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Adriane D. Lentz-Smith

Associate Professor of History
History
Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
Dept of History, Classroom Bldg, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
Office hours By appointment  

Awards & Honors


Honor Book Award

National Black Caucus of the American Library Association · 2010

Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship

National University of North Carolina · 2005

Dissertation Fellowship

National Ford Foundation · 2003

In the News


Published November 26, 2024
William Barber on Building a Moral Movement
Published October 24, 2024
Supporting Other Voices: A Faculty Guide on Hard Topics
Published April 15, 2024
Today’s Faculty Reflect on a Century of Scholars
Published September 15, 2023
News Tip: Historian on 60th Anniversary of Birmingham Church Bombing
Published May 21, 2023
How Faculty Members Can Amplify Their Voices
Published February 21, 2023
Mothering: The Work That Makes Other Work Possible
Published November 10, 2022
Duke Experts Offer Takeaways from the Midterm Elections
Published April 13, 2021
A Conversation About Reparations
Published January 7, 2021
DC Riot Underscores Dangers of White Supremacy, Experts Say
Published June 16, 2020
Living While Black: Raw Discussions on Race at Duke and in America
Published June 9, 2020
Racism, Policing and Protests
Published June 8, 2020
Adriane Lentz-Smith and Sandy Darity Talk Race and Policing
Published June 2, 2020
Duke Scholars Examine Protests and Police Conduct
Published May 5, 2020
Duke Faculty Reexamine Their Roles as Scholars and Mentors in an Uncertain Time
Published April 17, 2020
Here Are Duke's 2020-21 National Humanities Center Fellows
Published October 24, 2019
Shaking Off Outmoded Ideas On Race
Published November 8, 2018
How the Trauma and Struggles of World War I Helped Shape the Modern World
Published November 1, 2018
African-Americans and WWI: A Tour of the Library Exhibit with Adriane Lentz-Smith
Published December 29, 2017
Was 2017 the Craziest Year in U. S. Political History?
Published August 12, 2017
World War I: The Cultural Front
Published April 11, 2017
Lessons from the Camp Logan Riots Still Echo Today
Published April 7, 2017
WWI Centennial: After African-Americans Fought Abroad, They Returned to Fight for Democracy at Home
Published January 26, 2016
9 scholars examine President Woodrow Wilson's racial views for Princeton University
Published July 2, 2014
Erin Russell: Making French and History Work Together in Research
Published May 20, 2014
News Tip: Memorial Day -- Civil Rights Movement Forged in Crucible of World War I