Dr. John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History, prolific scholar, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and inspiration for the Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies that bears his name and houses the Duke University Center for International Studies, passed away on March 25, 2009.

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The National Resource Center (NRC) Program of the U.S. Department of Education provides funding grants to American universities to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area or international studies centers that will be national resources for teaching any modern foreign language.

Also known as Title VI grants, due to the fact that the program was established in Title VI, Part A, § 602 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, these grants (…)

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The Duke University Center for International Studies offers a wide range of programs to communities outside of Duke University. In general, all talks and seminars organized by DUCIS are open without charge to the public. In addition, DUCIS organizes several outreach programs annually. Recent programs have included the webstreamed presentation of “Debating Civilizations” at five North Carolina public libraries and the (…)

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