Continuing our exploration of the significance and meaning of the First World War, this seminar focuses specifically on the war’s enormous cultural influence. We’ll move beyond the war’s military and diplomatic dimensions to examine how writers, artists, filmmakers, and colonized … Read more
2016 was a year of incredible change in the United States and around the world. This seminar will explore how new political realities are influencing elections, domestic and foreign policy, and trade, and how governments and people are responding to … Read more
In collaboration with the North Carolina Botanical Garden The Tar Heel State features a wide range of natural features and ecological zones, from the coastal waterways of the Atlantic in the East to the mountains in the West. Join us … Read more
*SOLD OUT* To be added to the waitlist, please send an email to human@unc.edu with your name, number of seats requested, and contact information. The size of the waitlist will also determine if this program is repeated. A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Bart … Read more
Revolutions in scientific knowledge and technologies have profoundly influenced modern human lives, ideas, and ethical values. This seminar will examine how scientific revolutions have transformed human identities and traditional beliefs. Philosopher Marc Lange will introduce the general concept of scientific … Read more
The military significance of sea power evolved rapidly after modern navies changed from sailing ships to ships that were powered by steam and other fuels. This seminar will focus on the naval aspects of modern warfare, with particular attention to … Read more
Tim Carter returns to the Adventures in Ideas stage with the second installment of his decade-by-decade examination of American Musicals. This fall he takes on the 1940s. Whether and how American musicals on stage or screen should respond to World … Read more
Religious imagery and iconography is as old as worship itself. This seminar will take an interdisciplinary and transcultural look at the roles art and architecture have played in religious practice over time and across the world. Jennifer Gates-Foster will explain … Read more
This seminar will investigate the shifting roles that female characters have played in theatre, literature and film over the millennia. Al Duncan will discuss Aristophanes’ “sex-strike play,” Lysistrata, which was both of, and ahead of, its time, and highlight the … Read more
Artists are more than inspired creators, they are also skilled technicians. They often embrace new technologies, transforming them into tools for artistic expression and expanding our understanding of how art is made and what “art” can be? This seminar, to … Read more
