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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Jiae Kim is our Student Stories: Summer Research Series guest blogger this week with her post, "Stories Across Borders: Learning from Koryo Saram Women." Check out their writing on the Duke Human Rights Blog! humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/news/stories...

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Stories Across Borders: Learning from Koryo Saram Women | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Jiae Kim is a public policy major in the class of 2026.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

What does it mean to die well in a society where the family grave is no longer guaranteed? This is the question Dr. Anne Allison has spent the past decade exploring in her research on death and dying in Japan. Now available on the Duke Human Rights Blog! humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/news/facing-...

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Facing Death Otherwise: Dr. Anne Allison on Japan’s Changing Relationship with Dying | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

What does it mean to die well in a society where the family grave is no longer guaranteed? This is the question Dr. Anne Allison, professor of cultural anthropology at Du

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Our student guest blogger, Matthew Joo, is back this week! His new post, "The Safety in Militarism and the Routes for Resistance: Navigating Marginalization Through the Stories of Itaewon’s ‘Others’" is the latest in our Student Stories: Summer Research Series. Check it out on our blog!

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The Safety in Militarism and the Routes for Resistance: Navigating Marginalization Through the Stories of Itaewon’s ‘Others’ | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Mingyu (Matthew) Joo is an International Comparative Studies and Political Science major in the class of 2026.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Gloria Bao is our Student Stories: Summer Research Series guest blogger this week with her post, "Doing Research on Sapphic Communities in China 101." Gloria is reflecting on all she's learned from her research this summer on online sapphic slang in China. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!

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Doing Research on Sapphic Communities in China 101 | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Gloria Bao is an Economics and Sociology major in the class of 2027.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Are you a Duke student interested in human rights? Apply to our Student Advisory Board by 9/7! From planning events with Duke alumni in human rights to volunteering at local Durham orgs, SAB is the perfect place to get connected with the initiatives of the DHRC. Apply here!

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SAB 2025-26 Application

The Student Advisory Board (SAB) of the Duke Human Rights Center @ the Franklin Humanities Institute brings together undergraduate students to contribute to human rights research, teaching, and advoca...

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Matthew Joo is our guest blogger this week with his post, "Itaewon's 'Others:' Stories of Navigating Authority and Marginalization." Matthew is writing from South Korea where he's doing research on how marginalized communities have been affected by the presence of U.S. military bases.

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Itaewon's 'Others:' Stories of Navigating Authority and Marginalization | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Matthew Joo is an International Comparative Studies and Political Science major in the class of 2026.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

At its core, the Human Rights Certificate prepares students to enter, engage with, and help shape transnational human rights networks. “Above all,” [DHRC Director] Rosenblatt emphasized, “we seek to have our students not merely study those networks but become embedded in them, if they so choose.”

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Engaging Human Rights in the Academic Space | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

A certificate program at Duke helps transform students through rigorous interdisciplinary study and immersive community engagement with human rights.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Mariana Meza Mantilla is our student guest blogger this week with her post, "Community Co-Creation: Commitments, Complexities and Contextual Considerations." Mariana is writing from Mexico City where she's pursuing community-driven immigration studies. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!

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Community Co-Creation: Commitments, Complexities and Contextual Considerations | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Mariana Meza Mantilla is a Program II major in the Class of 2026.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Our student guest blogger, Samantha Richter, is back this week with "Fighting Fear with Clay, Coffee, and Community: Rethinking Justice at the Local Level." Since her last blog post, Samantha has traveled from Belgium to Portugal to learn about a new small-scale detention house opening in Coimbra!

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Fighting Fear with Clay, Coffee, and Community: Rethinking Justice at the Local Level | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Samantha Richter is a public policy major, class of 2026.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Ella Patterson is our guest blogger this week with, "History Repeats, Resistance Persists: Lessons from the Lavender Scare." Ella uncovers the history of queer resistance during the Lavender Scare in the 1950s-60s and finds parallels with tactics of oppression and resistance in the US today.

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History Repeats, Resistance Persists: Lessons from the Lavender Scare | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Ella Patterson is a political science and history major, class of 2027. Ella is one of our 2025 Human Rights Summer Research Grant winners and a featured guest blogger.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

How would the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray react to our dwindling American democracy today? Last fall, we sponsored this wonderful panel discussion of distinguished colleagues' looks at the lessons that Pauli's legacy holds for progressive struggle in the 21st century. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sblx...

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Pauli Now! Lessons from Pauli Murray’s Radical Progressive Legacy

YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Our Rooted in Shared Soil: Refugees and the Triangle Grow Together community education banners were on display at the Durham Refugee Day earlier this month. Check out INDY Week's coverage of the event indyweek.com/news/durham/...

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Durham Celebrates Refugee Communities

Amid federal program cuts and fears of deportations, Durham Refugee Day maintained an air of celebration.

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Duke Human Rights Center @ Franklin Humanities Institute @dhrc-fhi.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Our Student Stories: Summer Research Series continues this week with Samantha Richter's blog post, "No Bars, No Guards, No Violence: Europe’s Experiment in Trust-Based Justice." Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog! humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/news/no-bars...

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No Bars, No Guards, No Violence: Europe’s Experiment in Trust-Based Justice | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute

Samantha Richter is one of our 2025 Human Rights Summer Research Grant winners and a featured guest blogger.

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