Duke University is making a substantial commitment to the arts. And the Duke University Center for International Studies is an important element in our new efforts.
The new Nasher Museum of Art is a vibrant cornerstone to a burgeoning community of artists, theorists, and audiences. Its focus is on contemporary arts, which is an excellent mesh with the contributions of DUCIS to the arts.
Since the Nasher’s opening, we have collaborated three times with the museum and anticipate numerous future ventures together. DUCIS has worked with English, Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Dance, Theater, Music, Romance Studies, and African and African American Studies.
Our goal is to foster the intellectual exploration of the arts, artists, arts movements in their historical, social and political contexts. We accomplish this through seminars, visiting scholars and artists, exhibitions, readings and performance. Perhaps our most successful means is through small group programs that permit extended conversations between visiting artists and their Duke hosts.
