The Duke Human Rights Center @ the Franklin Humanities Institute welcomes opportunities to collaborate with both Duke-based organizations, our communities in Durham and the Triangle, and the broader human rights community on events that advance our mission: to foster strategies and collaborative, cross-disciplinary and critical thinking about human rights in both local and global contexts.
Due to limited capacity, we prioritize co-sponsorships that meet the following criteria:
Mission Alignment
The event engages directly with human rights—whether through:
- Current human rights law and practice,
- Critical or theoretical approaches to human rights, including critiques of existing laws and frameworks, and/or
- Emerging frameworks or imaginative redefinitions of rights.
The event reflects a commitment to critical inquiry.
Educational Value
The event contributes to the educational mission of the Center, ideally by:
- Connecting to Duke courses, student organizations, or research initiatives
- Offering opportunities for student learning, dialogue, or creative engagement and/or for staff and faculty development that will impact research and teaching at Duke
Community & Campus Engagement
The event has a clearly defined audience. Preference is given to proposals that demonstrate clearly identified campus or community partners and/or audiences and a rationale for DHRC involvement.
Capacity Considerations
We are a small team and cannot support all requests. We encourage potential partners to:
- Submit requests well in advance
- Be specific about the kind of support they are seeking (e.g., funding, publicity, co-hosting, logistics)
- Have a clearly defined outreach plan
- Keep us in the loop with your logistics plans
- Be open to feedback or suggestions for alignment with DHRC priorities