• @dukestoryplus seeks project proposals! We invite proposals from Duke faculty, archivists, and other campus and community members for the Summer 2021 edition of Story+, our six-week humanities research and public storytelling program. We seek projects on any topic that are anchored in humanities research methods and questions, with well-defined project goals that can be feasibly completed in six weeks. The deadline is December 4, 2020. Click the link in our bio to learn more! @dukebassconnections @dukelibraries @duke_english @dukeaaas @dukeinnovation @dukearts @dukekunshan @dukecampusfarm @dukeindurham @duketheater @dukeghi @dukestorylab @dukefsp @dukepolisci @cdsduke @ppgduke @mfaeda #DukeHumanities @dukearts #dukeresearch
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    @dukestoryplus seeks project proposals! We invite proposals from Duke faculty, archivists, and other campus and community members for the Summer 2021 edition of Story+, our six-week humanities research and public storytelling program. We seek projects on any topic that are anchored in humanities research methods and questions, with well-defined project goals that can be feasibly completed in six weeks. The deadline is December 4, 2020. Click the link in our bio to learn more! @dukebassconnections @dukelibraries @duke_english @dukeaaas @dukeinnovation @dukearts @dukekunshan @dukecampusfarm @dukeindurham @duketheater @dukeghi @dukestorylab @dukefsp @dukepolisci @cdsduke @ppgduke @mfaeda #DukeHumanities @dukearts #dukeresearch
  • We love this panel of incredible academics and activists on the importance of #voting 🗳 We need everyone to get involved. We need YOUNG BALLOT WORKERS! Will you vote this year? Will you help sign people up? This election is so crucial 🙏🏽 🇺🇸 #voteearly
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    We love this panel of incredible academics and activists on the importance of #voting 🗳 We need everyone to get involved. We need YOUNG BALLOT WORKERS! Will you vote this year? Will you help sign people up? This election is so crucial 🙏🏽 🇺🇸 #voteearly
  • Amit Chaudhuri—acclaimed novelist, poet, essayist, and musician—visited the FHI last September as part of the World Arts series to present on how we encounter the world through the construction of World Arts. During a week of events co-sponsored by @dukearts and @duke_english , Chaudhuri also performed at the Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University a few improvisations from his experimental, “anti-fusion” repertoire: improvisations on Eric Clapton’s “Layla,” George Gershwin’s “Summertime,” and The Beatles’ “Across the Universe.” Revisit the presentation and performance at fhi.duke.edu! And stay tuned for announcements about our virtual fall programming! #DukeHumanities #WorldArts 1. Amit Chaudhuri speaking at the FHI. 2) Audio of Chaudhuri singing “The ‘Layla’ Riff to Todi.’” [Image text: “I began to hear the pentatonic raag in the pentatonic blues scale.”] Quote stated toward the end of the sound bite: “This phrase, when I was singing it one morning, I said, 'This sounds a bit like the riff to "Layla."' And this is what led eventually to the project. I turned to my wife and I said, 'I think I just sang some notes which sounded to me like the riff to "Layla." Do you think I could create some kind of composition or form where I could transition from one musical system to another?' And she said, 'Yeah, go for it.' So this is how the project began." 3) Audio of Chaudhuri improvising raag Malkauns over “Summertime.” [Image text: “You can’t go searching for these things. I didn’t go out looking for these convergences to happen. But when they happened, I decided to follow up.”]
