Spring 2024 Schedule
Embodying the University’s commitment to extend Carolina’s resources to all citizens and community members across the state, Carolina Public Humanities offers engaging and innovative public seminars, lectures, reading groups, and other special events on a variety of topics and themes throughout the year. Our programs draw upon the humanities to nurture a deeper understanding of history and culture, enrich the life of the mind, and contribute to the development of a more humane world. To learn more about our upcoming programs, click the links for details.
Weekend Seminars
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Ten Years of Conflict: An Update on Ukraine | Saturday, February 10 (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
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How Have the Crises of Democracy Endured from Ancient Greece to Modern America? | Saturday, March 2 (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
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We Shall Overcome: The Music of Protest | Saturday Afternoon, March 23 (1:00-4:30 pm)
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Art in Moments of Transition | Saturday, April 6 (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
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The Legacies and Significance of Brown v. Board of Education | Saturday, May 4 (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
Great Books Reading Groups
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens | Wednesdays, February 14 and 21 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
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A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle | Tuesdays, February 27 and March 5 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
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Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire | Wednesday, March 20 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
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Minor Detail by Adania Shibli | Wednesday, March 27 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
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The Lost Boy by Thomas Wolfe | Monday, April 1 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
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Democracy without Shortcuts (excerpts) by Cristina Lafont | Tuesday, April 9 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
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The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides | Tuesdays, April 16 and 23 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
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“Tell Me a Riddle” and “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen | Wednesday, May 1 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
Humanities in Action
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US-China Climate Relations: Cooperative Pathways or Competitive Crossroads? | Wednesday, February 14 (4:30-6:00 pm)
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Romania Today: Thirty-Five Years After the Revolution | Wednesday, February 21 (4:30-6:00 pm)
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Vietnams Past and Present | Wednesday, March 6 (4:30-6:00 pm)
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The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, Plenary Power, and the U.S. Constitution| Wednesday, March 20 (4:30-6:00 pm)
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An Update on the Central Asian “Stans” 30 Years After the USSR | Wednesday, April 3 (4:30-6:00 pm)
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Agri(cultures) of Disease: Fairtrade bananas, climate adaptation, and the future of food | Wednesday, April 10 (4:30-6:00 pm)
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Eurovision Calling!: Pop Music and the Serious Politics of Europe | Wednesday, April 17 (4:30pm-6:00 pm)
Special Events
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The Humanities in the World of Artificial Intelligence | Thursday, February 22 (5:00-6:30 pm)
- Total Eclipse: An Astronomer’s Call to Worship | Saturday, March 23 (3:30 – 5:00pm) NEW!
- Palestine as Anti-Narrative: Adania Shibli in Conversation with Diya Abdo, Meta DuEwa Jones, and Mark Rifkin | Tuesday, April 2 (6:00-7:30 pm) NEW!
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Spring Salon: The Life and Music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George (1745-1799) | Friday, April 12 (5:30-8:30 pm)
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2024 Adams Symposium: Building Democracies in Times of Populism and Polarization | Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20 (5:30-8:00pm & 9:00am-12:30pm)
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Fiddle Frenzy Pre-Concert Conversation | Sunday, April 14 (1:30-2:15pm)
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Music Maker Foundation Book Launch with Piedmont Blues Musician Gail Ceasar and Author Georgann Eubanks | Wednesday, February 28 (5:30 PM – Signing | 6:00 PM – Music & Conversation)
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Robert Buxton – Translating Violin to Piano | Wednesday, March 27 (6:00-7:30 PM)
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Sophia Enriquez – Latinx Appalachia | Wednesday, April 24 (6:00-7:30pm)
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Biodiversity and the Written Word | Thursday, March 21 (12:30-2 pm )
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Entanglement and Change: Reading the Biodiversity Landscape | Wednesday, April 10 (12:30-2 pm)
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Noticing without Naming: Seeing with Fresh Eyes | Thursday, May 2 (12:30-2 pm)
State Outreach Events
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“Portraits of Climate Change” Exhibition | January 16 – February 16 | Pitt Community College Library *more information will be available soon*
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US-China Climate Relations: Cooperative Pathways or Competitive Crossroads? | Monday, March 18 at 5:30pm | Wayne Community College in Goldsboro
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“Portraits of Climate Change” Exhibition | Exhibition Opening March 13, 11:30 am-1:30 pm | College of the Albermarle’s Professional Arts Gallery
Carolina K-12 Events
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Watch this space!