GLS eNews February 10, 2020
GLS Weekly Update - February 10, 2020
Please note: There will be no GLS Coffee Hour this week.
In this edition:
- GLS Summer Courses Posted
- "Waging Peace" Panel Discussion
- "Waging Peace" Documentary and Essay Contest
- Alumni News
- Call for Presentations: 2020 AGLSP Conference
- Duke Libraries 2020 Digital Scholarship Open House
- Applications Open for Story+/Bass Connections Due Feb. 14
- Mandatory RCR Training-Spring Series
- GLS Bulletin Board: Upcoming Application and Proposal Deadlines
- Share Your News!
- Events and Happenings
- Get Social with GLS
GLS Summer Courses Posted
Our Summer 2020 on-campus courses are now posted! Registration starts on February 17. Click on the links below for course descriptions.
Instructor: Dr. Deborah T. Gold
Mondays, 6-9 PM
Location TBA
Runs May 11-July 20
The purpose of this course is to better understand the processes and outcomes of death and dying. The course includes an overview of the biological process of dying and biomedical definitions of death, the social and psychological aspects of death and dying in modern American culture, death and dying as multicultural phenomena, the clinical issues around death and dying, and the management of those issues in an aging society. See more.
Instructor: Dr. Susan Thorne
Wednesdays, 6-9 PM
GLS Conference Room
Runs May 20-July 22
Course examines the colonial past and postcolonial present from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives: in addition to imperial, economic, military and social history, these include journalism, economics, international relations, law, medicine, anthropology, literary criticism, cultural studies, sexuality and gender studies, and public policy. See more.
Divinity School to Host Panel Discussion on "Waging Peace in Vietnam" Exhibit
Thursday, February 13, 4-5:30 PM
Duke Divinity School, Westbrook Building, Room 0012
The Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School will hold a public panel discussion on "Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War" in connection with an exhibit by the same name on display at the school through Feb. 15. Robert Korstad, Professor of Public Policy and History, Sanford School of Public Policy, will moderate.
The panelists are John Balaban, professor emeritus at N.C. State University, award-winning poet, and translator; David Cortright, director of Policy and the Peace Accords Matrix, University of Notre Dame's Kroc Center for International Peace Studies, and author of Waging Peace in Vietnam; Greg Payton, a U.S. Army combat veteran who served in Vietnam from 1967-69, and a member and spokesperson for Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Black Veterans for Social Justice; Douglas Ryder, a U.S. Navy veteran who was stationed aboard a ship off the coast of Vietnam in 1967 and participated in seven amphibious assault operations; Susan Schnall, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy when she led hundreds of active duty soldiers and sailors in an anti-war march in San Francisco in October 1968; and Nicholas Harrelson, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and a wounded combat veteran and a student at Duke Divinity School studying to become an Army chaplain.
GLS is proud to be a sponsor of this event.
Call for Entries: "Waging Peace in Vietnam" Short Documentary and Essay Contest
The North Carolina Veterans for Peace will award two $500 prizes for the best short documentary and best student essay based on reflections of the exhibit "Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War," on view at Duke Divinity School, 00 Level of Westbrook, through February 15. The deadline to submit a documentary or essay is February 17. Read more about the exhibit and its companion book.
The documentary should be three minutes or shorter and convey what the exhibit means to you and its lessons for today. You must include at least one image from the exhibit and you may use any additional source material you choose. Essays should be between 400 – 650 words in length and reflect what the exhibit means to you and lessons for today.
Email entries to info@WagingPeaceInVietnam.com. You must include your full name, school name, email address and phone number. By submitting your documentary or essay you agree that the NC Veterans for Peace may publish it.
Alumni Spotlight: Megan Mayhew Bergman
Megan Mayhew Bergman (MALS 2007) will receive the Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award Reed Award for “Climate Changed,” a series on southern attitudes toward climate change published by The Guardian. Megan is the author the short story collections Almost Famous Women and Birds of a Lesser Paradise and a forthcoming novel, Indigo Run. She teaches literature and environmental writing at Middlebury College and directs Middlebury’s Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference.
More Alumni News
Barbara Prillaman (MALS 2005) started the Master of Library and Information Sciences program at UNC-Greensboro in May 2019 and expects to finish in the spring or summer of 2021.
Leila Elmergawi (MALS 2012) started a new position as an Economic Policy Advisor at the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, at the U.S. Department of State in November 2019. In December she received the Meritorious Honor Award from the Executive Secretary of State.
