Weekly Event Archives

MONDAY 4/7

Jay Price: "America's Private Army: A Discussion on Blackwater"
12:15-1:15 pm. Law School, Room 4042
Featuring Jay Price, military affairs reporter for the News & Observer and McClatchy Newspapers. Mr. Price Jay Price received the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award, one of the highest prizes in journalism, for "The Bridge," a series on four Blackwater contractors killed and in Fallujah in 2004. The series exposed problems with accountability among security contractors operating in Iraq, triggered a lawsuit by families of the dead contractors and led to an ongoing Congressional investigation.

TUESDAY 4/8

Sulzburger Distinguished Lecture: "Adolescents, Neighborhoods, and Violence"
3:30-5:00 pm. Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford
"Adolescents, Neighborhoods and Violence," featuring Felton Earls, professor of social medicine at Harvard Medical School and professor of human behavior and development at the Harvard School of Public Health. This presentation will begin with a historical look at context and research agenda of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. Reflecting its multilevel design, major findings will be discussed. The lecture will conclude with new research directions and a few remarks about the project's policy relevance. Earls is known for his research on methods of reducing violent crime in urban neighborhoods as well as causes of juvenile delinquency, the effects of exposing children to family or community violence, and the psychological consequences of HIV and AIDS among children in Africa. Reception immediately following talk.

WEDNESDAY 4/9

Nonprofit and Government Opportunities Fair
12:00-3:00 pm. Von Canon Rooms, Bryan Center
If you have ever considered a career in public service or the non-profit sector, then come to the Duke University Nonprofit & Government Career Fair. Numerous organizations, from Girl Scouts of America and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to Teach for America and Habitat For Humanity, will be on site to meet with and answer any of your questions about jobs in their respective fields. Visit the Career Center website spotlights on employers that will be at the fair.

Talk by Hampton Dellinger, candidate for NC Lt. Governor
12:30-1:30 pm. Room 4045, Law School
Meet Hampton Dellinger, 2008 candidate for NC Lt. Governor! Hamp, the son of Professors Walter and Anne Dellinger, will offer guidance, share his experiences in public service, and discuss his current pursuit of elected office.

Bernard Avishai: "The Hebrew Republic: From Greater Israel to Global
Israel"
4:00 pm. Rare Book Room
The Kenan Institute for Ethics is pleased to host a lecture by Guggenheim Fellow and political economist Bernard Avishai. Avishai will discuss the connection between Israel's democratic crisis and the problems besetting the nation and make an intriguing case for Israel's new global enterprises to change the country's future for the better.

Robert Satloff: "In Search of an Arab Schindler: Jews, Arabs and the
Holocaust in Arab Lands"
5:30-7:00 pm. Lecture Hall, Nasher
Dr. Robert Satloff, Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy will present the 2008 Rudnick Endowed Lecture entitled "In Search of an Arab Schindler: Jews, Arabs and the Holocaust in Arab Lands." The lecture will be held on April 9, 2008 at 6:00pm in the Lecture Hall of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Admission and parking are free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 4/11

Shirin Ebadi: first Muslim woman Nobel Prize Winner
5:30 pm. Richard White Lecture Hall
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human rights lawyer, talks about women and human rights in the Middle East.

SATURDAY 3/29

Duke China Care Charity Banquet and speakers
6:00-8:00 pm. Freeman Center.
Duke China Care is thrilled to present our 1st Annual Charity Banquet! For tickets email: j.hu@duke.edu. Not only will you be supporting a great cause and broadening awareness of international adoption, you can also enjoy: a delicious dinner; a silent auction full of goodies; entertainment (Duke Chinese Dance Troupe, Lion Dance, and various ethnic instruments!) We are also very excited to present a panel of diverse speakers who will be discussing international adoption during the banquet. They include the Executive Director of the Center for Adoption Policy, President of the Triangle area Families with Children from China (who spoke at LNY), a photo-documentarian who has explored the changing faces of today's families all over the world, and a founder of the Chinese Adoptee's Link.


TUESDAY 4/1

Primetime meeting on Campus Sustainability
12:00 pm. Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center.
Executive Vice President Tallman Trask III and Dean of the Nicholas School for the Environment Bill Chameides will discuss how Duke is going "green." The two will answer questions from employees.


WEDNESDAY 4/2

Deadline to apply for Beaufort Leadership Retreat
Apply for the annual summer Leadership Retreat at Beaufort, where you can expand your understanding of leadership, engage faculty and administrators in discussion, and mingle with friends and other potential leaders on campus. Go to http://osaf.studentaffairs.duke.edu

The Footprints Conference
9:00 am - 4:30 pm. Fuqua
Join Duke Net Impact and The Center for the Advancement of Social
Entrepreneurship (CASE) for an exciting day of provocative thinking at the Fuqua School of Business. Footprints Conference 2008 titled Market-Based Solutions to Global Challenges includes an all-star line-up of social entrepreneurs, microfinance practitioners, asset managers, and CSR professionals. Be inspired by Mark Albion, Author, Founder of Net Impact and the man Business Week calls "the saviour of business school souls." Learn how to make money and make a difference from closing keynote Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm.

Kick-off event for Net Impact
5:00-6:00 pm. Soc Sci 228
Net Impact is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of new leaders who use business to improve the world. We offer a portfolio of programs to educate, equip, and inspire more than 10,000 members to make a tangible difference in their universities, organizations, and communities.


THURSDAY 4/3

Margaret Levi: "Achieving Good Government and Citizen Support in Developing
and Transitional Societies"
5:30-7:00 pm. John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240
University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy Guest Speaker: Margaret Levi, University of Washington Topic: "Achieving Good Government and Citizen Support in Developing and Transitional Societies" Cosponsored by: Duke Comparative Politics Workshop

MONDAY 3/24

"Kosovo's Independence: The Politics, Legality, and Philosophy of Secession"
12:15-1:15 pm. Room 3037, Law School
Professor Tibor Varady, professor at Emory University Law School, and Professor Allen Buchanan, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Policy Studies at Duke University, will offer their views on Kosovo's recent declaration of independence from Serbia.

TUESDAY 3/25

"Accountability in NC Public Schools"
12:00-1:00 pm. 102 Sanford
Join NC Deputy Superintendent JB Buxton and Duke Professor Helen Ladd for a one-hour conversation on school accountability in North Carolina. The discussion will cover a range of topics, including the strengths and weaknesses of current measures (ie. testing, standards, incentives, etc), challenges faced by North Carolina's schools, and recent efforts to increase achievement among low-performing subgroups.

WEDNESDAY 3/26

Lisa Kung, Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights
12:30-1:20 pm. Room 4047, Law School
Lisa Kung, Director of Southern Center for Human Rights, will speak about race and the criminal justice system in the south, and the need for young lawyers who are able and willing to go head-to-head with this Criminal Justice system that the speaker says has so stifled the potential of our region. The Center is based in Atlanta and one of the most respected civil and human rights law firms in the country. It was created to address deplorable prison and jail conditions. Ms. Kung is a former Soros Justice Fellow and has been named by American Lawyer as one of the nation's top 50 young litigators. Pizza will be served.

Christopher Gergen, book talk: "Life Entrepreneurs"
6:30-7:30 pm. Fuqua School of Business, Classroom D
Christopher Gergen is a founding partner of New Mountain Ventures, an entrepreneurial leadership development company, and co-author of "Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives." Gergen is also a visiting lecturer and Director of the HLP's Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative. In "Life Entrepreneurs," the authors offer fresh stories and strategies for creating an extraordinary life through the power of what they call "life entrepreneurship." Life entrepreneurs are ordinary people who integrate their life, work, and purpose through distinctively entrepreneurial behavior—and, in so doing, create extraordinary lives of significance. Gergen will present some of the inspirational stories from his book and discuss how to create a life of service and fulfillment. A reception and book signing will follow the talk. Please RSVP to attend (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2NR2htOF5xFWKnlP8OMvUw_3d_3d). This event is free and open to the public. Event sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE), the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI), and the Hart Leadership Program.

THURSDAY 3/27

Lecture by Joan Countryman, first headmistress of Oprah's school in South Africa
6:00-7:00 pm. Gothic Reading Room
Joan Countryman, the first African American student to graduate from Philadelphia's Germantown Friends School in 1958, continued to make history as she taught for more than 30 years. After retiring, she was asked to become headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's new school in South Africa. In January 2007, Mrs. Countryman in the interest of sustainability, turned the position over to Nomvuyo Mzamane who is originally from South Africa. The lecture will be on how race, gender, and class negatively impact education and how she, as an administrator, has worked to overcome some of those obstacles. Her talk will be followed by a welcoming reception open to lecture attendees.

TUESDAY 3/18

Information Session for Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright and other post-graduate awards
6:00 pm. 105 West Duke Building
Students interested in applying for next year's post-graduate awards are invited to attend the information session, to prepare for summer deadlines.

Film Screening: "La Boda" ("The Wedding")
6:30 pm. Science 225 (East Campus)
The Latin American Film Series and DukeEngage on the U.S.-Mexican Border are hosting a screening of the 52-minute film about a Mexican couple who ace challenges of migrant life in the United States. Free catering from Saladelia.

WEDNESDAY 3/19

Christine Bader: "Business and Human Rights: Perspectives from BP and the United Nations"
12:00 pm. RJR Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business
Christine Bader is an Executive at BP and Advisor to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights. She will share her experiences with the UN and with making human rights central to BP's work across the globe.

Gary Knell: "Muppet Diplomacy: How Sesame Street is Changing Our World"
5:30-6:30 pm. Sanford 04
Sesame Street has been entertaining and educating children for nearly four decades. As the single largest informal educator of young children, local Sesame Street programs are now produced in countries as diverse as South Africa, Bangladesh and India. Blending Muppet characters, reality-based live action segments, and animation, Sesame Street presents an educational viewing experience filled with music, color, and humor. Gary E. Knell, president and CEO, will share insight into how Sesame Workshop continues to use this model to develop a wide range of educational and engaging media to meet the needs of children in the U.S. and around the world. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Child and Family Policy and the Hart Leadership Program.

Ronald Johnson: "Rethinking Development Policy: Development in Conflict &
Post-Conflict Settings"
5:30-7:00 pm. Rubenstein 200
Ronald Johnson, former Executive VP for International Development at RTI will discuss effects of development in Iraq alongside comparisons that will include the Philippines and Africa Command (AFRICOM).

FRIDAY 3/21

Passionate Activism and Career Choices
3:30-4:30 pm. 201 Flowers
Building a career around your passion for social change requires a different approach from the mainstream path to a job. This session, with industry experts Betsy Alden,  Holly Duke and Ada Gregory, explores the career options and realities of working in a socially responsible career. REGISTRATION REQUIRED – visit http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/d/?p=24wk to register.

