Fall 2022
Fall 2022 In-Person and Virtual Schedule
Click the series pages or event pages below for complete pricing and event information. Descriptions and session titles will be updated as new information becomes available.
**Please note that due to UNC regulations, masks are not required, but are recommended for all in-person events regardless of vaccination status. In-person and hybrid events may switch to virtual-only based upon recommendations from local, state, and national public health officials. If an in-person or hybrid event is designated “virtual-only,” the CPH staff will contact registrants and provide them with information on how to attend virtually or with options for receiving credits or refunds. If you have any questions, please email human@unc.edu or call 919.962.1544. We appreciate your flexibility.
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Speaker and Salon seminars (lunch included)
- Kingdom, Commodity, or Community? The Religious and Philosophical Meanings of Nature | Saturday, September 10 (10:30 am-1:30 pm) – IN-PERSON
- Edible North Carolina: Exploring our State’s Food Cultures | Saturday, October 8 (10:30 am-1:30 pm) – IN-PERSON
Dialogues seminars
- Guns and American Society: Then and Now | Saturday, October 15 (9:00 am-12:30 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Republics Then and Now: From Rome to America | Saturday, October 22 (9:00 am-12:30 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Authoritarianism and Autocracies in Modern Europe | Saturday, November 5 (9:00 am-12:30 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
Adventures in Ideas Distinguished Scholar seminars (lunch optional)
- What Happened in Ukraine during the Battles and Holocaust of World War II? | Saturday, September 17 (9:30 am-3:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Dance! The Marriage of Sound and Movement | Saturday, December 3 (9:30 am-3:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
Humanities in Action at Flyleaf Books
- Climate Change and Biodiversity: How Will Plants and Animals Respond? | Wednesday, September 28 (4:30 pm-6:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Productive and Counterproductive Police Reform | Wednesday, October 5 (4:30 pm-6:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Law, Policy, and Politics in the Post-Roe Era | Wednesday, October 12 (4:30 pm-6:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Contemporary Wars and America’s Strategic Position in the World | Wednesday, October 19 (4:30 pm-6:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Immigration Policy and Practice in the US Today | Wednesday, October 26 (4:30 pm-6:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau | Tuesdays, September 6 & 13 – IN-PERSON **SOLD OUT**
- The Oresteia by Aeschylus | Wednesdays, September 21 & 28 – IN-PERSON **SOLD OUT**
- Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar | Tuesdays, October 4 & 11 – IN-PERSON
- “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Wednesday, October 19 – VIRTUAL
- The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan | Tuesdays, October 25 & November 1 – VIRTUAL
- The Lais of Marie de France | Mondays, November 7 & 14 – IN-PERSON
- The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke | Tuesdays, November 29 & December 6 – IN-PERSON
- First Thursday Film Series at Chapel Hill Public Library: “Vaccination from the Misinformation Virus” | Thursday, September 1 (7:00 pm-9:00 pm) – IN-PERSON
- Music at PEEL: “Rock N Talk: Music as Public Humanities with Florence Dore” | Thursday, September 8 (7:00 pm-8:30 pm) – IN-PERSON
- Mike Duncan presents HERO OF TWO WORLDS with Lloyd Kramer | Wednesday, September 21 (6:00 pm-7:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- Banned Books Week: A Community Conversation on Censorship | Thursday, September 22 (7:00 pm-8:30 pm) – IN-PERSON
- Carolina Public Humanities’ 2022 Mid-Term Election Community Conversation | Wednesday, November 2 (4:30 pm-6:00 pm) – IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL
- The Soul of the Dutch Golden Age: Art and Literature at the Ackland | Friday, December 9 (3:30-5:00 pm) – IN-PERSON **SOLD OUT**
- The Soul of the Dutch Golden Age: Art and Literature at the Ackland (REPEAT) | Friday, December 16 (3:30-5:00 pm) – IN-PERSON
- Understanding China in the 21st Century: A Historical Perspective – In collaboration with Wayne Community College | Monday, September 26, 5:30 pm
- Let’s Build Longer Tables, Not Higher Walls: Food, Cultural Connections, and Community Empowerment – In collaboration with Cape Fear Community College | October 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
- Indivisible: Connecting Classrooms and Communities Through History, Humanities, and Conversation | Dates & Locations Coming Soon
- Stay tuned!