a DIALOGUES seminar Historians often argue that all empires go through cycles of expansion, stagnation, and decline, but how do these cycles evolve in specific times and places? This is the broad question that we’ll examine in this dialogue seminar … Read more
featuring Lauren Jarvis, Assistant Professor of History A National Book Critics Circle Award Winner and one of the New York Times Book Review's Best Books of the Year “ knockout of a novel about immigration, American dreams, the power … Read more
featuring Mark McNeilly, Professor of the Practice of Marketing, Kenan-Flagler Business School Learn about the deeper contexts behind issues too often reduced to sound bites. DETAILS Guests may attend Humanities in Action lectures IN PERSON or VIRTUALLY. Cost: … Read more
Join Lloyd Kramer, Director of Carolina Public Humanities, for a conversation about Margaret Burnham's book By Hands Now Known. In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, challenges our understanding of the Jim Crow era by exploring the relationship between formal law … Read more
featuring Joanna S. Smith, Lecturer History and Assistant Director of Statewide Outreach, Carolina Public Humanities Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Roanoke Valley. Annie Dillard sets out … Read more
featuring Maria Savasta-Kennedy, Clinical Professor of Law Learn about the deeper contexts behind issues too often reduced to sound bites. DETAILS Guests may attend Humanities in Action lectures IN PERSON or VIRTUALLY. Cost: $20; $15 with a Carolina … Read more
featuring Nicholas DiEugenio, Associate Professor of Music and Niccoló Muti, COT Executive Director Carolina Public Humanities is collaborating with the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle on a pre-concert lecture on all things Baroque! You don't want to miss this special … Read more
featuring Joanna S. Smith, Lecturer History and Assistant Director of Statewide Outreach, Carolina Public Humanities Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Roanoke Valley. Annie Dillard sets out … Read more
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. featuring Rebecca J. Kreitzer, Associate Professor of Public Policy Learn about the deeper contexts behind issues too often reduced to sound bites. DETAILS Guests … Read more
a DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR seminar featuring Tim Carter In 1685, the English poet John Dryden called opera “an exotic and irrational entertainment.” Most would still agree given the patent absurdity of sung drama, plus all the shenanigans of star singers and … Read more
