's Night Out is open to children 4-12 yrs old, and will be offered on the second Friday night of every odd numbered month. Our next PNO is Friday March 14, from 6-9pm. We'll make homemade pizza, ice-cream sundaes, and watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! [Registration Form]
Trustees approve increases in tuition, financial aid
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/28 09:19:07
The board approved a 5 percent increase in undergraduate tuition and a 28 percent increase in funding from endowment for financial aid to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. [more]
Judith Halberstam - March 19th and 20th
English, 2008/03/17 11:48:18
Judith Halberstam returns to Duke: Faculty seminar Wednesday 3/19, 5:30 - 7:30 pm; graduate seminar Thursday 3/20, 2 - 4 pm. Click here for the faculty seminar and graduate seminar readings.
Focus on Engineering: Problems Engineers Solved
Focus Program, 2008/03/03 09:19:02
Taught by engineering Professor David Needham, students from the Engineering Frontiers cluster had the opportunity to join into Needham’s Introduction to Biologically Inspired Materials and Materials Systems course and do some reverse engineering on their own. Needham’s goal was to introduce the Focus students to a design framework — essentially the systematic process an engineer goes through to solve a problem and design a device, but now mapped on to Biology’s own designs, products and processes. [more] -- Pratt e-Press@Duke University
NC Regional Education Career Fairs
Education, 2008/02/28 12:52:29
are happening in May and June. Please visit the Teacher Preparation Program page to learn more. [Career Fair]
Warren Warren, James B. Duke Professor and Chair of Chemistry,
Chemistry, 2008/02/27 09:57:36
will receive the 2008 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Magnetic Resonance. Professor Warren's group has uncovered previously unappreciated details of the physics underlying NMR, which in turn has led to improved methods in imaging, spectroscopy, and hyperpolarized experiments. Congratulations to Professor Warren on this recent recognition!
March 17, 2008 - Anne Firor Scott Award - Deadline March 17, 2008
History, 2008/02/27 16:12:23
The Anne Firor Scott Award is given to help students (undergraduates planning to take the History Senior Honors Seminar) engaged in research in women's history to spend time in archives and resource centers where they can use original historical materials. Recent graduates may be considered.
The application consists of three copies of the following, including the completed application form: 1) a proposal of 2-3 pages addressed to the Anne Scott Award Committee and 2) current curriculum vitae or resume.
The proposal should describe the student's overall project or the specific resource materials for study, as well as the reasons undertaking the project; the status of work already in process; a budget for requested funds; and explanation of other funds available to the student.
Applicants will be notified by mail the week of March 31, 2008. Winners will be asked to report on the use of these funds and their work by September 8, 2008.
You may pick up an application from Carla Rusnak at 229 Carr or email carla.rusnak@duke.edu for an application.
Spring Fitness Workshops
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/02/25 11:29:09
Are you looking to add a spark to your workouts? Come to the Spring 2008 Fitness Workshops at the DFC. We will be sponsoring two Thursday workshops after work that will introduce some of the latest ways to enhance your workouts. There is no cost, and each workshop will begin at 5:30pm last about an hour. Please come dressed to participate. Participants will try out the exercises and receive feedback from the instructor. Here is a list of the workhshops:
Thursday, February 28
Stop Rockin' and Rollin' - Learn Balance and Stability Ball Training presented by Christina Story, DFC Fitness Intern
Oh, My Aching Back: Core Strengthening Exercises to Keep Your Back Healthy presented by Krishinda Lee, DFC Fitness Intern.
Professor Kathy Franz has received a Sloan Research Fellowship.
Chemistry, 2008/02/25 09:50:55
The prestigious awards are intended to enhance the careers of the very best young faculty members in specified fields of science. Currently a total of 118 fellowships are awarded annually in seven fields: chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics.
February 25, 2008 - Monday, February 25 History Colloquium 5 - 229 Carr Bldg - Noon
History, for faculty, 2008/02/21 12:00:11
The speaker will be Kathryn Burns, Associate Professor of colonial Latin American history at UNC, who will be introducing her current research project. The title is, "Making Colonial Archives: Cuzco, Peru."
