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Revisiting Duke Ellington on a Turquoise Cloud
When classically trained jazz vocalist Candice Hoyes sings, she loses herself in the music, giving herself over to the communal experience of connecting with fellow musicians and the audience through storytelling. “I’m not listening to myself. What you hear in my voice is what I hear in them playing. I’m thinking about what I’m saying,” […]
Marc Lamont Hill: From Flint To Ferguson
On the evening of Sept. 29, author, journalist and professor Marc Lamont Hill spoke to a standing room only crowd in Duke University’s Full Frame Theater on the American Tobacco campus. Hill, a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College, was in conversation with African and African American Studies professor Mark Anthony Neal, […]
Haynie Elected Co-President of APSA Section on Race and Ethnic Politics
Professor Kerry L. Haynie was elected to a two year term as Co-President of the American Political Science Association’s Section on Race and Ethnic Politics, at the association’s annual meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2016. The purpose of the Section is to foster communication among scholars, recognize leadership in the field, facilitate research and publication opportunities, encourage undergraduate and […]
Political Throwback
Watch Professor Kerry Haynie Interview Newark Mayor Cory Booker In 2009 Newark mayor Cory Booker visited Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy to lecture on political leadership and social justice in the wake of the election of President Obama. Here, Prof. Haynie interviews Booker for the Rutherford Living History program, an initiative that documents conversations with […]
Haynie on Republican National Convention
Professor Kerry Haynie appears on a expert panel convened by WRAL’s “On The Record” with host Laura Leslie to discuss the Republican National Convention, Trump’s speech and the state of the party. “[His speech] didn’t accomplish what I think Mr. Trump needs to accomplish the most, and that is to broaden the base. Moving to the […]
DCORE Faculty To Host Panel on Racially Charged Summer
In recent years, the summer season has given rise to racial tensions in the U.S. due to injustice surrounding police shootings and other acts of violence targeting the African Americans. Two such incidents have captured media attention so far this summer — the July 5 killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and the […]
Yomaira Figueroa Selected for Duke’s SITPA Junior Faculty Fellowship
From Michigan State University, College of Arts and Letters: Yomaira Figueroa, assistant professor in the MSU Department of English and African American and African Studies, has been selected as a 2015-2017 Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement (SITPA) Fellow, and inaugural SITPA Fellows cohort member. SITPA is a mentoring and professional socialization initiative at […]
History Professor Keisha Blain selected as SITPA Fellow
Announcement from the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Keisha N. Blain, assistant professor in the Department of History, has been selected as a 2016-2018 Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement (SITPA) Fellow at Duke University. SITPA is a mentoring and professional socialization initiative at Duke designed for early-career faculty to […]
What is Race? (video)
On July 3, Professor Mark Anthony Neal appeared in UNC-TV’s Black Issues Forum to discuss race, ethnicity and identity with Dr. Candis Watts Smith of UNC-Chapel Hill, and Samone Oates-Bullock, a public policy graduate student, also at UNC-Chapel-Hill. . The concept of race is a complex matter, and often it is difficult to have […]
