Upcoming Fall 2009 Seminars

November 5 (Thursday)
Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Professor Rose McDermott, Brown University
“Sex Differences in Aggression: Evidence from Experimental Wargames”
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Background reading: Sex Differences in Aggression: Evidence from Experimental Wargames

November 19 (Thursday)
Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Professor Clifford Bob, Duquesne University
“Globalizing the Anti-Gay Agenda: Conservative Activism & Implications for Transnational Politics & Law”
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When: Thursday, April 16, 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: Louis W. Pauly – University of Toronto

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

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Globalization and the Artist – Diego Cortez – “Museologies”

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 (…)

  art, culture, globalization, Globalization and the Artist

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When: Thursday, March 26, 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:”Islamic Party Participation in Parliamentary Elections” – Charles Kurzman – University of North Carolina

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

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  democracy, Global Governance and Democracy, globalization, governance, Middle East, University Seminar

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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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When: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
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Description: Topic: Global Health Law. Dr. Lawrence Gostin, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University. The University Seminar on Global Health is a series of public lectures that brings together a multidisciplinary audience from the University, the Medical Center, and the community (…)

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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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The Duke University Center for International Studies’ inaugural Inaugural Reading List, of books, movies and other works that would deepen our understanding of the cultural, philosophical and historical roots of the critical global issues, has been quite the hit, having been the top story on Duke’s internal news page, Duke Today, on January 28th, as well as a display in (…)

  art, Barack Obama, culture, democracy, diplomacy, Duke University, economics, globalization, governance, human rights, In the News, Inauguration, international studies

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When: Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
Cost: free and open to the public
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Description: Topic: Malaria and the Demographic Transition in Africa. Dr. Conley is Chair of Sociology at New York University. He holds appointments at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The University Seminar on (…)

  globalization, health, Seminar on Global Health, University Seminar

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