WEDNESDAYS AT THE CENTER, 2009-10

click here for a listing of past Wednesdays at the Center events

Wednesdays at the Center (WATC) is a topical weekly noontime series in which distinguished scholars, artists, journalists, and others speak informally about their work in conversation with those who attend. Presented by Duke University’s John Hope Franklin Center and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, all events in the series are free and open to the public. A light lunch is served. No reservations are necessary, and vouchers to cover parking costs in the Duke Medical Center parking decks (#2 and #3 in this map) are provided.

WATC is held most Wednesdays during the academic year, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, in Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center.

Wednesday, September 9, 12:00pm
The Modern Comes Home: 2009-10 Duke Performances Season
Aaron Greenwald, Director, Duke Performances
Presented with Duke Performances
Event podcast (requires iTunes): video | audio

Wednesday, September 16, 12pm
The Access + Digital Literacy Research Project
Allison Clark, Research Scientist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presented with HASTAC
Event podcast (requires iTunes): video

Wednesday, September 23, 12pm
Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim American Communities
David Schanzer, Associate Professor of the Practice, Sanford School of Public Policy & Director, Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security; Ebrahim Moosa, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies & Associate Professor, Islamic Studies, Department of Religion, Duke
Presented with Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies
Event podcast (requires iTunes): video

Wednesday, September 30, 12pm
Food: Sustainability and Resistance
Kathy Rudy, Women’s Studies and Charlie Thompson, Center for Documentary Studies
Presented with Center for Documentary Studies and the Program in Women’s Studies
Event podcast (requires iTunes): video | audio

Wednesday, October 7, 12pm
Facts and Myths of Globalization Debate: Implications for India, China, and US
Vivek Wadhwa, Senior Research Associate, Harvard Law; Executive in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering
Presented with the Center for South Asian Studies
Event podcast (requires iTunes): video | audio

Wednesday, October 14, 12pm
DukeEngage Chile: Lessons from Urban Volunteers and Micro-Entrepreneurs
Antonio Arce, Joe Repp, Elizabeth Clipp, Jordan Stone, Elana Berger, Rachel Hanessian, Karna Mital, Grant Alport, DukeEngage Chile
Presented with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Event podcast (requires iTunes): video | audio

Wednesday, October 21, 12pm
Reforming Architecture
Kristina Luce, Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, UNC-Charlotte
Presented with Innovating Forms, the 2009-10 FHI Annual Seminar

Wednesday, October 28, 12pm
Political Cartoons and Urban Disasters: Recent Graduate Research in Canadian Studies
Tamara Extian-Babiuk and Jacob Remes, Ph.D. Candidates, Department of History
Presented with Canadian Studies

Wednesday, November 4, 12pm
The Struggle to Picture Evolution: Darwin and Visual Media
Iain McCalman, Professional Research Fellow, University of Sydney

Wednesday, November 11, 12pm
The Pauli Murray Project: Mapping Human and Civil Rights Activism in Durham
Barbara Lau, Pauli Murray Project Director and Students from Civil/Human Rights Activism in Durham Course
Presented with the Duke Human Rights Center with support from the Andrus Family Fund

Wednesday, November 18, 12pm
Endangering Prosperity:  The Everyday Catastrophe of Following the Wrong Economic Gauge
Dirk Philipsen, Professor of History, Virginia State University, FHI/Mellon HBCU Faculty Fellow 2009-10