“We Birthed the Movement”: Exploring the Roots of the Environmental Justice Movement in Warren County, N.C.
Keohane-Kenan Gallery, West Duke Building 1364 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United StatesPress release available here Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics in collaboration with the Warren County Environmental Action Team for a public viewing of the exhibit "We Birthed the Movement: The Warren County PCB Landfill Protests, 1978-1982," currently on view in the Kenan-Keohane Gallery on the first floor of the West Duke Building on Duke […]
Threats to Higher Education: The Conservative Assault on Public Universities
Recent years have seen escalating attacks on U.S. higher education, from attempts to eradicate tenure and institutional efforts for equity and diversity to the very ideals of university autonomy and academic freedom. Though these threats have been targeted at the state level in places like Texas, Florida, and North Carolina, their similarities suggest a national-level […]
The Ethics of Now with Tommie Shelby
Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NCJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Tommie Shelby on the case for prison abolition and the hard questions it raises. Philosopher and African American Studies Scholar Tommie Shelby pushes us to engage hard questions of crime, punishment, justice, and culpability. The author of The Idea of Prison […]
11th Organ I
Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United States11th Organ I Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 4 PM Rubenstein Arts Center | von der Heyden Studio Theater A Symposium “Without prophecy and without vision, politics is nothing. This has to begin in a rebellion that is at once intellectual and spiritual.” - Roberto Unger You are invited to drop in and out during […]
The Ethics of Now with Deesha Philyaw
Hayti Heritage Center 804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Deesha Philyaw, author of “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” on Black women’s loves, lives, and labors. Award-winning writer Deesha Philyaw dares to explore the intimacies of Black women’s lives that are otherwise left at the church door. Her writing cares for Black […]
“More of Everything”: Exhibit Opening and Artist’s Talk
Keohane-Kenan Gallery, West Duke Building 1364 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United States“More of Everything” Exhibit Opening and Artist's Talk with Natasha Lehner 2024 Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow and MFA Candidate in Experimental and Documentary Arts in conversation with Alexa Dilworth Documentary Arts Writer and Editor Monday, February 12, 2024 Reception: 5:00 p.m. Artist's Talk: 5:30 p.m. Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics for the opening of […]