HAPPENING ON CAMPUS THIS MONTH AT Strategic Decisions: Examining Foreign Policy Top officials in the Bush White House share their perspectives All Aboard the Hallelujah Train Duke Performances’ two-day musical project Going Behind the Lens The Center for Documentary Studies showcases photography DVOLUME 4.NUMBERUKE 9 . OCTOBER 2009

The Inaugural Year: Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy

After gaining a national reputation, the former institute founded by Terry Sanford celebrates its new status as a school

During World War II, Terry Sanford served as a lieutenant in a parachute regiment, “The Battling Buzzards,” which jumped into DID YOU KNOW? occupied France. For his courage he earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.

FOR A DETAILED SUMMARY OF DAILY DUKE HAPPENINGS, PLEASE VISIT DUKETODAYAT WWW.DUKE.EDU/TODAY 2 DUKE IN THE NEWS VOLUME 4:NO.9 | THIS MONTH AT DUKE Shinseki to Honor Duke’s INDUKETODAY 4Bonkistry Fallen Soldiers The eventual teacher of some 30,000 Duke students over 40 years in the introductory chemistry class Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki, who received that came to be known as “Bonkistry,” Duke chem- a master’s degree at Duke, is the keynote speaker at an istry professor James F. Bonk celebrates 50 years of Oct. 23 event honoring alumni who have died in battle since teaching at Duke. Bonk, 78, is still an active mem- World War II. ber of the faculty and serves as the department’s A former Army chief and decorated war veteran, Shinseki will join director of undergraduate studies. “I have no plans President Brodhead to offer remarks on behalf of soldiers who died in to retire,” he says. conflicts spanning from the Korean War through the Iraq War. The Duke duke.edu/today Alumni Association (DAA) will pay tribute to the fallen soldiers by dedi- cating a plaque inscribed with their names. Those who died while in 4Changes to Cameron active duty will also be included. The DAA worked with military author- As it approached its 70th year, Cameron Indoor ities, particularly the National Personnel Records Center and Department Stadium underwent a series of improvements this of Defense, to identify those named on the memorial. summer to enhance fans’ gameday experience. Seating The ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. in Memorial Quad, between was reconfigured so graduate students will sit behind Duke Chapel and the Duke Divinity School. Families both baskets; undergraduates will remain courtside. A and friends of the soldiers will be in attendance. state-of-the-art press table was also added. For more information and a full list of alumni being goduke.com honored, go to memorial.dukealumni.com. 4The Future of Health Duke University Health System is moving forward with on.the.web the construction of a dedicated, state-of- the-art Cancer Center and the new Duke Medicine Pavilion, a major expansion of surgery and critical care services at Duke University Hospital. The Cancer Center is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy in 2012, while the Duke Medicine Pavilion is expected to begin receiving patients in 2013. dukemedicine.org

4Ranking High Duke placed tenth in U.S. News & World Report’s latest annual ranking of national universities that offer doctoral degrees. It ranked eighth among national universities in the magazine’s survey of experts asked to identify “schools where the faculty has an unusual commitment to undergraduate teaching.” news.duke.edu

4Gigantic Jets Selling Shiseido With a very lucky shot, Duke scientists captured a one-second image and the electrical fingerprint of a On the heels of New York City’s Fashion Week, a Duke expert takes a close look at how one huge jolt of lightning that flowed 40 miles upward cosmetics company made its mark in history. Gennifer Weisenfeld, associate professor in from the top of an offshore tropical storm. Rarely seen, these highly charged meteorological events are the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, explores how Japanese cosmetics known as gigantic jets, flashing up to the lower lev- company Shiseido creatively produced and conveyed meaning through the visual and els of space. material aspects of its marketing. news.duke.edu In her web essay “Selling Shiseido: Cosmetics Advertising & Design in Early 20th 4 Century Japan,” Weisenfeld analyzes elements of Shiseido’s advertising and marketing to Measuring Mental Disorders The prevalence of anxiety, depression and substance illustrate how the company’s products and promotional strategies tell a distinctive story dependency may be twice as high as the mental about Japan’s experience of modernity, including the impact of mass-market consumerism, health community has been led to believe. Duke urbanization and changing gender roles on national culture. The web essay is accompanied psychologists and colleagues from the United by extensive image galleries drawn from Shiseido’s vast archives. Part of MIT’s Visualizing Kingdom and New Zealand used a long-term track- Cultures initiative, the galleries include Shiseido ads and posters, postcards, product pho- ing study of more than 1,000 New Zealanders from birth to age 32 to reach the conclusion that people tos, pictures of company stores and buildings, as well as film and video clips. vastly underreport the amount of mental illness they’ve suffered when asked to recall their history bit.ly/XJowV years after the fact. research.duke.edu

