Duke Professor of History Phil Stern in discussion with Karin Wulf, the Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library (JCB), and Professor of History at Brown University.

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Prior research suggests that individuals in Latin American cultures value positivity, striving for and expressing positive emotions more than East Asian individuals and at times experiencing them more than European American individuals. Paradoxically, Latines also avoid negative emotions less than European Americans. To better understand these patterns, this research examines cultural variation in affect valuation across East Asian, Latin American, and U.S. cultural contexts, asking participants which emotions they a) ideally want to feel, b) actually feel and c) want to avoid.

Nephrology Grand Rounds are the primary teaching conference of the Division of
Nephrology. Both clinical and basic science topics pertinent to nephrology are
presented at this conference. Each fellow, guided by a faculty-mentor, will
present once a year. Speakers from outside the Division of Nephrology and Duke
University will also be incorporated into the conference schedule.

Many descriptions of human nature imagine that human variation is variation around a central tendency or "normal" human form. This makes a lot of sense. Many human traits do seem nearly universal in humans (e.g. a bilateral bodily organization). Similarly, many descriptions of human moral psychology hypothesize that humans have a central or normal core of morality. For example, some moral philosophers view nearly every human as recognizing certain "moral fixed points" that can constrain moral theorizing.

Join Jewish Life at Duke to experience a Duke Shabbat! We start at 6:00pm with a pluralistic Kabbalat Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Elana Friedman and students, followed by a kosher, family-style Shabbat dinner at ~7:15pm. Come for all or part of the evening! Kabbalat Shabbat Service is free for all. Dinner is FREE for students and $20 for non-students. The event is hosted by Jewish Life at Duke at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life.

Every Thursday at 10 a.m., add some movement to your mindfulness practice with Mindful Movement. The 15-minute Zoom sessions will combine movement, breathwork, visualization and intention to create a moving meditation practice that enhances relaxation and improves well-being. Drop in for an enhanced mindfulness experience through a focus on mobilization.

Sudan is the site of the world's largest humanitarian crisis, yet the war that produced it is widely treated as the sudden eruption of a personal feud between two generals. This talk argues, instead, that the fighting that began in April 2023 is the culmination of a longer political history. The talk will trace the war's seeds within the Islamist regime of Omer al-Bashir (1989-2019), the 2018-19 revolution that over-threw him, the 2021 counter-revolutionary coup, and eventually the rupture between the coup plotters.

Start planning your Duke study away experience at this year's Global Education Fair! Drop in and speak with GEO staff, Duke faculty, and study away partners to learn more about summer and semester study away opportunities.

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time: 11am - 2pm
Location: Penn Pavilion

Attendees will have the chance to enter to win a raffle prize! Make sure to stop by and get your raffle ticket.

For more information on studying away, visit the GEO website at: globaled.duke.edu