CDS Gallery Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: closed

John Hope Franklin Student Documentary Awards
February 1–March 1
Application period for summer research awards for undergraduates
Center for Documentary Studies


Artist Talk (off-site)
February 20, 6–7:30 p.m.
Gary Monroe, photographer. Mary Duke Biddle Rare Book Room, Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.


Ethics Film Screening (off-site)
February 20, 7 p.m.
Little Town of Bethlehem (2010)
Griffith Film Theater, Bryan University Center, 125 Science Drive, Duke West Campus, Durham, North Carolina


Shared Tables: A Triangle-area symposium on local and global sustainable food systems (off-site)
February 28
UNC–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina


Shared Tables: A Triangle-area symposium on local and global sustainable food systems (off-site)
February 29
UNC–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina


Film Screening
March 9, 7 p.m.
Sayonara to Hello, with director Nic Beery.


Film Screening
March 21
With John Cohen.

Groundwork: Democracy Close to Home
April
Debut of CDS radio documentary on American democracy in action at the local level


In This Timeless Time: Living and Dying in Death Row in America
April
Newest book, by Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian, in the Documentary Arts and Culture series published by CDS Books and the University of North Carolina Press


Ethics Film Screening (off site)
April 3, 7 p.m.
Of Gods and Men (2010)
Griffith Film Theater, Bryan University Center, 125 Science Drive, Duke West Campus, Durham, North Carolina


15th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
April 12–15
Durham, North Carolina


Exhibition Reception
April 19, 6–9 p.m.
Full Color Depression
Bruce Jackson talks about the exhibit Full Color Depression and signs copies of the show’s catalog and the book In This Timeless Time
Center for Documentary Studies


Ethics Film Screening (off site)
April 23, 7 p.m.
Human Terrain (2010)
Griffith Film Theater, Bryan University Center, 125 Science Drive, Duke West Campus, Durham, North Carolina


Picnic and Certificate Ceremony
April 29
Picnic for graduating Certificate in Documentary Studies students


Exhibition Opening Reception (off-site)
April 29
North Carolina at Work, a collection of Cedric Chatterley’s photographs organized by students in the Continuing Education course Mount a Real Documentary Exhibit, through June 29
Durham County Public Library


Photographs by Hugh Mangum
April 30
An exhibition curated by Sarah Stacke of work by a turn-of-the-last-century Durham portrait photographer, through October 20


Student Exhibition
May 7
Work by Certificate in Documentary Studies undergraduates, through September 8
Center for Documentary Studies


Certificate in Documentary Arts Final Projects Presentation
May 18, 6 p.m.
Graduating students present final projects
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina


CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography Competition
June 15–September 15
Accepting submissions. Deborah Willis is the sixth biennial judge.


Full Color Depression Print Auction
June 21
Center for Documentary Studies


Coney Island 40 Years: Photographs by Harvey Stein
August 6
This exhibition of images spanning the years 1970–2010 is a meditation on time, history, persistence, and longevity, through October 27










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Past Events from the On-Line Multimedia Gallery




Allan Gurganus, author of the best-selling novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, among other notable books, is the Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2004–05 academic year.

On October 28, 2004, Gurganus delivered the annual Lehman Brady lecture at the Center for Documentary Studies. He answered questions and read his story "My Heart Is a Snake Farm," which was published in the November 22, 2004, issue of The New Yorker.

Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
1317 W. Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705

telephone: 919-660-3663
fax: 919-681-7600
e-mail: docstudies@duke.edu

See Directions to the Center for Documentary Studies

Please note that the Kreps, Lyndhurst, Porch, and University Galleries are typically open during regular CDS business hours. On occasion, the galleries are closed for installation, maintenance, and university scheduling considerations. Visitors might wish to call (919) 660-3663 before they make a special trip to see an exhibition, to ensure that the galleries are open.




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Professor Alex Harris during a slide lecture accompanying the fall 2003 exhibition, Walker Evans at 100. Photograph by Christopher Sims.




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