The History Hub will encompass many of the Duke History Department’s faculty & student-oriented and public-facing events, creating a more unified, comprehensive, and accessible schedule of programming, as well as a permanent and localized record of past events and guests.
For requests for co-sponsorship, please see https://history.duke.edu/requests-co-sponsorships
Upcoming History Hub Events
Join us for the History Department’s colloquium series, featuring Anna Krylova’s book chapter, “Marx vs Foucault on Ideology and Power.” The chapter is from her book manuscript, History-Writing or… read more about Colloquium with Anna Krylova: Marx vs Foucault on Ideology and Power »
Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP at:https://lists.duke.edu/sympa/subscribe/atlanticworkshop read more about AWW: Guestworker Migration: Mexico to North Carolina »
Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP at:https://lists.duke.edu/sympa/subscribe/atlanticworkshop read more about AWW: Listening Like a State: Surveiling Sound in Cuba »
Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP at:https://lists.duke.edu/sympa/subscribe/atlanticworkshop read more about AWW: The (Multi)Racial Politics of Black Print in Ghana »
Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP at:https://lists.duke.edu/sympa/subscribe/atlanticworkshop read more about AWW: Racial Capitalism Redux: The Logic of the Broken Plate »
Join us this spring for the History Department’s colloquium series, featuring works in progress by our own faculty and lively discussion over lunch.To receive the paper in advance and to be included… read more about Colloquium with Sarah Balakrishnan »
Past History Hub Events
Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP at:https://lists.duke.edu/sympa/subscribe/atlanticworkshop read more about AWW: Kobina Sekyi, Pan-Africanism, and the Politics of Refusal »
In 1974, a twenty-year-old Black woman named Joan Little found herself facing the death penalty for killing a white guard who had tried to rape her in an eastern North Carolina prison. The folks who… read more about Freeing Joan Little: Gender, Incarceration, and Struggles for Justice »
Join us this spring for the History Department’s colloquium series, featuring works in progress by our own faculty and lively discussion over lunch.Our opening colloquium will feature Sumathi… read more about Colloquium with Sumathi Ramaswamy »
Join us as we welcome a powerful new exhibit to the Franklin Gallery@History."Pvt. Booker T. Spicely, 34, was a U.S. Army private on active duty who was killed in Durham County, North Carolina, in… read more about Exhibit Opening - Booker T. Spicely: Citizen, Soldier, Martyr, Hero »
Come join us in 229 Classroom, on 9 December, from 11:45-1:15, for an informal discussion of A.I. and history education. This will be a very practical conversation about what we can be doing in our… read more about A.I. and History Education: A Roundtable »
Under discussion: The Garveyite Art of EloquenceRegister here to receive the pre-distributed paper. Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Please feel free to reach out with any questions to… read more about Atlantic Worlds@Duke Workshop: Adom Getachew »
This event is an open forum for you to talk about a historical/humanities/social sciences research you are doing or have done that you are passionate about. This doesn't need to be your class work (… read more about DHU: Humanities Lightning Round, Fall 2025 »
The Department of History invites you to a celebration of faculty-authored books! It’s been many years since we last recognized the impressive array of work by our colleagues. Academic… read more about Duke History: The Write Stuff! »
Drs. Jan and John French will present the first written work from their recent photo project and book-in-progress, Pure Photojournalism’? Event, Truth, and Narrative in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1979-1980… read more about Colloquium with John and Jan French: "Fear and Lucidity Walk Hand in Hand" »
Join us for this fascinating and unfortunately timely event. Members of the Department of History faculty will speak about the historical roots and impacts of political violence around the… read more about DHU: Historical Perspectives on Political Violence: A Roundtable »
Under discussion: African Women's Resistance in the Atlantic Slave TradeRegister here to receive the pre-distributed paper. Refreshments provided. Please feel free to reach out with any… read more about Atlantic Worlds@Duke Workshop: Lisa Lindsay »
Under discussion: Geographies of Punishment, a chapter from Dr. Jones' manuscript-in-progress, "Slavery’s Dangerous Characters: Punishment and Black Mobile Existence in Jamaica’s Atlantic World… read more about Atlantic Worlds@Duke Workshop: Ebony Jones »
Discussion of a paper-in-progress, a contribution to a transnational project on new civilizational discourses across the globe.The work will be provided in ahead of the event so that attendants may… read more about Colloquium with Prasenjit Duara: "The Infrastructure of Chinese ‘Civilization-ism’ from the 1980s" »
Join us for a conversation with Brianna Nofil, historian of the modern United States and author of The Migrant’s Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration (2024, Princeton University Press).… read more about Understanding Immigrant Incarceration: Past to Present »
"Gifts or Peças: The Commodification of African Women in the 15th and early 16th century Portuguese-Atlantic World"Dr. Mary Hicks is a historian of the Black Atlantic, with a focus on … read more about Atlantic Worlds@Duke Workshop: Mary Hicks »
The Inaugural event for our new Atlantic Worlds Workshop created by Professors Justin Leroy and Sarah Balakrishnan will feature 2024 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (aka, the "Genius" Grant)… read more about Atlantic Worlds@Duke Workshop: Jennifer Morgan »
Discussion of Alika Bourgette's work-in-progress, Refuge in Abundance: Puʻuhonua o Kakaʻako and Native Hawaiian Politics of Family and Place in the Early Twentieth Century, an investigation into how… read more about Colloquium with Alika Bourgette: "Refuge in Abundance" »
Please join Professor Lauren Benton for a talk and discussion about her new book, They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence (Princeton University Press, 2024). Imperial conquest and… read more about From Limited War to Atrocity in the Age of Empires »
The History Hub is pleased to be hosting "AIDS Activism and Queer Care," with Keiko Lane. Lane is an independent scholar, practicing psychotherapist, ACT UP and Queer Nation/Los Angeles activist, and… read more about AIDS Activism and Queer Care »
Dr. Lei Lin will discuss a chapter from her book manuscript, The Limits of Empire: The Qing-Gurkha War and China's Trans-Himalayan Frontier, 1788-1793. The book uses the Qing-Gurkha War as a lens to… read more about Forgetful Empire: Qing China’s Intelligence Crisis and Trans-Himalayan Diplomacy in the Qing-Gurkha War (1788–1793) »
Forgetful Empire: Qing China’s Intelligence Crisis and Trans-Himalayan Diplomacy in the Qing-Gurkha War (1788–1793)Dr. Lei Lin will discuss a chapter from her book manuscript, The Limits of Empire:… read more about "Forgetful Empire" with Lei Lin »
Seth Rockman, Associate Professor of History at Brown University, is a historian of the United States focusing on the period between the American Revolution and the Civil War. His research unfolds… read more about Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery »
Join us for a special evening with The New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie. A few short weeks after the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, Bouie will speak on the historic… read more about Futures for American Democracy: An Evening with Jamelle Bouie »
Duke History and Franklin Gallery@History invites you to the grand opening of their latest exhibit, featuring a talk with Indrani Chatterjee, the John L. Nau III Distinguished Professor in the… read more about Exhibit Launch | Slavery and Freedom: Journeys Across Time and Space »
A Daughter's Journey with the Navajo Code Talkers:Zonnie Gorman is the daughter of the late Dr. Carl Gorman; artist, teacher and one of the original “first twenty-nine” Navajo Code Talkers, the pilot… read more about 2025 Military History Lecture: Growing Up with Heroes »