MONDAY 3/3

Pundy Pillay: "Inequality and Poverty in Post-Apartheid South Africa"
12:00-1:15 pm. Sanford 201
Pundy Pillay, economist at the University of the Western Cape, will discuss the issues of inequality in post-apartheid South Africa in higher education. Co-sponsored by the Concilium on Southern Africa and the Sanford Institute. Pillay is a visiting New Century Fulbright Scholar at Duke during March 2008. A light lunch will be served. RSVP 2/28 to katie.joyce@duke.edu

TUESDAY 3/4

"Sudden Flowers"—talk by Daniel Debebe Negatu and former Hart Fellow Eric Gottesman about documentary work with Ethiopian children
12:00-1:15 pm. Center for Documentary Studies auditorium
You are invited to a brown bag lunch presentation, film screening, and discussion with Eric Gottesman and Daniel Debebe Negatu about their collaborative documentary work spanning nine years with Ethiopian children affected by HIV/AIDS. In 1999, Gottesman graduated from Duke and travelled to Ethiopia as a Hart Fellow. In collaboration with a local NGO in Addis Ababa, he began a project with six children affected by HIV/AIDS using photography and text to express the impact of the disease.  In 2000, they held Ethiopia's first exhibit about HIV/AIDS.  In 2006, Daniel Debebe Negatu was brought in to lead the group, which eventually became known as "Sudden Flowers." The program grew to include twenty-three children who continue to make photographs and, most recently, videos about their lives. The event is co-sponsored by the Hart Leadership Program.

Duke in Ghana student panel presentation
6:00-7:30 pm. Multicultural Center, Bryan Center
Duke in Ghana student panel presentation: Duke and NC Central student alum will discuss their experiences studying abroad on Duke in Ghana program during summer 2007. Hear about their amazing and transformative experiences in West Africa last year.

WEDNESDAY 3/5
Internship funding program info session
12:00-1:00 pm. 106 Page Building
Is there a summer internship opportunity that really interests you, but is not able to pay or pays little? If so, you may be eligible for an internship grant. To learn more, come to one of the information sessions for the Career Center's Internship Funding Program.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. National Security Advisor: "Global Security"
7:45-9:00 pm. Fed-Ex Global Education Center, UNC
Zbigniew Brzezinski served as the U.S. National Security Advisor from 1977-1981. He will give a lecture on Global Security, and talk about the challenges faced by the United States and the world community, now and in the future. After his talk, he will answer questions from Duke professor Peter Feaver, UNC professor Richard Kohn, and from the audience.

THURSDAY 3/6

University Seminar on Global Health
4:00-5:30 pm. John Hope Franklin Center, room 240
Bob Einterz of Indiana University will give a talk about "Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Power of Academic Medical Partnerships"

TUESDAY 2/19

An evening with North Korean refugees
5:00-9:00 pm. West Campus Plaza
At the Bryan Center Plaza, two former North Korean refugees will speak about their experiences in the past.

Patrick O'Sullivan: Build African Schools
6:00-8:00 pm. F-CIEMAS Auditorium
Patrick O'Sullivan is the Founder of Build African Schools and will be showing a documentary screening "Come Walk With Me." A reception will precede the talk at 5:30-6:00 PM in the F-CIEMAS Lobby.

DukeEngage in Durham information session
3:00-4:00 pm. Meeting Room A, Bryan Center
60 internship opportunities available this summer in Durham, related to the historical, cultural, and social issues of the city.

WEDNESDAY 2/20

Building Schools in Kenya—Two Perspectives
12:00-1:00 pm. John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240
Sherryl Broverman, Chair, Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER), Kenya, Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology & Director, Global Health Certificate Program, Duke University; Patrick O'Sullivan, Founder, Build African Schools

Tony Proscio: Finding Philanthropy's Voice
4:30-6:30 pm. Rhodes Conference Room, 223 Sanford
Tony Proscio, freelance writer on urban affairs and consultant to foundations, speaks on "Finding Philanthropy's Voice: What Foundations Say - and What They Say About What They Say." This talk is part of the Foundation Impact Research Group seminar series.

SATURDAY 2/23

Fueling, Feeding, and Financing Sustainable Change
9:00 am-5:00 pm. Sanford
This event will be a full day conference followed by a reception. Pre-registration is recommended.

MONDAY 2/11

Sarah Finklestein, '06: From New Rust to Renewal? Realizing the Right to Housing in South Africa
12:00-1:15 pm. Sanford 201
The talk will explore the conflicts and challenges surrounding progressive realization of the right to adequate housing guaranteed by the South African Constitution and given effect by the South African Constitutional Court in the Grootboom judgment of 2000. The Grootboom case will be used to illustrate the interplay--at times disabling, at times empowering—between the courts, the national and local governments, and civil society organizations in devising housing strategies and policies in South Africa which address both the immediate and long-term needs of communities like New Rust.

Sarah Finkelstein graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 2006 and is currently a second year law student at Washington University School of Law in Saint Louis. Sarah developed and deepened her interest in African legal issues over the past two summers working and traveling in South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya. In 2006, Sarah conducted historical and archival research for Justice Albie Sachs of the South African Constitutional Court . In 2007, she received grants from the Washington University School of Law and Gephardt Institute of Public Policy to intern for the Legal Resource
Center in Accra and Nairobi.

Stephen Smith: 2008 Ewing Lecture on Ethics in Journalism
8:00 pm. Sanford 04
Sponsored by the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, journalist Stephen W. Smith will give the 2008 Ewing Lecture on Ethics in Journalism, titled "Terrible is the Temptation of the Good: Ethical Paradoxes in Africa." Smith, visiting lecturer of African & African American Studies and PPS, covered Africa as a journalist for 25 years, most recently as Africa editor and deputy foreign editor of Le Monde. "Winnie Mandela: the Soul of Black South Africa," his latest book with co-author Sabine Cessou, was published last fall.

THURSDAY 2/14

Lisa Kung, director of the Southern Center for Human Rights
12:00 pm. Law School 4042
Lisa Kung, Director of Southern Center for Human Rights, will speak about the work of the Center, which is based in Atlanta and one of the most respected civil and human rights law firms in the country. It was created to address deplorable prison and jail conditions. Ms. Kung is a former Soros Justice Fellow and has been named by American Lawyer as one of the nation's top 50 young litigators. Pizza will be served.

University seminar on global health
4:00-5:30 pm. John Hope Franklin Center , Room 240
"An Update on the Kilimanjaro HIV/AIDS Program: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities" John Bartlett, MD Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health; Co-Director of the Center for AIDS Research, Moshi, Tanzania, is the February speaker in the University Seminar on Global Health Series.

Leadership development for women
5:00 pm. Duke Women's Center Lower Lounge, 126
Dr. Betsy Alden, former professor of Women's Leadership courses at the Sanford Institute and Service-Learning Coordinator of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke, will lead a three-part leadership development series in which she will examine and discuss existing challenges for women in various fields, as well as explore various leadership skills and resources necessary for women preparing for future careers. This series will involve a little reading, and those interested are encouraged to attend all three discussions. As a theologian and educator, Dr. Alden has been engaged in women's leadership as a feminist community activist, clergywoman, and a member of commissions on the status and role of women in church, civic, and national organizations.

MONDAY 2/4

Politics breakfast with Gen. Anthony Zinni
9:00-10:00 am. Sanford 05
Get ready for Super Tuesday by talking politics with a key advisor to former presidents and leading candidates in '08.  General Zinni will share stories about his interactions with presidential hopefuls and offer his thoughts on the race. Breakfast will be provided.

U.S. Attorney John Shipley lecture
12:15-1:15 pm. Law School , Room 3037
The Program in Public Law presents John Shipley ('95), one of several U.S. Attorneys of the Southern District of Florida who just finished prosecuting the Padilla case. He will discuss trying terrorism cases in the federal courts. Lunch will be provided, first come, first served.

Info sessions for new HLP/DukeEngage summer programs
5:30-6:00 pm. Sanford 201
Learn more about DEMOSC and ELI, exciting DukeEngage sponsored summer programs being led by PPS faculty members.  The Duke University Program on History, Public Policy and Social Change will take eight students to South Africa in the summer of 2008 as part of a project entitled Documenting and Engaging Movements of Social Change (DEMOSC). From May 16 to July 12, students will interact with South Africans who were victims of, and activists against, the rigid system of racial apartheid that ruled South Africa for much of the 20th century.  The Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative (ELI) of the Hart Leadership Program will immerse 12 students in the practice of social entrepreneurship through summer internships with Durham community organizations and a capstone social enterprise development course.

Social Entrepreneurship in Comparative Perspective: An informal dinner and conversation with leading figures from the U.S. and UK
6:00-7:00 pm. Sanford 201
A rare opportunity to chat with some of the leading global figures in the social entrepreneurship field. After graduation from Duke, Jason Scott was one of the principal founders of Public Allies, and headed its Durham branch for several years. Most recently, he was with Generation Investment Management in London , of which Peter Blood and Al Gore are principals.  Last fall Jason decided to start his own investment management firm in New York with a strong corporate social responsibility and environmental focus. The folks who will be with him are among the leaders in social enterprise in the UK . Peter Wheeler was a partner of Goldman Sachs who founded New Philanthropy Capital, which is the pre-eminent organization in the UK that advises foundations and donors about worthwhile charities to support, and Bernard Mercer is a prominent English businessman and Trustee of New Philanthropy Capital. Please RSVP to dag13@duke.edu .

TUESDAY 2/5

Helen Thomas: First Lady of the Press
7:00 pm. Reynolds Theater
Commonly referred to as "The First Lady of the Press," former White House Bureau Chief Helen Thomas is a trailblazer, breaking through barriers for women reporters while covering every President since John F. Kennedy. For 57 years, Helen also served as White House correspondent for United Press International. She is currently a syndicated columnist with Hearst Newspapers.

WEDNESDAY 2/6

Gary Gereffi: North Carolina in the Global Economy
12:00-1:00 pm. John Hope Franklin Center , Room 240
Wednesdays at the Center presents “ North Carolina in the Global Economy.” Lecture by Gary Gereffi, Professor of Sociology & Director, Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness.

Debi Sanders: On the Front Lines of Immigrant Advocacy
12:30 pm. Law School , Room 4045
Debi Sanders, founder of the Capitol Area Immigrants Rights (CAIR) Coalition, will speak about her more than twenty-year commitment to immigrants rights. Sanders and the CAIR Coalition seek to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees, to foster an environment of positive human and community relations in society and to work for a fair and humane immigration policy. Lunch will be served.

