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Nicholas Kristof – Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Posted: Sep. 17th, 2009 | Category: DUCIS Calendar

Thu, September 17, 2009 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Page Auditorium. open to the public. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof will give a public lecture, entitled “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” about his new book due out in September. There will be a book-signing following the event.

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Modern Russian Feminism: Twenty Years Forward premiere

Posted: Mar. 20th, 2009 | Last modified: Apr. 28th, 2009 | Category: DUCIS Calendar, DUCIS Calendar Archive

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 (…)

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New Film Explores the Emergence of Feminism in Post-Soviet Russia

Posted: Mar. 10th, 2009 | Last modified: Apr. 9th, 2009 | Category: Arts

The Women's Dialog: International Women's Journal

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 (…)

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