Duke University English Department

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

"The arts and humanities are a small piece of the AI pie, but they are our piece of the pie."

Tom Comitta talks to Aarthi Vadde about her new novel, "We the Platform," and reading in the Web 2.0 era: http://lareviewofbooks.org/article/we-the-platform-artificial-intelligence-aarthi-vadde-internet

09/01/2026

In a four-part series that connected the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute with the Duke Alumni Lifelong Learning network, the humanities were discussed by faculty

08/28/2026

“Connect with a wide range of academic services and opportunities available to Duke students at this year’s Academic Resources Week. Discover the tricks and habits for a successful Duke academic career. Student attendees are entered into a prize raffle. For more details visit https://undergrad.duke.edu/academic-resources-week/."

08/24/2026

How Maya Myers (English Alum) Discovered Her Voice as a Children’s Book Author

https://trinity.duke.edu/news/education-program-alumni-feature

08/24/2026

The longest running web series out of Duke University's John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute has a new host for its seventeenth season on YouTube.

08/12/2026

An internationally recognized scholar, Moi’s work has influenced feminist theory, literary studies, and the study of the relationship between literature and philosophy.

07/30/2026

A new chapter begins for Left of Black! 🎥

Award-winning scholar Christopher Ouma takes the helm of the acclaimed series, bringing a global, Pan-African perspective to conversations on Black thought, culture, and the humanities.

Since original host Mark Anthony Neal launched the series in 2011, Left of Black has become a leading platform for conversations with scholars, artists, writers, and public intellectuals shaping the field.

Ouma's appointment marks an exciting new chapter that builds on that legacy while broadening the series' international reach.

Read more: https://fhi.duke.edu/news/christopher-ouma-takes-helm-award-winning-series-left-black/

07/28/2026

Congratulations to Professor Ouma the new host of the Webby Awards-nominated web series “Left of Black.”

07/21/2026

The American Revolution was not a sudden moment but the result of decades of political debate, economic change and intellectual exchange that stretched across the Atlantic world. And while the signing of the Declaration of Independence marked a historic turning point, it also ushered in a period of....