 
THURSDAY 2/7 

Betsy Alden: Leadership Development for Women
5:00 pm. Duke Women's Center Lower Lounge 126
Dr. Betsy Alden, now-retired, was a Service-Learning Coordinator of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke, working with faculty, students, community agencies, and Durham public schools to promote the academic integration of ethical reflection and service experiences into the undergraduate curriculum. As a theologian and educator, Dr. Alden has been engaged in women's leadership as a feminist community activist, clergywoman, and a member of commissions on the status and role of women in church, civic, and national organizations. Dr. Alden will lead a three-part leadership development series in which she will examine and discuss existing challenges for women in various fields, as well as explore various leadership skills and resources necessary for women preparing for future careers. This series will involve a little reading, and those interested are encouraged to attend all three discussions.

Grzegorz Ekiert: Democratization and Civil Society in Postcommunist Europe
5:30-7:00 pm. John Hope Franklin Center , Room 240
As part of the University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy, Grzegorz Ekiert of Harvard University will speak about the democratization and civil society facing the countries of postcommunist Europe .

Michael Doran: The War of Ideas—How Can the U.S. Government Counter Al Qaeda's Ideology?
7:30-9:00 pm. Sanford 03
The Triangle Institute for Security Studies and the Triangle Center for Terrorism and Homeland Security invites you to attend an evening presentation by Michael S. Doran on "The War of Ideas: How Can the U.S. Government Counter Al Qaeda's Ideology?"

SATURDAY 12/1

African Health Worker Shortage: forum on private sector responses
Time: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm. Location: Fuqua School of Business
An estimated 2.4 million doctors, nurses, and midwives are needed in 57 countries with critical health worker shortages. The focus of the conference is to Identify successful and emerging private sector responses to the health worker shortage problem. Conference participants and speakers who understand the challenges in the region and can help identify new opportunities to replicate and scale effective efforts will come from the private, non-government and government sectors. Organized by the Fuqua School of Business and the Duke Global Health Institute and the Global Workforce Alliance of the World Health Organization (WHO).

SUNDAY 12/2

Global Health Forum
Time: 1:00-2:15 pm. Location: Physics 130
Come to this event to find YOUR niche in global health and humanitarianism
at Duke. Learn about:
1. Opportunities offered by Undergraduate and Graduate Student Organizations.
2. Duke Global Health Institute Action Committee and what we can do to connect you with your passion in these fields.
3. Grant opportunities for Global Health and Humanitarianism.
4. Next semester's GLOBAL HEALTH WEEK and how you can get involved!
5. Our new website and what you can do to keep up with global health!

MONDAY 12/3

A Conversation with Karl Rove
Time: 6:00-7:00  pm. Location: Page Auditorium
Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush Karl Rove will be at Duke University for a public conversation moderated by Duke Political Science Professor Peter Feaver. This event is sponsored by the Department of Political Science, The President's Office, Office of the Provost, Department of Public Policy, and DUU. Tickets are free and available on a first-come, first-serve basis at the Duke University Box Office.

Entrepreneurship Week Kickoff Party
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm. Location: Kirby Winter Gardens, Fox Center, Fuqua
Join the Kickoff of the inaugural Entrepreneurship Week at Duke University with Barry Myers, Jon Fjeld, Rose Ritts, Kimberly Jenkins, and Jeff Clark.

TUESDAY 12/4

Barabara Pullen-Smith: Global is local—A lok at health disparities in North Carolina
Time: 3:00 pm. Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Barbara Pullen-Smith, Director of the North Carolina Office of Minority and Health Disparities, will give this University Seminar on Global Health. The NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities works to promote and advocate for the elimination of health disparities among all racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved populations in North Carolina. Barbara Pullen-Smith has served as the Executive Director since the office was founded in 1993. She provides leadership and develops initiatives to improve the public health system's ability to respond to the specific needs of racial and ethnic minorities. She works closely with the programs in the Department of Health and Human Services, local health departments and other public and private agencies and organizations, including minority community-based organizations, in a collaborative and advocacy role to insure the minority health issues are addressed.

Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Panel
Time: 3:30-5:00 pm. Location: Griffith Film Theater
Taylor Mingos from Shoeboxed.com , Breck Yunits from SeeMeWin.com and Justin Wickett and Dan Romero from CouponDJ.com will discuss their experiences starting and running Internet companies while being undergraduates at Duke. Come hear what its like to balance schoolwork, business meetings and late night coding sessions.

Entrepreneurship Mixer
Time: 5:30-8:00 pm. Location: Tyler's Taproom, American Tobacco District
Network with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, students, and other members of the entrepreneurial community.

WEDNESDAY 12/5

Health System Strengthening: The funding role of the Global Fund
Time: 4:00 pm. Location: Sanford 04
Throughout the fall semester, students in healthy policy classes PPS325 and PPS264 have been working on a policy question for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. This work will culminate on December 5, 2007, when the students will present their research, findings, and recommendations to a delegation of five Senior Advisors from the Global Fund's Strategic Management and Proposal Advisory Unit. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the university community interested in issues related to global health are invited to attend.

Ernest Mario: Waitzkin Entrepreneurship Week Keynote Speaker
Time: 6:00 pm. Location: Schiciano Auditorium
Hear Ernest Mario, PhD, discuss his perspective on entrepreneurship. Dr. Mario has 40 years of experience in the research-based pharmaceutical industry and has served as CEO of Glaxo, Alza Corporation, Apothogen, and Reliant Pharmaceuticals.

Rick Santorum: The Gathering Storm of the 21st Century—America's War Against Islamic Fascism
Time: 8:00 pm. Location: Griffith Film Theater
Lecture and Q & A session by Senator Rick Santorum followed by a book signing and reception. Sponsored by the Duke Conservative Union, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

THURSDAY 12/6

Entrepreneurship Week Undergraduate Capstone Speaker
Time: 5:00-6:00 pm. Location: Sanford 04
Hear the story of how Will Pearson, Trinity '01 and Mangesh Hattikudur, Trinity '01 co-founded mental_floss magazine as seniors at Duke. On a mission to "blur the lines between education and entertainment," the pair have grown mental_floss into a multi-million dollar company, publishing 7 bestselling books, a board game, Law School in a Box, Med School in a Box and a popular website, mentalfloss.com.

Undergraduate Entrepreneurs Pitch Session
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm. Location: Sanford Institute
Undergraduate teams pitch their business ideas to an audience of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and members of the entrepreneurial community. Participation is limited to students from participating courses, including HLP classes, but viewing the event is open to the general public.

FRIDAY 12/7

Social Entrepreneurship Panel
Time: 3:45-5:00 pm. Location: Classroom F, Fuqua School of Business
Hear a panel discuss their perspective on social entrepreneurship.

SUNDAY 11/11

United Nations Association Film Festival
Time: 12:00-10:30 pm. Location: White 107, East Campus
The UNA Film Festival screens documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with topics such as human rights, environmental survival, women's issues, children, refugee protection, homelessness, racism, disease control, universal education, war and peace. More information available at www.una-westtriangle.org

MONDAY 11/12

Jack Goldsmith: "The Terror Presidency"
Time: 12:15-1:15 pm. Location: Room 4047, Law School
Jack Goldsmith will speak on his recently published book, "The Terror Presidency." There will be a book signing and copies of the book will be on hand for sale. Jack Goldsmith is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. During 2003 and 2004, Professor Goldsmith served under Attorney General John Ashcroft as an Assistant United States Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice. He has written a number of texts on both international law and the internet and most recently authored "The Terror Presidency," which details his time as an Assistant U.S. Attorney General and the legal issues raised by the Bush administration's approach to the war on terror.

Information session: new program Documenting & Engaging Movements of Social Change (DEMOSC)
Time 7:30 pm. Location: Sanford Institute 05
Travel to South Africa this summer (contingent on DukeEngage funding). Work with Duke senior faculty William Chafe and Robert Korstad and South African scholars in a collaborative effort to document the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and compare it to the U.S. civil rights movement. Engage deeply in the issues of social change, public memory, and how the stories we tell about the past shape our policy choices today. Come find out more at our information session.

WEDNESDAY 11/14

Incarcerating Immigrant Families: A Lecture with Professor Barbara Hines
Time: 10:00-11:00 am. Location: Room 4044 Law School
Barbara Hines, Law Professor at the University of Texas, will be discussing the Federal Government's policy of using private prisons to lock up immigrant families, including children.

Simon Deng speaking for Genocide Awareness Week
Time: 7:00 pm. Location: Page Auditorium
Simon Deng is a Sudanese human rights activist living in the United States. A Sudanese refugee enslaved at the age of nine. He was enslaved when his neighbor asked Simon to accompany him on a trip. Simon was given as a gift to the neighbor's family. Having escaped slavery and emigrated to the United States, he travels the country addressing audiences which range from the United Nations to middle school students. His speeches focus on education and the anti-slavery movement.

FRIDAY 11/16

Jing Huang: speaking on challenges, dilemmas, and choices in China's foreign policymaking
Time: 3:00 -4:00 pm. Location: Breedlove Room (204 Perkins)
Jing Huang is a Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Foreign Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution. This talk is part of the APSI Fall Speaker Series.

Alex Harris and Lillian Guerra: "The Idea of Cuba"
Time: 6:30 pm. Location: Nasher Museum of Art
HLP professor Alex Harris, professor of PPS and documentary studies, will discuss his journey in contemporary Cuba and sign copies of his new book "The Idea of Cuba." He will be joined by Yale historian Lillian Guerra, daughter of Cuban exiles, exploring what it means to be Cuban.

SATURDAY 11/17

Global Adoption Awareness Campaign
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm. Location: French Science Center 2231
A Presentation by Chinese adoptee Jennifer Bao Yu "Precious Jade" Jue-Steuck, local Chinese adoptees, & China Care Members at Duke. This talk is for students and the Duke adoption community that will build bridges, inspire, and offer practical tools for building bridges between our organizations and connecting extraordinary teen and young adult leaders worldwide. This event will also officially "launch" the Global Adoption Awareness Campaign.

MONDAY 11/5

Hart Fellows Information Session
Time: 5:30-6:30 pm. Location: Room 153, Rubenstein Hall
Information about the Hart Fellows Program and how to apply. The Hart Fellows Program offers recent university graduates a ten month fellowship with international humanitarian organizations. Application forms for the 2008-2009 Program will be released at this information session, and will also be available on the HLP website beginning Tuesday, November 6, 2007. Another information session will be held in January.

TUESDAY 11/6

Speculating on the South
Time: 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Location: UNC and John Hope Franklin Center
The conference features work of art and scholarship that present alternate histories of the American South. Highlights film, visual art, music & literature that re-imagines American history and the institution of slavery. Works include books by Harry Harrison, Randall Kenan & Alice Randall, and art commissioned from Kent ross Brooks, Juan Logan, Heather Williams & Two Near the Edge.  Nov. 6-7 events are at UNC-Chapel Hill. Nov. 8 session is at the John Hope Franklin Center. More information and a full schedule can be found at www.unc.edu/iaar

WEDNESDAY 11/7

DukeEngage: A Pilot Program in Yemen
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm. Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Discussion with Eric Mlyn, Director, DukeEngage and Dr. Mbaye Lo,
Instructor of Arabic. Discussing students' pilot DukeEngage program in Yemen last summer, where they worked in NGOs to explore social justice and policy issues. Presented by DukeEngage, the Duke Islamic Studies Center and the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies.

