When: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMWhere: Friedl 225More Info
Description: Filmmaker: Carma HintonGuest Speakers: Michael Renov (USC, keynote); Bruce Cumings (Chicago); Zhen Zhang (NYU); Hyangjin Lee (Sheffield)Contact: orichm [Email: orichm #AT# duke.edu ] or 668-2603
Co-sponsors: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University Center for International Studies, Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), (…)

  ethics, film, human rights, politics

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When: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PMWhere: White 107 Lecture HallMore Info
Description: The film Morning Sun attempts in the space of a two-hour documentary film to create an inner history of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (c.1964-1976). It provides a multi-perspective view of a tumultuous period as seen through the eyes’ and reflected in the hearts and minds’ of members (…)

  art, Asia, film

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When: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:30 PM - 7:00 PMWhere: John Hope Franklin Center 240Cost: Free and open to the publicMore Info
Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy, founded in 1997, is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together faculty and graduate students from across the social sciences, especially from political science, public policy, economics, sociology, and law. Our shared interest in (…)

  Global Governance and Democracy, University Seminar

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When: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Where: White 107 Lecture HallMore Info
Description: A BBC documentary producer is given unprecedented access in North Korea to chronicle the story of the famed 1966 World Cup team from the North that advanced to the quarterfinals. The feature includes interviews with surviving members of the team, English fans and soccer pundits who saw the (…)

  film, human rights, politics, soccer

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When: Sunday, November 15, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:15 PMWhere: Nasher Museum of ArtCost: $5 – Duke Ticket Office – 919.684.4444 or tickets.duke.eduMore Info
Description: The Duke University Center for International Studies presents a staged reading of: “Picasso’s Closet” by Ariel Dorfman. The acclaimed author of “Death and the Maiden” unveils an extraordinary reimagining of Pablo Picasso living in a time of terror: What (…)

  Ariel Dorfman, art, culture

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When: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:30 PM - 4:00 PMWhere: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Description: Achille Mbembe (University of the Witwatersrand, WISER), Sarah Nuttall (University of the Witwatersrand, WISER), Diane Nelson (Duke University, Cultural Anthropology), Anne-Maria Makhulu (Duke University, Cultural Anthropology), moderator. Please join us in the Franklin Center for what we hope will be a lively discussion of District 9, Johannesburg, sci-fi (…)

  Africa, colonialism, Concilium on Southern Africa, film, human rights

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When: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMWhere: Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium
Description: Lilian Thuram, Caribbean-born French soccer player, activist and writer, is well-known both for his successes on the turf and for his frequent political interventions off of it. He will share his thoughts on sport, racism, and immigration as well as discussing the work of his new foundation: Fondation (…)

  Caribbean, culture, human rights, politics, soccer

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When: Thursday, November 5, 2009 5:30 PM - 7:00 PMWhere: John Hope Franklin Center 240Cost: Free and open to the publicMore Info
Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: Professor Rose McDermott of Brown University on “Sex Differences in Aggression: Evidence from Experimental Wargames.” -|- Founded in 1997, GGD is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together faculty and graduate students from (…)

  Global Governance and Democracy, University Seminar

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When: Thursday, November 5, 2009 4:30 PM - 6:00 PMWhere: To be determinedCost: free and open to the publicMore Info
Description: Dr. Marian Jacobs – Director, School of Child and Adolescent Health and Dean of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. Topic: TBD. Duke University Seminar on Global Health series is a university-wide interdisciplinary initiative which connects those from Duke and area universities with (…)

  Africa, health, Seminar on Global Health, University Seminar

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Sun, October 18, 2009

6:00 PM

CCB Gallery, 120 Morris Street, Durham.

Free and open to the public.

The Durham Art Guild, the John Hope Franklin Center and DUCIS presents a collection of paintings, drawings, prints, manuscripts, ephemera, and video produced by and about Sun Ra and his associates—much of it previously unseen. August 21-October 18 at the CCB Gallery, 120 Morris Street, Durham, (…)

  art, culture, Franklin Center, gallery exhibition

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