FHI at 25 | The Humanities and the Press: The Project of Reshaping Scholarship at Duke and Beyond

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Duke University's John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) is 25!
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University presses have been a vital platform for humanities faculty to get their work and research published, whereas a traditional publishing house would turn away many scholars for writing books that are too dense and inaccessible to their broad reader base. At @DukePress, now a prestigious and respected academic publisher, there were earlier days when the enterprise was under threat of collapse. In this special panel discussion, attendees heard from J. Reynolds Smith, former Executive Editor of Duke University Press; Steve Cohen, former Director of Duke University Press; and the current Senior Executive Editor of Duke University Press, Ken Wissoker.

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. This year also coincides with the 100th anniversary of Duke. To mark these dovetailing anniversaries, FHI will host a series of conversations throughout the year engaging some of the most significant humanities scholars of our time - all formerly or currently affiliated with Duke - to historicize the University's significant investment in the humanities in the 1980s, reflect on what such investment made possible alongside national and international developments in the field, and propose future directions of humanities scholarship and teaching within and beyond Duke.

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