Fall Colloquium Series
Monday, September 7
Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University
225 Friedl, 1:30-3 pm
Monday, September 28
Engseng Ho, Duke University
225 Friedl, 1:30-3 pm
Monday, October 12
Joe Gone, University of Michigan
225 Friedl, 1:30-3 pm
Renovated Humanities Building Named after Ernestine Friedl
Anthropologist honored for scholarship and leadership
By Missy Baxter
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Durham, NC -- Duke University has named the former art museum on East Campus after renowned anthropologist and long-time Duke faculty member Ernestine Friedl, President Richard Brodhead announced Monday during a reception reopening the renovated building.
Formerly known as the Science Building before it became Duke’s art museum, the facility now houses the departments of African & African American Studies and Cultural Anthropology, the Programs in Literature and Latino/a Studies, the Institute for Critical US Studies and the Duke Human Rights Center. It will be one of the university’s centers for teaching and learning in the humanities.
Friedl, a James B. Duke Professor Emerita, is “one of the most noted anthropologists in the world,” Brodhead said, and she has been instrumental in pioneering new scholarship at Duke and around the globe.
“Her legacy is all around us,” Brodhead told about 60 Duke faculty, staff, students and community members as he unveiled a plaque that commended Friedl for being an “innovative scholar, breaking intellectual and disciplinary boundaries,” a “builder of great faculty” and a “person of ever-young spirit, with a warmth and humanity that endears her to all.”
Friedl, a 1950 graduate of Columbia, came to Duke in 1973 to chair the newly formed Department of Cultural Anthropology. She became Duke’s first woman dean of Trinity College and the faculty of arts and sciences from 1980 to 1985. During her tenure as dean, the Women's Studies Program at Duke was established.
Friedl’s fieldwork in a Greek village was the first published study on modern Greece. Other pathbreaking works uses the tools of anthropology to explore gender roles.
Following the reception, Friedl said that housing several humanities programs in one building will foster communication and encourage collaboration.
“I think it’s wonderful to have so many different programs and resources in one place,” she said. “I feel very honored and thrilled to be associated with this building.”
Provost's Postdoctoral Program
The 2006 strategic plan at Duke University, Making a Difference, upholds diversity as a core value of our institution. Not only does diversity at our university best prepare our students for a global world, a robust learning environment can occur only when people of different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups and others experiences are brought together to exchange ideas. We recognize that we need to continue our efforts to enhance diversity in our student and faculty populations, as well as in leadership positions. To that end, the Provost has created the Provost's Postdoctoral Program, with competitive postdoctoral research appointments for two years. The goal of the program is to increase the diversity of scholars who have potential for becoming tenure track faculty at Duke University or peer institutions, particularly in fields where there are fewer women and/or underrepresented minorities. Postdoctoral awardees are expected to devote their full efforts to research, and may teach a maximum of one course per year. We expect to award two 2-year fellowships each year.
For more information: http://postdoc.duke.edu/provost.html
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The cultural anthropology department has moved to east campus. Our new location is 205 Science Building, formerly known as the old Art Museum.