Lunch will be provided.
Congratulations to Julianne Yost,
Chemistry, 2008/02/21 08:35:38
who has been selected to receive the 2008 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring: Student Award. A committee of faculty, graduate students, and staff representing the major disciplines of the Graduate School selected Ms. Yost from a highly competitive pool of nominees to receive this award, which recognizes graduate students who have a consistent record of good mentoring practices.
Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring
English, 2008/02/20 16:32:46
The English Department congratulates Professors Priscilla Wald and Toril Moi, both of whom received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring from the Graduate School. This is a tremendous honor and a marvelous tribute to their commitment to their graduate students.
Crossword Puzzles & Memory
Focus Program, 2008/02/20 10:19:25
Brian Skotko, Focus Program and Duke University alumnus, co-authors paper. “H.M.’s personal crossword puzzles: Understanding memory and language” explores the interactions between memory and language in an amnesia patient. The paper has been published in the February issue of Memory.
“[T]he research for this paper began nearly a decade ago through the Focus Program,” says Dr. Skotko, who is now at Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
[more] -- MEMORY, 2008, 16 (2), 8996Duke receives community service honor
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/27 08:45:23
For the second year in a row, Duke was named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, a program to increase public awareness of the contributions that college students make through volunteer service. [more]
GlaxoSmithKline has offered Duke
Chemistry, 2008/02/19 11:40:55
the opportunity to participate in the GSK Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award program. Details about the program and application information can be found here. The purpose of this fellowship is to allow undergraduate chemistry students in the field of synthetic organic and/or analytical chemistry, the opportunity to conduct summer research at their current academic institution. This year, GSK will award six fellowships to the value of $5,000 each. Applicants are required to submit a research proposal written in collaboration with their research advisor. The deadline for the application is April 1st, 2008.
February 21, 2008 - "No Sacrifice Too Great"
African & African American Studies, 2008/02/18 17:10:05
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill extends an invitation
Faculty and students UNC will host:
Black History Month Lecture w/ Dr. James D. Anderson
The lecture on the value of education in black culture will take place on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at Wilson Library on the campus of UNC at 7pm.
The Holton Prize
Education, for staff, 2008/02/28 14:53:01
is now accepting applications through April 4, 2008. Information about the prize can be found here. This is a cash prize of $250 that is awarded to a junior or senior for their outstanding, innovative, or investigative research dealing with education. [Holton Prize, PDF]
February 18, 2008 - Open House & Celebration of New Home: George Lipsitz Lecture, followed by program and reception
African & African American Studies, 2008/02/19 11:14:52
President Richard Brodhead and Provost Peter Lange invite you to a lecture and reception in celebration of the opening of the new home of the Departments of African & African American Studies and Cultural Anthropology, the Programs in Literature and Latino/a Studies, the Institute for Critical US Studies, and the Duke Human Rights Center. This event takes place on Monday, February 18, 2008 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
A lecture will take place in the Nelson Music Room inside the East Duke Building followed by a brief program and reception in the Science Building (formerly the Duke Art Museum) with tours of the Science Building.
Alumnus named VP for public affairs
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/13 14:04:58
Michael J. Schoenfeld T'84, vice chancellor for public affairs at Vanderbilt University, will succeed John Burness on July 1. [more]
Mary McLeod Bethune Writing Awards
African & African American Studies, 2008/03/18 16:32:00
The Bethune Writing Awards recognize excellence in student research and writing in the disciplines of African and African American Studies.
Click Here for Application Form
[more]
February 04, 0200 - Dave Rohde on NPR
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/02/11 09:11:14
Dave Rohde interview on NPR "Primary Colors, Brighter than Usual?"