"Disaster and Opportunity in post-Katrina Mississippi"
Time: 12:15-1:15 pm. Location: Room 3401, Law School
Please join the Program in Public Law for a discussion with Karen Lash: Disaster and Opportunity in post-Katrina Mississippi.

Talk by Neal Keny-Guyer
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm. Location: Sanford 223
Neal Keny-Guyer, Duke'76, is a social entrepreneur committed to creating a better and more just world. He is CEO of Mercy Corps, which has emerged as a leading international relief and development organization with ongoing operations in nearly 40 countries. He is also known for his work with Save the Children, and his relief and development programs in Lebanon, West Bank/Gaza, and Sudan. Sponsored by the Sanford Institute Office of Career Services and Fuqua Center for the Advancement og Social Entrepreneurship. Pizza will be provided.

THURSDAY 10/8

Derick Brinkerhoff: "Governance in Post-Conflict Societies"
Time: 5:30-7:00 pm. Location: Room 153, Rubenstein Hall
Dr. Brinkerhoff, a senior fellow in international public management at Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, is the editor of the new book: "Governance in Post-Conflict Societies: Rebuilding Fragile States." He is also co-author of "Working for Change: Making a Career in International Public Service." Dr. Brinkerhoff's lecture is the third fall workshop in the series "Rethinking Development Policy." Discussion will follow a short presentation, and light refreshments will be served.

SATURDAY 10/11

United Nations Association Film Festival
Time: 12:00-10:30 pm. Location: White 107, East Campus
The UNA Film Festival screens documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with topics such as human rights, environmental survival, women's issues, children, refugee protection, homelessness, racism, disease control, universal education, war and peace. More information available at www.una-westtriangle.org

SATURDAY 10/27

Make a Difference Day: Neighborhood Clean Up
Time: 7:30 am -12:00 pm. Location: Community and Family Life and Rec Center at Lyon Park, 1313 Halley Street
Volunteers are asked to come work with neighbors to do small home and lawn improvement projects like building wheelchair ramps, painting, and clearing out large trash items from homes and yards. Meet at 7:30am for a free breakfast and instructions for the day's work. Work ends and lunch is served at 12pm. Afterwards, volunteers are asked to stop by the CommUnity Festival in Lakewood Shopping Center so that we can thank you for all you've done. We will be working with Lyon Park, West End, and Burch Ave Neighborhood Associations to clean up those communities.

TUESDAY 10/30

Eric Greitens: "Culture of Character: Building Strength Through Study and Service"
Time: 5:30 pm. Location: Fleishman Commons, Sanford Institute
Eric ('96) is a former HLP student and an A.B. Duke, Truman, and Rhodes Scholar, a U.S. Navy SEAL Officer, a boxing champion and marathoner, who has  worked as a humanitarian volunteer, documentary photographer, and researcher in Croatia, Rwanda, Zaire, the Gaza Strip, Albania, Cambodia, Mexico, Bolivia, and India. He studied ethics, philosophy, and public policy at Duke and received his Ph. D from Oxford in 2000. Eric created the Navy SEAL Warrior Honor Program, which draws on the lessons of Ancient Greek warriors to engage young soldiers in discussions about the ethics of war.

WEDNESDAY 10/31

Patricia Valdez: "A Place for Memory: Building a History of Human Rights in Argentina"
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm. Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Lecture by Patricia T. de Valdez, Executive Director of Memoria Abierta. Presented by the Duke Human Rights Center and the Archive for Human Rights at Duke.

THURSDAY 11/1

Barack Obama talk
Time: 4:00-7:00 pm.. Location: Leroy T. Walker Complex, NCCU
Sen. Barack Obama will be speaking at NC Central. Tickets ($15) may be purchased online. All proceeds go to the "Obama for America" campaign.

DukeEngage domestic information session
Time: 6:00 pm. Location: Social Sciences 139
Program directors will talk about their summer DukeEngage programs in Durham and New Orleans.

SATURDAY 10/20

William Perry talk
Time: 8:15-11:30 am. Location: Room 1005, Global Education Building, UNC
William Perry, United States Secretary of Defense during the Clinton
Administration (1994-1997), will discuss issues of global security and
answer questions from the audience. He will be joined by a distinguished group of scholars, including Gerhard Weinberg, UNC-Chapel Hill (History), Cori-Dauber, UNC (Communication Studies), Timothy McKeown, UNC (Political Science), and Peter Feaver, Duke University (Political Science) and Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies. Richard H. Kohn, UNC (History and Peace, War, and Defense) will serve as moderator. The event also includes a complimentary breakfast.

MONDAY 10/22

Stuart Levey: "Terrorists, Proliferators, and Rogue Nations: Advancing National Security Through Financial Pressure"
Time:5:00-6:00 pm. Location: Room 200, Rubenstein Hall
Under Secretary Levey will discuss the United States governments' strategy for cutting off financing to al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations, proliferators of WMD, drug traffickers and other threats to the national security. He will also speak about the use of financial pressure to achieve diplomatic policy goals with respect to North Korea, Iran, and other nations. Mr. Levey is the first Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. Prior to his nomination for this post, he served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, with primary responsibility for counterterrorism.

TUESDAY 10/23

Durham Mayoral Forum
Time: 6:30-7:30 pm. Location: Page Auditorium
The Duke College Republicans and Duke Democrats are collaborating to put together Duke's first-ever campus mayoral forum between incumbent Mayor Bill Bell and challenger City Councilman Thomas Stith. The candidates will be discussing their approaches to targeting crime and Duke-Durham relations, among other issues. Political Science Department Chair Michael Munger will moderate the forum, which will have ample opportunities for Duke students, faculty, and community members to pose their own questions to the candidates.

Durham's Commitment to Sustainability
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm. Location: Love Auditorium, LSRC
The Duke Environmental Leadership Program and the Nicholas School proudly presents the Coca-Cola seminar series "Durham's Commitment to Sustainability." The presentation, in the form of a panel discussion, will consist of local business leaders from Greenfire Development, SJF Ventures, City of Durham Planning Department, Counter Culture Coffee, Duke University, and Burt's Bees. The presentation will be followed by an Eco Reception featuring sustainable choices in food and beverage.

WEDNESDAY 10/24

International Videoconference: From Private Practice to Foreign Services
Time: 10:00 am. Location: 4045, Law School
Join us for an international video conference with Jason Ullner (JD/LLM '99), Staff Aide to the Ambassador of US Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. Jason joined the US Foreign Service two years ago after working for various law firms in the U.S. and abroad. During this videoconference, Jason will speak about his responsibilities at the Embassy and how the skills obtained from his private practice helped him succeed in his current position. Coffee and refreshments will be provided.

Lt. Col. V. Stuart Crouch: "Navigating the Moral Compass: The
Responsibility of the Colonel"
Time: 7:30-9:00 pm. Location: Room 04, Sanford Institute
As a military prosecutor, Lt. Col. V. Stuart Couch (Trinity '87) refused to bring charges against Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Guantanamo Bay prisoner and suspected terrorist linked to 9/11, because he suspected that the evidence was tainted by torture. Lt. Col. Couch, now an appellate judge with the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, will speak very personally about his struggle, in the Slahi case, to reconcile his allegiance to his country, his devotion to his faith, and the ethical obligations that come with the practice of law.

THURSDAY 10/25

Community Service Bonanza
Time: 4:30-7:00 pm. Location: West Campus Plaza
Join the Community Service Center student staff as they celebrate the opening of the West campus service kiosk. Free food and drinks, Pie an administrator fundraising event for Project Share, and get a taste of the service opportunities available in Durham!

Peace Corps Information Session
Time: 6:30-7:45 pm. Location: Multicultural Center, Bryan Center
Learn more about the Peace Corps and how to get involved.

FRIDAY 10/26

"Race, Wealth, and the Sub-Prime Housing Market: Reflections from a Scholar's Sojourn into Philanthropy"
Time: 11:30 am. Location: Room A103, Erwin Mill Building
Professor Melvin Oliver, Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, speaks on ""Race, Wealth and the Sub-Prime Housing Market: Reflections from a Scholar's Sojourn into Philanthropy." Before his talk, Professor Oliver will participate on a panel, "Mentoring across Disciplines: A Tribute to Harold M. Rose."

SATURDAY 10/27

Make a Difference Day: Neighborhood Clean Up
Time: 7:30 am -12:00 pm. Location: Community and Family Life and Rec Center at Lyon Park, 1313 Halley Street
Volunteers are asked to come work with neighbors to do small home and lawn improvement projects like building wheelchair ramps, painting, and clearing out large trash items from homes and yards. Meet at 7:30am for a free breakfast and instructions for the day's work. Work ends and lunch is served at 12pm. Afterwards, volunteers are asked to stop by the CommUnity Festival in Lakewood Shopping Center so that we can thank you for all you've done. We will be working with Lyon Park, West End, and Burch Ave Neighborhood Associations to clean up those communities.

SATURDAY 10/13

Walk for Freedom, Justice, and Peace
Time: 12:00-3:00 pm. Location: Intersection of Main St. and Gregson St . , near Brightleaf Square
A cultivation of solidarity; charge through Bull City raising objection to injustice, war, discrimination, rights violations, human/critter exploitation, environmental destruction, governmental corruption, suppression of civil liberties, degradation of public education, rigged voting machines, police violence, illegalization, 9.11 lies, oil, militarization, hunger, nuclear proliferation, kids with guns, state-sponsored executions, contaminated tap water, and unsustainability. By no means must you support all of these causes to participate.

Center for Race Relations Alumni/Undergraduate Reception
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm. Location: Multicultural Center, Bryan Center
First annual dessert reception for undergraduates and CRR alumni.

MONDAY 10/15

Jay Sekulow: “The Roberts Court Moves Right?”
Time: 12:15-1:15 pm. Location: Room 3041, Law School
The Program in Public Law at Duke Law School presents a lecture with Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). The ACLJ is involved in public interest and public policy issues working to protect religious and constitutional liberties. Sekulow has argued several landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court which have become part of the legal landscape in the area of religious liberty litigation.

TUESDAY 10/16

Public Forum: “ Darfur , Sudan , and Duke's Investment Policy”
Time: 6:00 pm. Location: Room 139, Social Sciences Building
The President's Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility is soliciting informative discussion from the entire Duke community about the situation in Darfur , Sudan , and Duke's investment policy. To speak, contact Preofessor George Tauchen at george.tauchen@duke.edu.

