A Distinguished Performer Half-Day seminar featuring Robert Buxton, Lecturer (Piano) This event will focus on the music and life of Franz Liszt, composer and pianist extraordinaire of the 19th century, through interspersed performance and discussion of his works with pianist … Read more
featuring Geovani Ramirez, Teaching Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature —Sandra Cisneros is one of the most brilliant of today’s young writers. Her work is sensitive, alert, … Read more
A Distinguished Scholar Half-Day Seminar featuring Michael Vazquez, Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of Outreach, Philosophy Department The philosophical and ethical themes of ancient Stoic thinkers have attracted renewed attention in recent decades as people struggle to cope with public … Read more
A Special Juneteenth Seminar The long campaigns to protect and abolish the slave system in the American South were the main cause of the American Civil War, so the Emancipation Proclamation and the abolition of slavery became the most important … Read more
**This Great Books class will be held virtually over Zoom** featuring Henry Veggian, Teaching Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Winner of the Strega Prize, Italy's most prestigious literary award —A deeply affecting tale of childhood disenchantment, Arturo's Island is … Read more
**This Great Books class will be held virtually over Zoom** featuring Henry Veggian, Teaching Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Winner of the Strega Prize, Italy's most prestigious literary award —A deeply affecting tale of childhood disenchantment, Arturo's Island is … Read more
Representing Farms in American Art: A Community Discussion **Free and open to all!** How do American visual artists represent farms and farmers in their work? How do artistic depictions of farming compare to our personal experiences of farms? What does … Read more
Co-sponsored by the Chapel Hill Public Library Film Screening + Discussion Thursday, September 1 @ 7 pm at the Chapel Hill Public Library Free and open to the public; no registration required Join us for an installment of the … Read more
Co-sponsored by the Chapel Hill Public Library Film Screening + Discussion Thursday, September 1 @ 7 pm at the Chapel Hill Public Library Free and open to the public; no registration required Join us for an installment of the … Read more
