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The Triumph of Christianity in the Ancient World An Encore Presentation *Sold Out*

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This event is currently sold out. To be added to the waitlist, send an email with your name, number of tickets requested and preferred contact info to human@unc.edu or call us at 919.962.1544 A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Bart Ehrman  … Read more

Shakespeare: New Perspectives

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A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Mary Floyd-Wilson Shakespeare is, of course, great writing, but it’s even better when performed by expert actors. Likewise, there is great scholarship on Shakespeare, but it’s even better when presented to the public by an … Read more

Learning from the Holocaust: Public Monuments, Museums, and Memory

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The Uhlman Family Seminar, in collaboration with the Center for Jewish Studies Recent controversies over monuments featuring leaders and soldiers of the Confederacy in the American Civil War have sparked heated debates—and violent acts—over what to publicly commemorate and how … Read more

The French Revolution: Politics, Violence, and Polarization

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Political polarizations divide Left and Right wing groups in all modern, democratic societies, but similar, emotion-charged political conflicts were already present during and after France’s great Revolution of 1789. What caused this famous Revolution, how did it affect the lives … Read more

Whatever Happened to Global Diplomacy?

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In honor of Professor Michael Hunt Older systems and methods of international diplomacy are giving way to a growing populist disdain for careful diplomatic negotiations. Complex problems are often reduced to superficial statements in the mass media or to simple … Read more

Germany Under the Nazis

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The Nazi seizure of power in Germany led to a global war that affected people throughout the world, but the Nazis also profoundly transformed political and social life within Germany itself through the repressive policies of their totalitarian regime (1933-1945). … Read more

The Protestant Reformation and Modern Culture Wars

  A Distinguished Seminar featuring Molly Worthen  Five hundred years ago, the disgruntled monk Martin Luther wrote his 95 complaints against the Roman Catholic Church, launching new theological and political conflicts that still resonate across America and the Western world. … Read more

Politics, Women, and Race in Antebellum North Carolina

In honor of Elizabeth Keckly Women of all races and social classes were caught up in North Carolina’s complex political and slave system during the decades before the Civil War.This seminar focuses on the political culture and social system when … Read more

The Decline of Great Empires

*This event is sold out. To be added to the event waitlist, please email us at human@unc.edu  Every great empire in world history has entered into periods of declining power and social conflicts. Human societies are always in transition, but why do … Read more

The Pleasures and Complexities of French Culture

In collaboration with the Center for European Studies in honor of Bastille Day What makes French culture unique, fascinating, and maddening for Americans? This is our Bastille Day question, which we’ll explore by discussing France’s distinctive literature, art, food, wine, … Read more