A discussion guided by Duke Professors Marguerite Nguyen and Susan Thananopavarn about why they love to teach Thi Bui's graphic memoir The Best We Could Do. read more about On Teaching Thi Bui's Memoir The Best We Could Do »
In October of 1966---60 years ago---Johns Hopkins held a conference that is now widely seen as the hinge point when structuralism gave way to poststructuralism. Jacques Derrida delivered his paper "… read more about Structure, Sign, and Play in the Age of AI »
October 22 - 23, 2026Franklin Humanities InstituteBay 4, Smith WarehouseDuke UniversityRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/structure-sign-and-play-in-the-age-of-ai-t…Structure, Sign, and Play… read more about Structure, Sign, and Play in the Age of AI »
Mongane Wally Serote, the Poet Laureate of South Africa will present an evening of poetry and reflections on the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, when students bravely fought back against… read more about Mongane Wally Serote, Poet Laureate of South Africa »
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/structure-sign-and-play-in-the-age-of-ai-t… Structure, Sign, and Play in the Age of AI marks sixty years since Derrida's 1966 lecture at Johns Hopkins, the… read more about Structure, Sign, and Play in the Age of AI »
Duke English and the Duke Writers Collective invite you to a bilingual poetry reading at Duke Coffee House on Saturday, October 24th, from 7-8 PM at the Duke Coffee House. Words and Motion: Poetry in… read more about Words and Motion: Poetry in Translation »