a DIALOGUES seminar Democratic societies in all parts of the world are facing dual crises in the civic and physical health of their citizens. These facets of public wellbeing are closely connected, and those connections become apparent in the work … Read more
Featuring Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project. If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn't lynching the law? In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham challenges our understanding of … Read more
featuring Jennifer Flaherty, Lecturer in Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke University "One of the greatest novelists in all of world literature." – Goodreads “This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky's translators is a masterpiece of … Read more
featuring Jennifer Flaherty, Lecturer in Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke University "One of the greatest novelists in all of world literature." – Goodreads “This new English version by the most acclaimed of Dostoevsky's translators is a masterpiece of … Read more
As a part of our “Portraits of Climate Change” initiative, supported by the North Caroliniana Society, CPH will take on the road this spring an exhibit of photographs from Southern Cultures’ fall 2023 issue. These compelling images of climate change … Read more
In February 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and began its ten-year assault on the sovereignty of Ukraine. The escalation of this conflict in 2022 renewed the world’s attention on the expansionist ambitions of Vladimir Putin in the region and garnered military … Read more
featuring Kimberly J. Stern, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Oliver Twist is both a topical satire and a moral fable aimed at the workhouse system in Victorian England, as well as the 1834 New Poor Law, which Dickens … Read more
featuring Angel Hsu, Assistant Professor of Public Policy 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 Kimberly J. Stern, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Oliver Twist is both a topical satire and a moral fable aimed at the workhouse system in Victorian England, as well as the 1834 New Poor Law, which Dickens … Read more
featuring Letitia Guran, Teaching Assistant Professor of Romance Studies 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 … Read more