Mini Camps
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/03/22 11:36:57
When the kids are out of school and you need a fun, safe place for them to go, bring them to the DFC Mini-Camp! From 8:30am to 5:00pm, the day will be filled with games, sports, tennis, and other fun activities. Open to children in first through sixth grade. Upcoming dates are 2/18, 3/13, 3/14, and 3/21. [Registration Form]
February 21, 2008 - Lecture by Daniel Heller-Roazen
Romance Studies, 2008/03/12 13:12:32
The Department of Romance Studies is proud to co-sponser, along with the Duke Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, a lecture by Daniel Heller-Roazen Professor of Comparative Literature, Princeton University, Before the Disciplines Formations of Knowledge before Modernity Along Liquid Paths A Genealogy of Piracy
The lecture will take place Thursday, February 21, 2008, 3:30 p.m. Old Trinity Room, West Union Building
Lecture by Priska Degras
Romance Studies, 2008/03/12 13:12:25
The Department of Romance Studies presents a lecture by Priska Degras Maître de Conférences, Langue et Littérature françaises Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III)
Noms d’esclaves, noms de citoyens : le patronyme comme métaphore de l’Histoire dans le «Roman des Amériques»
Noon, Tuesday, February 19th, 305 Languages Building, (A light lunch will be served), Contact ld48@duke.edu for more details
Job talks for modern French search
Romance Studies, 2008/03/12 13:12:16
The job talks for our modern French search will be taking place during the month of February.
If you would like to be added to the announcement listserv, please contact Cathy Knoop at cknoop@duke.edu.
February 19, 2008 - EndNote Sessions - Perkins Library
History, for grad, 2008/02/07 13:25:08
Jump start your research and writing with an introductory session to EndNote, a citation management tool that is sure to save you time and frustration.
The library is offering sessions at the following times (more to come after Spring Break if these don't fit into your schedule):
Tuesday, Feb 19 from 3-4
Thursday, Feb 28 from 5:30-7
Tuesday, March 4 from 4:30-6
Interested? Register online at
http://library.duke.edu/services/instruction/endnote.do
This introduction to EndNote shows you everything you need to write your first paper. We provide an orientation to the software, including how to enter references, search your library, set preferences, select a style, and set up "Cite While You Write". You'll also work with a word document, pulling in citations from your EndNote library, and then formatting the document in a couple of keystrokes. Training Manual is included and free.
Performance Conference - March 21-22, 2008
English, 2008/03/17 10:32:19
Rare Book Room, Perkins Library. Keynote speakers will include Peggy Phelan (Stanford University), Joseph Roach (Yale University), and Toril Moi (Duke University). The schedule of events can be located here.
March 04, 2008 - Americanist Reading Group
English, 2008/02/06 14:46:28
5.00 pm, graduate lounge
Laura Doyle, "'A' for Atlantic: The Colonizing Force of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter"
In conjunction with the Americanist Speaker Series, the Americanist Reading Group will be meeting to discuss Prof. Laura Doyle's recently-published essay in American Literature. Both the Speaker Series and the Reading Group facilitate the development of a local community of scholars, attempting to foster this community while interrogating how we delineate "Americanist" within and across disciplinary, geographic, thematic, and methodological lines.
April 25, 2008 - Friday, April 25 - Triangle Legal History Seminar - National Humanities Center - 4:00-6:00
History, for faculty, 2008/02/06 10:14:33
Professor Thomas Robisheaux will present, "Corpus Delicti: A Seventeenth-Century German University Debates Witchcraft, Poisioning and the Law."
Year in Review posted online
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/07 09:07:28
The 2006-07 Year in Review gives highlights for Arts & Sciences and other schools. [more]
February 15, 2008 - Friday, February 15 - Research Triangle Seminar in History of the Military, War, and Society - 229 Carr 4-6pm
History, for faculty, 2008/02/05 15:15:57
Jennifer Siegel (Ohio State University) Money, Peace and Power: Loans to Russia and the (Un)Making of the Triple Entent
Refreshments will be served.
Free Parking is available in the lot behind Carr.
