Love Songs from the Liberation Wars is an original jazz opera based on the 2003 book, Civil Rights Unionism: Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-Twentieth Century South by former HLP director, Bob Korstad. We’re excited to share a special showcase performance taking place at the McChesney Scott Dunn Auditorium at the […]
Join us on November 30th for the 2024-2025 Hart Fellowship Information Session. Interested students and recent graduates will learn more about the application process and what the fellowship entails! The Hart Fellowship offers recent Duke and DKU graduates ten-month fellowships with organizations that are engaging complex social, political, and humanitarian problems. This capstone experience helps […]
The Hart Leadership Program is accepting applications for the Patman Political Engagement Project (PEP). Jointly administered by Hart and POLIS: A Center for Politics, the Patman Political Engagement Project inspires and prepares future leaders in democracy and provides them pathways to meaningful participation, contributing to more diverse and inclusive political representation at all levels in […]
The Hart Leadership Program held a commencement breakfast celebrating graduating seniors from three of our core programs: Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL), the Patman Political Engagement Project (PEP), and the Hart Fellowship. In the grand Hart tradition of building community through shared meals, graduating seniors, their family, and Hart faculty and staff enjoyed breakfast burritos, […]
The Hart Leadership Program hosted the Study2Practice: Humanities Teaching as Leadership Training in-person faculty development workshop on March 31 and April 1, 2023. This event was an intensive workshop for humanities educators at local colleges and universities to gain new tools for teaching leadership through the humanities and to reimagine an existing humanities course through […]
This past year, the “Elections in a Pandemic” Bass Connections student research team researched and implemented innovative strategies to increase voter participation in the 2020 election. While ten student teams operated in different focus areas, three in particular stood out for their work which went above and beyond. The Transportation team, consisting of Grant Lyerly […]