Movements and Exchanges in an Unequal World Conference, Feb. 28 – Mar. 1

Nov 302012
 
 November 30, 2012

The International Comparative Studies program is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a conference on international migration. The three-day schedule includes panel discussions, a film, a performance, and a keynote address. For full details and registration information, please visit the conference page at the ICS website.

Conference sponsors include: Department of African and African American Studies, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University Center for International Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Office of Dean of Academic Affairs – Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean of the Humanities, Office of the Dean of Social Sciences, Office of the Provost, Program in Arts of the Moving Image, Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Program in Literature, Women’s Studies.

Religions and Public Life Speaker: Ruth Marshall, Feb. 26

Nov 292012
 
 November 29, 2012

“Pentecostalism, Poverty, and Power”

 

Ruth Marshall, Assistant Professor in the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, will be speaking February 26th at 5:30 pm as part of the Religions and Public Life speaker series.

Marshall’s academic interests include religion and politics, African politics and post-colonial theory, political philosophy, transnational religion, and Pentecostalism. Her research focuses on Africa, especially West Africa, with a focus on transnational religion, war and violence, youth militias, citizenship, ethno-nationalism, autochthony, and international interventionism.  Some of her publications include “Prospérité Miraculeuse: Les pasteurs pentecôtistes et l’argent de Dieu au Nigéria”; “Mediating the Global and Local in Nigerian Pentecostalism”; and “‘God is not a Democrat’: Pentecostalism and Democratisation in Nigeria” in  Paul Gifford (ed.) The Christian Churches and the Democratisation of Africa.

The Religions and Public Life initiative is sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Divinity School, and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

February 26, 5:30 pm
Westbrook Building room 0014

The Science of Selection, Feb. 21

Nov 292012
 
 November 29, 2012

Selection processes aren’t just for the admissions office; they happen all the time across campus and beyond. Rush season spurs all kinds of group decision-making within campus organizations, but the way we form social groups has implications for student life—and life after college. Are you intrigued by student-run selective processes and how they impact students and campus as a whole? What social and psychological factors contribute to the ways students (and people more generally) make decisions about the groups with which they affiliate? When is group diversity desirable and when might it be problematic? Join Team Kenan for a panel discussion over dinner in the Gothic Reading Room. Panelists include Donna Lisker (Office of Undergraduate Education), and Gary Glass (CAPS).

Be sure to RSVP to guarantee a free and delicious dinner of your choice from NOSH restaurant!

What: The Science of Selection
When: February 21st at 7:30pm
Where: Gothic Reading Room, Perkins Library
RSVP: Here

Dinner guaranteed for those who RSVP by Feb. 19th at noon.

Religions and Public Life Speaker: José Casanova, Feb. 19

Nov 282012
 
 November 28, 2012

“Post-secularization, Globalization, and Poverty”

José Casanova, Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and head of the Berkley Center’s Program on Globalization, Religion and the Secular, will be speaking Tuesday, February 12th at 5:30 pm as part of the Religions and Public Life speaker series.

Casanova is one of the world’s top scholars in the sociology of religion. He has published works in a broad range of subjects, including religion and globalization, migration and religious pluralism, transnational religions, and sociological theory. His best-known work, Public Religions in the Modern World (1994), has become a modern classic in the field and has been translated into five languages, including Arabic and Indonesian. In 2012, Casanova was awarded the Theology Prize from the Salzburger Hochschulwochen in recognition of life-long achievement in the field of theology.

The Religions and Public Life initiative is sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Divinity School, and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

February 19, 5:30 pm
Westbrook Building room 0014

Monday Seminar: Tina Fetner, Feb. 18

Nov 282012
 
 November 28, 2012

Changing Attitudes toward Homosexuality: Do Policies Matter?

Attitudes toward homosexuality have been changing rapidly in the last three decades, amidst activism and conflict over lesbian and gay rights. Americans have fought about whether workplaces should have the legal right to fire a lesbian or gay employee. We argued whether it should bea crime for two men or two women to have sex with each other, consensually, in the privacy of their own home. And we debated whether same-sex marriage should be legitimated by the state.Various U.S. states have made different choices about lesbian and gay rights. Using ANES (American National Election Survey) data and multilevel modeling, my colleagues and I test whether the adoption of pro-gay or anti-gay policies at the state level as an impact on the attitudes of residents of those states.

Tina Fetner is Associate Professor of Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She teaches introduction to Sociology, as well as the sociology of sexualities, social inequality, and gender. She does research on sexualities and social movements. Her book, How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism, explores the history of contentious politics around lesbian and gay rights in the United States and examines the dynamics of opposing movements. in other work, co-authored with Robert Andersen, she examines the role of social forces in changing attitudes toward homosexuality. She has active research projects on Gay-Straight Alliance student groups in high schools, and on same-sex marriage in Ontario, Canada, with Adam Green and Barry D. Adam. She received her PhD in Sociology from New York University in 2001.

