Ecologies of Knowledge

What is the Ecologies of Knowledge Network?

The Ecologies of Knowledge Network (EOKN) is an initiative of the Office of Global Affairs (OGA) to support scholars from low and middle income countries to Duke’s campus for a period of up to three (3) months each.

What is the goal of the EOKN?

To support scholars from the low and middle income countries and to challenge and readdress Western-centric epistemology. Having these scholars on campus will present new perspectives, add new voices to the community and enrich the intellectual life of the university.

These Visiting Scholars will have the opportunity to interact with students, faculty and staff across the university. They may be present (but not enrolled) in courses, participate in seminars, colloquia and other events that will allow them to present their own research and learn from the Duke community. The Visiting Scholars will be supported by OGA with a stipend of $15,000 from the von der Heyden Endowment, plus any visa processing fees. Visiting Scholars will be known and recognized as von der Heyden fellows.

Requirements and Stipulations

Visiting Scholars will be required to have health insurance. They are responsible for their own lodging and transportation. Information about housing and assistance will be provided by the Duke International Student Center.

Duke University will provide the scholars all the privileges enjoyed by faculty at Duke.

Each Scholar is solely responsible for securing the permission required, if any, to enter the country where the Host Institution is located. The Host Institution shall inform Scholars about this obligation and shall provide the students all materials the Host Institution is able to provide in connection with the scholar’s application, including without limitation, an invitation letter.

Current von der Heyden Fellows

Dr. Jamille Pinheiro Dias
Research Associate
School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester

Jamille Pinheiro Dias is currently a Honorary Research Associate at the University of Manchester, where she also worked as a Research Associate in the project Cultures of Anti-Racism in Latin America, funded by the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her studies involve environmental issues, Amazonian cultural production, Indigenous arts, and translation studies in Latin America, with a focus on Brazil. Prior to working at Manchester, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Modern Languages at the University of São Paulo, where she also received a PhD in English. In addition, she was a visiting researcher at Stanford University, and a teaching assistant at the Institute of Brazilian Studies at the University of São Paulo. Besides her engagement in teaching and research, her work as a translator led her to translate authors such as Marilyn Strathern, Alfred Gell, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Judith Butler and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, among others.

Dr. Jamille Pinheiro Dias
Research Associate
School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester

Jamille Pinheiro Dias is currently a Honorary Research Associate at the University of Manchester, where she also worked as a Research Associate in the project Cultures of Anti-Racism in Latin America, funded by the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her studies involve environmental issues, Amazonian cultural production, Indigenous arts, and translation studies in Latin America, with a focus on Brazil. Prior to working at Manchester, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Modern Languages at the University of São Paulo, where she also received a PhD in English. In addition, she was a visiting researcher at Stanford University, and a teaching assistant at the Institute of Brazilian Studies at the University of São Paulo. Besides her engagement in teaching and research, her work as a translator led her to translate authors such as Marilyn Strathern, Alfred Gell, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Judith Butler and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, among others.