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
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
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
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
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
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
*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
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
*Sold Out: Email human@unc.edu to be added to the waitlist* A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Gerhard Weinberg The Second World War was a vast global conflict, but the war in the Pacific often receives less historical attention than the famous, … Read more
Families are time-honored sources of virtues and values. But what if a family’s greatest virtue is its thirst for power? This seminar will examine five families whose members obtained positions at the highest levels of society: the Medicis, Tudors, and … Read more
