GLS eNews April 29, 2021
GLS Express Grad Week Edition- April 29, 2021
Join us for virtual porch sitting, every Thursday, 5-6 PM, through June. The Zoom meeting link will be the same every week.
GLS House remains closed until further notice. GLS staff are working remotely and may be reached via email.
Office Hours with Anne will resume in August.
GLS Virtual Virtual Grad Celebration This Saturday
GLS will hold a virtual graduation celebration on Saturday, May 1, from 1-2:30 PM via Zoom. All GLS students are invited to attend. Our Faculty Speaker will be Leo Ching, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and our Student Speaker will be Jennifer Chambers (MALS 2021). Be sure to check your Duke inbox for a Punchbowl invitation with a link to the event.
Dr. Leo Ching‘s research interests include colonial discourse studies, postcolonial theory, Japanese mass culture, and theories of globalization and regionalism. He has published in boundary 2, positions and Public Culture. He has been a member of the GLS Advisory Committee since 2020.
Jenn Chambers earned an undergraduate degree in Theater Studies from Duke’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences exactly twenty years ago. After graduating in 2001, she worked primarily in non-profit arts organizations in program development and communications at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC and the Virginia Arts Festival in Norfolk, Virginia before returning to work at Duke in 2014 as the Director of Alumni Education.
Congratulations to all our graduates!
Muhammad Ali
Jessica Almy-Pagán
Hongyu An
Dolores Arreguin-Carey
Jennifer Chambers
Ismail Ćidić
Harper Feng
Suiyuan Jin
Anne Hammond
Lin Li
Di Liao
Thea Qianyu Liu
Joe McCarthy
Olivia Merli
Leanora Minai
Paul Rehren
Janet Shaw
Nadiyah Suleiman
Hanxue Wang
Sheridan Wilbur
Seven Students Awarded Exemplary Master’s Project Designation
The Exemplary Master’s Project designation is awarded each year to 4-8 master’s projects that represent the quality and scope of work that is possible in our program. To receive the award, a project must be nominated by the faculty supervisor and judged by a set of interdisciplinary criteria. Such projects are models that GLS students can use in working on their own proposals and projects.
This year’s Exemplary Master’s Project represent a wide range of topics (from automobile crashes and grief practices to racial segregation to evolution, stories and financial markets), a wide range of disciplines (including philosophy, psychology, history, economics, demographics and literary studies) and methods (including statistical analysis, social science experimentation, documentary photography and filmmaking). Full text versions of these projects can be found on DukeSpace, via the GLS website.
Russian Literary Conflicts Over the Nihilist Novel, 1861-1881 - Muhammad Ali
Who’s Chasing Who: An Exploration of Relationships Among the Brigata in Boccaccio’s Decameron - Jenn Chambers
Racial and Ethnic Mixing in Chicago 1920-2020: Neighborhoods and Schools - Di Liao
How Evolution, Stories, and Irrationality Influence Decision Making in Financial Markets: Analyzing Whether We Can Leverage Our Innate Traits and Characteristics To Improve Outcomes - Joe McCarthy
Fatal Automobile Crashes in North Carolina: A Historical and Present-Day Portrait of Grief - Leanora Minai
On the Stability of Moral Judgment Over Time - Paul Rehren
Pursuit of Faith: Navigating Ethics and Self-Referential Documentary A Family Documentary Film and an Analytical Essay on Ethics - Sheridan Wilbur
Mark you calendars for a special Virtual Porch Sitting Exemplary Celebration on Thursday, May 13, from 5-6 PM Eastern. In the meantime, visit our Graduation Celebration 2021 Wordpress site and stay tuned for Exemplary Master's Projects videos and more.
GLS Summer Seminars
Spots are still available in our two new GLS seminars. Both courses will be online. See the links below for more information.
Who Can Recall? Writing (and Drawing) Time
Instructor: Amy Laura Hall
Wednesdays, 5-8 PM
Reckoning with Inequality via Critical Family History
Instructor: Susan Thorne
Tuesdays, 6-9 PM
GLS Weekly Virtual Info Sessions
Spread the word! Each Friday at 10 AM, through May 14, GLS will hold weekly virtual information sessions via Zoom. Word of mouth continues to be one our best recruitment tools, so if you know of someone you think might be interested in the program, please send them our way.
Info sessions are a great way for prospective students to learn more about GLS and to see whether it's a good fit for them. We'll talk about the application process, curriculum, faculty, students, cost, and how Duke employees can use their tuition benefit to help finance their degree. We will make time for your questions as well. Advanced registration is required. See our website for dates and registration details.
Important Dates for GLS Students
Registration Deadlines:
February 2 - Drop/Add ends
March 1 - Summer registration begins
March 8-9 - No classes held
April 21 - Graduate classes end
April 22-25 - Graduate reading period
May 1 - Last day of the semester/GLS Virtual Graduation
May 12 - Summer Term 1 Extended begins/Summer 2021 bursar bills due
June 28 - Fall 2021 shopping carts open
July 7-19 - Fall 2021 registration
August 2 - Fall 2021 bursar bills issued
September 1 - Fall 2021 bursar bills due
Campus Calendars
Check out the links below for events happening across Duke.
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies (AAHVS)
Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Department of Gender, Sexuality & Feminists Studies
Department of International Comparative Studies (ICS)
Online Resources for Graduate Students
- COVID-19 updates for students are available on Duke's Coronavirus Response website.
- Graduate School-specific COVID-19 updates are posted here. TGS has also created a FAQ for continuing and incoming international students.
- The Duke Student Assistance Fund was established better support master's students who may be experiencing difficulty providing for their basic needs during this extraordinary time.
- Blue Devils Care is a new mental telehealth service that can provide support wherever you may be located currently. You can access the service by using the key DUKE2020.
- The Career Center now offers online drop-in advising for graduate students on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. View the schedule here.