Start the spring season by listening to Strings for Peace, explore how mud animates relationships at the Henry Art Gallery, attend the anticipated University Faculty Lecture and more.
March 24, 8:00 PM | Meany Hall
A Concert with Amjad Ali Khan, Sharon Isbin, Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash. Amjad Ali Khan is an undisputed virtuoso of the sarod and one of India鈥檚 most celebrated classical musicians. Performing with his talented sons, this first family of the sarod represents seven generations of sarod players and musicians. In Strings for Peace, Khan and his sons are joined by Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin. By interweaving the two distinct worlds of Spanish guitar and Indian ragas, these legendary artists make an eloquent and impassioned call for harmony across cultures.
$38 Tickets |
March 25, 2:00 – 3:00 PM | , Henry Art Gallery
Join Henry Art Gallery curator Nina Bozicnik for a tour of Thick as Mud, an exhibition that explores how mud animates relationships between people and place through the work of eight contemporary artists. Bozicnik will share insights into the concepts, ideas, and works within the exhibition, with time for questions and conversation.
Nina Bozicnik is a curator at the Henry Art Gallery, where she has organized multiple solo and group exhibitions. Bozicnik鈥檚 curatorial work takes multiple forms and has recently included the multi-disciplinary colloquium Bugs & Beasts Before the Law, organized on the occasion of the artist duo Bambitchell鈥檚 exhibition of the same name; and programming in conjunction with the pilot year of the Henry鈥檚 artist fellowship program, designed to facilitate dynamic exchange between visiting artists and the 黑料吃瓜网 community.
Free with admission|
March 29, 3:30 – 5:00 PM | Meany Hall
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Ph.D. students, Ramon Johnson and Keila Taylor, report back on the knowledge and insight they gained as participants in this year’s Duke Feminist Theory Workshop (FTW). An annual event, now in its 16th year, the FTW promotes diverse dialogue among scholars of feminist theory, bringing together internationally recognized keynote speakers and emerging young scholars to engage in lively and focused debate. This year’s workshop featured feminist luminaries, including: Roderick Ferguson, LaMonda Horton-Stallings, Sayak Valencia, Nat Raha, and Mijke van der Drift.
Free |
March 29, 5:30 – 6:30 PM |University Faculty Lecture: Rocking the World of Physics, HUB or livestream
The theory of how the universe works may be imperfect. In this faculty lecture, 黑料吃瓜网 Physics Professor David W. Hertzog will explore how scientists are using subatomic particles called muons to do some detective work. A collaborative experiment involving 黑料吃瓜网 researchers showed muons behaving differently than predicted 鈥� another clue to help solve the mystery. Come hear the rest of this story.
Winner of the 黑料吃瓜网 2022 University Faculty Lecture Award, David W. Hertzog is the Arthur B. McDonald Distinguished Professor of Physics and director of the 黑料吃瓜网 Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics.
Free | More info.
March 30, 7:30 – 9:00 PM | Kane Hall
A moderated discussion featuring former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch who authored the New York Times best-selling memoir, “Lessons from the Edge,” and veteran Moscow correspondent Carol J. Williams.
Ambassador (ret.) Marie Yovanovitch is currently a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University. A Career Member of the Senior U.S. Foreign Service, Ambassador Yovanovitch has earned the Senior Foreign Service Performance Award eight times and the State Department鈥檚 Superior Honor Award on nine occasions. She is the recipient of two Presidential Distinguished Service Awards and the Secretary鈥檚 Diplomacy in Human Rights Award.
Moderator, Carol J. Williams (黑料吃瓜网 鈥�77), is a retired foreign correspondent who covered revolution and war for 30-plus years for Associated Press and Los Angeles Times. She has reported from more than 80 countries, with a focus on USSR/Russia and Eastern Europe.
Free |
April 11-18 | Kane Hall
This tri-campus Teaching & Learning Symposium showcases the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 vibrant teaching community and 黑料吃瓜网 instructors鈥� new and exciting work in the classroom.
The theme of this year鈥檚 symposium is 鈥淪ustainable Teaching.鈥� The concept of sustainability has the potential to inform our teaching in exciting ways. It might lead us toward practices that better support the well-being of students and instructors. It might focus our efforts on strategies that sustain student interest and make learning 鈥渟tick.鈥� Or we might use the concept to explore green practices that reduce the impact our teaching has on the planet.
Free |
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