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On July 1 this year, the institute was renamed the Sanford School of Public Policy, reflecting Inaugural Year its new status as Duke’s tenth school. CHRIS HILDRETH

By Nancy E. Oates on the ground floor of the Old Chemistry building. Law and public policy professor Joel Fleishman, its inaugural director, remembers heating, sewer Every patient presents neurosurgeon Gail Rosseau and water pipes running along the walls and ceiling of the space that he with a view into the world of public policy. The patient and his assistant shared in the 11 years Fleishman served as director. As the institute grew, so did its real estate, expanding office by office until it took with a brain tumor and no insurance opens a window over the entire first and second floors of Old Chem. into the problem of access to health care. So does the In the early ’90s, during the first of Kuniholm’s two stints as the insti- tute’s director, the university agreed for the institute needed its own build- patient with a worker’s compensation injury that has ing. The Sanford building was dedicated in 1993. Five years later, due in doctors fighting to provide treatment. large part to the generosity of alumnus David Rubinstein, the institute built and expanded into Rubinstein Hall. Joel Fleishman Rosseau sees examples of public policies that work – and those that do In 2005, Kuniholm returned to the directorship after an 11-year hiatus not – in other situations, too. A gifted student might be inspired to pursue a and chaired a task force that examined the potential to turn the institute medical career by shadowing a doctor but can’t because HIPAA privacy reg- into a school. By attaining school status, Sanford could raise its own funds ulations prevent it, or a specialist has to order a redundant diagnostic test on and provide more financial aid. a new patient to avoid liability issues. “As an institute, we had to stand in line with all of the other department “Policy experts have a very valuable role to play, and their counsel must chairs,” Kuniholm says. “As a school, we can collaborate and coordinate be in partnership with the people in the trenches putting policy into action,” directly with other deans.” says Rosseau, one of two Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecturers speaking That collaboration includes new faculty hires. Over the past four years, during inaugural events for the Sanford School of Public Policy this month. the number of tenure-track faculty has grown from 21 to more than 30. The “These two groups should work together, rather than on parallel paths.” school has also added joint professorships with the schools of law and envi- That, in a nutshell, was the impetus for Terry Sanford, the former North ronment, and with the global health institute, among others. Carolina governor, senator and Duke president, to found a public policy “Every one of the substantive issues other schools work on has a policy Richard Fisher institute at Duke in 1971 to bridge the gap between the academic and poli- piece that we can complement,” Kuniholm says. “We see ourselves as creat- cy worlds. On July 1 this year, the institute was renamed the Sanford School ing a framework for transforming student lives, giving them the analytical of Public Policy, reflecting its new status as Duke’s tenth school. tools they need in broad areas of concentration that we share with other “As a school, we have much more autonomy; we’re more capable of being schools.” entrepreneurial,” says Bruce Kuniholm, the Sanford School’s inaugural dean Fleishman, who will deliver the Founders’ Day address, underscored the and former director. “We’re constrained only by our own imaginations – and importance of the school’s commitment. our capacity to raise the resources necessary.” “Because public policy analysis provides a neutral framework for discussion As part of a yearlong inaugural celebration, events Oct. 1-3 include a dia- of public problems by those with often strongly opposing views,” he says, “it is logue between Rosseau, who was on President Obama’s short list for U.S. sur- absolutely essential to the civil discourse required for the successful function- geon general, and John Harwood T ’78, the political journalist with The New ing of democracy, especially in a pluralistic, multicultural society.” ✦ York Times and CNBC. Richard Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Gail Rosseau Reserve Bank of Dallas and a leading thinker in eco- nomic circles, and Cokie Roberts, the news analyst for ABC News and NPR, will discuss another topical issue – the state of the global economy. Policy brief- Weekend Celebration at the Sanford School ings by Sanford faculty and photo exhibits in the Thursday, Oct. 1: school’s buildings will also highlight the inaugural cel- 4 p.m.: Founders’ Day Convocation in Duke Chapel; reception to follow. Honorees include Joel L. Fleishman, ebration. pharmaceutical industry executive and Duke trustee Ernest Mario and veteran journalist Judy C. Woodruff, T ‘68. According to school officials, a public policy major Friday, Oct. 2: equips students to use their expertise in many sectors – 4:30 p.m.: Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecturer Richard Fisher, in dialogue with Cokie Roberts, news analyst for health, environment, law, business or nonprofits – to ABC News and NPR. • Fleishman Commons, Sanford Building. Reception to follow. bring about policies for the good of the community, car- rying out President Richard Brodhead’s call for Duke to Saturday, Oct. 3: “put knowledge in the service of society.” 9 a.m.: Policy briefings by Sanford faculty • Sanford Building and Rubenstein Hall, locations announced on site In 1971, the Institute for Policy Sciences and 10 a.m.: Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecturer Gail Rosseau in dialogue with John Harwood, T’78 of The New York Public Affairs, as it was then known, was bigger than Times and CNBC. • Fleishman Commons, Sanford Building the space it occupied: two small, connecting offices For more information on these and other events, visit sanford.duke.edu/events/inaugural.

