Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240Cost: Free and open to the publicMore Info
Description: “Well, you know what they say; ninety percent of the vampire slaying game is, is waiting.” The wait is over; with pop culture beset with vampire-centric tales, the Slayer has returned. Join us for our first screening: the 6th Season episode, (…)
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Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency, opens on September 17 in the main gallery of the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies and runs through November 29, 2009.
Kristine Stiles, professor of art, art history, and visual studies, curated the exhibition from her extensive archive of art, artists’ letters, documents, posters, and ephemera. A 48-page (…)
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Wed, September 9, 2009
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
White 107 Lecture Hall.
Double features from China and Taiwan: “Meishi Street” (Ou Ning, 2006, a.k.a. “The Story of Zhang Jinli”), which focuses on a Beijing restaurant owner’s efforts to prevent the process of demolition that threatens to destroy not only his business but also his entire neighborhood. “The Gangster’s God” (He (…)
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Well, you know what they say; ninety percent of the vampire slaying game is, is waiting.
The wait is over. The Slayer has returned.
The Duke University Center for International Studies has resurrected its long-running seminar devoted to the cultural impact of Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which aired from 1997–2003.
The next Buffy Seminar, featuring “Normal Again,” (S6E17) will be September (…)
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Local press is abuzz with coverage of the Duke University Center for International Studies’ new gallery exhibition at the Durham Art Guild. Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground 1954 – 1968, co-sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute, opens tonight at 120 Morris Street in downtown Durham.
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The Duke University Center for International Studies, in concert with the Franklin Humanities Institute and the Durham Art Guild are pleased to announce the opening of “Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground 1954 – 1968,” An exhibition celebrating the life of jazz musician, pianist, bandleader, mystic, philosopher and Afro-Futurist Sun Ra.
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Fri, August 21, 2009
9:00 AM
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 (…)
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When: Monday, April 13, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, open to the public PG I & II parking vouchers available, upon request.
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Description: The Duke University Center for International Studies Globalization and the Artist project presents a lunchtime talk/reading – “Museologies” with Diego Cortez – Director, Benetton Collection, Treviso; Curator of Photography, New (…)
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Ram Rahman: Street Smart – closing reception
When: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:45 PM – 7:00 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center Main Gallery
Cost: Free and open to the public
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Description: Closing reception for photographer Ram Rahman’s “Street Smart” exhibition, on exhibit in the Franklin Center main gallery now, through April 10. “Street Smart” showcases Rahman’s body of work, a subtle, often (…)
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International Symposium: Barefoot Across the Nation: Maqbool Fida Husain and the Idea of India
When: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:00 AM – Sat, April 11, 2009 5:00 PMWhere: John Hope Franklin Center 240More Info
Description: This conference will explore the entanglement of the artistic imagination in the cultural politics of risk by considering the oeuvre of Maqbool Fida Husain, arguably modern India’s (…)
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