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.
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Upcoming History Hub Events
There are no upcoming events at this time.
Past History Hub Events
"Hidden Foundations: How the Economy of the Enslaved Shaped Their Everyday Lives in the Early French Lesser Antilles"Join us this spring for the History Department’s colloquium series, featuring… read more about Colloquium with Mélanie Lamotte »
If you cannot attend in person, please join us via Zoom link.Meeting ID: 876 146 6629 Passcode: TR As he approaches retirement, Professor Thomas Robisheaux shares thoughts from his decades… read more about Thomas Robisheaux, "A Life in (Duke) History" »
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 »
Dinner and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP at:https://lists.duke.edu/sympa/subscribe/atlanticworkshopParticipants are also welcome to join by Zoom via this link:https://duke.zoom.us/… read more about AWW: Racial Capitalism Redux: The Logic of the Broken Plate »
Duke History Union asks... Is America an imperial power today? Was it one in the past?These are pressing questions, for historians and for all of us. Come and join three distinguished faculty from… read more about DHU Faculty Roundtable: History of American Imperialism »
Fall 2026 draws ever closer!If you're confused about your pathway through the History major, or your registration is blocked, or if you just want to know more about our upcoming courses, we will be… read more about Pre-Registration Advising for History Majors »
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 »
Dr. Maya Soifer Irish's research focuses on religious violence and toleration, and investigates the legal, social, and economic situation of religious minorities in Iberian Christian societies. Her… read more about Lunch & Learn: "The Politics of Anti-Semitism in Medieval Spain" »
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 »
Duke History Union invites you to join us for our first GBM of the spring semester! We will be discussing how to apply for history and humanities internships and how to utilize resources available at… read more about DHU: Spring General Body Meeting »
Join the DHU and the Duke History department for a Gateway Lunch catered by Noodles & Co! Our guests will be Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy and Prof. Avrati Bhatnagar. Prof. Ramaswamy is the… read more about DHU: Gateway Lunch with Professors Sumathi Ramaswamy and Avrati Bhatnagar »
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 »
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: 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 »