FOR A DETAILED SUMMARY OF DAILY DUKE HAPPENINGS, PLEASE VISIT DUKETODAYAT WWW.DUKE.EDU/TODAY 4 CAMPUS EVENTS VOLUME 4:NO.9 | THIS MONTH AT DUKE Strategic Decisions: Examining Foreign The Future of Policy Documenting the Past By Frances Presma By Mary-Russell Roberson Deborah Jakubs, As a top Pentagon official in charge of U.S. defense policy, a member of the Douglas Feith helped formulate the country’s response to 9/11 Seymour Hersh, the Pulitzer Prize-winning committee advising and, consequently, its military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. investigative journalist who ofte n writes the provost on the John Bolton also helped craft and defend America’s post-9/11 for- about issues relate d to foreign policy, lecture series, says eign policy as a senior State Department official in charge of arms national se curity and the military, is one of the effects can be control and international security, and later, as U.S. ambassador to two spea ke rs featured in this month’s profound. The the United Nations. Provost’s Lecture Series. information a socie- The other is Diana Taylor, founding director of ty chooses to save the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and and make available Politics at New York University, a consortium of determines how his- activists and artists who teach and study the interplay tory is written and of art and politics. how policy deci- The Provost’s Lecture Series aims to inspire a sions are made, she year-long discussion of an issue of broad significance says. It also affects to society. Each speaker will discuss an aspect of this our ability to trace year’s theme, “The Future of the Past, The Future of the evolution of an the Present: A Historical Record in the Digital Age.” idea through time. The Rita The lectures are free and open to the public. Pulitzer Prize-winning DiGiallonardo Hersh, the author of eight books, will discuss “A journalist Seymour Hersh is Report Card on Obama’s Foreign Policy. ” He received Holloway universi- one of the speakers in this a Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for reporting on the cover-up ty librarian and vice month’s Provost’s Lecture John Bolton (L) and Doug Feith will discuss U.S. foreign policy and of the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. In provost for library Series. the war on terrorism. 2004 he exposed the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in a affairs, Jakubs says series of articles in The New Yorker. now that the paper trail has, in many cases, become a Both will speak at Duke Law School this month at the invita- Taylor’s lecture, “The Digital as Anti-Archive,” trail of electrons, society faces new challenges in doc- tion of the school’s chapter of the Federalist Society, a student will address the emerging challenges of the electronic umenting the past and present for future journalists, organization. archive in an era when everyone can be his or her own scholars and citizens. “I think this is a great opportunity for the students at Duke archivist. Confronting questions related to copyright, “Using digital technology to preserve information Law School and the broader Duke community to hear from two authority and accessibility, her talk will examine the and ensure that it remains accessible is something very important figures in recent American foreign policy,” says shift to digital methods and its effects. that affects all of us,” she says. ✦ Peter Feaver, director of Duke’s Program in American Grand Strategy, co-sponsor of the events. “They each played key roles in some of the most consequential decisions of the last eight years and LECTURE: Seymour Hersh, “A Report Card on Obama’s Foreign Policy” so they are especially interesting voices to be heard.” Bolton will address current U.S. foreign policy in his talk, 5-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13, Page Auditorium “President Obama’s New International Order.” Well-known for his expertise in arms control and proliferation, Bolton gained a reputa- LECTURE: Diana Taylor, “The Digital as Anti-Archive” tion for his outspoken views on reform in the United Nations and his opposition to U.S. membership in the International Criminal 5-6:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26, Love Auditorium Court. Bolton’s experience over three Republican administrations Information: provost.duke.edu/speaker_series includes senior positions with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Agency for International Development. He is currently a sen- ior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Feith helped formulate U.S. defense planning guidelines and military and detention policies as the under secretary of defense for Renowned policy from 2001 to 2005. He examined some of those actions in his recent book, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, and will discuss them at Duke in his lecture, Author A.S. “Setting the Record Straight: Legal and Strategic Thoughts on the War on Terrorism.” Feith is currently the director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for National Security Strategies. Byatt Comes Both events are free and open to the public. Bolton’s talk is co- sponsored by the International Law Society. Feith’s talk is co-spon- sored by the American Constitution Society. Both events are also to Duke co-sponsored by the Program in American Grand Strategy.

