9 March (Thurs), 6PM: Gennifer Weisenfeld and Paul Jaskot of Duke's AAHVS discuss "Gas Mask Nation: Visualizing Civil Air Defense in Wartime Japan" NasherMuseum. Public book talk + reception. Details: asianpacific.duke.edu/events/gennife…

Coming up on Monday March 20 at 3pm in Bostock Library on Duke's West Campus. Join us!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: April 19th - Duke English invites you to a reading and book signing by Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit. This event will be held in the Holsti Room, Rubenstein Library – Duke University, at 7 pm.

Check out all these courses and more, including “Asking Questions” on how to interview for research and public engagement.

We look forward to this event next week and welcome all to listen and learn. (If you're already on campus: the C1 and eastbound SWS buses stop right by the NasherMuseum; Duke University parking permits are valid in most lots on campus after 5PM.)

Very much looking forward to next month's conversation with James Martin, SJ! This one is on Zoom so anyone can join :) Registration info below:

.The Forum at Duke will hold an online event this Wednesday, April 12, at 4:00 p.m. with Fr. James Martin, S.J. about "Christianity and the LGBTQ Community." He will be in conversation with the FSP's Elizabeth Schrader Polczer. Learn more and register at buff.ly/3ZX1kWc

This was an engaging, generous conversation! Thank you to Dr. Elizabeth Schrader Polczer and James Martin, SJ and to the thoughtful audience who joined us.

Pleased to share the recording of Dr. Elizabeth Schrader Polczer and James Martin, SJ in conversation as the final event in the Contemporary Conservations in Christianity series. youtu.be/QP26fIecJpI Duke Graduate School Duke Chapel Franklin Humanities Institute Duke Religious Studies

What was it like, walking with the preeminent Dr. John Hope Franklin and interviewing him in his own hometown? Former BBC producer Tony Phillips shared his accounts with Dr. Franklin doing just that as a part of our John Hope Franklin Legacies Series: youtu.be/UIlqo8esmgY

Great essay out from Stacy M. Hartman and Bianca Williams on the future of doctoral education. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-fu…

My new reported piece about the country-music rebels of Nashville—many of them black, female and/or queer—rising up in a time of political danger: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

Kicking off #LatinoHeritageMonth with my book launch on 9/14! Join me and Wesley Hogan, she|her to talk about my new book #MakingtheLatinoSouth. Habrá servició de interpretación simultánea al español para los interesados. Info at: fsp.duke.edu/events/making_…

Today!

This coming Thursday at 7pm, join us in Smith Warehouse Bay 4 for our screening of The Art of Political Murder — the second film in our Rights! Camera! Action! film series. No registration necessary. We hope to see you there!

Just announced! "Humanities in Community: Nurturing Imaginative Spaces" — on hope & purpose amidst climate crisis — The Forum at Duke, with FHI's & Duke Campus Farm's Saskia Cornes & Maia Matheny & the School for Living Futures' Sarah Rose Nordgren. Monday, 11/6: fsp.duke.edu/events/nurturi…

ON THE SWAMP is here! Duke University will host a book launch in Durham on April 11 - free and open to the public. I’ll have a conversation about the book with Diego Riveros-Iregui (geography unc) followed by a reception and book signing. See link for details. fsp.duke.edu/events/on-the-…

Friday, April 5 at Duke - Recollections Workshop - Practice, Critique, and Coalition through the Memorial Museum, organized by doctoral candidate Melissa Karp. Info and registration: fsp.duke.edu/events/recolle…

A Bass Connections team conversation with Rissi Palmer! April 9 - "Sex, Race, and 'Sweet Petunias': Unveiling Herstory in the Music Industry - registration and other info: fsp.duke.edu/events/sex-rac…