Alumni panel: “Life After Teach for America ”
Time: 7:00 pm. Location: Von Canon C, Bryan Center
Hear alumni speak on Teach for America experiences and how their lives played out after they finished the program.

Jane Goodall: “A Reason for Hope”
Time: 7:00 pm. Location: Page Auditorium
Recognized worldwide for her outstanding contributions, Dr. Jane Goodall has been made a United Nations "Messenger of Peace", as well as a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. Since beginning her work in 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall has molded the world of primatology, collecting countless awards and honors along the way. She has changed the way people see animals, proving that individual animals, like people have distinct personalities. Her publications and discoveries are vast, but her message remains ever simple: we can make the world a better place.

WEDNESDAY 10/17

Michael Shellenberger: “Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility”
Time: 5:30 pm. Location: Fleishman Commons, Sanford Institute
Michael Shellenberger, co-author of "Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility," will discuss ideas for reinventing the environmental movement in the age of global warming. Followed by a book signing.

John Amaechi talk
Time: 7:30 pm. Location: Page Auditorium
John Amaechi, the first openly gay player in the National Basketball Association, will speak about his experiences and gay and lesbian rights in sports and America . As a collegian, Amaechi played for Penn State , where he was a two-time First Team Academic All-American. During his professional career, he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Orlando Magic, the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz. Sponsored by the Duke Human Rights Center . Co-sponsored by the LGBT Center and DUU.

FRIDAY 10/19

William Perry: “Global Security”
Time: 7:45-9:00 pm. Location: Global Education Building , UNC
William Perry, United States Secretary of Defense during the Clinton Administration (1994-1997), will give a lecture on "Global Security" in the GEC Auditorium. He will talk about the challenges faced by the United States and the world community, now and in the future. The event is free and open to the public.

WEDNESDAY 10/10

"Uneven Transitions: How indigenous peoples contributed to Mexico's democratization and why they got little in return" – talk by Guillermo Trejo
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm. Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Part of the Wednesdays at the Center series. Lecture by Guillermo Trejo, assistant professor of political science. Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

THURSDAY 10/11

National LGBT Coming Out Day
Time: 11:00 am-3:00 pm. Location: West Campus Plaza
National Coming Out Day was founded by Dr. Robert Eichberg and Jean O'Leary in 1988, in celebration of the Second National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights one year earlier, in which 500,000 people marched on Washington, DC, for gay and lesbian equality. At Duke on Thursday, both community members and allies are encouraged to stop by, get information, as well as a FREE "Love=Love" t-shirt. Refreshments/Lunch will be provided!

Joel Fleishman delivers Thomas W. Lambeth '57 Lectureship in Public Policy
Time: 5:30 pm. Location: Chapman Hall 211, UNC
The inaugural Thomas W. Lambeth '57 Lectureship in Public Policy will be delivered by Joel Lawrence Fleishman, director of the Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions in Duke University's Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Fleishman was the founding director of the Sanford Institute and a founder of the academic field of public policy analysis nationally, serving as first president of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Fleishman has written extensively on ethics and public policy and more recently on public policy issues associated with the growing roles of philanthropic organizations in American society.

"The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" – talk by Jeffrey Toobin
Time: 5:30 pm. Location: Fleishman Commons, Sanford Institute
Jeffrey Toobin is a lawyer, author, and CNN legal analyst. He is also a staff writer for The New Yorker, where he has regularly contributed since 1993. He will talk about his new book, "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court." Based on exclusive interviews with Supreme Court Justices themselves and other insiders, The Nine provides a timely examination of the United States' most elite legal institution. Toobin has also written several other best-selling books, including "A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal that Nearly Brought Down a President," "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson," and "Too Close to Call: The 36-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election."

A conversation with Osha Gray Davidson and Ann Atwater
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm. Location: Griffith Film Theater
Join author Osha Gray Davidson and civil rights activist Ann Atwater as they discuss "The Best of Enemies," the summer reading for the Class of 2011 about the history of race and civil rights in Durham. Followed by "Best Fest" in Perkins Library, featuring live music, hors d'oeuvres, and a cash bar.

FRIDAY 10/12

"A Radical Rainbow Coalition" – talk by Denise Oliver-Velez
Time: 5:30 pm. Location: White Lecture Hall
A talk with Denise Oliver-Velez as part of the "Identities in Movement" series sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Affairs. Denise Oliver-Velez is a former member of The Young Lords Party, the first woman on the Central Committee, and also a former member of The Black Panther Party. Oliver-Velez will discuss their approach to community organizing and politics as part of a larger multiracial movement for democracy and dignity. Oliver-Velez is currently a Professor of Anthropology at SUNY New Paltz, where she teaches courses that explore the anthropology of Africa and the Caribbean, including a special course for the Women's Studies Program focusing on the women of the Caribbean. She is an AIDS activist, consultant ethnographer and data analyst for AIDS research projects.

SATURDAY 9/29

Invisible Children screening
Time: 8 pm. Location: Love Auditorium, LSRC
What started out as a filmmaking adventure in Africa transformed into much more, when three young Americans found themselves stranded in Northern Uganda. They discovered children being kidnapped nightly from their homes and subsequently forced to fight as child soldiers. This film is dedicated to exposing this tragic and amazingly untold story. Representatives from Invisible Children will be running the show. They will be able to answer any questions and discuss opportunities for getting involved.

MONDAY 10/1

“Making private capital work for the poor” lecture by Sir Mark Malloch Brown
Time: 7:30 pm. Location: Memorial Hall, UNC
Sir Mark Malloch Brown, British foreign office minister and a former United Nations official, will discuss Making Private Capital Work for the Poor in the 2007-2008 Frank Porter Graham Lecture. Malloch Brown, who was appointed to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s cabinet in June, will discuss the ways in which private capital can foster development in poverty-stricken areas. As foreign office minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, Malloch Brown is also his office’s principal liaison for human rights and other global issues.

TUESDAY 10/2

Faculty lives in public service: Zephyr Teachout
Time: 12:10 pm. Location: Room 4045, Law School
This is the first event of 2007-2008 in a series focusing on faculty lives in public service. Visiting Professor Zephyr Teachout, a 1999 Duke Law graduate, will share the story of her career: founding Fair Trial Initiative and its post-graduate program, developing the use of the Internet for political organizing in the Howard Dean campaign, and founding a NYC organization to investigate corruption in government in the United States and abroad. Pizza served.

Engineers Without Borders summer presentations
Time: 7:30-8:15 pm. Location: Schiciano Auditorium Side B, Fitzpatrick Center
Duke Engineers without Borders will be presenting their resource and community development projects in Uganda and Peru this past summer. In August they sent a team of 10 students to Uganda where they helped set up solar powered computers and mechanical peanut shelling devices for a community center; conducted health and hygiene workshops; and built a rainwater harvesting system for Central Uganda University. In Peru, they collaborated with their sister chapter at UNC to assess faculty water pipelines in the village of Ciudad de Dios.

WEDNESDAY 10/3

Book discussion with Ann Atwater, author of Best of Enemies
Time: 7:30 pm. Location: Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St.
Come participate in a discussion led by Dean Sam Wells, Dean of Duke University Chapel, about racial reconciliation in Durham. He will interview Ann Atwater about her book Best of Enemies, the summer reading book for the Class of 2011.

THURSDAY 10/4

Jacqueline Bhabha Lecture: “Arendt’s children: The growing impact of functional statelessness today”
Time: 5:00 pm. Location: East Duke Parlors
Jacqueline Bhabha is the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School and Executive Director, Harvard University Committee of Human Rights Studies. She will give a talk entitled, "Arendt's children: The Growing Impact of Functional Statelessness Today.” Presented by the project on "Asylum: Comparative Historical Perspectives." For more information, please contact Sarah Lincoln sarah.lincoln@duke.edu.

MONDAY 9/24

DukeEngage information session
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm. Location: Mary Lou Williams Center
Learn more about opportunities for service-learning experiences nationally and abroad. Starting in 2008, Duke will provide funding for any Duke undergraduate who wants to pursue a summer- or semester-long immersive service experience that contributes to the public good anywhere in the world.

Mouths to Feed: Religious Views on Global Hunger
Time: 6:00-9:00 pm. Location: Freeman Center
This event, sponsored by the Muslim Student Association and the Hillel Student Board, will include activities and a discussion on global hunger and malnutrition. All donations go to Duke Nourish. Dinner will be served at about 7:15 pm.

TUESDAY 9/25

War News Radio workshop
Time: 5:00-8:00 pm. Location: Mary Lou Williams Center
War News Radio ( http://www.warnewsradio.org/ ), the award-winning student-run program, brings unheard voices from Iraq and Afghanistan to the internet airwaves. Come learn about radio production from two WNR journalists. We'll talk about everything from developing the story to getting it on the air. We'll also discuss launching a similar project at Duke—whether a program covering far-away conflicts or issues closer to home. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to lnl5@duke.edu .

WEDNESDAY 9/26

“Ghost Planes: The US Policy of Extraordinary Rendition and North Carolina 's Role”—talk by Stephen Grey
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm. Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Lecture by Stephen Grey, Author of Ghost Plane. Presented by Presented by the Duke Human Rights Center, Duke Islamic Studies Center, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, the Department of Religion, the ACLU, the Duke student chapter of the ACLU, the Duke Human Rights Coalition, and the Law School 's Guantanamo Defense Clinic.

Unheard Voices in the “War on Terror”
Time: 1:00-5:30 pm. Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
The Duke Human Rights Center presents a half-day conference featuring Stephen Grey, the author of Ghost Plane, an exposé of the extraordinary rendition program. The above-listed talk will be followed by two panels, the featuring Maher Arar, the Canadian citizen detained by the United States in 2002 and rendered to Syria . A second panel presents Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak, a new book featuring the poetry of Guantánamo detainees, with a forward by Ariel Dorfman, who will also be present. Lunch is provided.

“Lessons I Learned from Mandela”—talk by James Joseph
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm. Location: Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St . , downtown Durham
Former ambassador and professor of public policy James A. Joseph presents "Lessons I Learned from Mandela" at the Main Library, in conjunction with the exhibit Spirit of Freedom: Drawings & Narratives from Nelson Mandela's Imprisonment at Robben Island . Joseph served as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 1996 to 2000, and will speak about Mandela's effective leadership style and tremendous negotiating skills.

Campus-Wide Fast—Going hungry so others don't have to
Time: 7:00-10:00 pm. Location: Von Canon
For one day, local businesses have agreed to donate money to combat hunger for every Duke student who pledges to fast. Sign up tables and T-shirt sales will be on the Plaza all week. 100% of profits go to flood victims in Asia and Africa . Sponsored by the Duke Muslim Students Association.

