Institutions, Rights, and Society: A Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Exploration
Chapel Hill Campus Please Contact Carolina Public Humanities for exact locationIn collaboration and with support from the UNC-Duke Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program First created at Oxford University in the 1920s, the field of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) cultivates unique interdisciplinary perspectives on ideas that shape our socioeconomic and … Read more
Frank Bruni presents THE BEAUTY OF DUSK: ON VISION LOST AND FOUND, with Molly Worthen
Carrboro Arts Center 300-G E Main St, Carrboro, NC, United StatesPresented by Flyleaf Books Monday, March 7, 2022 - 7:30 pm (click here to purchase your book & ticket bundle via Eventbrite) Your ticket covers admission for 1-2 people to this exclusive event and a hardcover copy of The Beauty … Read more
Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee
Zoom**This Great Books class will be held virtually over Zoom** featuring Lauren Jarvis, Assistant Professor of History A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee —Waiting for the Barbarians, J. M. Coetzee’s third novel, which won the James Tate … Read more
Japan’s Global Relevance in 2022
Flyleaf Booksfeaturing Morgan Pitelka, Professor of History and Professor and Chair of Asian Studies 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 … Read more
Acting like Animals: Lessons (and Laughs) about being Human from Aesop, Aristophanes, and the ancient Greeks
Wayne Community College 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United StatesJoin Dr. Al Duncan, Assistant Professor of Classics at UNC Chapel Hill, as he explores how these ancient Greek writers used animals in their work in order to illuminate human morality and character. This event will be live-streamed via YouTube, … Read more
Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee
Zoom**This Great Books class will be held virtually over Zoom** featuring Lauren Jarvis, Assistant Professor of History A modern classic by Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee —Waiting for the Barbarians, J. M. Coetzee’s third novel, which won the James Tate … Read more
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Flyleaf Booksfeaturing Stephanie DeGooyer, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature A masterpiece of suspense, a classic of nineteenth-century Romanticism and Gothic horror, and the prototype of the science fiction novel —More than 200 years after it was first published, … Read more
Annie’s Brew: Fiction and Plantation Tourism in Jamaica
Flyleaf Booksfeaturing Tanya Shields, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Women's and Gender Studies 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 … Read more
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Flyleaf Booksfeaturing Stephanie DeGooyer, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature A masterpiece of suspense, a classic of nineteenth-century Romanticism and Gothic horror, and the prototype of the science fiction novel —More than 200 years after it was first published, … Read more