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From Blackface to Blaxploitation: Representations of African Americans in Film

This exhibit features selected items from the African Americans in Film Collection and the Thomas Cripps Film Collection that trace the complex and contested history of African Americans in the motion picture industry.

Start: April 4, 2012 | End: July 29, 2012 |Rare Book Room Hallway Cases

What Does Your Doctor Know? Exploring the History of Physician Education from Early Greek Theory to the Practice of Duke Medicine.

This exhibition highlights the transition of physician education over time, from the days of ancient civilization in Greece to the establishment of Duke’s Medical School. Materials reflecting these consistencies and changes are from Duke’s Medical Center Archives and from the History of Medicine Collections in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Start: April18, 2012 | End: July 29, 2012 | Perkins Gallery

Randolph Bezzant Holmes Photographs, 1910-1919

Northern India and the North-West Frontier Province

Randolph Bezzant Holmes (1888-1873) lived in the North-West Frontier Province of British India for over fifty years and travelled extensively throughout the region photographing much of northern India and Central Asia. The photographs in the exhibit date to 1919 when he accompanied the British colonial army during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.

Start: May 7, 2012 | End: August 6, 2012 | Special Collections Hallway Gallery

Keep All You Wish: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum

This exhibit located in the Center for Documentary Studies Lyndhurst Gallery features turn-of-the-twentieth-century portraits from the Hugh Mangum Collection in the David Rubenstein Library. The exhibit was curated by graduate student Sarah Stacke in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Studies.

Start: May 30, 2012 | End: October 20, 2012 | Lyndhurst Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies

"I Have No Right to Be Silent" The Human Rights Legacy of the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer

This traveling exhibit consists of 12 banners, approx. 3ft w by 6 ft tall, whose text and imagery draws on the rich and powerful collection of documents contained in the Marshall T. Meyer papers including intimate family photos, moving letters from prisoners, internal government memos, and rare human rights publications.The exhibit will head for New York City in January of 2011 where it will be hosted first at B'nai Jeshurun from January through March.Texto en Español.

Student Mural-Perkins Library 2010/2011

finished student mural In the fall and winter of 2010/2011 a group of students came together to make the Old Perk, a popular study space, more inviting for students.This website includes pictures of the mural in progress. This mural will remain on exhibit until the rennovation of Perkins is completed sometime after 2013.

Stefan Hoffmann-Visiting Artist February 2011

Stefan Huffmann German born-Dutch artist came to Duke University in February of 2011 and completed an installation project in Duke University Libraries.

Student Exhibits

studentwall There are 3 spaces available for students to have exhibits in Perkins library. Click here to learn about the student wall in Perkins and see the calendar of upcoming exhibits. Contact the DUU Visual Arts Committee for more information on the Old Perk Gallery and the Technology Alcove.