Professor Adam Mestyan has an article published on the Global Urban History blog. You can read the article here. read more about Global Ottoman: The Cairo-Istanbul Axis »
An article, published by Prof. Gunther Peck, analyzing how and why Hillary Clinton lost in North Carolina and how progressives can build a bigger more enduring majority. https://medium.com/dukeuniversity/learning-the-right-lessons-how-the-dems-lost-north-carolina-90522ac5cd2d#.9oo8zjk4t Left: a view of uptown Charlotte’s skyline. Right: an old general store in Bladen County, NC. Photos by Corey Griffith and Gerry Dincher via Flickr CC. read more about Learning the Right Lessons: How the Dems Lost North Carolina »
Interview: Prof. Peck in the Winter 2016 Duke Magazine by Robert J. Bliwise http://dukemagazine.duke.edu/article/qa-gunther-peck-on-whiteness-and-th... read more about Q&A: Gunther Peck on Whiteness and the election »
During PBS’ AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Great War” session at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, CA on Monday, January 16, 2017, Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg, military historian and author Edward A. Gutierrez, producer Stephen Ives, author and Duke University associate professor Adriane Lentz-Smith and series executive producer Mark Samels discuss the complex story of World War I.(Premieres April 10-12, 2017)All photos in this set should be credited to Rahoul Ghose/PBS read more about PBS’ AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The Great War” »
Professor Balleisen's new book, "Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff," has been published by Princeton University Press. read more about Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff »
Ashley Rose Young, the graduate intern for the Hartman Center for Sales, Marketing & Advertising History, co-curated “Agencies Prefer Men!”: The Women of Madison Avenue. The exhibit runs through March 17, 2017 in the Mary Duke Biddle Room at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The exhibit “focuses on the long and sometimes hidden history of women in advertising, tracing the career opportunities open to women as they progress from clerical staff to copywriting, art and market research and… read more about Ashley Rose Young Co-Curates Advertising Exhibit »
Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism: Illiberal Intelligentsia and the Future of Egyptian Democracy by Dalia F. Fahmy and Daanish Faruqi (ed). London: Oneworld Publications, January 2017 read more about Daanish Faruqi Co-Edited Book Published January 2017 »
Bobadillo writes, "What It Means to Be a Citizen" Student Veterans in History Classrooms in this month's issue of Perspectives. You can read this article here. read more about Eladio Bobadillo Publishes in Perspectives »
Professor Chafe wrote, "Obama Legacy Encompasses Character, Democratic Values," published January 12, 2017 in the Herald Sun. You may read this article here. read more about Professor William Chafe Writes Op-Ed for Herald Sun »
The University of Oslo will confer an honorary doctorate (doctor philosophiae honoris causa) to Professor Prasenjit Duara this coming September. Congratulations on this high honor in recognition of his scholarship and myriad contributions. read more about Professor Duara Will Receive Honorary Doctorate »
Balleisen writes, "These 3 things need to happen to effectively crack down on fake news," published January 07, 2017. You may read the article here. read more about Balleisen Writes Op-Ed in Marketplace »
Adriana M. Brodsky, a tenured Associate Professor St. Mary's College of Maryland has just been published her first monograph (she co-edited a book in 2013): Sephardi, Jewish, Argentine: Community and National Identity, 1880-1960. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016. At the turn of the 20th century, Jews from North Africa and the Middle East were called Turcos ("Turks"), and they were seen as distinct from Ashkenazim, not even identified as Jews. Adriana M. Brodsky follows the history of Sephardim… read more about Adriana M. Brodsky Publishes her First Monograph »
William Chafe has written an Op-Ed for the News & Observer that examines One Person, One Vote: Myth or Reality. The Op-Ed can be read here. read more about William Chafe writes Op-Ed for News & Observer »
Adam Mestyan has written an Op-Ed for the Egyptian online newspaper Mada Masr that examines the digital source imperialism and the Arab world. The Op-Ed can be read here. read more about Adam Mestyan writes Op-Ed for Mada Masr »
Mandy Cooper has written an Op-Ed for the News & Observer that examines the long history of the connections between family business and politics in the United States. The Op-Ed can be read here. read more about Mandy Cooper writes Op-Ed for News & Observer »