Kathleen Taylor Tuck (MALS 2008), a business owner, has been working with the US Navy on leadership development, executive coaching, and change management.
Terrance Taylor (MALS 2000) was promoted to District Director in the office of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. House of Representatives.
Call for Presentations: 2020 AGLSP Conference: "History, Heritage & Identity"
Paper proposals are due by March 15, 2020 for the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies (AGLSP) Annual Conference, "History, Heritage & Identity," San Antonio, TX, October 8-10, 2020. The AGLSP is the professional association of GLS programs, faculty and student; Duke GLS is a longtime member. Student papers are welcome: many Duke GLS students and alums have presented at the AGLSP conference.
Duke Libraries to Host 2020 Digital Scholarship Open House
Thursday, February 13, 12:00-1:00 PM
The Edge Workshop Room (Bostock Library 127)
Register: https://duke.libcal.com/event/6403682
At its annual open house Duke University Libraries’ Digital Scholarship & Publishing Services department showcases some of its work over the past year. This year’s slate of speakers and projects offers a view into what it means to create public-oriented digital scholarship -- from considering the interests of collaborators in how the scholarship is shared, to ensuring the scholarship reaches audiences most likely to benefit from it, to using audience feedback and needs to drive future work.
Whether you are just interested in learning more about digital scholarship, publishing, and public scholarship, or planning to start your own publishing project, join us for lunch and conversation with this cross-disciplinary panel as they discuss the motivations behind their projects, the people and work involved in realizing it, and the insights and skills gained along the way.
- Joella Bitter (Doctoral candidate in Cultural Anthropology)
- David Johnston (Associate Professor of the Practice of Marine Conservation Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment)
- Elizabeth Schrader (Doctoral candidate in Early Christianity, Department of Religion)
- Nicholas Smolenski (Doctoral candidate in Musicology, Department of Music)
Sponsored by Duke University Libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Publishing Services, with special thanks to the Office of Copyright and Scholarly Communications and ScholarWorks: A Center for Scholarly Publishing at Duke University Libraries.
Story+/Bass Connections Accepting Applications Through Feb. 14
Applications are now being accepted for Story+/Bass Connections, a 6-week paid summer research experience for Duke students interested in exploring humanities research approaches (archival research, oral histories, narrative analysis, visual analysis, and more).. The program combines research with an emphasis on storytelling for different public audiences. In Story+, students are organized into small project teams and have the opportunity to participate in a flexible mini “curriculum” on research methods and storytelling strategies. Team projects may be led by Duke faculty, Duke librarians, or non-profit organizations, and will be supervised on a day-to-day basis by graduate student mentors.The priority deadline for all student applications is 11:59 PM February 14, 2020. Visit the Story+ webpage for more information.
Spring 2020 RCR Forums for Graduate Students
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the Spring Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Forum series, which is being offered in collaboration with Perkins Library. These forums are open to PhD and master’s students and fulfill a graduation requirement. Master’s students who matriculated in this academic year (2019-2020) are required to complete at least one RCR forum in addition to the orientation offered in August (master’s students who matriculated before this academic year are welcome, but not required, to additional RCR training beyond the orientation.) Visit the Graduate School's website for information on the 2020 Spring Series.
Opportunities Around Campus and Beyond
Visit the GLS Bulletin Board for a list of funding, volunteer, and other opportunities beyond GLS.
Upcoming deadlines:
February 14 • Story+/Bass Connections • application deadline
February 17 • Waging Peace in Vietnam short documentary and essay contest • submission deadline
February 29 • Pat Tillman Scholars Program for military service members, veterans, and spouses • application deadline
March 15 • 2020 AGLSP Conference • call for presentations
March 15 • 2020 Summer School in Global Studies and Critical Theory • Bologna, Italy • June 22 – July 3, 2020 •application deadline
March 23 • Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants • application deadline
Important Dates for GLS Students
- Registration for Summer 2020 begins February 17
- Spring Break - March 7-15
- Fall Bookbagging begins - Monday, March 30
- Fall Registration begins - Wednesday, April 1
- Fall Registration ends; Drop/Add begins - Friday, April 10
- Graduate classes end - Wednesday, April 15
- Graduate reading period - Thursday-Sunday, April 16-April 26
- Last day of semester - Saturday, May 2
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