*SOLD OUT* To be added to the waitlist, please send an email to human@unc.edu with your name, number of seats requested, and contact information. The size of the waitlist will also determine if this program is repeated. A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Bart … Read more
featuring Lloyd Kramer, Professor of History and Director, Carolina Public Humanities Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but lonely author, travels to the Queen of the Adriatic in search of an elusive spiritual fulfillment that turns into his erotic doom. In … Read more
Featuring Aleksandra Prica, Assistant Professor of German Literature Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders at Weathervane restaurant in Chapel Hill for a lunch where participants … Read more
Jonathan Oberlander, Professor and Chair of Social Medicine and Professor of Health Policy and Management It’s clear that healthcare is “a lot more complicated” than we realized. Jon Oberlander returns to Humanities in Action to assess the status of healthcare … Read more
featuring Henry Veggian, Senior Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature "The legendary author of Play It As It Lays and Slouching Toward Bethlehem trains her eye on the far frontiers of the Monroe Doctrine, where history dissolves into conspiracy (Dallas … Read more
Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders at Weathervane restaurant in Chapel Hill for a lunch where participants are encouraged to speak only in a foreign language. All … Read more
Spencer Dorn, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Digital technologies promise to make healthcare more efficient and effective, leading to better outcomes. But considering “Amara’s Law,” namely that “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology … Read more
In 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
featuring Sam Amago, Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished term Professor of Spanish and Chair, Romance Studies Carolina Public Humanities and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) are teaming up to bring you Humanities Happy Hour. Starting this fall, Happy … Read more
featuring Max Owre, Lecturer in History and Executive Director, Carolina Public Humanities The Bonaparte family played a powerful role in Napoleon’s life from their obscure Corsican origins to their ascension to thrones throughout Europe. This series of talks will introduce … Read more
