a DIALOGUES seminar Democratic political systems can only survive and flourish when courts, judges, and criminal prosecutors remain independent from other branches of government, but how is the legal system maintaining democratic norms in the contemporary United States? Can we … Read more
*NEW DATE: This program, originally scheduled for February 4, has been moved to April 1. A Dialogues Seminar Heated debates about immigration, naturalization, and national identity abound in politics, but these debates are not confined to North America, nor are … Read more
Unfortunately, this program has been cancelled due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts. We hope to reschedule at a future date.
a DIALOGUES seminar Many Americans are familiar with our nation’s history of colonial settlement “from sea to shining sea,” but we often forget that expansion didn’t end at the West Coast. This seminar will look at 19th-century art and literature … Read more
a HALF-DAY DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR seminar featuring Max Owre Why did France, with the largest and most well-equipped army in Western Europe in 1939, fall to Nazi Germany in little over a month in the spring of 1940? To answer this, we will … Read more
A Dialogues Seminar Political and cultural leaders seek to represent their nation’s distinctive historical identity by constructing monuments, museums, public buildings, and impressive capital cities; but the links between art, architecture, and national identity have been especially significant in modern … Read more
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. ALL REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS SHOULD'VE RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH INFORMATION ABOUT REFUNDS AND CREDIT. A Dialogues Seminar Join us for this eclectic examination of advances in transportation in the 19th and 20th … Read more
A Dialogues Seminar Ships Ahoy! We’ll seek to understand why theft and violence became regular features of life on the high seas of the Early Modern era. From state-sanctioned raiders to independent rogues, pirates were threats on every major … Read more
List of Resources Shared in Zoom Chat A special Juneteenth Dialogues Seminar The history of work and laboring people in North Carolina has been entangled with ideas and social systems that placed Black workers in the most vulnerable and … Read more
A DIALOGUES SEMINAR Rescheduled from the summer, join us for this eclectic examination of advances in transportation in the 19th and 20th centuries. This seminar features a review of New York City’s solution for movement of people across the rapidly expanding urban landscape—local … Read more