A pre-circulated paper is available a week in advance at dirk.bonker@duke.edu
Imperial Russia was the foremost international debtor country in pre-World War I Europe. To finance the modernization of industry, the construction of public works projects, railroad construction, and the development and adventures of the military-industrial complex, Russia's ministers of finance, municipal leaders, and nascent manufacturing class turned, time and time again in the late imperial period, to foreign capital. This talk will examine the history of British and French public and private bank loans to Russia in the late imperial and early Soviet periods, focusing on the ways that non-governmental and sometimes transnational actors were able to influence both British and French foreign policy and Russian foreign and domestic policy. There are three main themes that will be addressed: the role of individual financiers and policy makers; the importance of foreign capital in late imperial Russian policy; and the particular role of British capital and financial investment in the construction and strengthening of the Anglo-Russo-French entente. Most significantly, this talk will look beyond the realm of high politics and state-centered decision making in the formation of foreign policy, offering insights into the forms and functions of diplomatic alliances.
Jennifer Siegel is Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University. She received her B.A. and her Ph.D. from Yale University, the latter in 1998. She specializes in modern European diplomatic and military history, with a focus on the British and Russian Empires. She is the author of Endgame: Britain, Russia and the Final Struggle for Central Asia (I.B. Tauris, 2002), which won the 2003 AAASS Barbara Jelavich Prize. She has published articles on intelligence history, and co-edited Intelligence and Statecraft: The Use and Limits of Intelligence in International Society (Praeger, 2005). Her current research projects include an exploration of British and French private and government bank loans to Russia in the late imperial period up to the Genoa Conference of 1922, tentatively entitled "For Peace and Money."
February 08, 2008 - Friday, February 8 - Triangle Legal History Seminar - National Humanities Center - 4:00-6:00
History, for faculty, 2008/02/05 15:11:25
Kelly Kennington will present on a chapter from her dissertation entitled "Good Reasons to Fear": Slaves' Experiences in Freedom Suits."
Anyone wishing to receive the reading should contact Sandi Payne Greene at payne@email.unc.edu
This chapter is part of her larger dissertation project, which examines slaves' suits for freedom in St. Louis. This chapter looks at slaves' experiences in the freedom suits to ask why, in the face of numerous dangers and obstacles, they chose to trust the law to free them. Suing for freedom could be a life or death decision, but despite the risks involved, slaves had faith in the courts to set them free and they believed that white slaveholders would abide by the court's decisions in these cases.
Chair endowed to honor Reynolds Price
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/07 09:43:11
The Homeland Foundation gave $1.25 million toward a chair in creative writing honoring Reynolds Price. The gift will be matched by The Duke Endowment. [more]
February 28, 2007 - Nigel Smith
- MILTON AND THE REVOLUTION
English, 2008/02/06 14:14:32
Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
Thursday, Feb. 28th
Nigel Smith is Professor of English at Princeton and currently the John P. Birkelund Fellow at the National Humanities Center. While his scholarly work has focused primarily on early modern literature, especially the seventeenth century, his approach is interdisciplinary and his interests are diverse. His extensive writings have covered Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Herbert, Milton, Hobbes, Margaret Cavendish, Katherine Philips, and Marvell.
With Paul Muldoon he founded the rock band 'Rackett', featured in the New York Times Magazine and the New Yorker, and which recently completed a tour of Ireland.
With Paul Muldoon he founded the rock band 'Rackett', featured in the New York Times Magazine and the New Yorker, and which recently completed a tour of Ireland.
January 24, 2008 - Congratulations Prof. Kornberg!
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/02/04 09:42:20
Our recent dedication of the Allan Kornberg Conference Room is one of the featured stories on Duke Today. The story includes a great photo of Allan and Pat. http://news.duke.edu/2008/01/kornberg.html
January 24, 0200 - Congratulations to Prof. Kornberg
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/02/04 09:40:10
Our recent dedication of the Allan Kornberg Conference Room is one of the featured stories on Duke Today. The story includes a great photo of Allan and Pat.
Richard Rothstein
Education, 2008/02/27 09:24:56
is speaking on February 26th at 4:30pm in Von Canon Room C in the Bryan Center at Duke University. This event is free and open to the public. The topic of his talk will be "The Impact of Class in the Classroom". There will be a book signing after the talk. Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute. From 1999 to 2002 he was the national education columnist of The New York Times. Rothstein's persuasive analysis of how social class shapes learning outcomes forces us to look at the differences in readiness across students as they enter school for the first time. He causes us to consider the influence of income, health, safety and other gaps affecting students as they proceed through school. He is the author of : Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap, and The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement, as well as other books concerning social issues in education.
