Dean's Leadership Award This award recognizes a group of people or an individual who have demonstrated exceptional leadership to the department, college or university through research, teaching or service. All faculty and staff of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences are eligible for the award.. Leo Ching, Associate Professor, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and Director, International Comparative Studies From colleagues: “Prof. Ching is truly unique and extraordinary in his camaraderie and… read more about ICS Director, Leo Ching Awarded the 2020 Trinity Dean's Leadership Award »
Topics and overviews from the 2019 Capstone Colloquium: Workers and Markets, Constitutions and Corporations Commentator: Sumathi Ramaswamy Global Worker Solidarity in the British Trades Union Congress | Nora Hafez Using the theoretical framework considered in Marissa Brookes’s The New Politics of Transnational Labor: Why Some Alliances Succeed, this paper places the UK labor movement in the broader context of the global labor movement. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is the largest confederation of… read more about Students Present at 2019 ICS Capstone Colloquium »
Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma (Associate Professor of African American Studies & Chair of Asian American Studies, Northwestern University) presented on her decade of ethnographic research on Black residents in the militarized Hawaiian islands. She investigates the evolving elements of agency and occupation related to Black identity while taking into account various environmental factors. Within the context of US military occupation, there are complex racial dynamics where centering the Island’s Black residents interrupts… read more about Professor Sharma Presents 2020 ICS Spring Keynote Lecture »
DURHAM, N.C. -- Five Duke University students and alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars, a program that funds one year of study in Beijing, China. Seniors Charles Berman of Durham, North Carolina, and Max Labaton of Washington, D.C., were named Schwarzman Scholars. They join 2019 Duke graduates Yunjie Lai of Chongquing, China, and Kevin Zheng of Glenelg, Maryland, and 2017 graduate Steven Soto of Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the Schwarzman Class of 2021. They are among 145 scholars chosen from more than 4,700… read more about Five From Duke Named Schwarzman Scholars »
DURHAM, N.C. -- Five Duke University students and alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars, a program that funds one year of study in Beijing, China.Seniors Charles Berman of Durham, North Carolina, and Max Labaton of Washington, D.C., were named Schwarzman Scholars. They join 2019 Duke graduates Yunjie Lai of Chongquing, China, and Kevin Zheng of Glenelg, Maryland, and 2017 graduate Steven Soto of Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the Schwarzman Class of 2021. They are among 145 scholars chosen from more than 4,700… read more about Five From Duke Named Schwarzman Scholars »
Adam Rosenblatt, Associate Professor of the Practice in International Comparative Studies at Duke and Board Member of the Friends of Geer Cemetery, moderated a panel on November 16th about African American cemeteries. The panel, co-organized by Rosenblatt with Debra Taylor Gonzalez and Carissa Trotta of the Friends of Geer, sought to draw attention to Geer Cemetery, one of Durham’s most important historic burial grounds, which has been neglected for decades. The speakers described the history and… read more about Academics, journalists, and activists gather for panel on “African American Cemeteries: Remembering, Reclaiming, Resisting," advocate for restoration of Durham's Geer Cemetery »
What is research, and what are its uses? How do we know what we know? This course introduces students to interdisciplinary research methods and theories for conducting global research. Students practice a variety of hands-on research methods including archival oral history, interviews, mapping, textual analysis, and ethnography. Texts, discussions, and projects focus on the politics and practice of research, different creative forms research can take, approaching global research “from below,” and how… read more about New Spring 2020 ICS Faculty Taught Class: Doing Global Research »
This interdisciplinary course explores the phenomenon of necroviolence: attacks on the dignity, integrity, and memory of the dead. Cases come from the U.S., Latin America, and Canada. Topics include the rights of the dead, cultural attitudes towards the dead, and the “ambiguous loss” experienced by loved ones of the missing and disappeared. We also discuss the activism of family members, volunteers who work to preserve neglected cemeteries, and forensic scientists who exhume mass graves to identify the dead. Students will… read more about New Spring 2020 ICS Faculty Taught Class: ICS 283, Death, Burial, and Justice in the Americas (A Service Learning Course) »
Have you ever found yourself asking the question: "why are there so many #whitepeopledoingyoga?" (Hashtag created by artist Chiraag Bhakta) Join ICS390S: Global South Asia to explore this and other questions such as: What makes South Asia global, and what does it mean to be global South Asian? The peoples of South Asia have migrated and settled all over the world. This course will examine the initial contexts and causes of migration, the social, economic, and political consequences of migration, and the… read more about New! Spring 2020 ICS Faculty Taught Class: ICS 390S, Global South Asia, Prof. Jessica Namakkal »
According to Professor Deonte Harris, many of us here in the U.S. have a fascination with Black music. But at the same time, we tend not to realize that it’s. . . well, Black music. Harris, an International Comparative Studies professor at Duke, holds a freshly minted Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from UCLA. At the moment, his research focuses especially on the practice and influence of Afro-Caribbean music and diaspora in London. He chose to conduct his research in the UK because of its large overseas Caribbean… read more about Across the Atlantic: Caribbean Music and Diaspora in the UK »
According to Professor Deonte Harris, many of us here in the U.S. have a fascination with Black music. But at the same time, we tend not to realize that it’s. . . well, Black music. Harris, an International Comparative Studies professor at Duke, holds a freshly minted Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from UCLA. At the moment, his research focuses especially on the practice and influence of Afro-Caribbean music and diaspora in London. He chose to conduct his research in the UK because of its large overseas Caribbean… read more about Across the Atlantic: Caribbean Music and Diaspora in the UK »
In 2007, the Rwandan government implemented a new entrepreneurship curriculum in all secondary schools to promote self-reliance and drive economic growth. “The goal of the policy was to transform an entire generation’s ideas about education and work,” said Catherine Honeyman, visiting scholar at the Duke Center for International Development (DCID) and managing director of Rwanda-based Ishya Consulting. As it turns out, however, students and policymakers had two very different ideas about entrepreneurship. Students… read more about Creating "Orderly Entrepreneurs" in Rwanda: Visiting Scholar Discusses New Book »