THURSDAY 9/27

DukeEngage information session
Time: 10:00-11:00 am. Location: Mary Lou Williams Center
Learn more about opportunities for service-learning experiences nationally and abroad. Starting in 2008, Duke will provide funding for any Duke undergraduate who wants to pursue a summer- or semester-long immersive service experience that contributes to the public good anywhere in the world.

MONDAY 9/17

“Slavery, Unenumerated Rights and the Constitution”
Time: 12:15-1:15 pm. Location: Room 3041, Law School
Professor Walter Dellinger III will reflect on slavery and the U.S. Constitution in his Constitution Day address, “Slavery, Unenumerated Rights and the Constitution: Reflections on the Summer of 1787.” The event is free and open to the public.

Teach for America information session
Time: 6:30-7:45 pm. Location: Lecture Room 03, Sanford Institute
Learn more about Teach for America and their industry.

TUESDAY 9/18

DukeEngage information session
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm. Location: Mary Lou Williams Center
Learn more about opportunities for service-learning experiences nationally and abroad. Starting in 2008, Duke will provide funding for any Duke undergraduate who wants to pursue a summer- or semester-long immersive service experience that contributes to the public good anywhere in the world.

Film: “Life According to AGFA” – Israel/Palestine series
Time: 8:00 pm. Location: White Lecture Hall, East Campus
1992's most talked-about and award-winning Israeli movie is a well made drama with a subtle comic edge. The complex Israeli social and political fabric is captured in a Tel Aviv pub owned by a middle aged woman who, along with her patrons, is looking for love. The apocalyptic end finally brings "peace" to the decadent city. Artistically shot in black-and-white, the story details the intertwining lives of those who frequent a small coffee-house/bar. An intimate vision of a microcosm fraught with conflict, tension, romance, betrayal and madness, the characterizations are spot-on.

WEDNESDAY 9/19

Career Fair
Time: 10:00 am-3:00 pm. Location: Bryan Center
Employer representatives (some of whom may be Duke alumni) from many sectors, including business, technology, education, government and non-profit, will be participating. If you're a Duke University student or an alumna/us, then you're invited to attend. Be sure to bring your resume! Visit the career center web pages for tips on getting ready for the fair and a list of organizations who attended in 2006.

Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture Series: “Anti-Poverty and Human Development: Toward Principled and Reasoned Action” talk by Larry Aber
Time: 3:30-5:00 pm. Location: Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford Institute
Anti-Poverty Policy and Human Development: Toward Principled and Reasoned Action, featuring Larry Aber, professor of applied psychology and public policy at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. Among the most durable findings in all of the social, behavioral and policy sciences is the association between household poverty and non-optimal human development. Scientific advances in understanding both the effects of poverty on human development and the effects of social experiments on poverty and human development can be used to support reasoned action. But ethical and political challenges must be addressed head on to complement reasoned action with principled action.

DukeEngage information session
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm. Location: Mary Lou Williams Center
Learn more about opportunities for service-learning experiences nationally and abroad. Starting in 2008, Duke will provide funding for any Duke undergraduate who wants to pursue a summer- or semester-long immersive service experience that contributes to the public good anywhere in the world.

THURSDAY 9/20

Interviewing skills workshop
Time: 4:00-5:00 pm. Location: 201 Flowers Building
Attend this workshop for many pointers on honing your interview skills and to hear what employers are saying about Duke students specifically.

SATURDAY April 21

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Location: Von Canon C
In an increasingly globalizing and well-connected world, a free trade system has been promoted as the key to successful development. However, the rhetoric that supports globalization as a cure for poverty oftentimes overlooks problems such as cultural subversion, human rights violations, poor access to healthcare, and world hunger. Mercado Global Duke Chapter would like to invite you to participate in our "International Development and Social Justice Conference" on Saturday, April 21st, 2007 . The conference aims to introduce certain aspects of globalization that hinder growth and lower the quality of living in less-developed countries. Furthermore, the conference aims to serve as a showcase for what we, as individuals, groups, or institutions, can do to fix the various problems engendered by globalization.

MONDAY April 23

Translatable 3: The Politics of Qur'an Translation
Time: 12:00 p.m. - Location: Breedlove Room, Perkins Library, West Campus
The Qur'an presents itself time and time again as a revelation in Arabic. It also contends that its style is proof of its divine origin and inimitability. This presentation will examine the politics of language and translation that developed around the Qur'an and the ways in which nineteenth and twentieth century Muslims in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey grappled with the challenge of vernacularization.

TUESDAY April 24

New Perspectives on Civil Rights
Time: 5 p.m. - Location: Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford Institute
Criminal Justice and Civil Rights. Heather Thompson, Professor of History, University of North Carolina , Charlotte . Thompson received her Ph.D. from Princeton, and is the author of Whose Detroit: Politics, Labor and Race in a Modern American City (Cornell University Press: February 2002). She is currently working on a book about the Attica Prison Rebellion of 1971 to be published by Pantheon Books.

WEDNESDAY April 25

Fulbright Info Session
Time: 4:30 p.m. until - Location: Rm 240 John Hope Franklin Center
Sophomores and beginning graduate students are also encouraged to attend so that they can begin thinking seriously about applying for the Fulbright. It is very important that students start early on the application process in order to have the most competitive applications possilble. The fall campus deadline for the 2008-2009 competition will be mid-September with campus interviews occuring between late September to mid-October of 2007.

FRIDAY April 27

Fresh Docs: Work-in-Progress Film Screening of "Destroying the Southern Way of Life: The North Carolina Fund Confronts Poverty, 1963-1968"
Time: 7:30 p.m. - Location: CDS, 1317 W. Pettigrew Street, Durham, off east campus
"Destroying the Southern Way of Life: The North Carolina Fund Confronts Poverty, 1963-1968" is a documentary about one of the first, and most innovative, initiatives in the "War on Poverty" during the 1960s. With the creation of the North Carolina Fund, Governor Terry Sanford along with George Esser and the rest of the Fund's staff and board provided an example of what could be done within communities if they were given the resources to experiment and to look for local economic development opportunities.

April 16-20, 2007

MONDAY April 16

Political Prisoners Display
Time: 8:00 a.m. - Location: Bryan Center
This event, hosted by Duke's Cuban-American Student Association (CASA), is a display of Cuban political prisoners. Through this display we hope to spread awareness about the human rights abuses that occur daily to political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Cuba .

"Good Kurds, Bad Kurds" (Film)
Time: 5 p.m., Keohane 4B – Rm. 402
(Sponsored by:  Turkish Student Association)
This award-winning documentary discusses the varying images of Kurdish communities in mainstream U.S. media—and what this reveals about U.S. foreign policy with relation to Turkey and Iraq. "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds" brings sharp clarity to a complicated history, while providing disturbing insight into immigration practices and US foreign policy.

Wal-Mart Food and Agricultural Worker Tour
Time: 7 p.m. , Old Chem 116
(Sponsored by: Students Against Sweatshops and the Muslim Students Association)
Don't miss your chance to hear the stories behind Wal-Mart's everyday low prices! Three former food and agricultural workers will share their experiences working at companies that produce food products for Wal-Mart. All the speakers became labor organizers and will speak on their experiences with union organizing.

TUESDAY April 17

"Modern Macroeconomics and Political Science"
Time: 7-8:30 p.m. - Location: Duke University , Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
Spring 2007 University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy

We're All Connected: Narrative from New Orleans
Time: 9 p.m., Social Sciences 136
Documentary about the stories of the survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the volunteers who have gone to the New Orleans area to ensure that justice is enacted, and a city is revived. A student will speak and present the documentary, and information will be handed out.

Guest Speaker: Yul Kwon
Time: 7 - 9 p.m. - Location: Reynolds Theate
Guest speaker for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Yul Kwon is a popular celebrity, most recently known for winning Survivor.

WEDNESDAY April 18

Undergraduate Camp Information Session
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m. - Location: 201 Flowers Building
The 2007 Goldman Sachs Undergraduate Camp offers rising sophomores an opportunity to explore the financial services industry and become familiar with the firm's business, history and culture. This event is open to Black, Hispanic, and Native American students from all majors and disciplines. The 4- day program features divisional overviews, case studies, career workshops, and networking with Goldman Sachs business and recruiting professionals. If you are interested in attending the Undergraduate Camp 2007, please attend this information session and complete the attached application by Monday, April 16, 2007 .

"The Line in the Sand: Stories form the US/Mexico Border" (Film)
Time: 7 p.m. Few GG commons; Roundtable section
(Sponsored by: Catholic Student Center )
In 2005, Catholic Relief Services sent a team of writers and actors to the Arizona/Mexico border to study migration. The group spoke to a variety of people affected by the issue, and turned those interviews into this powerful performance. (For questions, contact: Colleen Jeske - 336-687-5820)

Kenneth Pomeranz, University of California, Irvine, speaking on Chinese Development and Global History: How Far Can the "East Asian Model" Stretch?
Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. - Location: 226 Perkins Library, Duke West Campus
This lecture is part of the APSI Spring 2007 Speaker Series.

Internship 101: Making the most of your summer internship
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m. - Location: Sanford Public Policy Building, Room S03
Goldman Sachs is coming to campus this spring to help students prepare for their summer internships. No matter what industry you are working in this summer, we hope you can join us for an informative discussion. Topics include: Summer internship do's and don'ts Tips for success from former interns What does it mean to "network"? Sophomores and Juniors with summer internships at any investment banks or in any related industries are encouraged to attend. Goldman Sachs representatives will be on hand to answer your questions.

Child and Family Research Seminar Series
Time: 12-1:30 p.m. - Location: Sanford Institute, Rhodes Conference Room
"Contextual Effects in Youth Behaviors," featuring Elizabeth Gifford, research scientist, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University.

THURSDAY April 19

REGSS Colloquia~ Ishtar Olivier Govia, Visiting Scholar, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Duke
Time: 12:00 p.m. - Location: Erwin Mill Building, 2024 W. Main St., Room A103
REGSS provides a context where scholars interested in examining the constructs of race, ethnicity, and gender from an interdisciplinary perspective can engage each other in dialogue and collaboration. It offers opportunities for scholars researching issues of race, ethnicity, and gender to connect with colleagues in other departments and schools

Thinking About Drinking: Alcohol and Young Adults
Time: 12:30-2:00 p.m. - Location: Sanford Institute, Rhodes Conference Room
After 22 years, it is now possible to begin to assess the effects, intended and unintended, of the 21 year-old drinking age. Choose Responsibility is a new, non-profit organization, created to encourage informed and dispassionate public debate about the role of alcohol in the lives of our country's young adults. John McCardell, President Emeritus of Middlebury College and founder of Choose Responsibility, and several of his research assistants, will share some of the findings of their white paper, "The Effects of the 21 year-old Drinking Age," as a way to initiate the desired public discussion, and will welcome questions and comments from the audience. Sponsored by BrainWorks and the Center for Child and Family Policy.

