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A Passion for Music in All Things

Posted: Feb. 26th, 2013 | Last modified: Mar. 22nd, 2013 | Category: DUCIS News

Bouna Ndiaye, producer of a nationally-syndicated public radio program, professor of music and president of Bonjour Africa Projects, Inc. will speak on behalf of the Duke University Center for International Studies at the John Hope Franklin Center‘s Wednesday at the Center program, at noon, on February 27.
Professor Ndiaye will present a lecture on how African contemporary music and culture  (…)

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Documentary photographer’s images of September 11 vernacular memorials featured

Posted: Sep. 16th, 2011 | Category: In the News

Documentary photographer and artist, Jonathan Hyman, who took part in the Duke University Center for International Studies’ panel “Artistic and Visual Responses to 9/11 and Other Disasters“ and whose work is on exhibit at Perkins Library through October 16, 2011, has been featured in The New York Times, both in print – in Sunday, September 11th’s special section entitled “The Reckoning:  (…)

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Artists, Historians to Discuss Artistic Responses to Tragedy and Disaster on the Eve of September 11

Posted: Sep. 6th, 2011 | Last modified: Sep. 16th, 2011 | Category: Arts, Programs

Mostly our habit has been traditionally to look at art and, sometimes, wonder about its representation.  Rarely do we think about the art piece as part of a long process that involves archival and research work.  More recently, though, art historians have begun writing on the archive and the research that encircle the production of art works.  To go along  (…)

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Publications

Posted: Jul. 6th, 2011 | Last modified: Apr. 19th, 2013 | Category:

The Duke University Center for International Studies has sponsored a wide variety of publications, films and CDs, including scholarly journals, economic analysis, art catalogs, ethnographies, documentaries and more.

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Teens and the Veil: Media Perceptions of Islamic Dress

Posted: May. 18th, 2010 | Last modified: Jun. 4th, 2010 | Category: In the News

Fifteen Duke students, all members of “Islam and the Media,” a class created with a DUCIS course development grant have had their work in the community profiled by Yonat Shirmon for The News and Observer. (…)

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Screening: Deadline and Prisoners in Time

Posted: Mar. 2nd, 2010 | Last modified: Apr. 8th, 2010 | Category: DUCIS Calendar Archive

Screen/Society–Films of Ariel Dorfman–”Deadline” & “Prisoners in Time” (w/ Ariel Dorfman in person!)

When: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 7:00 PM – 9:15 PMWhere: Bryan Center Griffith Film TheaterCost: Free and Open to the Public!More Info
Description: “STORIES FROM BEYOND THE DARK: The Films of Ariel Dorfman” is a Spring 2010 film series celebrating the 25 years of playwright/author/activist Ariel Dorfman’s  (…)

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Screening: Death and the Maiden

Posted: Feb. 16th, 2010 | Last modified: Apr. 8th, 2010 | Category: DUCIS Calendar Archive

Screen/Society–Films of Ariel Dorfman–”Death and the Maiden” (w/ Ariel Dorfman in person!)

When: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMWhere: Bryan Center Griffith Film TheaterCost: Free and Open to the Public!More Info
Description: “STORIES FROM BEYOND THE DARK: The Films of Ariel Dorfman” is a Spring 2010 film series celebrating the 25 years of playwright/author/activist Ariel Dorfman’s relationship  (…)

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Ariel Dorfman named 2010 Nelson Mandela Lecturer

Posted: Feb. 4th, 2010 | Last modified: Sep. 6th, 2012 | Category: DUCIS News

The Duke University Center for International Studies is extremely proud to announce that Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Page Research professor of Literature and Latin American Studies in the Center for International Studies, and Professor, Romance Studies, will present the Eighth Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture on July 31, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Past speakers include Nobel Peace Laureates Professor Muhammad  (…)

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Screening: My House is on Fire and A Promise to the Dead

Posted: Feb. 3rd, 2010 | Last modified: Feb. 9th, 2010 | Category: DUCIS Calendar Archive

Screen/Society–Films of Ariel Dorfman–”My House is on Fire” & “A Promise to the Dead” (w/ Ariel Dorfman in person!)

When: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 7:00 PM – 9:15 PMWhere: Bryan Center Griffith Film TheaterCost: Free and Open to the Public!More Info
Description: “STORIES FROM BEYOND THE DARK: The Films of Ariel Dorfman” is a Spring 2010 film series celebrating the  (…)

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Stories from Beyond the Dark An Ariel Dorfman film series

Posted: Feb. 2nd, 2010 | Last modified: Aug. 4th, 2010 | Category: Ariel Dorfman: 25 Years at Duke, Arts, DUCIS News

As part of the Duke University Center for International Studies’ year-long celebration of Ariel Dorfman’s 25 Years at Duke, the Duke University Center for International Studies, the Office of the Vice-Provost for International Affairs and Screen/Society are pleased to invite you to join us and Ariel Dorfman for Stories from Beyond the Dark, a three-part film series by and  (…)

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