The Bassett Affair
Bassett Affair
Centennial Commemoration
Calendar of Events
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President Nannerl O. Keohane's comments about the Bassett Affair |
August 29 Mary Lou Williams Center |
"I Have a Dream" Speech (film) Sponsored by the Mary Lou Williams Center |
September 21 4:00 pm Duke Chapel |
"A Prayer for Peace" Sponsored by the Mary Lou Williams Center |
| October 28 | Launch of the Bassett Affair Web Site Sponsored by the Duke Libraries |
| October 29 | Houston Baker on Booker T. Washington Sponsored by the Mary Lou Williams Center |
October 30 3:00 pm East Union Building |
"Intellectual Dissent: Past and Present" Symposium celebrating 100 years of the South Atlantic Quarterly Sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute, the South Atlantic Quarterly, and the Office of the Provost |
November 9 7:00 pm Faculty Commons |
"The Souls of Black Folk, 1903-2003" Sponsored by the Mary Lou Williams Center |
November 10 4:00 pm Multicultural Center, Bryan Center |
"The Darker Nations: the Anti-Imperialist Comrade" Sponsored by the African & African-American Studies |
November 11 4:00 pm North Gallery, Duke University Museum of Art |
"Piqueteras: Social Revolt & Activism in Argentina " Sponsored by the Literature Program and the Franklin Humanities Institute |
November 12 12:00 pm Franklin Center, Room 240 |
"Living Pictures, Dead Souls: Coming to Grips with DuBois' Classic" Sponsored by the Mary Lou Williams Center |
November 13-14 White Lecture Hall |
"Palestine America: A Conversation" Sponsored by the South Atlantic Quarterly, the Literature Program, and the Franklin Humanities Institute |
November 18 3:30 pm Franklin Center, Room 230 |
"Art & Dissent: Nurturing Optimism for Immediate Use" Sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute, Latin American Studies, and Cultural Anthropology |
November 24-December 5 Franklin Center, Basement |
"Shadow Surveillance" (multimedia project) Sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute |
December 1 3:00 pm Franklin Center, Room 240 |
"The Idea of Mass Destruction" Sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute and the Center for Global Studies and Humanities |
December 1 4:30 pm White Lecture Hall |
"The Bassett Affair After a Century" Reflections by Robert Durden, Houston Baker, and Bill Chafe Sponsored by the Duke University Dept. of History |
December 1 6:00 pm |
100th anniversary commemoration of the trustees' decision in the Bassett Affair marked by the ringing of the Chapel Carillon and the tower bell on East Campus |
| December 2 8:00 pm Shaefer Theatre |
"Performing Academic Freedom" Sponsored by the Duke University Dept. of Theatre Studies and the Franklin Humanities Institute |
December 3 12:00 pm Franklin Center, Room 240 |
"Dissent & Descent: Corporeal Imaginaries & What We Are Struggling For" Sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute and the Center for Global Studies and Humanities |
| December 4 7:00 pm White Lecture Hall |
**Postponed until Spring** John Spencer Bassett Lecture by Prof. William Van Alstyne, William R. and Thomas C. Perkins Professor of Law Sponsored by President Keohane and Provost Lange |
| December 4 8:00 pm Duke University Museum of Art |
**Postponed** Reception following the Van Alstyne Lecture Sponsored by President Keohane and Provost Lange |
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January 9-February 27 Franklin Center Gallery |
"A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. DuBois and the Photographs from the Paris Exposition" (exhibit) Sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute |
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