Adult CPR/AED class
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/02/22 09:05:27
Are you looking for something different to do for your sweetheart in February? How about learning to jump start his/her heart? The DFC will be offering 2 Adult CPR/AED courses: one on Tuesday, February 19 and one on Wednesday, February 20. Both classes will be held in the upstairs of the LeBar Building from 6-9pm. The cost of the class is $30 for members and $35 for non-members. Register for the class by calling the office at 684-6672. Space is limited.
Thom LaBean, Research Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry, 2008/02/01 09:16:20
and his collaborators in Physics report in JACS that double-stranded DNA can be used with more complex DNA building blocks to construct heterogeneous, nanoscale superstructures through self-assembly. The simple helical motif of double-strand DNA (dsDNA) is typically judged to be uninteresting for assembly in DNA-based nanotechnology applications, but the team's research shows that incorporating dsDNA bridges into stepwise assembly processes can be used for controlling length and directionality of self-assembled lattices, fixed-size nanoarrays, and extended 2D crystals of nanotracks with nanobridges.
Karshes support international undergrads
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/06 08:47:16
Trustee Bruce Karsh T'77 and his wife Martha created a $20 million endowment that includes $15 million for financial aid. [more]
Summer Research opportunities
Chemistry, 2008/01/31 16:53:17
for Duke undergraduates are available in the Department again this year. Applications are now being accepted for the program, which runs from May 14 until August 1. The positions include a stipend of approximately $3,600, from which housing and food is paid. Although preference is given to chemistry majors who are entering their last year of undergraduate study, all current and prospective chemisty majors are eligible. Applications are due March 7. Download program detals, FAQ and a current application here.
New Web site highlights faculty research
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/06 08:46:06
Duke Research will be published monthly by the Office of News & Communications. Users may subscribe to a monthly e-mail with highlights of each issue and to a variety of RSS feeds. [more]
February 04, 2008 - Clemente Marconi Lecture
Consortium for Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, 2008/01/29 13:39:07
Clemente Marconi, the James R. McCredie Professor in the History of Art and Archaeology, New York University, will present: "Early Greek Architectural Decoration in Function" Monday, February 4, 2008 5:30 p.m. 204 East Duke Building
The Soul Cinema Series at the Mary Lou Williams Center
African & African American Studies, 2008/02/08 15:14:41
The Soul Cinema Series features films that examine Soul, not simply as a musical genre, but as a cultural phenomenon within America from the late 1950s until the beginning of the 1980s.
The films featured reflect Soul as part of the everyday realities of black folk, both as it was experienced during the Soul era and how it is re-imagined through the lens of nostalgia.
