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The State of Journalism: Fake News in Context

Wayne Community College 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United States

In collaboration with Wayne Community College News reporting and journalism have always been shot through with ideological influences, but our contemporary news landscape presents citizens with increasingly partisan options, not to mention a president who tosses the term “fake news” … Read more

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How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? Religion & Islamophobia in America

Southwestern Community College Success Drive, Sylva, NC, United States

Featuring Samah Choudhury and Hina Muneeruddin This talk will go through some manifestations of Islamophobia today and discuss how they help us understand the intersection of race, religion, and gender in America. These scholars will discuss contemporary cultural and political … Read more

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*Postponed* Song of the South: Assimilation and Secession in Today’s County and Bluegrass Music

Wayne Community College 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United States

This event has been postponed. We will update this site when it has been rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience. In collaboration with Wayne Community College, Goldsboro Featuring Jocelyn Neal, Professor of Music The musical heritage and modern musical practices of … Read more

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North Carolina in Transition

In collaboration with Sampson Community College, Clinton Featuring Jessica Stanford, Demographic Analyst, Carolina Demography, Carolina Population Center and Rachel F. Seidman, Director, Southern Oral History Program This seminar will feature two scholars examining our great state, with a look to the … Read more

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Hip Hop and Diplomacy: An Unlikely Partnership

Wayne Community College 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United States

In collaboration with Wayne Community College, Goldsboro Featuring Mark Katz, Ruel W. Tyson, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Director, Institute for the Arts and Humanities Professor Katz will speak about the State Department-funded program he directs that sends hip hop artists … Read more

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The French Revolution: Politics, Violence, and Polarization

Sandhills Community College 3395 Airport Rd,, Pinehurst, NC, United States

In collaboration with Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst Featuring Lloyd Kramer, Professor of History and Director, Carolina Public Humanities; Maximilian Owre, Teaching Assistant Professor of History and Executive Director, Carolina Public Humanities; and Rachel Schaevitz, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Public Humanities, Carolina … Read more

The 2018 William S. Brettmann Lecture: Is this China’s Century? Reflections on Grand Strategy and Domestic Challenges in the People’s Republic

Wayne Community College 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United States

In collaboration with Wayne Community College, Goldsboro Featuring Sara Castro, Teaching Assistant Professor in the Curriculum on Peace, War, and Defense Leaders in Beijing are steering the implementation of long- term strategic plans that date back decades. As some of … Read more

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From a Hollywood of Jews to a Jewish Hollywood

In collaboration with Raleigh-Cary Jewish Community Center Rachel Jones Schaevitz, Associate Director for State Outreach and Strategic Partnerships, Carolina Public Humanities Jews have had influence in Hollywood from the industry’s founding by Jewish immigrants to today’s filmmakers who have brought … Read more

Children of Harvey Milk on the Road

Aldersgate Retirement Center 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, NC, United States

In collaboration with Park Road Books Forty years ago, on November 27, 1978, Harvey Milk’s iconic journey was ended by an assassin’s bullet. The generation of out LGBTQ leaders he inspired went on to transform the world we live in. … Read more

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