Literature

Nuclear Apocalypse Now?

September 27, 2017

Ariel Dorfman: Nuclear Apocalypse Now?

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September 22, 2017

2017 Latin American Film Festival Begins Oct. 1

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September 22, 2017

Two-Day Symposium on Iraqi Literature After U.S. Invasion

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How My Instagram Hacker Changed My Life

August 23, 2017

Negar Mottahedeh: How My Instagram Hacker Changed My Life

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The Whispering Leaves of the Hiroshima Ginkgo Trees

August 7, 2017

Ariel Dorfman: The Whispering Leaves of the Hiroshima Ginkgo Trees

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Shakespeare’s Torture Test

July 24, 2017

Ariel Dorfman: Shakespeare’s Torture Test

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Has Trump Stolen Philosophy’s Critical Tools?

April 17, 2017

Casey Williams: Has Trump Stolen Philosophy’s Critical Tools?

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Sara Danius returns to Duke as permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.

April 3, 2017

How to Get a Nobel Prize in Literature, Explained

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Poet and teacher Richard Blanco. Photo by Sam Farzaneh via Wikimedia Commons.

March 21, 2017

First-Year Summer Reading: Growing Up As A Cuban Exile In Miami

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How We Overcame Tyranny Before

February 13, 2017

Ariel Dorfman: How We Overcame Tyranny Before

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Trump Travel Ban Ensnares Academics Who Are Uplifting America

February 6, 2017

Negar Mottahedeh: Trump Travel Ban Ensnares Academics Who Are Uplifting America

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Argentinian native Walter Mignolo is William H. Wannamaker Professor of Literature. Last month he received an honorary degree from the University of Buenos Aires.

December 5, 2016

Argentinian University Presents Honorary Degree to Walter Mignolo

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Academically talented girls in the United States are narrowing the gap with their male counterparts in math achievement, and surpass boys in language performance, according to new research from the Duke TIP study.

October 12, 2016

Academic ‘Gender Gap’ Similar in U.S., India

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February 22, 2016

12 Duke Graduates Named Fulbright Scholars

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September 21, 2015

Ariel Dorfman: A time for literary diplomacy

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September 4, 2015

Fredric Jameson: In hyperspace

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