Humanities on the Road
North Carolina: Then & Now
Sandhills Community College 3395 Airport Rd,, Pinehurst, NC, United StatesIn Collaboration with Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, NC This seminar will feature two scholars examining our great state, with a look to the past and a look to the future. Please join us for North Carolina: Then & Now. … Read more
Southern Sounds: Our Music & Culture
Carteret Community College 3505 Arendell St. , Morehead City, NC, United StatesIn Collaboration with Carteret Community College This seminar will feature two scholars exploring one of the great cultural contributions of the South: our music! UNC Professor of Music Jocelyn Neal will present Song of the South: Assimilation and Secession in … Read more
Russia: Then & Now
Wayne Community College 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United StatesIn Collaboration with Wayne Community College What led to the collapse of the Romanov Dynasty after 300 years? Discover the social polarization that unfolded afterwards. What challenges does Russia face now? What roles do President Putin's policies and the Russian … Read more
Remembering Kristallnacht with Dr. Gerhard Weinberg
Sandhills Community College 3395 Airport Rd,, Pinehurst, NC, United StatesThis Special Event in Collaboration with Sandhills Community College is sponsored by The Vivian and Ralph Jacobson Sandhills Community College Fund for Holocaust and World War II Studies This seminar will feature UNC Professor Emeritus Gerhard Weinberg as he … Read more
Jazz: From New Orleans to the Heart of America
Alamance Community College 1247 Jimmie Kerr Rd, Graham, NC, United StatesIn Collaboration with Alamance Community College Wednesday, January 24 Lunch: 11:30 am–12:30 pm Lectures and concert: 12:30–3:30 pm Alamance Community College (Patterson Auditorium), Graham, NC Please join us for a Louisiana-style buffet, prepared by culinary students from Alamance Community College, … Read more
The Cultural and Political Power of Modern Nationalism
Wayne Community College 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United StatesIn Collaboration with Wayne Community College Lloyd Kramer, Professor of History and Director of Carolina Public Humanities, will discuss the emergence of nationalism in late 18th-century revolutions and examine why nationalist movements, ideas and identities remain powerful cultural and political … Read more
Beyond Tolerance, Diversity in our Communities: Living in Mixed Race America
Carteret Community College 3505 Arendell St. , Morehead City, NC, United StatesIn collaboration with Carteret Community College The subject of race continues to be one of the most enduringly divisive and controversial subjects in the United States. And even at the turn into the 21st century, despite the historic election of our … Read more
EU: The Big Picture
Davidson Community College 297 DCC Road, Thomasville, United StatesIn Collaboration with Davidson Community College From the populism that influenced “Brexit” to the rise of nationalist political parties in France and Germany, there is a sense that European politics are increasingly unpredictable and unstable. This event, featuring Professor Holger … Read more
The Rise of the Heroine in American Film
Walnut Creek Country Club 508 Lakeshore Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United StatesIn Collaboration with Wayne Community College Walnut Creek Country Club, Goldsboro, North Carolina In this “Lunch & Learn” event, Rachel Schaevitz will trace the rise of powerful female characters in American film across generations and genres and discuss how this … Read more