Presented by Michelle Robinson, Associate Professor of American Studies Directed by Alfred Hitchcock A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies. Join our Carolina scholars … Read more
featuring Nadia Yaqub, Professor and Chair of Asian Studies Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 14 "Celebrated young Palestinian writer Shibli - a playwright, author and essayist now located in the UK - makes her American debut with an exquisite, powerful novella that … Read more
featuring Nadia Yaqub, Professor and Chair of Asian Studies Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 14 "Celebrated young Palestinian writer Shibli - a playwright, author and essayist now located in the UK - makes her American debut with an exquisite, powerful novella that … Read more
Presented by Matt Swiatlowski, Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor of American Studies Directed by Frederick Wiseman Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness. Join our Carolina scholars as they share their … Read more
Presented by John Bechtold, Doctoral Candidate in American Studies Directed by Stanley Kubrick An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. Join our Carolina scholars as … Read more
April 17 - Dr. Heidi Kim (English & Comp. Lit.) discussing The Dark Side of Flower Drum Song. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song was a popular (though not critical) hit and started some of its Asian American stars on … Read more
April 17 - Dr. Heidi Kim (English & Comp. Lit.) discussing The Dark Side of Flower Drum Song. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song was a popular (though not critical) hit and started some of its Asian American stars on … Read more
Presented by Maxine Vande Vaarst, Doctoral Candidate in American Studies Directed by Monte Hellman Two men drag-racing across the U.S. in a '55 Chevy. Dennis Wilson's the mechanic, James Taylor's the driver. Join our Carolina scholars as they share their favorite … Read more
Presented by Rachel Schaevitz, Associate Director for State Outreach & Strategic Partnerships for Carolina Public Humanities Directed by Richard Brooks After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end … Read more
featuring Al Duncan, Assistant Professor of Classics Meeting Dates: Tuesdays, May 21 and 28 "Lampooned in 406 B.C.E. in a blistering Aristophanic satire, Socrates was tried in 399 B.C.E. on a charge of corrupting the youth, convicted by a jury of … Read more
