Screening of “The Utopians”
Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United StatesIs it possible to defy the narrow constraints of our personal identities, discover and develop new fields of human relationships, and achieve co-existence on equal, soul-democratic terms? Throughout 2023, Professor Michael Kliën worked with a research group in the Laboratory for Social Choreography at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. They created a […]
The Ethics of Now with Jonathan Metzl
Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NCJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Jonathan Metzl on why so many Americans support policies that harm them. An acclaimed physician and professor of psychiatry and sociology, Jonathan Metzl is one of the United States’s most important critics on health and violence. His work illuminates the social […]
“Pieces of Me”
Ahmadieh Family Conference Room (101 West Duke Building) 1364 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Center for Documentary Studies for a performance of "Pieces of Me," an autobiographical play about the costs of living secretly as a mixed-race family during apartheid, written and performed by South African actor Bo Petersen. A talkback with Petersen and 2024 Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow Natasha Lehner […]
Ukraine at War: Life in a Time of Fear of Hope
Join us for "Ukraine at War: Life in a Time of Fear and Hope," a symposium sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Events include a screening of the Academy Award-winning documentary film “20 Days in Mariupol,” which documents the brutal siege of the city; a Katz Women, Ethics, and Leadership Event […]
The Ethics of Now with Raj Patel
Durham County Main Library 300 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Raj Patel on solving hunger, climate change, racism, and poverty. A prolific journalist, bold activist, and respected scholar, Raj Patel is committed to helping us understand what’s wrong with the global food system and find alternatives to it. He has testified […]
LandED: A Dancer & Storyteller Traces Her Complex Inheritance
Brody Theater 5 Brodie Gym Drive, Durham, NC, United StatesAya Shabu's solo narrative tells her story as a second-generation African American woman marked by traditional family notions of identity.