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Dark Side of the Mining Industry in China: Conversations with Black Lung Patients
by Yanping Ni, first-year graduate student in the East Asian Studies program. In the past months, a documentary titled “Miners, the Horsekeeper, and Pneumoconiosis 矿民, 马夫, 尘肺病” has been very […]
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Final reflection
By Stefanie Pousoulides, ’21 This past month I have worked toward doing preliminary research for my senior thesis on the response of the League of Nations to the Armenian Genocide. […]
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Petitions to the League of Nations
By Stefanie Pousoulides, ’21 Most of the primary source material I am planning to use for my thesis comes from a database of digitized archival material of the League of […]
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Armenian women genocide survivors as agents
By Stefanie Pousoulides, ’21 My summer research project examines the League of Nations’ humanitarian and legal solutions for Armenian Genocide survivors during the interwar period. I have previously examined the […]
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Why the Human Rights Certificate? Interview with Kevin Solomon
This interview was conducted over email with Kevin Solomon, a senior undergraduate student enrolled in the Human Rights Certificate Program. Why did you decide to pursue the human rights certificate? […]
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Why the Human Rights Certificate? Interview with Sonali Mehta
This interview was conducted over email with Sonali Mehta, a senior undergraduate student enrolled in the Human Rights Certificate Program majoring in Public Policy with a minor in Theater Studies, […]
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Why the Human Rights Certificate? Interview with Gino Nuzzolillo
This interview was conducted over email with Gino Nuzzolillo, a senior undergraduate student enrolled in the Human Rights Certificate Program completing a major in History, by Miranda Gershoni, a second-year […]
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Interview with Rights and the Humanities Lecturer Dr. Joseph Slaughter
This interview was conducted over email with Columbia professor Dr. Joseph Slaughter by Miranda Gershoni, a second-year undergraduate student working for the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities […]
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Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights Series: What is a Resource Curse?
By Miranda Gershoni, ’22 The Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute welcomed the second speaker for our Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights series last Wednesday, “What is […]
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Student Rights Under Attack: An Interview With Yael Bromberg
This interview was conducted over email with Yael Bromberg, a constitutional rights attorney with over fifteen years of experience in community organizing, advocacy, and campaigns, by Miranda Gershoni, a second-year undergraduate […]
Upcoming Events
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In Plain Sight: Reflections Past & Actions Present in Durham’s Geer Cemetery
January 23 @ 10:00 am - March 7 @ 5:00 pm -
Pauli Murray Center: January Book Club
January 27 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm -
Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
February 3 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Other Human Rights Events at Duke
- Duke Research Week 2021
- 14th Feminist Theory Workshop 2021 Virtual Series
- Health Humanities and Disability Studies