1/29- The Spook Who Sat by the Door (directed by Ivan Dixon)- 7pm
In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator starts a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all are graded on a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran named Dan Freeman. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped treatment by his superiors, he quietly resigns to return to his native Chicago to work for a social services agency...by day. By night, he trains a street gang to be the vanguard in an upcoming race war, using all that the CIA has taught him. (1973, 102 minutes)
2/12- Cotton Comes to Harlem (directed by Ossie Davis, Jr.)- 7pm
Based on Chester Himes's novel, this film marked actor-writer Ossie Davis's directing debut. Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques play Himes's volatile police detectives, Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, who are on the trail of white men who pulled an armed stickup at a Back to Africa rally in Harlem. The money belongs to the poor people who paid for a chance to return to the motherland--but was it really a stickup? Or is the flashy preacher at the center of the Back to Africa movement (Calvin Lockhart) involved in a scam to rip off his own people? (1970, 90 minutes)
2/19- WattStax (directed by Mel Stuart)- 7pm
They called Wattstax the "black Woodstock," but there are many differences between that seminal hippie event and the 1972 concert documented in this 30th-anniversary special-edition reissue. Woodstock was all about peace, love, and music. Wattstax, held three years later in Los Angeles, had those elements as well; but as this 103-minute film reminds us, it was a more socio-politically charged event, with its emphasis on black pride and the simple opportunity for African Americans to assert that, in opening speaker Jesse Jackson's words, "I am somebody." (1972, 102 minutes)
3/4- Claudine (directed by John Berry)- 7pm
Diahann Carroll stars as Claudine, single mother of six children in Harlem and a maid working for under-the-table wages. Forever worried that her white caseworker will discover her meager, outside income (thus eliminating meager government benefits), Carroll earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance; Carroll and James Earl Jones earned Golden Globe nominations. Featured soundtrack performed by Gladys Knight and the Pips and produced by Curtis Mayfield. (1974, 92 minutes)
3/18- Baadasssss! (directed by Mario Van Peebles)- 7pm
In 1971, Mario Van Peebles's father, Melvin Van Peebles, made the X-rated blaxploitation movie "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song," starring himself as a bordello stud performer who kills two white cops and manages to escape. "Baadasssss!" is Mario's layered re-creation of the making of "Sweetback" and the convulsive life around the production. He plays his father, appropriating Melvin Van Peebles's body, his attitudes, his actions, and his treatment of his family. The result is a complex homage. (2003, 108 minutes)
3/25- Talk to Me (directed by Kasi Lemmons)- 7pm
The story of radio and TV personality “Petey” Greene, is a rich evocation of Washington, D.C. and much of urban Black America in those tense years when the Civil Rights Movement broke down entrenched barriers of segregation, when the Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated, and when inner-city neighborhoods were set ablaze by rioters in the streets.(2007, 119 Minutes)
4/1- Crooklyn (directed by Spike Lee)- 7pm
Spike Lee's semiautobiographical film about the good and bad times for a Brooklyn family in the 1970s has passion and nostalgic good feeling. The centerpiece of the movie is a little girl who views the ups and downs of her parents' experiences and who navigates the life of her neighborhood. (1994, 114 Minutes)
Teaching award nomination deadline March 7
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/06 08:45:54
Department chairs, program directors, faculty, and students may nominate candidates for five teaching awards and a service award. [more]
February 01, 2008 - Erasure and Effacement: Destruction of Text and Image in late Antiquity
Consortium for Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology, 2008/01/22 15:52:25
Duke University Center for Late Ancient Studies presents ERASURE AND EFFACEMENT: DESTRUCTION OF TEXT AND IMAGE IN LATE ANTIQUITY with two talks: "Christian Destruction and Desecration of Images of Classical Antiquity," by Professor John Pollini, Dept. of Art History, University of Southern California with a response by Jessica Sponsler, Dept. of Art History, UNC-Chapel Hill. "Beyond the Palimpsest: Erasure in Syriac Manuscripts," by Professor Michael Penn National Humanities Center Fellow Dept. of Religion, Mount Holyoke College with a response by Maria Doerfler, Dept. of Religion, Duke University. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Duke University 0015 Westbrook (New Divinity Building)
Congratulations to Paula McClain
Political Science, for faculty, 2008/01/18 11:39:16
Paula McClain has won this year's Samuel Dubois Cook Award. The award was given for having "demonstrated the ideals of the Cook Award in the quality of your research, your dedication to teaching and your commitment to mentoring. Moreover, you are truly a 'citizen-scholar'contributing to Duke University, to your professional discipline and to the African American community in a variety of ways. By awarding you the "Sammie" we seek to acknowledge your extraordinary effort to forward the goals of the Cook Society--to translate the promise and potential of African Americans into fulfillment and actuality, and to seek to improve relations among persons of all backgrounds." The Cook Award will be presented at the annual Awards Dinner to be held on Tuesday, February 19th at the Washington Duke Inn. Congratulations Paula!
