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Humanities Writ Large

Faculty and students are redefining the role of the humanities in education

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The Humanities on Demand course invites students to submit materials through its website.

Top 5: Building Better Humanities Courses

Duke professor Michael P. Ryan discusses ways students and others can contribute to the creation of humanities courses

A new humanities class at Duke offers students a rare chance to help shape its curriculum -- a...

PUBLISHED April 11, 2012 IN Opinion , Academics
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The Big Bad Wolf and Other Viral Tales

A new Duke humanities course brings students into the curriculum-building process

PUBLISHED April 13, 2012 IN Academics
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Duke to Overhaul Humanities

Mellon Foundation grant aims to reverse declining enrollments in the humanities

A new endeavor at Duke University aimed at changing the role of the humanities in...

PUBLISHED June 28, 2011 IN Academics , Campus
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Duke Professor Roberto Dainotto Teaches

On Wiseguys and Tommy Guns

A Romance studies professor uses mafia films to teach about Italian history and culture

Of the 15 course-advertisement flyers dotting the bulletin board on the second floor of Duke's...

PUBLISHED November 28, 2011 IN Academics , Arts
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Part of the Specula1ion collective: Students Stephanie Boluk, Luke Caldwell, Patrick LeMieux and Professor Katherine Hayles.  Photo by Megan Morr/Duke University Photography

Teaching Gaming Through Economic Woe

An alternate reality game built in Duke's Greater Than Games Lab provides lessons in capitalism, economics

In life, Matthew Davis was kind of a jerk. A human resources manager for a big corporation, he...

PUBLISHED January 15, 2013 IN Arts , Academics
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Classics professor Peter Burian talks to students in his Roman civilization class. Photo by Les Todd, Duke Photography

The Happy Warrior 'Retires'

Classics professor Peter Burian, long a champion of the humanities, is retiring

It's Day 1 of Roman Civilization, and...

PUBLISHED March 22, 2012 IN Academics , Arts
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President Richard Brodhead delivers the annual Caldwell Lecture for the NC Humanities Council Friday night in the Nasher Museum of Art.  Photo by Les Todd.

Brodhead: In Praise of the Humanities and the 'Fire That Never Goes Out'

Duke president presents Caldwell Lecture at NC Humanities ceremony honoring U.S. Rep. David Price

Eudora Welty's 1944 essay "Some Notes on River Country" begins with this memorable line: "...

PUBLISHED October 23, 2011 IN Academics , Campus , Opinion
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Emma Ross used computerized mapping technology to explore the interaction of British colonists and natives in 19th century Tahiti.  Photo by Doug Hayes

Romance Studies Student Turns to Technology to Display Research

Humanities Lab project visualizes how European explorers interacted with Tahiti

Emma Ross says "I'm not a techie by any means," but she was among the presenters Friday at Duke'...

PUBLISHED April 29, 2012 IN Campus , Academics , Global , Research
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Lamonte Aidoo and Gustavo Furtado will beef up Romance Studies' expertise in all things Brazilian.  Photo by Jared Lazarus/Duke University Photography

Gustavo Furtado and Lamonte Aidoo: Two Approaches to the Language and Culture of Brazil

With two new hires, Romance Studies strengthens interest in Brazilian Studies

At 19, Gustavo Furtado was tired of his native Brazil's incessant government corruption, urban...

PUBLISHED October 4, 2012 IN Academics , Global
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Shalom Goldman draws about the stories of the great sacred texts to engage students. Photo: Les Todd, Duke University Photography

Shalom Goldman: Teaching With Sacred Stories

In time of conflict, new faculty member's studies show connections between major religions

In the beginning, Shalom Goldman didn't have much of a future. Goldman began...

PUBLISHED September 26, 2011 IN Campus , Academics , Research
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More than a year of activities and events will highlight Duke’s past and propel university into its second century

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