Co-sponsored by Carolina Public Humanities and the Chapel Hill Public Library Click here to view the entire program on YouTube Click here to view Dr. William Sturkey's comments Carolina Public Humanities connects UNC-Chapel Hill with our neighbors outside the University and promotes public … Read more
A special event with Lloyd S. Kramer, Professor of History and Director, Carolina Public Humanities Modern people live in complex social systems that limit individual autonomy and also provoke aspirations for individual identities and freedom. European cultural theories or “isms” … Read more
featuring George Lensing, Mann Family Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus "Robert Frost's Poems grants us an informed celebration of New England's countryside, an appreciation of common people (especially their grace, candor, and wisdom), an ongoing encounter with life's predicaments and … Read more
Lisa Carey, Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor in Breast Cancer Research Cancer enters the lives of almost every family in America, but are medical researchers now working in a social and scientific context that impedes or facilitates the … Read more
featuring Lloyd Kramer, Professor of History and Director, Carolina Public Humanities Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but lonely author, travels to the Queen of the Adriatic in search of an elusive spiritual fulfillment that turns into his erotic doom. In … Read more
Featuring Aleksandra Prica, Assistant Professor of German Literature Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders at Weathervane restaurant in Chapel Hill for a lunch where participants … Read more
Jonathan Oberlander, Professor and Chair of Social Medicine and Professor of Health Policy and Management It’s clear that healthcare is “a lot more complicated” than we realized. Jon Oberlander returns to Humanities in Action to assess the status of healthcare … Read more
featuring Henry Veggian, Senior Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature "The legendary author of Play It As It Lays and Slouching Toward Bethlehem trains her eye on the far frontiers of the Monroe Doctrine, where history dissolves into conspiracy (Dallas … Read more
Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders at Weathervane restaurant in Chapel Hill for a lunch where participants are encouraged to speak only in a foreign language. All … Read more
Spencer Dorn, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Digital technologies promise to make healthcare more efficient and effective, leading to better outcomes. But considering “Amara’s Law,” namely that “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology … Read more
featuring Max Owre, Lecturer in History and Executive Director, Carolina Public Humanities The Bonaparte family played a powerful role in Napoleon’s life from their obscure Corsican origins to their ascension to thrones throughout Europe. This series of talks will introduce … Read more
