The Age of Atlantic Revolutions, 1775-1800
Chapel Hill Campus Please Contact Carolina Public Humanities for exact locationA Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Lloyd S. Kramer This seminar will examine the revolutionary upheavals that spread across the Atlantic world in the late eighteenth century, creating independent nations and advocating new conceptions of human rights that continue to influence … Read more
Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China by Xiaolu Guo
Zoom**This Great Books class will be held virtually over Zoom** featuring Marc Cohen, Teaching Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography —Nine Continents presents a fascinating portrait of China … Read more
The Sufferings of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Flyleaf Booksfeaturing Gabriel Trop, Associate Professor of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures One of the most important works of German literature that greatly influenced the rise of the Romantic movement —Based on Goethe’s unrequited love for Charlotte Buff, it … Read more
Cash Transfers in Africa: A new approach to poverty alleviation?
Flyleaf Booksfeaturing Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa, Kenan Eminent Professor of Public Policy This hybrid lecture series will travel around the world to explore topics of current interest. Lectures will be held 4:30–6:00 pm on Wednesdays. Your registration fee of $20 ($15 … Read more
NO FEAR: The Extraordinary Life & Talent of Nina Simone | Thurs. Feb. 17 (6-7:15 pm) via Zoom
ZoomA FREE virtual program as part of Carolina K-12’s William Friday Virtual Education Initiative “I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.” Prodigy. Pianist. Songwriter. Singer. Activist. Nina Simone. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina on … Read more
The New Politics of the 21st Century
Chapel Hill Campus Please Contact Carolina Public Humanities for exact locationIt has become increasingly clear to many in America and throughout the world that the political norms of the 20th century no longer accurately describe conditions on the ground. Severe polarization, public distrust of institutions, racial unrest and reckoning, and … Read more
The Sufferings of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Flyleaf Booksfeaturing Gabriel Trop, Associate Professor of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures One of the most important works of German literature that greatly influenced the rise of the Romantic movement —Based on Goethe’s unrequited love for Charlotte Buff, it … Read more