People all over the world and through the ages have imbued physical spaces with spiritual significance. This seminar will take us back in time to explore a variety of sacred sites, their meanings, and how people used or engaged with … Read more
In collaboration and with support from the UNC-Duke Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program First created at Oxford University in the 1920s, the field of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) cultivates unique interdisciplinary perspectives on ideas that shape our socioeconomic and … Read more
A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Gerhard L. Weinberg TOPICS Scandinavia Burma New Guinea ........ Gerhard L. Weinberg is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of History Emeritus. He is an internationally known expert on all aspects of World War … Read more
A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Michelle King, Associate Professor of History. The twenty-first century may be China’s century. With the world’s largest population and the second largest, most rapidly growing economy of the major nations, China is positioned to play … Read more
A Special Juneteenth Seminar The long campaigns to protect and abolish the slave system in the American South were the main cause of the American Civil War, so the Emancipation Proclamation and the abolition of slavery became the most important … Read more
a DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR seminar The recent Russian military assault on Ukraine has evoked comparisons with the German invasion during the Second World War. The similarities and differences between these two brutal events, however, can only be understood through a careful … Read more
a DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR seminar Join us for an exploration of the history and meaning of dance. Drawing on recent scientific research, distinguished musicologist Annegret Fauser will first introduce the ways that dancing can impact our cognition, health, identities, and social … Read more
a DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR seminar featuring Gerhard Weinberg This year marks the 80th anniversary of several events that changed the long struggle against Nazi Germany. Although Hitler’s armies had once seemed invincible, the German and Italian defeats in 1943 showed that … Read more
a DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR seminar featuring Bart D. Ehrman The book of Revelation is perhaps the most mysterious, the most misunderstood, the most violent, and the most anomalous book in the Christian Bible. Join our distinguished scholar Dr. Bart Ehrman as … Read more
