by Robin Kirk | Dec 28, 2010 | Robin Kirk
When I was a junior at the University of Chicago, I took Modern Drama with the late Frank Kinahan. Professor Kinahan was famous for his contention that the great literature of the 20th Century was written by Irishmen, often under the influence of drink. Kinahan...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 18, 2009 | Robin Kirk
The history of what is studied in universities is long and abundant in controversy. In his old age, Plato once complained that his star student, Aristotle, was “kick[ing] me, as foals do their mothers when they are born” by refuting his teachings.In more recent times,...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 12, 2009 | Robin Kirk
An effort at Duke I’m really proud of is the Archive for Human Rights, run by Patrick Stawski. We’re collecting the institutional papers of (primarily) US-based human rights groups. We;re also looking for private collections, like the one held by Coletta...
by Robin Kirk | Nov 26, 2008 | Robin Kirk
Mike Tigar resently joined Duke’s law faculty and is on the Duke Human Rights Center steering committee. This is his talk before the election: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT56wVUt5Ho[/youtube]
by Robin Kirk | Nov 23, 2008 | Robin Kirk
I’ve been slow in posting the iTunes videos of the Duke Human Rights Center events. This is a great one, featuring noted historian John Hope Franklin talking with CUNY scholar Lea Wernick Fridman about African-American politician, historian and journalist George...