Arabic Night at Duke
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Location: Soc Sci 139
Meet Arabic Students at Duke. Activities: Plays, Poetry Readings, Music, Middle Eastern Dance, Arabic Oral Proficiency Activities & More. Refreshments Provided.

Student Action Day for Darfur
(Sponsored by:  Duke Darfur Coalition)
Time: 12-2 p.m. , West Campus Plaza
Action Day empowers students by showing them how to help stop genocide in Darfur through letters, petitions and call-ins. In addition to various visual displays on the quads to inspire action, DCC is holding a monologue marathon on the Plaza where anyone can stop by and read short pre-edited witness testimonials between 12-2pm.
Time: 8 p.m., Location TBA
Later in the day, come see a video picture show and hear Sudanese refugees talk about the history of conflict in Sudan and the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Often Westerners receive a biased opinion of what is going on in Darfur from reporters; now you have an opportunity to hear the inside story from refugees who are now living in Greensboro, North Carolina.

FRIDAY April 20

2007 Duke Earth Day Festival
Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Location: West Campus Plaza (near Bryan Center)
Celebrate Earth Day at Duke with food, music, activities and over 50 information booths staffed by student groups, local businesses and non-profits promoting environmental awareness.

Israel Day
Time: Noon until 4:00 p.m. - Location: Main West Quad
This event is a celebrationn of Israeli culture with music, food and more.

SOCIAL JUST US: SOCIAL JUSTICE AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30 p.m. - Location: White Lecture Hall
Talk by activist Mandy Carter

April 9-13, 2007

MONDAY April 9

Gorter Distinguished Scholar Lecture - "From Fundamentalism to Post-Fundamentalism"
Time: 11:30 - 2:00 p.m. - Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center , 2204 Erwin Road. Parking will be available in the Pickens lot. The Duke Islamic Studies Center is very pleased to announce that Professor Hassan Hanafi, Cairo University, will be visiting with us as the final Gorter Distinguished Scholar Lecturer.

Challenges for the Americas and the Role of the OAS
Time: 5:30 p.m. - Location: Room 3041 Duke Law School, Science Dr, Duke University . Parking available in the visitor lot on Science Dr. near Whitford Drive
The Katherine and S. Davis Phillips International Lecture by Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States. This lecture commemorates the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Duke Center for International Studies.

TUESDAY April 10

Poverty, Responsibility and the Press: a Public Lecture by Caroline Borge, Assoc. Producer, ABC News Primetime
Time: 12:30 p.m. - Location: 0016 Westbrook Bldg.
Borge, a Divinity-sponsored media fellow, will present a portion of "Waiting on the World to Change," a Diane Sawyer special Borge recently co-produced for ABC's 20/20 newsmagazine about kids growing up in Camden, N.J., followed by a question-and-answer period.

New Perspectives on Civil Rights
Time: 5 p.m. - Location: Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford Institute Political Engagement and the Voting Rights Act. Julie Fernandes, Senior Policy Analyst/Special Counsel, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Fernandes has served as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and as counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. She also worked as a special assistant to the President Bill Clinton at the White House Domestic Policy Council, where she focused on the development of policy in the areas of immigration, race relations, and civil rights.

Environmental Documentary Screening - DEL Program
Time: 5 p.m. - Location: Love Auditorium, Levine Research Center
"The Unforeseen", the regional premiere screening of the remarkable new documentary film by Laura Dunn, featuring a presentation and Q&A with the filmmaker. The Unforeseen, Dunn's feature film debut, received high praise at the Sundance Film Festival. Unforeseen investigates the interplay between the American Dream and unchecked development and environmental sustainability and the protection of natural resources. Called a "lyrical and beautifully crafted documentary" and a "transformative viewing experience," The Unforeseen, and the presentation by Laura Dunn to follow, is not to be missed.

WEDNESDAY April 11

Wednesdays at the Center - Global Warning: Some Science and Solutions
Time: 12 to 1 p.m. - Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center Professor Jackson will examine some of the scientific evidence for global warming. He will then discuss some of the environmental consequences and possible solutions, including various ongoing efforts at Duke that contribute to those efforts.

Foundation Impact Research Seminar Series
Time: 4:30-6:30 pm - Location: Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford Bldg
The seminar features Robert Crane, President of the Jeht Foundation in New York, NY . The Foundation Impact Research Group (FIRG) is a faculty seminar series, now in its seventh semester, that explores the relationship between strategic choice-making and impact measurement in foundations and not-for-profit organizations.

THURSDAY April 12

University Seminar on Global Health
Time: 4:00 p.m. - Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, 2204 Erwin Road
Roger Glass, Director, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes for Health

FRIDAY April 13

RACE, SPACE, PLACE: The Making and Unmaking of Freedoms in the Atlantic World, and Beyond
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. , Saturday April 14: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm - Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Durham.
Race, Space, Place is a symposium for interdisciplinary conversations on the experiences of modern power and the question of freedom in the context of the relational multidimensionality of Atlantic world history.

April 2-6, 2007

MONDAY April 2

Eyes in Iraq : Documentary Film Series
Time: 7:00 p.m. - Location: McClendon Tower Media Room, second floor
An understanding of war - its causes, its course, its consequences - must include an appreciation for the people whose lives become defined by the daily experience of conflict. Join us for the free screening of four stirring documentaries to see war on a personal level through the eyes of Iraqi citizens and American soldiers.

TUESDAY April 3

"The Effects of Participation in International Human Rights Discourse on State Behavior"
Time: 7-8:30 p.m. - Location: Duke University , Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
Spring 2007 University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy

WEDNESDAY April 4

Wednesdays at the Center - Street Levl and Jet Stream: The Local, the Global, and the Contemporary Curator
Time: 12 – 1 p.m. - Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road
Wednesdays at the Center presents "Street Level and Jet Stream: The Local, the Global, and the Contemporary Curator", a lecture by Trevor Schoonmaker, Curator of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University. Presented by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute.

Screen/Society--Morality of Power--"The Contender"
Time: 7 p.m. - Location: Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus
"The Contender" (dir. Rod Lurie, 2000, 126 min, USA, in English, Color, 35mm) A tense potboiler that provides a realistic look at the high-pressure game of insider politics, with issues ripped from modern headlines - including the nature of political ideals and the national curiosity with leaders' sex lives. Joan Allen gives a stunning performance as the tough, idealistic vice presidential candidate, Laine Hanson, who stands by her principles no matter what the cost. -- Followed by refreshments and a discussion. This event is part of the Screen/Society "Morality of Power" series, and is free and open to the public.

Screening - "Terry Sanford and the New South"
Time: 8:15-10 p.m. - Location: Fleishman Commons, Sanford Institute Building
Viewing of the broadcast premiere of "Terry Sanford and the New South," a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Thomas Lennon that examines how Sanford pushed his vision for the New South, winning major new programs in education and economic investment and influencing progressive southern politics. Film broadcast begins at 9 p.m. on WUNC-TV. It will be preceded (at this event) by the showing of a 30-minute panel discussion of Sanford's legacy taped in 2006 at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and featuring former NC Governor Jim Hunt and others. Reception for invited guests begins at 7:00 p.m.

THURSDAY April 5

JAMAICAN AMBASSADOR GORDON SHIRLEY - Jamaica: Life and Debt in the 21st Century
Time: 12:00 p.m. - Location: Von Der Heyden Pavilion at Perkins Library, West Campus
His Excellency Professor Gordon Shirley Jamaican Ambassador to the United States of American and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States will speak about "Jamaica: Life and Debt in the 21st Century" on April 5th at 12:30pm at Von Der Heyden Pavilion at Perkins Library. This event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Duke Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies and the Duke University Libraries. There will be food served from 12:00 pm until 12:30 pm for those who reserve a lunch by April 2nd with Susan Ashley Wilson (sawilson@duke.edu) For more information please contact the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Center at 681-3980.

March 26-30, 2007

MONDAY March 26

Provost's Lecture Series – “Privacy at Risk?”
Time: 5:00-6:30 p.m. - Location: Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center (LSRC)
Documentary Film and Privacy: An analysis of the legal and ethical issues in documentary film by Frederick Wiseman, Independent Filmmaker and General Manager, Zipporah Films, Inc. Mr. Wiseman will use sequences from several of his films to examine some of the legal and ethical issues in documentary film.

TUESDAY March 27

New Perspectives on Civil Rights
Time: 5:00 p.m. - Location: Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford Institute
Education and Civil Rights Jack Boger, Dean, University of North Carolina Law School; Adam Stein, attorney, Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter, P.A, nationally recognized for his work as a Civil Rights attorney; Julius Chambers, Director of the UNC Law School?s Center for Civil Rights, co-founder of the nation's most successful private civil rights law firm and leader of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. as director-counsel before serving as chancellor of North Carolina Central University.

Hometown Human Rights
Time: 7:30 p.m. - Location: Perkins Library Rare Book Room
Robin Kirk, coordinator of the Duke Human Rights Initiative, will speak about her experiences as a human rights activist in North Carolina .

GHF Documentary Film Series – “ Haiti : Harvest of Hope”
Time: 8:30 - 10:00 p.m. - Location: WEL Media Room
Screening of the film " Haiti : Harvest of Hope", a recent documentary exploring the political unrest in Haiti and its impact on the health and welfare of this nation.

WEDNESDAY March 28

Wednesdays at the Center: “How the Rich Wreck the Planet”
Time: 12 – 1 p.m. - Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center , 2204 Erwin Road
Wednesdays at the Center is pleased to present a lecture by acclaimed French journalist and author Hervé Kempf. Kempf is environmental editor of the newspaper Le Monde. His talk will be drawn from his recent book, "Comment les riches détruisent la planète" (How the Rich Wreck the Planet). The ecological crisis has reached an intensity never before seen in history - yet, Kempf argues, human societies cannot face this crisis because it is intimately linked to a social crisis caused by an irresponsible capitalism that is opposed to necessary changes. The link between the ecological and the social explains this reluctance, as in this relationship the oligarchy plays an essential and destructive part, notably in its cultural model of consumerism. The solution to the ecological crisis depends on questioning wealth and the status of that oligarchy.  

Screen/Society – Morality of Power – Crash
Time: 7 p.m. - Location: Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus
"Crash"(dir. Paul Haggis, 2004, 113 min, USA, English, Color, 35mm) A raw and unsettling morality piece on modern angst and urban disconnect, 'Crash' examines the dangers of bigotry and xenophobia in the lives of interconnected Angelenos. A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial conflict in America, the film tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast, examining fear and bigotry from multiple perspectives as characters careen in and out of one another's lives. No one is safe in the battle zones of racial strife. And no one is immune to the simmering rage that sparks violence - and changes lives... -- Followed by refreshments and a discussion. This event is part of the Screen/Society "Morality of Power" film series, and is free and open to the public.

