by Robin Kirk | Jul 11, 2012 | Robin Kirk
There is a lot of bad human rights news about — torture centers in Syria, the continuing and cinematic viciousness of Mexico’s drug cartels and the country’s deeply corrupt institutions, North Carolina’s repeal of a key aspect of the Racial...
by Robin Kirk | Mar 25, 2012 | Robin Kirk
My American Scholar piece on Belfast (“City of Walls”) was selected by William Vollman to be published in the 2012 Best American Travel Writing edition — sweet!
by Robin Kirk | Mar 7, 2012 | Robin Kirk
The Tiger King featured in today’s Duke News report on faculty publishing ebooks…
by Robin Kirk | Jan 15, 2012 | Robin Kirk
(published in the January 15 edition of the Raleigh News and Observer) BY DEBORAH WEISSMAN AND ROBIN KIRK The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks was a searing reminder of the pain felt by those who lost loved ones on that day and in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....
by Robin Kirk | Jan 12, 2012 | Robin Kirk
I just posted this on the site for my Memory Bandits class. As a first assignment, I’ve asked students to comment on this post with their thoughts on the theme of human rights and memory and include some of their own memories in personal statements. I was in my...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 3, 2012 | Robin Kirk
I’m trying out a new blog connected to my Memory Bandits class — adventures in teaching! I’m also designing the class with less talking and more peer-to-peer learning. Check out the syllabus here — suggestions welcome…