For more information, contact Erica Stalnecker at EAMONN MCCABE [email protected]. ✦ Novelist Antonia Su san Byatt, better know n as A.S. Considered by some to be one of the greatest post mod- Byatt, will read from her work at 7:30 p. m. on Thursd ay, ern novelists in Great Britain, Byatt wa s made a Dame LECTURE: John Bolton Oct. 15, in the Gothic Reading Room at Perkins Library. of the British Empire in 1999 and re ceived the German 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1 • Duke Law School, Rm. 3041 The event is free and open to the public. Author of the Toepfer Foundation’s Shakes peare Prize for distin- Booker Prize-winning Possession: A Romance and guished contributions to British culture in 20 02 . Her , both of which we re made into films, latest novel is The Children’s Book. LECTURE: Douglas Feith Morpho Eugenia Byatt is the William Bl ackburn Vi siting Fiction Writer at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27 • Duke Law School, Rm. 4047 Duke for the fall se mester. For more information, visit english.duke.edu.

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“While Pastor Blade is a gospel singer and a Going Riding the preacher in what we might think of as an old-time tradition, Behind Brian, Daniel and the Hallelujah Train other musicians on the the Lens project come from By Andrea Fereshteh worlds that encompass rock and roll, folk A series of events music, country, indie hosted by Duke’s rock and jazz,” says Center for Greenwald. Given the Documentary gospel roots of the proj- Studies (CDS) ect, Greenwald chose showcases the Hayti Heritage photography A two-day gospel Center – a deconsecrated this month. music project former A.M.E Church – On Thursday, featuring Brian as the site for the per- Oct. 1, award-win- Blade (left), “The formances. ning author and New Pastor Blade has led Hallelujah Train” York University pro- Zion Baptist Church in includes a fessor Deborah Willis Shreveport, La. for near- sermon and live will discuss and sign copies of her ly 50 years. His son, performances at book, Posing Beauty: African American renowned jazz drummer Images from the 1890s to the Present. A pho- the Hayti Brian Blade, is known tographic history of black beauty, Willis’ book features Heritage Center. for his work with the more than 200 photographs celebrating ordinary people, as Wayne Shorter Quartet well as famous African-Americans including Muhammad as well as Joni Mitchell Ali, Rosa Parks and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. By Michele Lynn and Emmylou Harris. Producer and guitarist Daniel Lanois The following day, photographers, dealers, curators and has worked with U2 and Bob Dylan. scholars will engage in conversations about photography A two-day gospel music project featuring a ser- “It is part of Duke Performances’ mission to serve as a tied to the exhibit “Beyond Beauty: Photographs from the mon and live performances pulls into Durham’s place where both the Durham and Duke communities can Duke University Special Collections Library” at Duke’s Hayti Heritage Center Oct. 10 and 11 as part of come together and share experiences,” says Ken Rumble, Nasher Museum of Art. The keynote address at the half- Duke Performances’ “By the River” series. marketing director for Duke Performances. “While most of day conference will be presented by Paul Hendrickson, the Gospel singer Pastor Brady Blade Sr., his son Brian the time we’re asking people from Durham to come to Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Blade and guitarist Daniel Lanois headline The Hallelujah Duke because the vast majority of our productions are held Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke and Train beginning with a live performance at 8 