August | 2020
News & Updates
Welcome Back!
To returning students and the Class of 2024,

We know that this is not an easy time, and we want to lift up all students--those living on and off campus, taking courses in-person or virtually, or taking the semester off. We hope that you are finding the people and resources you need to navigate this ever-changing situation, and please reach out to us if there are ways we can support you this academic year.

We want to invite everyone--wherever you are--to our first virtual event this semester. Join us tonight at 5:30PM for Voting Rights are Human Rights: A Faculty-Student Zoom Teach-In. It will be a chance to learn where to vote on campus and in Durham, how to volunteer at the polls and ask any questions you have. This event is free and open to the public, but we ask that you register in advance. DHRC faculty recently wrote a letter to The Chronicle asking Duke administration to protect voting rights that you can read here.

We are grateful to be in community with you and look forward to seeing you at events and in class, communicating through newsletters and one-on-one Zoom meetings, and collaborating on human rights opportunities. Please be in touch if you want to learn more about the Human Rights Certificate or get involved with the Duke Human Rights Center@FHI.

Sincerely,
Faculty and staff at the Duke Human Rights Center@FHI
Staff and Faculty: Apply Now for the Racial Equity Learning Arc
The Racial Equity Learning Arc is a cohort-based series of workshops open to Duke staff and faculty who have completed the Racial Equity Institute’s Phase I workshop. The application for the 2020-2021 cohort is now open and due by September 9.

Please visit the workshop page for further information
Revised Fall 2020 Certificate Course List
Each semester, Duke offers undergraduates dozens of courses related to global and local human rights issues. This fall, we revised our course offerings to accommodate for the current needs and changing times so please check out the updated list if you are looking for another RIGHTS elective.

Some of the courses offered this fall are:
  • Human Rights: Back to the Future (RIGHTS 104FS)
  • Engaged Citizens/Social Change (RIGHTS 201)
  • Race, Power, and Identity (RIGHTS 221)
  • Environment and Conflict (RIGHTS 229)

Please visit the website for more courses and information.
All You Need to Know About Election 2020
Public safety and democracy are both being tested at the moment. Citizens need to protect both. That said, we encourage students who are registered at Duke to vote on campus during the early voting period, which begins October 15th. Prof. Gunther Peck has compiled a list of relevant information you need for this voting season. Learn more.
Updates from the 2020 Human Rights Research Grant Recipients
Each year, the DHRC awards research grants to graduate and undergraduate students interested in developing and implementing research and projects in human rights. This year our summer research grantees have worked on several interesting issues.

Yanping Ni conducted her research on a neglected occupational disease that affects millions of migrant workers in the mining industry in China.

Stefanie Pousoulides prepared for her senior thesis by researching the response of the League of Nations to the Armenian Genocide.

Dana Baker invested her research efforts towards the study of human well-being, marine protected areas, and the pandemic.

Please visit the website to read more about these students and their research.
Upcoming Events
Voting Rights are Human Rights: A Joint Faculty-Student Zoom Teach-In

Please join us for this critical one-hour discussion of why voting matters so much, how to register in North Carolina, and how to volunteer to help in other ways with the coming election if you are interested.

For more details, visit event page.
The Duke Human Rights Center @ the Franklin Humanities Institute brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, staff and students to promote new understandings about global human rights issues.