Save the Date! Abraham Lincoln and the American Experiment, Feb. 16

David M. Rubenstein and Thavolia Glymph discuss Lincoln’s contributions to shaping the beliefs and values that define the U.S.

Blue Devil of the Week: Virginia Martin

Martin leads a team who oversee millions of electronic resources available through our website

“The Water Defenders” Wins 2021 Méndez Human Rights Book Award

The story of El Salvadorans who fought to combat the exploitation of their country’s natural resources

Witness to Guantanamo Exhibit Opening and Artist’s Talk, Jan. 27

Join us at the Power Plant Gallery for a new exhibit and event series around the legacy of “Gitmo”

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Exhibits at the Library

Our History, Our Voice: Latinx at Duke / Nuestra Historia, Nuestra Voz: Latinas/os/es/x en Duke

An exhibit celebrating the history of Latinx students at Duke, their contributions, struggles, and ways that the current generation is envisioning a new Latinx future.

“To Stand by the Side of Freedom”: Abraham Lincoln and 19th-Century America

A look at the people and parties that influenced Lincoln and the ideas he advanced or opposed. Featuring materials from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection.

Vaccination: 300 Years of Debate

Drawing on materials from our History of Medicine Collections, this online exhibit demonstrates that vaccine hesitancy is nothing new. In fact, it has a long history in the U.S.

The Pretend Villages: Photographs by Christopher Sims

A fascinating look at the inhabitants and structures of imagined, fabricated Iraqi and Afghan villages on the training grounds of U.S. military bases, which serve as way stations for soldiers headed off to war, and for those who have fled from it.