"The Role and Future of Scholarly Publishing in American Intellectual Life" Click to find videotapes and transcripts of parts of our 2002-03 events series focusing on issues in scholarly publishing, plus links to other related resources, web sites, and articles.

"Women and Violence: Trauma, Loss and the Lives of Black Women" Click for follow-up information on Charlotte Pierce-Baker's November 13, 2002 "Wednesday Conversation."

"Forgotten Soldier Boy: War and the Politics of Country Music" Click for the text of David Whisnant's January 17, 2003 talk, co-sponsored with the Duke Institute of the Arts as part of the "Arts in Times of War" series.

"Say My Name: Re/Stating the Humanities" Click to view a videotape of Dean Karla Holloway's February 12, 2003 "Wednesday Conversation" on current issues in the humanities. Holloway is Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Duke.

"American Dreams and Rude Awakenings: The American Myths of Isolation and Innocence" Click for full text of Emory Elliott's February 28, 2003 address at Duke University. Elliott is Director of the Center for Ideas and Society at the University of California, Riverside.

"The (Hidden) Politics of the Blue Ridge Parkway" Click for some links related to Anne Mitchell Whisnant's March 5, 2003 presentation on the history of North Carolina and Virginia's Blue Ridge Parkway.

Reparations in Perspective: Click to go to our main Reparations page where you can view videos of both our April 7, 2003 panel discussion of reparations across time and culture, and our April 9, 2003 three-way videoconference on reparations among scholars at Duke, Harvard, and Spelman. This page also contains links to library and web resources on the question of reparations.