Duke University Center for International Studies

Ariel Dorfman’s “Picasso’s Closet” transforms art and history

Jennifer Prather — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:29:02 +0000

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 (…)

Watch Michael D. Ward on iTunes

Dan Smith — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:57:38 +0000

Professor Michael D. Ward’s October 8, 2009 presentation to the University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy, “International Trade Networks & International Institutions: The Role of Democracy & the WTO in Contemporary Trade” is now available on iTunes U.

iTunes U, begun as a partnership between Duke University and Apple, is a part of iTunes featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, (…)

Independent Weekly: Impressions from Jean Toche’s “Revolution”

Dan Smith — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:09:04 +0000

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 .

April 20, 2004 by Jean Toche

Of the show, which runs through November 29, White writes:

Toche presents a unique opportunity to think about art and protest in the ’60s through the lens of the work he continues (…)

COSA Launches New Website

Katie Joyce — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:44:56 +0000

The Concilium on Southern Africa (COSA), an initiative of the Duke University Center for International Studies, recently celebrated the launch of its brand-new website, which includes information about upcoming events in Fall 2009 as well as iTunes links to the public conversations held in Spring 2009 with South African Constitutional Court Justices Albie Sachs and Yvonne Mokgoro.

Visit COSA’s new website: http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/cosa/

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International Experiences and Reflections from 3 Duke Alums

Nancy Hare Robbins — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:16:03 +0000

Here’s a question for you: What do the Director of the International Security Program at the Atlantic Council of the U.S., the Senior Director of Integrated Programming Effectiveness for World Vision International and a human rights activist and member of the Board of Directors of Romero House in Toronto, Ontario have in common? For a start, all three are Duke alumni (Trinity ‘95). (…)

Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Imperial Bush Presidency opens in Franklin Center

Dan Smith — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:37:40 +0000

Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency, opens on September 17 in the main gallery of the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies and runs through November 29, 2009.

Kristine Stiles, professor of art, art history, and visual studies, curated the exhibition from her extensive archive of art, artists’ letters, documents, posters, and ephemera. A 48-page (…)

Durham Press Travels the Pathway to Sun Ra’s Unknown Worlds

Dan Smith — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:01:07 +0000

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.The Durham Herald-Sun’s Cliff Bellamy notes, after watching Durham Art (…)

Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground 1954 – 1968

Dan Smith — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:20:15 +0000

The Duke University Center for International Studies, in concert with the Franklin Humanities Institute and the Durham Art Guild are pleased to announce the opening of “Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground 1954 – 1968,” An exhibition celebrating the life of jazz musician, pianist, bandleader, mystic, philosopher and Afro-Futurist Sun Ra.

The exhibition, which opens (…)

Duke News on DUCIS Institute, ‘Teaching Human Rights’

Dan Smith — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:54:28 +0000

Duke News’ Geoffrey Mock recaps the Duke University Center for International Studies’ recent Faculty Institute for Global Studies, headed by Robin Kirk, entitled “Human Rights and Wrongs.” The Summer 2009 Institute, held July 13th through 17th at the John Hope Franklin Center, brought together expert speakers from across the country, was aimed at providing faculty members of North Carolina’s small (…)

DUCIS Website now Available in 42 languages

Dan Smith — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:32:20 +0000

The Duke University Center for International Studies is pleased to announce that, through the use of Google translate, the DUCIS website is now available in forty-two languages.

DUCIS Website and Translation Tools

Simply by clicking the appropriate flag at the bottom of every article page, the DUCIS website can now be read in: English, Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, (…)