Duke Campus: Perkins Library 

Past Events

• Street Exposure: The Photographs of Ronald Reis (Ongoing)

  • March 18-May 18 2013

• David S Ferriero (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Fri., May 10, 3 p.m. 2013

• Gullah Geechee Gala (Special Events)

  • Mon., April 22, 7 p.m. 2013

• “Iron, Ink & Islam: The Frontiers of Empire & the Birth of Muslim Printing” (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Fri., April 5, 3 p.m. 2013

• "Race, Gender & Identity in Artists’ Books" (Literary Related)

  • Mon., March 25, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 2013

• Reception (Ongoing)

  • Fri., March 22, 6 p.m. 2013

• Recommended

  "The Power of This Story: Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality in Durham 1960-1990" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., March 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 2013

• Ciompi Quartet (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Tue., Feb. 12, 12 p.m. 2013

• Recommended

  Student Action with Farmworkers Exhibits (Art Related)

  • Sept. 20-Dec. 9 2012

• Ciompi Quartet Lunchtime Classics (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Tue., Dec. 4, 12 p.m. 2012

• Susan Reverby (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Nov. 1, 5:30 p.m. 2012

• "Risky Business: Corporations Shaping Public Memory in Contemporary Japan” (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., Oct. 24, 3-4:30 p.m. 2012

• “Chosǒn Renaissance: The Decolonization of Public Space in Contemporary Seoul” (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Tue., Oct. 9, 3-4:30 p.m. 2012

• Recommended

  Ciompi Quartet Lunchtime Classics (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Tue., Sept. 25, 12 p.m. 2012

• Recommended

  A Long and Happy Life to Midstream: Celebrating Reynolds Price (Literary Related)

  • Tue., May 15, 7 p.m. 2012

• Recommended

  Nation on the Move: The Puerto Rican Diaspora (Ongoing)

  • Jan. 16-April 22 2012

• "Human Environments, Genetics & Healthy Aging" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., April 18, 3-4:30 p.m. 2012

• Scholars' Tea with Maureen Cummins (Literary Related)

  • Wed., April 11, 3:30 p.m. 2012

• Ciompi Quartet Lunchtime Classics (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Tue., April 10, 12 p.m. 2012

• "I Recall the Experience Sweet and Sad: Memories of the Civil War" (Art Related)

  • March 1-30 2012

• Recommended

  "Another March Madness: The American Civil War at 150" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Fri., March 16, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. 2012

• Our Picks Recommended

  Ciompi Quartet Lunchtime Classics (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Tue., Feb. 14, 12 p.m. 2012

• Recommended

  "Old Film/ New Music" (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Sat., Feb. 4, 8 p.m. 2012

• Iraq|Perspectives (Ongoing)

  • Oct. 24-Dec. 11 2011

• "A Cup for a Copper: Toward a Commodity History of Japanese Green Tea" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Fri., Nov. 11, 4-5:30 p.m. 2011

• Our Picks Recommended

  Benjamin Lowy reception (Ongoing)

  • Thu., Nov. 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 2011

• Tim Tyson & Frank Stasio (Literary Related)

  • Wed., Nov. 2, 3 p.m. 2011

• "Central Eurasia in World History: Strange & Familiar Parallels" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Fri., Oct. 21, 4-5:30 p.m. 2011

• Recommended

  Ariel Dorfman (Readings)

  • Wed., Oct. 5, 4 p.m. 2011

• Ciompi Quartet Lunchtime Classics (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Tue., Sept. 27, 12 p.m. 2011

• "Sounding Out the Modern Girl: The Songstress of Chinese Cinema" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Mon., Sept. 19, 4-5:30 p.m. 2011

• Al Margen: Photographs of Latin America and the Caribbean by Petra Barth (Ongoing)

  • Jan. 17-May 1 2011

• "American Chinatown: A People’s History of 5 Neighborhoods" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., March 24, 4:30-6 p.m. 2011

• Our Picks Recommended

  Environmental Justice Symposium (Environment)

  • Fri., Jan. 21, 2-5 p.m. 2011

• Book + Art (Opening)

  • Oct. 12-Jan. 9 2011

• William Kirby (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Dec. 9, 3 p.m. 2010

• Brett Walker (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., Oct. 27, 3 p.m. 2010

• Our Picks Recommended

  After Innocence (Special Events)

  • Thu., Sept. 23, 7 p.m. 2010

• Homay King (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Thu., Sept. 23, 3 p.m. 2010

• Abusing Power: Satirical Journals from the Special Collections Library (Literary Related)

  • March 29-May 16 2010

• Recommended

  New Music for Old Instruments (Clubs & Concerts)

  • Fri., April 23, 4 p.m. 2010

• "Viral Knowledge: Infection & Information in Modern China" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Sun., March 21, 10:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. 2010

• "US-China Relations During the First Year of the Obama Administration" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Fri., Feb. 26, 3-4:30 p.m. 2010

• "Taking the Olympic Spirit into the Earthquake Disaster Zone: Global, Nat'l & Local Meanings of the Beijing Olympics" (Lectures, Etc.)

  • Wed., Feb. 17, 12 p.m. 2010