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**Cancelled** The 2020 E. Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities: Philosophy, Prisons, and the Search for Social Justice

UNC Center for School Leadership Development 140 Friday Center Drive , NC, United States

Unfortunately, the keynote speaker for this year's Maynard Adams Symposium, Professor Tommie Shelby at Harvard University, is unable to travel because of specific  coronavirus-related travel restrictions at his University. This year's Adams Symposium on "Philosophy, Prisons, and the Search for … Read more

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*Canceled* Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Flyleaf Books

featuring Marc Cohen, Teaching Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature "In this remarkable autobiography, the first literary addiction memoir, Thomas De Quincey hauntingly describes the surreal visions and hallucinatory nocturnal wanderings he took through London—and the nightmares, despair, and … Read more

$35

*Canceled* German Language Lunch

Featuring Gabriel Trop, Associate Professor of German Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders for a lunch where participants are encouraged to speak only in a … Read more

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*Canceled* Indigenous Culture: Storytelling, Art, and Religion

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

In collaboration with Sandhills Community College Featuring Emil Keme, Associate Professor of American Indian and Indigenous Studies & Glenda Pope, Associate Professor of Religion and Humanities, Sandhills Community College This two-part presentation will explore the cultures of indigenous communities around … Read more

$10

*Canceled* North Korea Exposed

FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In collaboration with the Carolina Asia Center and the Department of Asian Studies Friday, March 27, 5:30 pm | Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Fedex Global Education Center Jeremy Hunter, investigative photo-journalist, writer, broadcaster, and winner of three UNESCO awards, will report … Read more

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*Postponed* The Power and Allure of Dictators

UNC Center for School Leadership Development 140 Friday Center Drive , NC, United States

In the face of populist pressures, many nations around the world are turning to authoritarian leaders whose attachment to the liberal values of democracy, transparency, and human rights is questionable at best or outright denied. What inspires people to prefer … Read more

*Canceled* Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Flyleaf Books

featuring Marc Cohen, Teaching Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature "In this remarkable autobiography, the first literary addiction memoir, Thomas De Quincey hauntingly describes the surreal visions and hallucinatory nocturnal wanderings he took through London—and the nightmares, despair, and … Read more

$35