Fall 2017

September 14: John Zumbrunnen (Wisconsin, Political Science) presents at the Duke Political Theory Workshop. The workshop starts at 4:oo p.m. on Duke’s West Campus, Gross Hall 230E. More information can be found here.

Septebmer 19: Cass Sunstein (Harvard, Law) discusses his book “#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media” at the Kenan Institute for Ethics. The talk starts at 9:30 a.m. on Duke’s East Campus in the Ahmadieh Family Conference Room (101), West Duke Building. More information can be found here.

September 21: Michael Hardt (Duke, Literature) gives a talk on his new book Assembly at the Regulator Bookshop in Durham at 7:00 p.m. More information can be found here.

September 26: Adam Massoff (George Mason, Law) presents as part of Hayek Lecture Series sponsored by Duke’s Center for the History of Political Economy. The public lecture, titled “The Role of Intellectual Property in a Thriving Innovation Economy,” starts at 4:30 on Duke’s West Campus, Social Sciences 139. More information can be found here.

October 2: Anthony Bogues (Brown, Africana Studies) presents as part of the Duke Forum for Scholars and Publics lecture series. The public lecture, titled “Sylvia Wynter and the Praxis of Radical Thought,” starts at 4:00 p.m. in the Ahmadieh Lecture Hall in Duke’s Smith Warehouse, Bay 4 (C105). More information can be found here.

October 9: Laurie Shrage (Florida International, Philosophy) presents at the UNC Philosophy, Politics, and Economics colloquium. The public lecture starts at 6:00 p.m. in Caldwell 105 at UNC. More information can be found here.

October 12: Kay Hymowitz (Manhattan Institute) delivers Duke’s American Values Institute lecture. The public lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. at Duke’s Freeman Center for Jewish Life. More information can be found here.

October 13: Lester Spence (Johns Hopkins, Political Science) hosts a discussion sponsored by the Duke Forum for Scholars and Publics. The public discussion, titled “The ‘Free’ Market, Public Goods, and the Making and Unmaking of Black Lives” starts at 12:00 p.m. at the Full Frame Theater in Durham. More information can be found here.

October 13: Peter Railton (Michigan, Philosophy) presents at Duke’s Philosophy Department Colloquium. The colloquium starts at 3:30 p.m. on Dukes East Campus, West Duke Building, 202. More information can be found here.

November 2-3: The Franklin Humanities Institute hosts an interdisciplinary symposium titled “After the Cataclysm: Religion and Philosophy in Germany: 1918-1933” on Duke’s West Campus, Carpenter Conference Room (Perkins 249). More information can be found here.

November 6: The Duke on Gender Colloquium hosts an interdisciplinary panel featuring Lisa Disch (Michigan, Political Science), Kirsten Ghodsee (Bowdoin, Cultural Anthropology), Rebecca Karl (NYU, History), and Kathi Weeks (Duke, GSFS). The panel, titled “Marxism, Socialism, Feminism: A Transnational Conversation,” starts at 3:00 p.m. on Duke’s East Campus, East Duke Parlors. More information can be found here.

November 9: Christopher Lebron (Johns Hopkins, Philosophy) presents at the Duke Political Theory Workshop. The workshop starts at 4:oo p.m. on Duke’s West Campus, Ahmadieh Family Grand Hall, Gross Hall 330. More information can be found here.

November 12: Eric Brandom (Kansas State, History) presents at The Triangle Intellectual History Seminar (TIHS) on the topic of “Georges Sorel and the Problem of Liberalism.” The seminar starts at 5:00 p.m. at National Humanities Center. More information can be found here.

November 13: Sarah Conly (Bowdoin, Philosophy) presents at the UNC Philosophy, Politics, and Economics colloquium. The public lecture starts at 6:00 p.m. in Caldwell 105 at UNC. More information can be found here.

November 14: Mike Munger (Duke, Political Science) presents as part of Hayek Lecture Series sponsored by Duke’s Center for the History of Political Economy. The public lecture, titled “Tomorrow 3.0: The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of the New Economy,” starts at 4:30 on Duke’s West Campus, Social Sciences 139. More information can be found here.

November 15: Paola Rudan (Bologna, History and Culture) presents as part of Academy of Global Humanities and Critical Theory series sponsored by Duke’s Franklin Humanities Institute. The public lecture, titled “The Excentrical Center: From the Feminist Critiques of Modern Political Subject to the Epistemological Privilege of ‘Woman,'” starts at 4:00 on in Duke’s Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, C105, Bay 4. More information can be found here.

November 16: Charles Mills (CUNY, Philosophy), presents at the Duke Political Theory Workshop. The workshop starts at 4:oo p.m. on Duke’s West Campus, Ahmadieh Family Grand Hall, Gross Hall 330. More information can be found here.

November 30: Nancy Rosenblum (Harvard, Political Science) presents at the Duke Political Theory Workshop. The workshop starts at 4:oo p.m. on Duke’s West Campus, Ahmadieh Family Grand Hall, Gross Hall 330. More information can be found here.

December 7: Nancy Hirschmann (Pennsylvania, Political Science) presents at the UNC Political Theory Workshop. The workshop starts at 7:30 p.m. Location TBA.