DURHAM—What if Picasso had not died in 1973 but was murdered by the Germans during the occupation of Paris in 1940?
This is the scenario playwright Ariel Dorfman has devised for his play, “Picasso’s Closet,” which will have a staged reading at the Nasher Museum of Art, beginning Oct. 29.
“Picasso’s Closet” is the first official event celebrating “25 Years of Ariel (…)
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Amy White, of The Independent Weekly, reviews Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency , now on display in the Franklin Center’s main gallery .
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Local press is abuzz with coverage of the Duke University Center for International Studies’ new gallery exhibition at the Durham Art Guild. Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground 1954 – 1968, co-sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute, opens tonight at 120 Morris Street in downtown Durham.
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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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It was in Chile, sometime in the early 1960s, that I saw my first Pinter play, that’s where and when I first heard Harold Pinter’s name spoken, that’s where and when and how something in my work and life changed forever.
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Duke News‘ Josh Stillman profiles Duke’s new Diplomat-in-Residence, Steve Kelly.
Kelly said he looks forward to his two years stationed at Duke, noting that it is both a great opportunity for him and a valuable resource for the university. He said that now more than ever, with the economic crisis and the increasing significance of foreign relations, is a perfect time (…)
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The Duke University Center for International Studies’ recently revamped and redesigned website has been featured as the inaugural WordPress Showcase website. WordPress describes the Showcase as:
…a display of some of the best and brightest WordPress users, who are using it to do a whole lot more than blog.
Suffice it to say, we’re honored and thrilled.
If we’ve made a positive impression, (…)
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The New York Times’ Benjamin Genocchio reviews “Framing and Being Framed: The Uses of Documentary Photography,” an exhibition at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University, featuring photography by DUCIS Artist in Residence, Wendy Ewald and Globalization and the Artist participant Alfredo Jaar, amongst others.
Ms. Ewald spent 18 months interviewing children in Margate, taking their photographs and teaching (…)
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This Month at Duke features DUCIS’ upcoming exhibit by Dash Shaw, entitled Bottomless.
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