Applications set new record
Arts & Sciences, 2008/02/12 08:58:07
More than 20,250 students applied for admission -- the largest number in school history. Last year, 19,206 applications were received, which at that time was the second highest in school history. [more]
January 22, 2008 - Librarians' Office Hours - beginning Tuesday, January 22, 2008
History, 2008/02/05 15:14:33
Need help finding primary sources for your history paper? Can't figure out where to begin your research for HI195S? Stop by Carr 121 on Tuesdays between 1:30 and 3:30 to get personalized assistance from a reference librarian who specializes in history. No appointment necessary. No question too big or too small. Save time, ask a librarian!
AAAS welcomes new faculty member to department
African & African American Studies, 2008/02/14 10:28:51
JENNIFER DEVERE BRODY teaches in the fields of African American Studies, performance studies, cultural and visual studies as well as gender/sexuality studies.
She is the author of Impossible Purities: Blackness, Femininity and Victorian Culture (Duke UP, 1998) and Punctuation: Art, Politics and Play (Duke UP, 2008).
She has been awarded grants from the Ford Foundation, the British Society for Theatre Scholars, and the Monette/Horwitz Trust for Independent Research.
She was the Weinberg College of Visitors Research and Teaching Professor at Northwestern University from 2005-2007. Her work has appeared in Genders, Signs, Callaloo, Theatre Journal, Text and Performance Quarterly and numerous edited volumes.
January 23, 2008 - January 23, 2008 - Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series - Duke North Room 2002 - 12:00 - 1:00
History, for faculty, 2008/01/16 10:50:20
Margaret Humphreys, Josiah C. Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, will be giving the lecture, "Diabetes Among Union Army Veterans: A Lesson for Our Time," at Duke North Room 2002
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is among the fastest growing chronic disease conditions in the U.S., especially among African-Americans. This study looks at the status of diabetes a century ago, using a dataset of Civil War veterans, and reveals a very different disease pattern than exists today, raising intriguing questions about the evolution of this important disease.
Lunch provided at noon. Talk begins at 12:15.
Divinity School awarded $14 million grant
Arts & Sciences, 2008/01/31 14:07:13
The Lilly Endowment Inc. is funding an initiative to help Christian leaders combine theological insight with wise business practices to address pivotal world issues. [more]
Trinity academic deans promoted
Arts & Sciences, 2008/01/31 14:05:42
Caroline L. Lattimore G'78 and Michele Rasmussen G'99 were promoted from assistant academic deans to associate academic deans. [more]
February 07, 2008 - Lecture by Spanish Medievalist
Romance Studies, 2008/02/08 11:27:17
The Department of Romance Studies is proud to present a lecture by Emilie Picherot entitled A page of tolerance in a world in chaos: the moriscos' voice in its historical and literary context
The lecture will take place at 1:00 pm Thursday, February 7, 2008 (329 Soc Psych). Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to cknoop@duke.edu
Emilie Picherot is an advanced PhD student at the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne) studying comparative literature (Spanish, Arabic and French) about Moriscos' participation to the elaboration of their stereotyped image in Spanish and French literature (16th-17th centuries). Her thesis, “The Arab heritage of lovesongs viejos” in progress under the direction of Mr. Lecercle.
Picherot entered the "Ecole Normale Supérieure" (Ulm, classique) in 1998 with classic Spanish literature as a specialty. She holds a Bachelor of French literature (licence de lettres modernes) (1999); Spanish literature, language and civilization (licence d'espagnol) (1999); and classic Arabic literature, language and civilization (licence d'arabe classique) (2006). She currently teaches comparative literature at Paris-Sorbonne and is working on a "francophone" literature program.
