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April 2019
“Are We Home Yet?” Newcomer Youth Reflect on Life in Durham Through Photography
Are we home yet?" is a photomontage and audio exhibit sharing how recently resettled refugee youth articulate the idea of home. This exhibit is part of the Kenan Refugee Project and Sloan Talbot's (T’19) Senior Graduation with Distinction Project. The exhibit opens with a cocktail reception on April 12, 2019 at 5:30pm.
Find out more »Yes She Can! The Changing Face of Politics
With the 2020 field of presidential candidates boasting more women than ever, join Jaimie Woo (T’13) as she reflects on her time working in the White House under the Obama administration, the role of women in politics, and what might be coming next. Jaimie is the author of Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House (Schwartz & Wade, 2019).
Find out more »Tech Ethics and Governance: 2019 Conference on the Ethics of Emerging Tech
Technically Right at the Kenan Institute for Ethics is proud to host: "Tech Ethics and Governance: 2019 Conference on the Ethics of Emerging Tech." Emerging tech--including AI, algorithmic decision making, predictive analytics, cybersurveillance, and cyberwar--is forcing a re-evaluation of the relationship between the citizen, the state, and tech corporations. The shift of power invites a robust dialogue on the ethics of the deployment of these technologies and their impact. This conference will examine the ethical considerations that attach…
Find out more »I am here, waiting. Narratives of Iraqi, Palestinian and Syrian Refugees
DukeImmerse Monologue Performance Students from the Kenan Institute for Ethics' DukeImmerse program "(De/Re) Constructing the Refugee Experience" will recite personal narratives of refugees collected during their field work in refugee camps in Jordan earlier in the semester. The narratives reveal themes of hopefulness, despair, isolation, the strength of family, and more. The program is followed by a reception. Photo credit: Ryan Hastings
Find out more »Providential Modernity Seminar: “Demons and Disaster” with Robin Barnes
Robin Barnes is professor emeritus at Davidson College and a leading scholar on early modern apocalypticism. He will present a paper entitled "Prodigies, Providence, and the Devil in German Evangelical Culture c. 1540-1620." Professor Barnes retired as Professor of History in 2016. A scholar of late medieval and early modern Europe, he is best known for his studies on the German Reformation. In 2005 he received the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) Medal. In 2009-10 he was a Fellow…
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