John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
The mission of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) at Duke University is to encourage and enable serious humanistic inquiry, and to promote a heightened awareness of the centrality of the humanities to the quality of human life, social interaction, and scholarship in all fields. To these ends, we emphasize a broad conception of interdisciplinarity – one that encompasses all methods and approaches, and which acknowledges the importance of the core humanities disciplines – as well as scholarly work that examines issues of social equity, especially research on race and ethnicity in their most profound historical and international dimensions. In this ambitious mission, we are inspired by the late John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History.
This channel features event coverage from some of the papers & talks given here along with documentaries that demonstrate the incredible interdisciplinary work being done at the FHI.
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
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John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
Living conditions for incarcerated people in upstate New York's Attica Correctional Facility were nothing short of dehumanizing. Black inmates were especially brutalized by the nearly all-white guard staff who were mostly from the rural town where the prison still stands today. In September 1971, when inmates revolted and took over the penitentiary to demand better living conditions, it gripped the nation and galvanized the call for prison reform. The uprising lasted four days, ending in state police storming the facility and shooting dead 29 inmates and 10 of the captive correctional staff members. How did the Attica uprising act as a crucible for Black radical thought to envision, both, defiant Black life and an abolition movement against our current carceral system? Dr. Orisanmi Burton, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at American University, joins host Mark Anthony Neal to discuss his new book, "Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt," published by University of California Press.
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John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
Watch our latest event to celebrate FHI turning 25 years old! Gregson Davis, former Dean of the Humanities at @dukeuniversity was instrumental in the establishment of the @FranklinHumanities. Hear him speak on a burgeoning concept: the "Transcultural Humanities"
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