Recent Events and Exhibits
Celebrating Dorothy Allison
The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture celebrates Dorothy Allison. On April 30. 2025 we hosted a gathering that included selected readings, reflections, and memories honoring the life and legacies of queer Southern writer Dorothy Allison. Speakers included Mab Segrest, Laura Micham, Kelly Wooten, and others. Attendees were invited to share remembrances.
When: Wednesday, April 30 at 3:30
Where: Rubenstein Library Room 249
An "Open Mesh of Possibilities” : Thinking Queerness with
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Archive
February 21, 2025 – August 2, 2025
Location: Mary Duke Biddle Room
This exhibit explores the multifaceted ways in which the writings and artwork of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950 - 2009) brings queerness into life. A poet, literary critic, artist, mentor, professor, and former faculty member at Duke, Sedgwick is perhaps best known as one of the founders of the field of Queer theory. Objects are primarily selected from the Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Papers.
Exhibit website: https://library.duke.edu/exhibits/2025/Sedgwick
Curator: Katherine Carithers, Ph.D student, English Department, Duke University
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Exhibit Opening Event
Wednesday. February 26, 2025 (11 am - 6pm)
Event recordings:
Sponsored by: the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture; Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Foundation; Duke Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; Duke Program in Literature; Duke Department of English; Franklin Humanities Institute; and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
Link to event recording coming soon.
Women at the Center
Winter, 2025 Newsletter: Remembering Dorothy Allison; Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick exhibit and symposium; 2025-2026 Travel Grant program; newly acquired materials; classes supported during the Fall semester.
During the summer and fall of 2023 we were pleased to offer an exhibit, Mandy Carter: Scientist of Activism, curated with intention by Kamau Pope, honoring the decades-long work of Mandy Carter, a Durham, NC-based Black lesbian feminist activist who has been central in the struggle for social justice, especially nonviolent resistance, Black freedom movements, and queer liberation.
The exhibit design was created by a Durham, NC-based, Black-owned firm, Kompleks Creative, and the typeface was designed, in honor of Mandy Carter, by Tré Seals of Vocal Type.
Access the online exhibit and event recordings here.
EXHIBIT EVENTS:
Opening Event: Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Rubenstein Library
Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. , via zoom
“Looking Back, Marching Forward: Mandy Carter, Walter Naegle, Barbara Smith, and Kamau Pope in Conversation,” reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the 30th anniversary of the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993), and the urgency of connecting history with current struggles for freedom and justice.
Event recording here.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m., Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room, Rubenstein Library
"In Conversation about the National Black Justice Coalition: Mandy Carter, Victoria Kirby York (NBJC), Eric D. Martin (NCCU), and Kamau Pope (Duke)" exploring the history and future of America’s leading national civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL) people.
Event recording here.
Friday, November 10, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Chappell Family Gallery, Rubenstein Library
Guided Tour and Writing workshop with Mandy Carter.
In partnership with the Griot and Grey Owl Black Southerns Writers Conference
Event recording here.
Writing and Talking about Memoir: Little Brother, a Conversation with Sallie Bingham
The Bingham Center hosted a zoom-based conversation with author Sallie Bingham on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. ET. In her latest memoir, Little Brother, Bingham reflects on her youngest sibling, Jonathan, and his all-too brief life. To learn more about this book or to purchase a copy, visit Sarabande Books.
View the recording of this event here.
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