p.m., on campus, we want to make as much of an effort as feasi- the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Saturday, Oct. 10. The next day, Pastor Blade will lead a bly possible to do things outside of campus so we can bring Then on Thursday, Oct. 8, writer/photographer Steve worship service at 10 a.m., followed by another live per- Duke out into the Durham community.” ✦ Featherstone and writer Paul Maliszewski will discuss the formance at 5 p.m. The events are free and exhibition, “The Collector: Joseph Mitchell’s Quotidian open to the public. Quest,” on display in CDS’ Kreps Gallery through Oct. The performances, featuring talented 24. The event also kicks off the first day of CDS’ Doc U sidemen and the choir from Pastor Blade’s Arts Institute “Words and Images,” Oct. 8 through 11. church, will be recorded for a live album Worship A staff writer for The New Yorker for almost 60 years, co-produced by Duke Performances. Aaron Mitchell amassed a collection of artifacts such as doorknobs, Greenwald, director of Duke Performances, Service with nails and other seemingly mundane objects gleaned from anticipates the audience at each show will old buildings, flea markets and vacant lots in New York include 200 Shreveport, La., residents, who Pastor Brady and New Jersey. He also often returned to the tobacco fields will travel on chartered buses for about 16 Blade, Sr. of his North Carolina home, where he found old farm hours to attend. implements, Native American arrowheads and pottery 10 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 11 shards. The exhibition features photographs and text writ- EVENT: Hallelujah Train Hayti Heritage Center ten by Featherstone, and Maliszewski invites viewers into the world that Mitchell witnessed, saved and left behind. Free & open to the public 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 “[The collection] has this relationship to preservation,” Information: 660-3357; says Courtney Reid-Eaton, exhibitions director at CDS. 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 11 “[Mitchell] saw this collecting as a way of saving a view of Hayti Heritage Center dukeperformances. New York that doesn’t exist anymore.” General tickets are $26; $5 for duke.edu All events are free and open to the public. ✦ students EXHIBIT: Words and Images Posing Beauty: Book Signing with Deborah Willis 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1 Medieval Melodies Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W. Pettigrew St. The Duke Festival for Medieval and Renaissance Music celebrates period music Oct. 16-18. Trefoil, a trio of modern-day medieval min- Beyond Beauty: Conversations about Photography strels featuring a combination of harps, performs “In the Chamber of 1 – 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 2 the Harpers: Late Medieval Music from the Iberian Peninsula” on Friday, Oct. 16. Musicologist Anne Stone of Queens College in New Nasher Museum of Art York will also give a lecture at 4 p.m. the same day in the Biddle Music Building. The voices of the female vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 (left) The Collector: Joseph Mitchell’s Quotidian Quest will then resonate off the walls of Duke Chapel at 8 p.m. on Saturday, 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8 Oct. 17 during the performance “Secret Voices: The Sisters of Las Huelgas, Music of Thirteenth Century Spain.” In Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W. Pettigrew St. addition, the group will hold a vocal master class at noon on Sunday, Oct. 18 in the East Duke Building. For more information on tickets and locations for these events, visit music.duke.edu/events/medieval2009.php. ✦ For more information: cds.aas.duke.edu