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    Amit Chaudhuri—acclaimed novelist, poet, essayist, and musician—visited the FHI last September as part of the World Arts series to present on how we encounter the world through the construction of World Arts. During a week of events co-sponsored by @dukearts and @duke_english , Chaudhuri also performed at the Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University a few improvisations from his experimental, “anti-fusion” repertoire: improvisations on Eric Clapton’s “Layla,” George Gershwin’s “Summertime,” and The Beatles’ “Across the Universe.” Revisit the presentation and performance at fhi.duke.edu! And stay tuned for announcements about our virtual fall programming! #DukeHumanities #WorldArts 1. Amit Chaudhuri speaking at the FHI. 2) Audio of Chaudhuri singing “The ‘Layla’ Riff to Todi.’” [Image text: “I began to hear the pentatonic raag in the pentatonic blues scale.”] Quote stated toward the end of the sound bite: “This phrase, when I was singing it one morning, I said, 'This sounds a bit like the riff to "Layla."' And this is what led eventually to the project. I turned to my wife and I said, 'I think I just sang some notes which sounded to me like the riff to "Layla." Do you think I could create some kind of composition or form where I could transition from one musical system to another?' And she said, 'Yeah, go for it.' So this is how the project began." 3) Audio of Chaudhuri improvising raag Malkauns over “Summertime.” [Image text: “You can’t go searching for these things. I didn’t go out looking for these convergences to happen. But when they happened, I decided to follow up.”]
  • Today we are thinking about the trailblazing civil rights activist, legal scholar, poet, Episcopal priest, and #DurhamNC native Pauli Murray! Murray's childhood home in Durham's West End neighborhood is now the @paulimurraycenter for History and Social Justice. It lies just a short distance south of our campus location, Smith Warehouse. Murray's work on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which famously outlaws discrimination "on the basis of sex," paved the way for the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Civil Rights Acts also protects LGBTQ employees. #Pride According to local journalist Barry Yeoman, who recently wrote on Murray for UNC Alumni Magazine, "Pauli Murray helped set in motion a law that, more than a half-century later, finally protects people like herself: a gender-non-conforming woman of color who loved other women." Our colleague Barbara Lau, who directs the Pauli Murray Center, remarked on the increased attention to Murray's activism, which anticipates present-day struggles. “People find it inspiring. We may not see the results of what we’re doing in our lifetimes, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t work to build it.” You can learn more about Pauli Murray's career by reading Yeoman's article here (http://tinyurl.com/uncmurray) or the recent BackStory podcast on her life from Virginia Humanities (https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/pauli-murray). Finally, tomorrow, at 7pm July 1, 2020, St. Titus' Episcopal Church, Durham will hold its annual service in honor of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray's passing. Tune in to watch the livestream on the Pauli Murray Center Facebook page: https://facebook.com/paulimurrayproject [This photo of Pauli Murray writing at a desk by Carolina Digital Library and Archives is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.] #durhamnc #paulimurray #pride🌈 #civilrights #lgbtq🌈 #blackexcellence #blackhistory
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    Today we are thinking about the trailblazing civil rights activist, legal scholar, poet, Episcopal priest, and #DurhamNC native Pauli Murray! Murray's childhood home in Durham's West End neighborhood is now the @paulimurraycenter for History and Social Justice. It lies just a short distance south of our campus location, Smith Warehouse. Murray's work on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which famously outlaws discrimination "on the basis of sex," paved the way for the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Civil Rights Acts also protects LGBTQ employees. #Pride According to local journalist Barry Yeoman, who recently wrote on Murray for UNC Alumni Magazine, "Pauli Murray helped set in motion a law that, more than a half-century later, finally protects people like herself: a gender-non-conforming woman of color who loved other women." Our colleague Barbara Lau, who directs the Pauli Murray Center, remarked on the increased attention to Murray's activism, which anticipates present-day struggles. “People find it inspiring. We may not see the results of what we’re doing in our lifetimes, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t work to build it.” You can learn more about Pauli Murray's career by reading Yeoman's article here (http://tinyurl.com/uncmurray) or the recent BackStory podcast on her life from Virginia Humanities (https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/pauli-murray). Finally, tomorrow, at 7pm July 1, 2020, St. Titus' Episcopal Church, Durham will hold its annual service in honor of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray's passing. Tune in to watch the livestream on the Pauli Murray Center Facebook page: https://facebook.com/paulimurrayproject [This photo of Pauli Murray writing at a desk by Carolina Digital Library and Archives is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.] #durhamnc #paulimurray #pride🌈 #civilrights #lgbtq🌈 #blackexcellence #blackhistory