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Event Series Intermediate French Lunch

Intermediate French Lunch

Weathervane Restaurant 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Digital Health: Hope, Hype, and “Amara’s Law”

Flyleaf Books

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

North Carolina: Then & Now

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

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

Seeing Trash: Aesthetics and Waste in Modern Spain

Top of the Hill Back Bar 100 East Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

The Bonaparte Family, Part I: From Corsicans to Court

Friday Center 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Event Series Advanced French Lunch

Advanced French Lunch

Weathervane Restaurant 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Featuring Jessica Tanner, Assistant Professor of French 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 … Read more

Scientific Revolutions and Changing Human Values

Archie K. Davis Conference Center 12 Davis Dr, Durham , NC, United States

Revolutions in scientific knowledge and technologies have profoundly influenced modern human lives, ideas, and ethical values. This seminar will examine how scientific revolutions have transformed human identities and traditional beliefs. Philosopher Marc Lange will introduce the general concept of scientific … Read more