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Enjoy a hot cup of tea the Japanese way, join a new book club, watch your portion sizes and play Beatles music – all in this month’s installment of tips and advice from Duke. fyi Fab Four Inspire New Generation of Musicians Parents can use their kids’ interest in the Size “Beatles: Rock Band” video game, released last month, to spark a love of music and even a desire to play a musical instrument, according to a Duke expert on child development. Matters “Video games like this have the potential to spark an interest in music. But to create a long- The size of your partner’s lunch may influence the portion size of your own lunch according to researchers from Duke and other universities. The researchers con- lasting interest in music, parents also need to provide opportunities for children to use real ducted a study that found subjects tended to choose portions similar to those con- musical instruments,” says Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, an assistant professor in developmental sumed by their meal partner, whether or not the partner was thin or overweight. psychology and education. So if you’re dining with someone who is prone to super-size meals, you may also The “Beatles: Rock Band” game features custom-built models of the instruments played by overeat. John, Paul, George and Ringo, as well as many of the band’s recordings. “We show that it is not simply eating with heavy people that makes you eat To develop a deeper and longer-lasting interest in music, however, Linnenbrink-Garcia says more (or less); it depends on what these other consumers choose,” the authors children need the opportunity to cultivate an appreciation and enjoyment of the music itself, wrote in the study. “…in many cases the most dangerous people to eat with are rather than the video game alone. She says parents should give their children opportunities to not those who are overweight, but those who are thin but are heavy eaters.” use real musical instruments and encourage them to take lessons. The findings appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research. Get Your Fresh Fish Here Duke students have partnered with North Carolina fishermen to launch the region’s first community-supported fishery selling locally caught seafood to the public. Through the program, members of the public buy pre-paid shares that entitle them to weekly or bi-weekly deliveries of fresh fish and shellfish. The types of seafood will vary each week but include popular species such as flounder, triggerfish, black drum, shrimp, clams, spot and mullet. Tea, the Japanese Way The fresh, refrigerated fish will be delivered to Durham from Beaufort each Thursday morn- Nestled amid bamboo and overlooking a pond, the Durham-Toyama Sister Cities ing, and will be packaged and available for pickup by shareholders from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays Pavilion at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens provides the setting for a traditional at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens parking lot on Anderson Street. Japanese tea gathering at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Guests are invited to expe- Members can buy full or half shares, ranging in cost from $70 to $420. Those interested in rience the patterns and poetry of chado, or the Japanese way of tea. The practice of participating in the 12-week program can join the mailing list at walking-fish.org. tea in Japan is characterized by the phrase, “one moment, one meeting.” A small The Walking Fish web site also lists the fishing methods used to catch each species and class will not only enjoy a bowl of tea, but also learn the meaning behind the cere- recipes for cooking them, as well as share options and prices. mony and the role of the garden setting. There is a $30 fee for the general public; $20 for friends of the gardens. Enrollment is limited. To register, go to sarahpdukegardens.com. Duke Reads, Durham Reads Both Duke University Libraries and the Durham County Library have programs encouraging reading. The DukeReads program, co-sponsored by the Duke Alumni Association and in its third year, is an interactive online book club for members of the Duke community. This year’s first book club selection is House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess by Duke alumnus William D. Cohan. At 7 p.m. on Oct. 14, Duke Provost Peter Lange will lead a live, online book discussion at dukereads.com. Members of the Duke community must register to join the discussion. This year’s titles, which include The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga and To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, can be purchased at The Gothic Bookshop at a 20 percent discount. The Durham County Library has selected Something for the Pain by local doctor Paul Austin for its program, Durham Reads Together 2009. The book is a first-hand account of life as an emergency room doctor. The Durham library is circulating more than 200 copies of the book to accommo- date book club participants who will have an opportunity to meet the author at month’s end. Austin will discuss his writing process and sign books at 3 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Doris Duke Center in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. The event is free and open to the public. The library is hosting several events tied to the book this month, including discussions on television portrayals of the ER, the role of faith in healing and stress manage- ment. To request Something for the Pain, or for more information on Austin’s talk and other related events, go to durhamcountylibrary.org.

FOR A DETAILED SUMMARY OF DAILY DUKE HAPPENINGS, PLEASE VISIT DUKETODAYAT WWW.DUKE.EDU/TODAY VOLUME 4:NO.9 | THIS MONTH AT DUKE INTELLECTUAL LIFE 7 Race, Sport and Power conference highlights include:

7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28 A conversation between sports radio host Bomani Jones and William Rhoden, author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete. Social Science Research Institute, Room A112

1:30-4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29 Laurent Dubois, a Duke romance studies professor will moderate a discussion, “Africa in the Global Sports Economy.” Nelson Music Room, East Campus Racism and Sports:

