The Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs manages several university endowments which provide funding to bring distinguished lecturers and visiting professors to Duke. These include:

The Karl von der Heyden Distinguished International Lectures:

• His Excellency Benjamin William Mkapa, former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, September 12, 2006. "Challenges in Health and Education: Tanzania and the World."
• Zackie Achmat, South African Human Rights and HIV/AIDS activist and Chairperson of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), April 5, 2006. “The Global Response to HIV/AIDS: an Activist’s Perspective”

The Katherine and S.Davis Phillips International Lectures:

• José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), April 9, 2007.
• The Rt. Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes, March 30, 2006. “The Old Atlantic Partnership in a New Century.” 

The Rudnick Lecture

• Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Congregations of the Commonwealth, January 20 2007. “Jews, Judaism and the World: The Jewish Experience as a model for Global Citizenship in the 21st Century.” 

Tthe Mary and James Semans Professorship for Distinguished Intenational Visiting Scholars Endowment

The Steel Family Endowment.