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Come Visit! We’re Now Taking Applications for Travel Grants

On February 28, 2013 By

Researchers! The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library is now accepting applications for our 2013-2014 travel grants.

The Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture, and the John W. Hartman Center for [...]

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The Spiritual is Political

On November 1, 2012 By

With generous assistance from a 2012 Mary Lily Research Grant, I visited the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture this past summer to conduct research for my dissertation, “The Spiritual is Political: How the Southern Baptist Convention Debated Feminism and Found the New Right.”

I focused primarily on records [...]

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Feminism beyond Borders

On June 18, 2012 By

Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
Contact Information: Kelly Wooten, 919-660-5967 or kelly.wooten(at)duke.edu

Please join the staff of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture for a lunchtime talk by Jessica Lancia, Ph.D. candidate at the University [...]

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Travel Grant Season is Open!

On November 2, 2011 By

Wish you were here? We do too! The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library is now accepting applications for our 2012-2013 travel grants.

The Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture, and the Continue Reading →

Unnatural Intimacies

On August 8, 2011 By

Date: Friday, August 12, 2011
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Rare Book Room
Contact Information: Kelly Wooten, 919-660-5967 or kelly.wooten(at)duke.edu

Join the staff of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture for a discussion, titled “Unnatural Intimacies: Deviance, Sexuality, and the Historical Relationships of Lesbians and [...]

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What She Wore

On July 13, 2011 By

Mary Lily Travel Grant recipient Julie R. Enszer recently completed her second visit to the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture to conduct research for her dissertation project, which investigates the production of lesbian-feminist print culture in the United States between 1969 and 1989.

While Julie was here, she [...]

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Art, Abortion, Activism

On May 4, 2011 By

Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Rare Book Room
Contact Information: Kelly Wooten, 919-660-5967 or kelly.wooten(at)duke.edu

Tomorrow, please join the staff of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture for “Art, Abortion, Activism: Facets of Feminist History,” a Scholars’ Tea with Mary [...]

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2011-2012 Franklin Research Center Travel Grants Awarded

On April 19, 2011 By

The John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s travel grants. These grants support the work of students, scholars, and independent researchers for travel to Durham to conduct research using the Franklin Research Center’s collections.

Andrew David [...]

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2011-2012 Mary Lily Research Grants Awarded

On April 11, 2011 By

The Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Mary Lily Research Grants. These grants support the work of students, scholars, and independent researchers who will travel to Durham from all over the U.S. to make use of the Bingham Center’s rich [...]

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Bus Boycotts and the Politics of Race

On March 10, 2011 By

Date: Thursday, 17 March 2011
Time: 3-4 PM
Location: Rare Book Room
Contact Information: Jennifer Thompson, 919-660-5922 or jennifer2.thompson(at)duke.edu

Please join the staff of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture for a program with Dr. Derek Catsam, recipient of [...]

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