Spring/Summer 2025 – At A Glance

Register for Spring & Summer 2025

Embodying the University’s commitment to extend Carolina’s resources to people across the state, Carolina Public Humanities offers engaging and innovative public seminars, lectures, reading groups, and other special events on various 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 creating a more humane world.

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Weekend Seminars –

These half-day programs feature UNC faculty in conversation with each other. Spend half a day immersing yourself in ideas that resonate through history and spark a deeper understanding of the present. *Receive $10 off any in-person seminar with our Early Bird Discount through January 17*

• Opera’s Past, Present, and Future | Saturday, January 25 | 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM | *IN PERSON ONLY*
• The University Then and Now | Saturday, February 15 | 10 AM – 1:30 PM
• A Little More Than Kin, and Less Than Kind: Shakespeare’s Family Ties | Saturday, April 12 | 10 AM – 3 PM
• 100 Years of Quantum Physics: A New Paradigm for the Natural World | Saturday, April 26 | 10 AM – 1:30 PM

SUMMER 2025

• How to History | Saturday, June 7 | 10 AM – 1:30 PM
• The Local Legacy of the Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray in collaboration with Carrboro’s Drakeford Library Complex | Saturday, June 12 | FREE
• Cities of Literature | Saturday, June 21 | 10 AM – 1:30 PM

Humanities in Action –

Join us on select Wednesdays to learn more about contemporary issues that are too often reduced to sound bites. Series pass available!

• Respect and Loathing in American Democracy | Wednesday, February 5 | 4:30 – 6 PM
• Unpacking Justice: The LA Aqueduct and Chinatown | Wednesday, February 12 | 4:30 – 6 PM
  
• Making Public Choices: Consequentialism and Its Critics | Wednesday, February 19 | 4:30 – 6 PM
  
• Ethics and Public Policy Experiments | Wednesday, March 5 | 4:30 – 6 PM
• Jane Addams on Democracy and Shared Responsibility | Wednesday, March 19 | 4:30 – 6 PM
• Trust Me, Not Them: A Critical Look | Wednesday, April 2 | 4:30 – 6 PM
• Inexperience in Congress and Congressional Elections | Wednesday, April 16 | 4:30 – 6 PM

Great Books Reading Series –

Connect with fellow readers in lively explorations of diverse texts facilitated by UNC scholars. Every participant will receive a copy of the reading material before the first discussion at Flyleaf Books.

• The Inhabited Woman by Gioconda Belli | Tuesdays, February 4 & 11 | 10 AM – 12 PM
• The True Story of Ah Q by Lu Xun and The Diary of Miss Sophie by Ding Ling | Wednesdays, February 19 & 26 | 10 AM – 12 PM
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera | Wednesday, March 5 | 10 AM – 12 PM
• The Professor’s House by Willa Cather | Wednesdays March 19 & 26 | 10 AM – 12 PM
• The Symposium by Plato | Tuesdays, April 1 & 8 | 10 AM – 12 PM
• The Quiet American by Graham Greene | Wednesday, April 30 | 10 AM – 12 PM

SUMMER 2025

Special Events

A variety of events curated in collaboration with community partners and UNC Scholars.

Flyleaf Music Series

Combine listening and learning in an intimate environment with some of the Triangle’s most talented musicians. More than a concert, these performances will guide you through the ideas behind the music.

• Tatiana Hargreaves and the American Fiddle | Wednesday, February 26 | 6 – 7:30 PM
  
• Jess Klein: Uncovering Truth Through Songwriting | Wednesday, March 26 | 6 – 7:30 PM
• Suzi Analogue and the Art of Electronic Music | Wednesday, April 30 | 6 – 7:30 PM

SUMMER 2025

• The String Quartet: A Four-Way Arranged Marriage | Wednesday, May 28 |  6 – 7:30 PM
• NC Songwriters Review | Wednesday, June 11 | 6 – 7:30 PM

Humanities on the Road

UNC’s most engaging scholars present their research at community colleges across the state. All programs are free and open to the public.

• Stay tuned – new events coming soon!

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Virtual Options

Discount Available

Refreshments Available