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Glymph was among 5 recipients, including former Governor Roy Cooper, to receive the award at a ceremony on Thursday, February 13.  Details here.The Cook Society was founded in 1997 to honor the legacy of the pioneering Duke faculty member and trustee Samuel DuBois Cook. Hired by the political science department in 1966, Cook was Duke’s first Black faculty member. He later became president of Dillard University.The Cook Society Award recipients follow Cook’s example by dedicating themselves to social justice,… read more about Thavolia Glymph Among Cook Society Award Recipients »

On January 4, 2025, at the 138th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Thavolia Glymph concluded her term as AHA President and delivered a widely praised address, entitled "Paper Tracings in the Spectacularly Boisterous Archive of Slavery," to an appreciative gathering of historians from across the country, and beyond.  We're pleased and proud to make it available here.  She is introduced by Ben Vinson III, AHA president-elect, Howard University. "… read more about Thavolia Glymph Addresses AHA »

The Museum of Durham History (MoDH) opened a new Duke student-curated component of its ongoing exhibit “100 Years of Duke” titled "Our History, Our Voice: Latinés at Duke.”The exhibit provides an in-depth look at the complexities of Latiné identity at Duke, shedding light on both the challenges faced by the community — ranging from discrimination to institutional inequities — as well as the remarkable contributions it has made to the university.“Our History, Our Voice” is a powerful reminder of the lasting… read more about Museum of Durham History Unveils Exhibit on Latiné History at Duke »

Seven Trinity College of Arts & Sciences faculty members have been awarded funding from the Undergraduate Program Enhancement Fund. Backed by Duke’s Provost’s Office, the fund supports innovative proposals that enhance undergraduate experiential learning.Owen Astrachan, Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, will design a course called AI, Algorithms, and APIs: Great Ideas of Computer Science (Redux). He envisions the course as an alternative introduction to the major, with the goal of making it the one course… read more about Seven Trinity Faculty Awarded Funding to Enhance Undergraduate Programs »

Applications are now open for the second session of History+ — a 10-week paid mentored summer research program.  In its inaugural year, History+ expanded the range of research opportunities for History department undergraduates by providing a program for them to become fully immersed in one single research project for multiple weeks.  “Before History+, I struggled to find opportunities outside of class that allowed me to engage in novel research projects,” said Veronica Sanjurjo (T’25) who worked on the… read more about History+ Wants To Pay Students To Live, Work and Research History This Summer. Here’s How.  »

On December 2, the Department of History and the Center for Documentary Studies hosted podcast host and writer Nate DiMeo, who read from his new book “The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past,” to a standing-room-only audience. “The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past” released by Random House on November 19, 2024. For fifteen years, Nate DiMeo's pioneering podcast, The Memory Palace — one of the first podcasts to be preserved by the Library of Congress… read more about Podcasting Public History — Department Hosts Book Tour Stop for Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace  »

Assistant Professor of History Sarah Balakrishnan's essay “Prison of the Womb: Gender, Incarceration, and Capitalism on the Gold Coast of West Africa, c. 1500-1957” was recognized by three awards: The American Society for Legal History has awarded the essay its Jane Burbank Global Legal History award. The Jane Burbank award recognizes the best article in regional, global, imperial, comparative, or transnational legal history published in the previous calendar year. The citation for the award reads as follows: "… read more about Sarah Balakrishnan's Essay Recognized With Three Awards »

On October 8, Yale University Press announced that a group of Yale University faculty members has named A Beautiful Ending: The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World, by John Jeffries Martin (Yale University Press, 2022), as the fifth winner of the Pelikan Award. Martin is professor and former chair of the Department of History at Duke University.Jennifer Banks, Yale University Press’s Senior Executive Editor in Religion and the Humanities, said: “The committee was impressed by the book’s… read more about John Martin's "A Beautiful Ending" Wins Pelikan Award »

“You become like how you study.” This is one of the pedagogical philosophies that Polly Ha hopes to transmit as the new director of Transformative Ideas. The Divinity School and History professor exudes enthusiasm when describing the program, launched by the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences in 2022. “Transformative Ideas is really raising a new generation of leaders,” she said. “Students complete the program and carve a — sometimes new! — career path based on creativity, engagement and a desire to enrich the… read more about Meet Polly Ha, Transformative Ideas’ New Director  »

The “Researching and Writing with Details in Mind: A Conversation with Bryant Simon,” event held by Duke History Hub facilitated a vibrant discussion among the faculty and students from the History Department over lunch on September 19th. Professor Adrienne Lentz-Smith acted as a conversation facilitator with Dr. Bryant Simon, Professor of History and Academic Chair of the University Honors Program at Temple University. Professor Simon shared an unfinished draft of a manuscript on the history of public bathrooms in America… read more about Bryant Simon Gets into the Details »

Whenever she found herself consumed by teenage boredom, Tamika Nunley knew exactly where to turn: her father’s extensive library. Growing up in a military family, Nunley spent most of her childhood living on Air Force bases overseas, where her father organized African American heritage clubs during his off-duty hours to celebrate and share Black history and culture with other military families. He also filled his world with books, giving his daughter carte blanche access. She credits “One More River to Cross,” a… read more about Tamika Nunley Invites Ordinary Voices to Historic Conversations »

Mélanie Lamotte first became interested in researching the Black experience as a teenager exploring her own genealogy. Tracing the maternal side of her family back seven generations, she identified an enslaved ancestor, Annerose, forced to work on a sugarcane plantation on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe during the late 18th century. Although Annerose was eventually emancipated, her descendants could not break the chains of economic disparities. A great grandfather had been homeless, and Lamotte’s mother grew up in… read more about Mélanie Lamotte Charts a New Course of Inquiry for French Slavery »

Four faculty in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences were recently recognized by the Arts & Sciences Council for outstanding achievements in undergraduate teaching.Each year, the Council’s Committee on Undergraduate Teaching selects outstanding faculty members for their commitment to their students, for engaging them deeply in research and scholarship, for their continued development as innovative teachers and mentors, and more.Members of the council — in collaboration with the dean's office — … read more about Four Trinity Faculty Receive 2024 Undergraduate Teaching Awards »

Veronica Sanjurjo has been named the undergraduate student winner of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Chester P. Middlesworth Award for her paper, “A Diary’s Purpose: Sarah J. Ewing’s Portrait of Domestic Abuse in Victorian London.”  The award comes with a prize of $1,000.The Middlesworth Awards were established to encourage and recognize excellence of analysis, research and writing by Duke University students in the use of primary sources and rare materials held by the Rubenstein Rare Book… read more about History Major Receives 2024 Chester P. Middlesworth Award »