Meet the Global Health Institute
Time: 7 - 8:30 p.m. in the McClendon Tower , fifth floor.
Interested in global health? Want to hear about exciting new global health initiatives coming out of Duke? Want to help shape Duke's global health priorities? Dr. Mike Merson, director of the Duke Global Health Institute will host an informal meeting with undergraduates to discuss and receive your input on the vision and plans for DGHI. This is an exciting opportunity for you to ask questions, share opinions, and learn more about the Institute and how you can get involved. We will be serving pizza and refreshments. Along with Merson, faculty members and DGHI representatives will be on hand to answer questions and discuss global health initiatives at Duke. A great networking opportunity if you want to get more involved!

THURSDAY March 29

Nanotechnology and the Emerging Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities
Time: 9:00 a.m. - Location: Erwin Mill Building, 2024 W. Main St., Room A103
The Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (CGGC) at Duke is dedicated to carrying out innovative and interdisciplinary research that has an impact on corporations, social institutions, and public policy. CGGC is currently working on numerous collaborative projects. We encourage you to explore the various jobs, industries, countries, and research that are an integral part of the Center's work.

“Will American superpower have a second change?”
Time: 3:30 pm - Location: Fleishman Commons, Sanford Bldg
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter, will lend his perspective based on years of influence in the field of U.S. foreign policy. An outspoken critic of the United States ' unilateral invasion of Iraq , Brzezinski recently published his third book, Second Chances. In it he assesses the short- and long-term results of the Iraq war, while putting them in context of global changes that have taken place during the last 20 years. Sponsored by the Living History Program at the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy.

Concilium on South Africa at Duke University Lunch Talk: “'n Boer Maak Altyd 'n Plan: Agribusiness and the ANC after Apartheid”
Time: 11:45 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. , Room 201, Sanford Institute.
Lauren Jarvis, a 2005-06 Hart Fellow from Chapel Hill , North Carolina, graduated from Duke with a history major. A Benjamin N. Duke Scholar, she conducted an oral history project at the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa . She has also worked with the Southern Oral History Project at the University of North Carolina on a range of issues that includes union membership in North Carolina, black communities in downtown areas destroyed by revitalization efforts, and desegregation in Chapel Hill . She has tutored at-risk elementary school children, helped a Liberian family ease its transition to the United States , and is the co-creator and editor of Saturday Night at Duke: Untold Stories of Sexual Assault at Duke. She worked in Stellenbosch, South Africa, with Women on Farms, a local organization that works to empower women farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions and achieve gender equality in the workplace, the home, the farming community and in broader society. Her faculty advisor was Karin Shapiro, Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director of COSA. A light lunch will be served.  Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 27.

FRIDAY March 30

“The Silver Rights Movement” and “This Side of the River” Film Screening – Fresh Docs: Work in Progress
Time: reception 6:30-7:30 p.m. | screening at 7:30 p.m. - Location: CDS, 1317 W. Pettigrew Street , Durham , off East Campus. "The Silver Rights Movement" explores the legacy of Durham 's Black Wall Street and Hayti district as a backdrop for examining current economic disparities affecting African Americans across the nation. "This Side of the River: Self-Determination and Survival in the Oldest Black Town in America " incorporates interviews with residents and historians to tell the story of Princeville, North Carolina .

March 19 -23, 2007

MONDAY March 19

"Human Rights and National Security Post 9/11"
Time: 5:30 p.m. . - Location: Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford Bldg
Michael Posner, the President of Human Rights First,has been at the forefront of the human rights movement for nearly 30 years. In 2004, as Executive Director of Human Rights First, he launched the End Torture Now Campaign. The campaign challenges the U.S. policy framework that allows coercive interrogation techniques and unlimited, secret detention of those in U.S. custody. After joining Human Rights First in 1978, Posner has become a national and international leader in the effort to protect refugees, advance a rights-based approach to national security, challenge crimes against humanity, and combat discrimination. His opinion essays have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and many other papers. In January 2006, Posner stepped down as executive director to become the president of Human Rights First. In this new position, he will focus on public outreach, writing and advocacy to advance the organization's core mission.

TUESDAY March 20

University Seminar on Global Health
Time: 4:00 p.m. - Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, 2204 Erwin Road
Grace John-Stewart, Associate Professor, Medicine, Allergy and Infectious Diseases/International AIDS Research and Training Program, University of Washington School of Medicine

2007 Mellon Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities - Kwame Anthony Appiah, West of What?
Time: 5:30 p.m. - Location: Nasher Museum of Art
LECTURE DESCRIPTION: What are we talking about when we talk about "the West"? Morocco may not spring to mind - but it is just eight miles from the Spanish mainland. How could Spanish culture - which we think is European and thus Western - have remained unshaped by an Arab world that abuts it here so closely? How could Moslem rule in Spain from the early eighth to the late fifteenth centuries have left no trace, if we are heirs to the Romans, whose empire in Western Europe was gone by the time they arrived? The Balkans - which is what we once more call the countries that once were Yugoslavia - are in Europe , too; but they have long had mosques and minarets and muezzins as well as the onion domes of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Is Russia Western? Most of it is North or East of Turkey. Democracy is fragile there; liberalism the talk of comical characters in Tolstoy novels; capitalism barely begun. Her religious traditions come from Byzantium not Rome . Of course, Constantinople was as much an heir to Rome as any city. So is Turkey Western, because, as the song says, Istanbul is Constantinople ? And if not, is that just because it is Moslem? Are the Christians of Lebanon and Syria and Armenia Western because they are Christian, then? Or Eastern because they are Arabs? What about the Christians of Africa ? Or Latin America ? Or South Korea ? These puzzles suggest we should take a different tack. Is the West, perhaps, a place Europe and the regions - the Americas , Australia , New Zealand - that its people colonized? But then isn't that just a euphemism for the white race plus a few hangers-on? If not, is the West an intellectual inheritance open to anyone? Plato, so to speak. Or a political alliance? NATO. Is it the rump of Christendom? Or just the rump of the traditions that developed in Rome ? Or is the real West Christianity after the Reformation? Northwest Europe , Weberian Protestantism and the ethic that created capitalism and modern private life. And, in that case, is "the West" really just certain modern institutions and practices of everyday life? There are many strands to disentangle in trying to work out what it is about the idea of the West that misleads us. I'm going to try to identify five mistakes we regularly make in thinking about the West.

Screen/Society--The Morality of Power--"Syriana"
Time: 7:00 p.m. - Location: Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus
"Syriana" (dir. Stephen Gaghan, 2005, 126 min, USA, in English, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, French and Mandarin, Color, 35mm) "Syriana" is a thriller about corruption and power in the oil industry that is inspired by the experiences of former CIA agent Robert Baer who spent his career investigating terrorists around the world, including in the Middle East. -- Followed by refreshments and a discussion with Professor Peter Euben and Melanie Mitchell of the Kenan Institute for Ethics on the evasion of accountability, and more. *Free and open to the public.*

WEDNESDAY March 21

Screen/Society--Frederick Wiseman Retrospective--"Titicut Follies"
Time: 2:00 p.m. - Location: Nasher Auditorium, Nasher Museum of Art
"Titicut Follies" (dir. Frederick Wiseman, 1967, 84 min, USA , English, B&W, 16mm) -- special afternoon screening! **The second in a series of four films by ground-breaking documentarian Frederick Wiseman, who will be speaking at Duke University on March 26th.** -- The film is a stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. "Titicut Follies" documents the various ways the inmates are treated by the guards, social workers and psychiatrists. *Free and open to the public!*

Fulbright Info Session
Time: 4:30 p.m. until - Location: Rm 240 John Hope Franklin Center
Sophomores and beginning graduate students are also encouraged to attend so that they can begin thinking seriously about applying for the Fulbright. It is very important that students start early on the application process in order to have the most competitive applications possilble. The fall campus deadline for the 2008-2009 competition will be mid-September with campus interviews occuring between late September to mid-October of 2007.

THURSDAY March 22

GPWN: Made in Thailand : A Film Screening
Time: 5:15-7:00 p.m. - Location: Women's Center (West Campus, across the Traffic Circle from the Allen Building )
Graduate and Professional Women's Network. Take a break and join us for this film screening! "In Thailand , women make up 90% of the labor force responsible for garments and toys for export by multinational corporations. This powerful documentary about women factory workers and their struggle to organize unions exposes the human cost behind the production of everyday items that reach our shores" (http://www.wmm.com). Discussion will be led by Danette Pachtner, Film and Video Librarian, and Laura Micham, Director of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and the Women's Studies Librarian.

March 5 -9, 2007

MONDAY March 5

Screen/Society--"Soldiers Speak Out"--Oscar winners present new documentaries
Time: 8:00 p.m. - Location: Richard White Auditorium, East Campus
Academy award winning filmmakers Barbara Trent and David Kasper ("The Panama Deception") present their recent documentary film, "Soldiers Speak Out" (28 min) plus related short works: "Camp Casey" (7 min), "Leave My Child" Alone (11 min), and "Looking Down" (4 min). ** Accompanied by Q&A and discussion with the filmmakers! About the film: "Soldiers Speak Out" is a powerful, first-hand testament to the reality of the military experience, told entirely in the words of American veterans who have been to war and are now opposing it. This half-hour documentary serves as a counter-recruitment and organizing tool for activists, schools, and organizations. It provides a sober view of the war in Iraq and an important counterpoint to the "stay-the-course" rhetoric of the Bush administration.

GHF/PHR Documentary Film Series
Time: 8:30 -10 p.m. - Location: WEL Media Room [reservation request in progress]
We will be showing a documentary film highlighting issues of importance to global health and human rights. Brief discussion will follow. Global Health Forum and Physicians for Human Rights at Duke will sponsor this documentary film showing and brief discussion about the role of human rights in global health.

TUESDAY March 6

"Diffusing Quality: Trade, FDI, and the Cross-national Adoption of ISO 9000"
Time: 7-8:30 p.m. - Location: Duke University , Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
Spring 2007 University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy

New Perspectives on Civil Rights
Time: 5 p.m. - Location: Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford Institute March 6: Health Disparities and Civil Rights David Barton Smith, Professor of Risk, Insurance, and Healthcare Management, Fox School of Business , Temple University . He is the author of five books on the organization of health services including Health Care Divided: Race and Healing a Nation (The University of Michigan Press 1999). He received a 1995 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Investigator Award for research on the history and legacy of the racial segregation of health care and continues to do research and give presentations at national conferences on this topic.

WEDNESDAY March 7

Wednesdays at the Center - Patterns in Health Care Consumption: Do You Get What You Pay For?
Time: 12 – 1 p.m. - Location: Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center , 2204 Erwin Road
Wednesdays at the Center is pleased to present a lecture by Barak D. Richman, Associate