Events
Events Calendar

Events

This calendar provides a list of ethics-related events at Duke in addition to Institute-hosted events.


Mahmood Mamdani, “Lessons of Darfour”

“Lessons of Darfour, Human Rights Activism and Africa.”
Mahmoud Mamdani, Columbia University

February 11, 5:00-6:30pm
White Lecture Hall 107

Mahmoud Mamdani, professor of Government at Columbia University, will speak about human rights activism in Africa with a focus on the crisis in Darfour. Read more »


Campus Grants Deadline

Kenan Institute for Ethics Campus Grants Program Application Deadline
February 15, 5:00 pm
More info.


Save a Child’s Heart International Photography Exhibition

Exhibition runs February 1 - March 5
(Reception on February 15)
Freeman Center for Jewish Life

An exhibit about the Save a Child’s Heart project—an international humanitarian project providing life-saving heart surgery for children from developing countries. Read more »


Encompass Magazine: Article Submission Deadline

Encompass Magazine Article Submission Deadline
Team Kenan
February 18
More info.


Film Screening: The Yes Men Fix the World

“The Yes Men Fix the World”
2010 Ethics Film Series

February 23, 7:00 pm
Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center

A true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world’s most outrageous pranks. Post-film discussion led by the Yes Men themselves, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, and Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School. Read more »


Lunchtime Panel with John Dittmer

John Dittmer
Wednesdays at the Center

March 3, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
John Hope Franklin Center 240

John Dittmer will participate in a panel discussion on health practitioners who have pursued healthcare and health as a human right. Read more »


Gaming History: The Battle for Narrative Control in the Digital Age

Gaming History: The Battle for Narrative Control in the Digital Age
Provost’s Lecture Series 2009/2010

March 3, 5:00-6:30 pm
Social Sciences Building Room 139

Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law and Co-Founder/Faculty Co-Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Read more »


What is Good Art?

What is Good Art? Competition Entry Deadline
Team Kenan
March 5, 5pm
More info.


Justice in Healthcare, Today and in the Past

Justice in Healthcare, Today and in the Past: An Interdisciplinary Interview with John Dittmer
Moderated by William Chafe, PhD (History)

Thursday, March 4
5:30-7:00pm
John Hope Franklin Center 240

Interviewers will include:
Dennis Clements, MD (Infectious Disease, Pediatrics)
Evelyn Schmidt, MD (Director, Lincoln Community Health Center)
and Sherman A. James, PhD (Public Policy)
Read more »