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...
The Big Bad Wolf and Other Viral Tales A new Duke humanities course brings students into the curriculum-building process
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...
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...
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...
The Happy Warrior 'Retires' Classics professor Peter Burian, long a champion of the humanities, is retiring It's Day 1 of Roman Civilization, and...
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: "...
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'...
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...
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...
