Projects Funded Spring 2009

Lost Boys at Duke
Julia Chou
As part of the Global Health Week, The Lost Boys, refugees from Sudan currently living in the U.S., spoke about their experiences and the ethical issues surrounding the Darfur conflict.

Looking Deeper: What Darfur Tells Us about Genocide, International Criminal Law and the Future of a Country
Andrei Mamolea
A conference on issues such as the doctrine of the “ responsibility to protect,” the indictment of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, the Sudanese parliamentary and presidential elections in 2009, and what principles should guide U.S. foreign policy in these times.

Duke Life
Grace Baranowski
The “Women as Leaders” fall 2008 seminar produced a mini magazine that presents statistics and thought provoking questions about Duke’s “hook-up” culture. Illustrating a spectrum of social challenges and choices, this publication will be distributed to all members of the Class of 2013.

Saving the Earth: What do faith traditions have to say about the environment
Emily Wilson-Hauger
The Faith Council at Duke Chapel hosted an interfaith panel discussion as a part of an inter-religious initiative on campus. The panel topic was “religion’s and human’s relationship to the earth,” with 5 distinguished representative panelists from Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islam, and Muslim faiths.

Human and Children’s Rights Speech by Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah
Oshri Hakak
Sierra Leone Educational Enrichment Project at Duke and the International Association brought Sierra Leonean human rights activist and lawyer Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah who has extensive experience in the children’s and human rights field to speak and answer questions at Duke University.

Graduate Student Workshop, “Vision of the World and Ethics: Forms, Functions, and History of Universalism”
Chunjie Zhang and Koonyong Kim
A one-day graduate student workshop designed to offer an opportunity to reflect collaboratively and creatively on universalism, and its ethical implications in different historical and geographical contexts.

Projects Funded Spring 2009 (pdf)

Projects Funded Fall 2008

“Me, Too” Monologues
Priyanka Chaurasia
This performance about race and culture written and executed by members of the Duke community seeks to discuss issues of race beyond a didactic setting.

The Ethics of Health Care Liberalization in Turkey for Women
Liqiao Ma
This research project investigates the ethical dilemmas that arise due to the current westernization of Turkey’s healthcare system, with a focus on the ethical conflicts between liberalized healthcare for women and Islamic religious traditions and between healthcare westernization and cultural autonomy.

Can We Talk? A Conversation with Eleanor Clift about Legal and Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care
Richard Payne – Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
The Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life (ICEOL) will bring political commentator Eleanor Clift to Duke to catalyze conversation and action about legal and ethical implications of end-of-life care. The event inaugurates a proposed annual speakers’ series.

Dialogues on Race Relations (DORRs)
Lucas Lallinger – The Center for Race Relations
Dialogues on Race Relations (DORRs) is a program within the Center for Race Relations that facilitates discussion on campus regarding issues of race, gender, and sexuality by creating a safe environment to conduct emotionally charged and intimate conversations. The 2008-09 dialogues include “Sisters Beneath the Skin” and “Marriage in the Gothic Wonderland.”

Encompass: Mapping Ethics Today
Melissa Wiesner
Encompass is a magazine for students by students that will discuss ethical issues, such as the financial crisis, the hook-up culture, copyright law, or green energy, in a manageable and appealing form that is open to all disciplines.

Projects Funded Fall 2008 (pdf)

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