FHI at 25: Origins and Reflections

FHI at 25: Origins and Reflections
A Conversation with John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Co-Directors Cathy N. Davidson and Karla F. C. Holloway
Moderated by FHI Director Ranjana Khanna

Friday, February 16, 2024
9:30 to 11:00 AM US Eastern Time
Zoom registration link: https://duke.is/w/n7v8

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. This year also coincides with the 100th anniversary of Duke. To mark these dovetailing anniversaries, FHI will host a series of conversations throughout the calendar year engaging some of the most significant humanities scholars of our time - all formerly or currently affiliated with Duke - to historicize the University's significant investment in the humanities in the 1980s, reflect on what such investment made possible alongside national and international developments in the field, and propose future directions of humanities scholarship and teaching within and beyond Duke. The first installment in the series brings together FHI's joint founders, Cathy N. Davidson (Distinguished Professor of English, CUNY Graduate Center; Ruth F. DeVarney Professor Emerita of Interdisciplinary Studies, Duke) and Karla F. C. Holloway (James B. Duke Professor Emerita of English, Duke), respectively Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies and Dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the time of FHI's establishment in 1999.

Please visit the FHI website for series updates (some events will be available virtually).