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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When: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, open to the public
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Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: “The Politics of Borrowing and Non-Borrowing among International Courts” – Erik Voeten – Georgetown University

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin Center
Contact Information: Smith, Dan 668-1663

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When: Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, open to the public
Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: “Ties that Bind? Preferential Trade Agreements and Exchange Rate Policy Choice ” - Jon Pevehouse – University of Chicago

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin Center
Contact Information: Smith, (…)

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When: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Where: Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium
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Description: The Hon. Justice Albie Sachs, Constitutional Court of South Africa.Moderated by Prof. Catherine Adcock Admay, Public Policy Studies and the Duke Center for International Development.”To appreciate the alliance between justice and art and its relation to the fine art of persuasion,Justice Albie Sachs is (…)

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When: Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: Free, open to the public
Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents “The Tragedy of the Global Institutional Commons” - Professor Daniel Drezner – Tufts University

Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin Center
Contact Information: Smith, Dan 668-1663

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When: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Description: Dr. Daniel Schmitt, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Topic: “Evolution, Obesity, and Arthritis: Understanding Human Health from an Evolutionary Perspective” The University Seminar on Global Health is open to the public. The series brings together a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and students from (…)

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Remzije Istrefi, a visiting Fulbright scholar at Duke and lecturer in the Political Science department at the University of Pristina and author focusing on human rights issues recently spoke on the issue of human rights in Kosovo, under the administration of UNMIK, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, at an event sponsored by the Duke University Center for International Studies, Center for Slavic and (…)

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When: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 028
Cost: Please RSVP
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Description: Speaker: Tom Quinn, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health Dinner served at 7:15pm, Program commences at 7:30pm

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When: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: none
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Description: Dr. Tom Quinn, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, Topic: Infectious Diseases:Continuous Threats to Global Health. The University Seminar on Global Health is open to the public. The series brings together a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and students from both the University and Duke Medicine to expand knowledge of (…)

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Professor Sattar Jawad, whom the Duke University Center for International Studies hosted as a scholar-at-risk from 2005 to 2007, discusses the ongoing campaign of anti-intellectual violence in Iraq and the devestating impact it is having on Iraq’s universities and the education of future generations in the current issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Now a visiting fellow at the University of (…)

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