Brett Ashley Kaplan has been appointed as the Nannerl O. Keohane Visiting Distinguished Professor at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Professor Kaplan, an innovative scholar in memory studies, holds appointments in Comparative Literature, French, Jewish Studies Program, and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. The goals of this professorship are to promote inter-institutional collaboration and enhance intellectual life at both universities by strengthening established or encouraging new collaborations. Professor Kaplan will contribute to the intellectual life of both campuses and enrich curricular experiences through a carefully planned series of engagements with students.