Duke University Center for International Studies

Former Ambassador Highlights Importance of Latin America

Jennifer Prather — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:50:55 +0000

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I am a Multi: our genetic ancestry through art and narrative

Dan Smith — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:15:50 +0000

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2013 Biddle Lecture on International Studies

Jennifer Prather — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:24:04 +0000

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Duke and RTI Engage Youth in Social Change

Dan Smith — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:19:33 +0000

PROFESSORS and PRACTITIONERS in CONVERSATION

This is the inaugural event in what will be an ongoing series of conversations between professors and practitioners involved in international development and programs. Jointly sponsored by RTI International and a number of international centers at Duke, the series is designed to offer RTI staff and Duke faculty, staff, and students opportunities to share ideas

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After Chavez, “there’s plenty to work with,” according to Duddy

Dan Smith — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:57:45 +0000

Ambassador Patrick Duddy, DUCIS Visiting Senior Lecturer and former Diplomat in Residence, has been in high-demand, following the death of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez. Duddy is the most-recent U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, and as such, has been able to provide unparalleled insight into both the inner-workings of Venezuela after 14 years under Chavez and the approach that U.S. diplomatic efforts (…)

2013 Richards Lecture – Nile Green on ‘The Frontiers of Empire and the Birth of Muslim Printing’

Jennifer Prather — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:49:38 +0000

On April 5, Professor Nile Green will detail the infancy of Muslim printing through responses to European industrialization on the distant frontiers of empire and reconstruct the global interactions that gave birth to Muslim printing as European industrial products crossed cultural and political frontiers. (…)

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John F. Richards Lecture in Comparative World History

A Passion for Music in All Things

Nancy Hare Robbins — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:21:18 +0000

Bouna Ndiaye, producer of a nationally-syndicated public radio program, professor of music and president of Bonjour Africa Projects, Inc. will speak on behalf of the Duke University Center for International Studies at the John Hope Franklin Center‘s Wednesday at the Center program, at noon, on February 27.

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Photographer Chris Jordan on “Encountering Midway”

Jennifer Prather — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:28:17 +0000

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2013 Graduate Awards for Research & Training

Dan Smith — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:24:55 +0000

The 2013 Graduate Awards for Research & Training application is now available. (…)

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GGD Seminar Re-launches in 2013

Dan Smith — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:22:20 +0000

The Duke University Center for International Studies will re-launch its principal seminar series in 2013. Retitled, the University Seminar on Globalization, Governance and Development, the series, which began in 1997 as Globalization and Equity, and was later known as Global Governance and Democracy, will begin, anew, on Feburary 14, 2013 with the International Monetary Fund’s Stijn Claessens’ presentation, “Understanding Financial Crises: Causes, (…)