A Mind at Peace, translated into English 60 years after its original publication.
On his recent visit to Turkey, President Barack Obama was presented with an English translation of A Mind At Peace, during a meeting with Deniz Baykal, the leader of Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party, in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday.
Erdağ Göknar’s translation of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar’s 1949 novel, published by Archipelago books in (…)
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When: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: Center for Documentary Studies 1317 W. Pettigrew Street
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Description: This new documentary, written and produced by Beth Holmgren (Duke University) and directed, filmed, and edited by Igor Sopronenko (Signature Media Productions) tells many stories of how Russians & Americans collaborated over the last two decades in reviving women’s activism and creating Russian women’s studies on in (…)
art, culture, Department of Education, Documentary Studies, Europe, foreign language, globalization, human rights, international studies, Russia, womens studies
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The Women's Dialog: International Women's Journal
The Duke University Center for International Studies is pleased to announce the premiere of Modern Russian Feminism: Twenty Years Forward, a documentary produced with the support and assistance of DUCIS, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Center for Documentary Studies auditorium, 1317 W. Pettigrew St.
Modern Russian Feminism: Twenty Years Forward tells many stories of how (…)
art, culture, Department of Education, Documentary Studies, Europe, foreign language, globalization, human rights, international studies, Russia, womens studies
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The cover of ‘A Mind at Peace’
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar’s A Mind at Peace, originally published in 1949, has been described as “a magnum opus, a Turkish Ulysses, and a lyrical homage to Istanbul,” but until now, it has only been enjoyed by those with a command of Turkish.
With the support of the Duke University Center for International Studies, Erdağ Göknar, Assistant (…)
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When: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 028
Cost: Free, open to the public
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Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: “Who are the Europeans (and why does that matter for politics)?” – Neil Fligstein – University of California at Berkeley
Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies and John Hope Franklin (…)
culture, democracy, Europe, Global Governance and Democracy, globalization, governance, University Seminar
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Fri, January 9, 2009 5:00 PM
John Hope Franklin Center Main Gallery.
Free and open to the public.
Martin von Haselberg and Brian Routh are the subject of the current Franklin Center gallery exhibit, documenting the decade-long history of The Kipper Kids, a performance duo begun in the early 1970s. The Kipper Kids performed both in the US and Europe, drawing on (…)
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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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The Duke University Center for International Studies is pleased to announce its newest Franklin Center Gallery exhibition: The Kipper Kids: A Slap in the Face, on display through January 9, 2009.
The Kipper Kids: A Slap in the Face
A Slap in the Face documents the Kipper Kids, an experimental performance duo created by Martin von Haselberg and Brian Routh at the East (…)
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When: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:00 PM – 9:16 PM
Where: Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater
Cost: Free and open to the public
(Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972, 136m, Italy & France, in French w/subtitles, English, DVD) Originally famed for its sexual frankness, Bertolucci’s “Last Tango” has endured due to sophisticated storytelling and performances of Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, and Jean-Pierre Leaud (in a Bertolucci-satirizing role). (…)
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Tue, November 18, 2008
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
John Hope Franklin Center 130-132.
Free, open to the public. PG I & II parking vouchers available, upon request.
Martin von Haselberg and Brian Routh made up The Kipper Kids, a performance duo begun in the early 1970s. The Kipper Kids performed both in the US and Europe, drawing on Japanese rituals, (…)
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