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09/03/2026

Our Student Stories: Summer Research Series continues this week with Lei He's blog post, "The Closer to the Sacred Mountain, the More Demons Appear." Lei spent the summer in China conducting interviews with workers in stone carving factories, particularly those carving Buddha statues, many of whom suffer from illnesses caused by exposure to mineral dust in those factories. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!
Lei He was recently chosen as one of 16 winners of the 53rd Student Academy Awards competition in the Alternative/Experimental category for her film "Drifting." Her winning film is now eligible to be nominated for the 99th Academy Awards!
Student Stories: Summer Research Series chronicles the experiences of 8 students who were awarded our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year. Keep up with their stories on the Duke Human Rights Blog this summer and fall!

Lei He is an Experimental and Documentary Arts major in the Master of Fine Arts class of 2027.

09/01/2026

“Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner”
Presented in Duke Human Rights Center’s Rights! Camera! Action! Series
Thursday September 10, 12:00-1:30pm
Location: Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105
Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner (Brad Bailey, 2024, 30m)
Box lunch provided. Discussion to follow with Director Brad Bailey and Mrs. Gwen Carr.
The short documentary centers on Gwen Carr’s enduring fight for justice following the 2014 death of her son, Eric Garner, after being pinned to the ground in a chokehold by a police officer in Staten Island. The New York City medical examiner stated the cause of death as a homicide. Garner’s final words, “I can’t breathe,” became a rallying cry in protests against police violence and systemic racism across the United States. Filmed over several years, the documentary places Carr’s voice at its core, tracing her transformation from grieving mother to nationally recognized advocate for accountability and human rights.
Winner of the 2026 Human Rights Digital Storytelling Award sponsored by the David M. Rubenstein Rare book and Manuscript Library.
Sponsored by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Co-sponsored by the Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI

Screening: Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner

08/28/2026

Our student guest blogger, Jungwon Kim, is back on the Duke Human Rights Blog this week! Her new post, "A Resolve to Remember" is the latest in our Student Stories: Summer Research Series. Jungwon spent 3 weeks this summer in central Vietnam studying how local Vietnamese communities remember massacres committed by South Korean troops during the American War in Vietnam and how these memories persist despite limited recognition in South Korean public discourse. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!
Student Stories: Summer Research Series chronicles the experiences of 8 students who were awarded our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year. Keep up with their stories on the Duke Human Rights Blog this summer and fall!

Jungwon Kim is a Program II major in the class of 2029.

08/25/2026

Our student guest blogger, Phoenix Chapital, is back this week! Her new post, "At a Site of Remembering: The Whitney Plantation and the Graves of the Lost" is the latest in our Student Stories: Summer Research Series. Phoenix spent the summer in New Orleans "exploring the differences between predominantly white cemeteries and predominantly Black cemeteries to better understand how methods of burial and preservation can lead to dispossession even beyond death." Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!
Student Stories: Summer Research Series chronicles the experiences of 8 students who were awarded our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year. Keep up with their stories on the Duke Human Rights Blog this summer and fall!

Phoenix Chapital is a Robertson Scholar majoring in English Literature, pursuing the Human Rights Certificate, in the class of 2027.

08/20/2026

Jungwon Kim is our Student Stories: Summer Research Series guest blogger this week with her post, "The War That Never Ended: Tracing Memory in Central Vietnam." Jungwon spent 3 weeks this summer in central Vietnam studying how local Vietnamese communities remember massacres committed by South Korean troops during the American War in Vietnam and how these memories persist despite limited recognition in South Korean public discourse. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!
Student Stories: Summer Research Series chronicles the experiences of 8 students who were awarded our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year. Keep up with their stories on the Duke Human Rights Blog this summer and fall!

Jungwon Kim is a Program II major in the class of 2029.

08/13/2026

Nilay Ghodasara is our Student Stories: Summer Research Series guest blogger this week with his post, "What I Learned Traveling Through America's Election System." Nilay spent time this summer investigating how variation in voter verification policy across U.S. states shapes voter participation and public confidence in election integrity. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!
Student Stories: Summer Research Series chronicles the experiences of 8 students who were awarded our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year. Keep up with their stories on the Duke Human Rights Blog this summer and fall!

Nilay Ghodasara, Class of 2027, studies Economics, Public Policy, and History.

08/07/2026

Our student guest blogger, Sangchi Liu, is back this week! Their new post, "What Happens When Rituals Go Online?" is the latest in our Student Stories: Summer Research Series. In their new post, Sangchi examines how diviners build trust across screens. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!
Student Stories: Summer Research Series chronicles the experiences of 8 students who were awarded our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year. Keep up with their stories on the Duke Human Rights Blog this summer and fall!

Sangchi Liu is a PhD Candidate in Computational Media, Arts, and Cultures in the class of 2028.

08/04/2026

Our Student Stories: Summer Research Series continues this week with Nicole Tora's blog post, "Beyond the Letters: Finding Humanity Through Advocacy." This summer, Nikki has been working in Pennsylvania to examine how advocacy organizations respond to concerns raised by incarcerated individuals and whether those responses function as meaningful mechanisms of accountability within prison systems. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!
Student Stories: Summer Research Series chronicles the experiences of 8 students who were awarded our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year. Keep up with their stories on the Duke Human Rights Blog this summer and fall!

Nicole Tora is a public policy major in the Class of 2027.

07/30/2026

Sangchi Liu is our Student Stories: Summer Research Series guest blogger this week with their post, "Fortune-Telling as Healing: Q***r Divination in Taiwan." Sangchi is conducting interdisciplinary research in Taiwan on how predictive technologies reshape care, ethical responsibility, and vulnerability in contemporary divination practices. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!
Student Stories: Summer Research Series chronicles the experiences of 8 students who were awarded our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year. Keep up with their stories on the Duke Human Rights Blog this summer and fall!

Sang Chi Liu is a PhD Candidate in Computational Media, Arts, and Cultures in the class of 2028.

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