A Global View 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29 By Camille Jackson “The Soccer Project,” a work-in-progress documentary film cre- ated by three Duke alumni: former Duke soccer players Rebekah The 1968 Olympics black power salute, when sional sports. A Friday morning panel will explore the topic Fergusson and Gwendolyn Oxenham, Duke graduate Ryan White Tommie Smith and John Carlos held their fists high in of “doping” with experts Doriane Coleman of Duke Law and former Notre Dame soccer player Luke Boughen. protest, is an iconic image that marked a defining, and School, a former elite runner, and John Hoberman of the polarizing, moment in sports on a global stage. Harry University of Texas, Austin, author of Testosterone Dreams. White Auditorium, East Campus Edwards, one of the organizers of the salute, and a sociolo- “I’m sure everyone has ideas, but I’m not sure every- gist at the University of Berkeley, comes to Duke this one has integrated those ideas. I hope people will engage 9:15-10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 30 month for an Oct. 28-30 conference to discuss race and the panelists and feel comfortable asking uncomfortable Timothy Diette, a Duke economics fellow, will moderate a other issues surrounding professional sports. questions,” Darity says. discussion on doping with John Hoberman of the University of New York Times sports columnist William Rhoden, the He suggests attendees come with open minds and a author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves, and a mix of other willingness to weigh the evidence about the relationship Texas, Austin, and Doriane Coleman, Duke Law School. journalists, academics and current coaches and athletes between race and sports across a range of disciplines. Social Science Research Institute, Room A112 will also participate in the “Race, Sport and Power” con- “We are making the connection between research in ference, addressing recruitment, economics and other the arts and humanities and in athletics,” Dubois says, 2:50 – 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30 issues related to how players become professional athletes. noting that the fields of sociology, anthropology, political Harry Edwards of the University of California, Berkeley, and “The panelists will discuss the economics of sport, social science, economics and history will all be represented at inequality, how football players are recruited in Africa and the conference. “I want to give people a sense of the author of The Revolt of the Black Athlete will speak. the exploitative practices around the role of Africa as a sup- research that has been done and for them to come away Social Science Research Institute, Room A112 plier of players,” says Laurent Dubois, a Duke romance thinking about the situation in the U.S. in a slightly dif- studies and history professor who helped organize the event. ferent way. Sport is not just a form of leisure and recre- To register, go to thenetwork.ssri.duke.edu “There is a common theme of race and racism woven ation; it is a major social force.” ✦ newsevents.php. through professional sports at the international level,” says Dubois, who cites Europe’s practice of luring African and South American players with big salaries as one example of sports reflecting larger patterns of global inequality. Race After Obama’s Election Dubois is teaching “World Cup and World Politics” this semester and has organized a series of films about the By Andrea Fereshteh politics surrounding the soccer industry (see “The Soccer Did America move beyond racism with the election of Barack Obama as the country’s first Project” in the box at right, also visit soccerpolitics.com). black president last year? Not quite, contends Duke sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. He says these discussions are important in light of the Author of a new book coming out this month, Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and long-standing struggle that led to the announcement that Racial Inequality in Contemporary America (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.), Bonilla- the World Cup will be held in Africa for the first time Silva argues that race still matters in America despite the symbolism of Obama’s election. next year. “The Obama phenomenon was not a ‘miracle’ or an event that denotes how far we have Conference co-organizer William “Sandy” Darity, an come in the arena of ‘race relations,’ but the product of 40 years of racial transition from economics and public policy professor at the Sanford School Jim Crow to the regime I have labeled as the ‘new racism,’” Bonilla-Silva writes in his of Public Policy, says the topic of race and sports is rich book. He says despite Obama’s election, little has changed among the fundamentals of with questions related to race, athleticism and stereotypes. the racial order. He warns that whites may now use Obama’s election as evidence of “The underlying belief is that there may be some kind racial progress when in reality much work remains to be done. of genetic and racial edge that black athletes may have. Bonilla-Silva also argues against relying on mainstream politics to promote People believe blacks can jump higher because of basket- In his new book, Duke progress on race relations and political change. Instead, he says, “we must develop ball,” says Darity, who notes that such assumptions can sociologist Eduardo individual and collective practices to resist class, race, and gender domination.” come into question in the face of facts such as the “racial Bonilla-Silva argues that “We need new ways of doing politics,” he writes, “organizing and working with mix of high jumpers and pole vaulters.” race still matters in America people to help folks see what is truly going on in the world they live in.” ✦ Another controversial issue on the agenda is the use of despite the symbolism of performance-enhancing drugs in both amateur and profes- Obama’s election.

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Center for Documentary Studies PICASSO MUSIC/THEATER The Collector: Joseph Mitchell’s Quotidian Quest All events take place at 10/2 10/9 Through October 24 Nasher Museum of Art. Visit nasher.duke.edu/picasso for Awadagin Dianne We Cheat Each Other more information. Pratt Reeves with 8 p.m. Russell Documented: Stories from Both Bryan Center, Malone & Sides of the Border Reynolds Theater Romero John Hope Franklin Center Lubambo 8 p.m. Page Auditorium

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