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February 6 – An Evening with Jamelle Bouie

Join award-winning New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie for a discussion of the 2024 presidential election and the historic nature, impact and implications of its outcome.

, which is organized by the Duke Department of History’s , will begin at 6 p.m. in Reynolds Industries Theater and is free and open to the public.

February 12, 13 – Black History Month Lectures

The Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture welcomes Nontombi Naomi Tutu as its . The daughter of Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nontombi Naomi Tutu grew up under apartheid in South Africa and became a human rights advocate and a champion of truth and reconciliation. Tutu’s speech will take place at 5 p.m. on February 12 in Penn Pavilion. Learn how you can . From 5-7 p.m. on February 13, the Trent History of Medicine Lecture Series resumes with a symposium on the “Remarkable Stories of American Black Surgeons in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.” , which takes place at the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room in Rubenstein Library, will feature researchers Jill Newmark, Margaret Humphreys

February 14 –  Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music

In 2016, playwright and performer Taylor Mac debuted an ambitious 24-hour musical that told the stories of marginalized populations throughout American history through the popular music they helped create.

that captured an abridged version of the marathon 2016 show will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at the Griffith Film Theater.

February 15 – Ciompi at Duke: a Collaboration

The Ciompi Quartet will celebrate the creativity found within Duke by performing compositions from faculty members.

at 7:30 p.m. at Baldwin Auditorium, the quartet will perform music composed by Mary D.B.T. and James Semans Distinguished Professor of Music Composition Stephen Jaffe, Professor of Music Scott Lindroth, Professor of the Practice of Music Anthony Kelley and Associate Professor of Music John Supko.

February 27 – Jazz Vespers with Branford Marsalis

Combining the ancient Christian ritual of evening vespers services with jazz and gospel music, the events have become a beloved tradition at ��ţӰ�� Chapel. At 7 p.m., the Duke Jazz Vespers group will perform be joined by guest artist Branford Marsalis.

Marsalis, an acclaimed saxophonist, composer and bandleader who led the Tonight Show Band in the early 1990s, is a longtime Durham resident.