Team Kenan Food Challenge, Feb. 17

Nov 282012
 
 November 28, 2012

Preparing meals is more complicated than just adding water. Food is a luxury for some, a scarcity for others, and political no matter who is eating at the table. Join Team Kenan for an afternoon of experiential learning to explore the factors that influence people’s food decisions. For this challenge, we will be getting out of the lecture hall, into the grocery store and the kitchen. Whether you are sent to Dollar General, Whole Foods, given a car or set off by foot, you and the rest of your family of five for the afternoon will be expected to have dinner on table that evening. Each family’s financial situation will be different, so you will have to budget your time, energy and funds wisely. Over dinner, Kenan Graduate Fellow and Nicholas School Ph.D candidate Shana Starobin will help us better understand what food politics and food insecurities look like in our neighborhoods and neighborhoods that look very different from ours.

No cost to participate. Challenge by food choice. Are you up for it?

When: Sunday, February 17th, starting at 3pm
Where: Meet at the Kenan Institute for Ethics
RSVP: Here

An Insider’s View of North Korea: A Talk with Student Refugees, Feb. 15

Nov 272012
 
 November 27, 2012

Duke Amnesty International and Vision for North Korea present a talk with two student refugees from North Korea Friday, February 15 at 6:30 pm in the Fitzpatrick Center’s Schiciano Auditorium.

The people of North Korea face great difficulties in human rights, food attainment, and basic freedoms. Two students, ages 19 and 21, will be speaking about their experiences living in and escaping North Korea.

This event is a recipient of a KIE Campus Grant, and has additional sponsorship from the Duke Korea Forum, the Department of Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sanford School for Public Policy, the Student Organization Finance Committee, the Asian and Pacific Studies Institute, International Comparitive Studies, and the Duke Human Rights Center at the FHI.

Religions and Public Life Speaker: Cardinal Francis George, Feb. 12

Nov 262012
 
 November 26, 2012

“Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Globalization”

Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, will be speaking Tuesday, February 12th at 11:30 am as part of the Religions and Public Life speaker series.

Cardinal Francis George is the first Chicago native to become Archbishop of Chicago. He is the thirteenth Ordinary of Chicago since its establishment as a diocese in 1843. The northwest side native, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, is the sixth Cardinal to lead the Chicago Archdiocese’s 2.3 million Catholics. He has assumed a prominent position among U.S. bishops, serving as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2007 to 2010. His pastoral leadership encompasses international and national audiences.

The Religions and Public Life initiative is sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Divinity School, and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

February 12, 11:30 am

Westbrook Building room 0012

Jews & Muslims in South Africa, Feb. 11

Nov 262012
 
 November 26, 2012

KIE Senior Fellow Ebrahim Moosa and Visiting Associate Professor of History Karin Shapiro will be discussing Jews and Muslims in South Africa in Apartheid and After, from 4:30 – 6:00 pm. The event is sponsored by the Duke Center for European Studies and KIE with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

 

4:30 – 6:00 pm
Jon Hope Franklin Center, Room 240
Free parking after 4:00 pm available in the Pickins lot across from the John Hope Franklin Center

Ethics Film Series: Le fils (The Son), Feb. 11

Nov 262012
 
 November 26, 2012

On Monday February 11th, Le fils (The Son)  (2002) will be screened as part of the Ethics Film Series. In this award-winning Belgian-French mystery film, themes of compassion and justice unfold in unexpected ways. Written and directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, Le fils tells the story of a sixteen year old boy who is taken under the wing of a grieving carpenter named Olivier, who lost his son five years ago. As Olivier becomes increasingly interested in the teenager, it is revealed  why he is so fixated on his new apprentice.

The film will begin at 7:00pm  in the Griffith Film Theater in Duke University’s Bryan Center, followed by a post-film discussion with Elisabeth Benfey (Lecturer in the Program in Arts of the Moving Image and Theater Studies), Maria Febbo (Visiting Assistant Professor in Sociology), and Joyce Wu (Visiting Assistant Professor in Romance Studies – French).

The screenings are free and open to the public. Refreshments and free parking passes provided.  Please park in the parking deck by the Bryan Center. You will be given a pass to submit to the attendant upon leaving the event.

The theme of the 2013 Ethics Film Series is “Love and Justice.” This year, the film series will be in collaboration with the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival. Each spring, the Kenan Institute for Ethics sponsors a film series in collaboration with Duke’s Screen/Society, the Center for Documentary Studies, and the Arts of the Moving Image Program. The films provide popular and accessible vehicles for talking about ethics around a particular theme, and each series as a whole offers rich opportunities for debate and discussion on ethical issues for audiences from both the Duke and Durham communities.

 

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