About a decade ago, the political party in power in Brazil launched a massive initiative to make high-quality, affordable university degrees accessible to students from low-income families. This past summer, the president of that party faced impeachment, and Brazil’s economy was on the brink of collapse. https://today.duke.edu/2016/12/bass-connections-brazil read more about Bass Connections in Brazil »
Hicks will be giving a reading at the Regulator on Ninth Street on April 5 at 7p.m. More details can be found here. read more about Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing by Marie Hicks »
Hick's first book is coming out with MIT Press in January. This book is based on the dissertation she wrote while getting her PhD in the History Dept. with Alex Roland and Susan Thorne, More info can be found here. read more about Marie Hicks First Book Comes Out in January »
Published on Nov 22, 2016 Part of the Humanities Futures initiative: http://humanitiesfutures.org John Hope Franklin was one of the most well-known and influential scholars of his era and broke countless professional barriers along the way. Franklin was also the definition of a public intellectual, continuously lending his scholarship and influence to causes beyond the walls of academia. The new Franklin Gallery @ History, located at Duke University's East Campus in the Carr Building where the scholar… read more about Franklin Gallery@History video on FHI YouTube Channel »
Commentary: Look past nation's differences to ensure a common good http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20161122_Commentary__Look_past_nati... read more about Trish Ross Writes Op-Ed for Philly.com »
The Duke on Gender Colloquium brings together Duke faculty from humanities and social sciences and visiting scholars and offers an multi-disciplinary space to develop and present current research and further critical conversations within gender and women’s history, gender and queer theory, sexuality studies, transgender studies, and the study of feminism, social movements, and contemporary social issues and policy in a transnational world. read more about Anna Krylova is the founder and co-organizer with Frances Hasso of Duke on Gender Colloquium »
Margaret Humphreys (Josiah Trent Professor in the History of Medicine, Duke) participated in congressional briefings on "Zika: Historic Parallels and Policy Responses," sponsored by the National History Center of the American Historical Association on September 12, 2016. Professor John McNeill of Georgetown University (Duke PhD History 1981) was the co-presenter. For more information and video of the presentation, visit: http://www.mehumphreys.com/dc-zika read more about Professor Humphreys Participates in Congressional Briefing »
The Graduate School recently published a post by Eladio Bobadilla reflecting on his experience in a course on online teaching. You can find the post here. read more about Eladio Bobadilla Blogs "Online Teaching: From Fear to Opportunity" »
For the next year, Professor Laura F. Edwards will write a book looking at how disadvantaged groups such as slaves and married women used the law in the nineteenth century to empower themselves and shape their communities. Read more in Bloomberg Business and Law article here. read more about Professor Edwards to Author Book on Inequality and Law »
In today's NYTimes, Professor Dubois writes asking, "Who will speak for Haiti's trees?" The OpEd can be read here. read more about OpEd in Today's NY Times by Professor Dubois »
In an interview for the NYTimes, Prasenjit Duara, an Indian-born historian of China, discusses how traditional values can be a force motivating people to action. The article can be read here. read more about Professor Duara's New York Times Interview »
Reena Goldthree, our own Latin Americanist PhD at Dartmouth, interviews Julia Gaffield for AAIHS about her book, "Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World: Recognition after Revolution (University of North Carolina Press, 2015), which received the 2016 Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize from the French Colonial Historical Society. The interview can be viewed here. read more about Goldthree Interviews Gaffield for AAIHS »
With the support of the History Department and many centres, Mestyan has organized (with Sean Swanick the Duke Middle East Librarian) this workshop on Arabic Digital Humanities, focusing on Arabic periodicals, on 12 November 2016 with great connecting events, like Prof. Hala Auji’s (AUB) talk on American missionaries printing Arabic books in 19th-century Beirut, 14 November 2016 (lunchtime talk). A link to the detailed program and participants can be seen here. read more about Professor Mestyan Organizes Arabic Digital Humanities workshop »
Wesley Hogan Op-Ed in Saturday's News & Observer can be viewed here. read more about Let the people see what I have seen by Wesley Hogan, Director of the Center for Documentary Studies. »
