Since the fall of 2008, the Chautauqua lecture series has replicated the spirit of 19th-century Chautauqua assemblies that took compelling cultural education to rural communities. Now in its fourth year, the series brings luminary Duke professors for an evening of discussion with first-year students, with a special emphasis on those professors who connect their research to current political, social, scientific and environmental issues. Past speakers have included academics such as political scientist Peter Feaver, to English professor and feminist critic Priscilla Wald. These seminars don't occur in lecture halls, but in East Campus residential space, with the goal of fostering greater faculty-student interaction. They include catered dinners. We seek to blur the lines between academic space and residential space so that our newest students understand that the intellectual life does not end in the classroom, and that their academic experiences have great relevance to current events.
Noor's Meanderings on Evolution and Species Formation
Wednesday, September 12th
Mohamed Noor
Earl D. McLean Professor and Associate Chair, Biology
Ultrasonic Imaging: Making Pictures with Sound
Wednesday, September 26th
Kathy Nightingale
James L. Vincent Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Giles
Performing Race/Embodied Black Identities
Tuesday, October 2nd
Richard Powell
John Spencer Bassett Professor, Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Brown
Refugees and Radical Hope
Tuesday, October 23rd
Suzanne Shanahan
Associate Director, Keanan Institute of Ethics & Associate Research Professor, Sociology
Randolph
The Rise of Robotics in Contemporary Medicine
Wednesday, October 24th
Mark Olson
Assistant Professor of Visual and Media Studies
Alspaugh
'Can you hear me now?' Cell Phones, the Internet, and Spectrum
Monday, November 5th
Michelle Connolly
Associate Professor of the Practice, Economics
Southgate
What's it like to be an ape?
Wednesday, November 14th
Brian Hare
Assistant Professor, Evolutionary Anthropology
Wilson
Foreign Policy and the 2012 Presidential Campaign
Tuesday, September 18th
Peter Feaver
Professor, Political Science and Public Policy
McClendon Tower, Floor 5
Tweeting While Black: The History of Black Folk and Social Media
Thursday, October 4th
Mark Anthony Neal
Professor, African & African American Studies
Keohane University Room
Mary Lou Williams and Expressive Choice: Crossing of the Sacred/Secular Divide in Music
Tuesday, October 30th
Anthony Kelley
Associate Professor of the Practice, Music
McClendon Tower, Floor 5
When the Genome Gets Personal
Wednesday, November 7th
Nancy Andrews
Dean, Duke University School of Medicine & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
McClendon Tower, Floor 5
Creating Ashe/Connecting to the Divine
Tuesday, November 13th
Ava Vinesett
Associate Professor of the Practice, Dance
McClendon Tower, Floor 5