Financial aid director to retire
Arts & Sciences, 2008/02/05 08:55:51
Jim Belvin will step down after 32 years as head of the Undergraduate Financial Aid Office. [more]
Philanthropy center head chosen
Arts & Sciences, 2008/01/23 14:54:14
Edward Skloot will direct the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy's Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society. [more]
Reynolds Price celebration set
Arts & Sciences, 2008/01/14 11:19:08
The James B. Duke Professor of English and novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright will be honored for 50 years of teaching Jan. 31-Feb. 2. [more]
Duke gets $40 million for new professorships
Arts & Sciences, 2008/03/06 08:46:24
The gift from The Duke Endowment will support 10 associate and 10 assistant professorships, and provide $15 million in matching funds to endow 12 full professorships. [more]
Duke Lemurs Celebrate 10 Years in the Wild
Duke Lemur Center, 2008/01/15 12:25:00
Of 13 captive-bred black and white ruffed lemurs reintroduced to Madagascar a decade ago, three are still going strong. [more] -- Karl Leif Bates
January 08, 2008 - Minor in Education
Education, 2008/02/01 17:00:05
New in 2008! Students who are majoring in an Arts and Science discipline can now minor in Education.The Minor in Education is designed to provide students who are majoring in Arts and Sciences disciplines with opportunities to combine coursework in their majors with academic and field based experiences focused on complex social, psychological, economic, historical, political, and cultural issues that impact schools, and school children. Requirements: A total of five courses including three required courses and two electives. The required courses are Education 100; Education 118; and a third course chosen from a group of courses that address pedagogical theory and practice and the impact of individual difference and social diversity on teaching and learning. The third required course must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Education, carry the CCI code and involve a field based experience in public schools. The elective courses must be Education courses at or above the 100 level. Only one of the five courses may be taken at an institution other than Duke.
February 22, 2008 - Professor Mark Anthony Neal in Conversation
African & African American Studies, 2008/01/16 17:47:22
7pm
In Conversation: Hip-Hop Sampling Soul
Auditorium at the Nasher Museum of Art
Quest Love of the Roots and
9th Wonder
February 29, 2008 - Pre-Concert Conversation
African & African American Studies, 2008/01/16 17:46:12
5:30pm
Soul Legend Booker T. Jones with
Professor Anthony Kelley
Location: TBD
February 08, 2008 - Pre-Concert Conversation
African & African American Studies, 2008/01/16 17:39:58
5:30pm
Soul Legend............ Mavis Staples along with Professor Tim Tyson
Location: TBD
February 07, 2008 - Artist Exhibition and Conversation Opening
African & African American Studies, 2008/01/16 17:37:04
7pm
Nasher Museum of Art Presents: Exhibition Opening
&
Artist Conversation with
Barkley L. Hendricks: BIRTH OF THE COOL
with Professor Rick Powell
February 05, 2008 - Talk: The Life and Times of James "Thunder" Early
African & African American Studies, 2008/01/16 17:35:35
7pm
Professor Mark Anthony Neal
Auditorium at the Center for Documentary Studies
A Meditation on Soul and the Chitlin' Circuit
Duke Performances Presents..................
African & African American Studies, 2008/01/16 17:15:06
SOUL POWER: From GOSPEL to GODFATHER
[more]
DFC Annual Meeting
Duke Faculty Club, 2008/01/07 14:51:00
The Annual meeting of the Duke Faculty Club membership will be held on Tuesday, January 29 at 5:30pm in the LeBar building. All current members are invited to attend. The purpose of this meeting is for the board to update the membership on activities and developments during the previous year, including the club's financial condition. During the meeting the board will present a proposed budget for the upcoming year including the rate for annual membership dues. Members will have the opportunity to discuss the proposed budget in an open forum with the board members before they vote on the budget at their February meeting.
We are delighted to announce that Michael Therien,
Chemistry, 2008/01/03 13:01:43
who formerly held the MacDiarmid Professorship at the University of Pennsylvania, has joined our faculty effective January 1, 2008. Professor Therien works in the broad field of physical organic and physical inorganic chemistry, disciplines that seek to understand the basis of novel ground and excited state phenomena in molecules and molecular materials. In addition to the deep intellectual challenges embodied in this field, this area of research also aims to develop design principles for new materials. Therien’s work is particularly focused on using these relationships to prepare and study materials with novel and useful photophysical, catalytic, and electronic properties. In the course of these studies Therien draws on the expertise and capabilities of multiple disciplines in addition to the core fields of physical-organic and physical-inorganic chemistry, including modern spectroscopy and photophysics, molecular imaging, materials chemistry and nanoscience.
