This year marks the 70th anniversary of the influential Supreme Court decision that overturned the educational system of racially segregated schools. In this seminar, a leading expert on the legal history of educational policies and a longtime public school history … Read more
A 75-minute performance that centers the stories of Black North Carolinians who have fought for freedom & inclusive democracy, on & off the traditional battlefield, throughout the last four centuries. A discussion with Dr. Sonny Kelly will follow the performance. … Read more
featuring Graham Culbertson, Teaching Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Louise Erdrich is winner of The National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize Set on and around a North Dakota Ojibwe reservation, the … Read more
Join us for music and conversation with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Django Haskins. In addition to performing solo, Haskins leads the band The Old Ceremony and is one half of the duo Au Pair with The Jayhawk’s Gary Louris. His love … Read more
featuring Gerhard L. Weinberg, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of History, Emeritus The United States joined the war against Nazi Germany in late 1941, but the complexities of an invasion into western Europe caused long delays before Allied forces could … Read more
featuring Graham Culbertson, Teaching Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature Louise Erdrich is winner of The National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize Set on and around a North Dakota Ojibwe reservation, the … Read more
featuring Matthew Andrews, teaching professor and advisor for undergraduate students in the History Department Baseball was one of the most popular sports in the United States throughout much of the 20th century, and it was also entangled with wider issues … Read more
featuring Hilary Lithgow, Teaching Professor of English The celebrated, last major verse written by Nobel laureate T. S. Eliot. Considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work, Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision introduced in “The … Read more
In collaboration with Chapel Hill Public Library The annual Juneteenth celebration of Black history and the Black struggle for equal rights provides the context for this special panel discussion and community conversation. Drawing on the personal insights and historical perspectives … Read more
featuring Hilary Lithgow, Teaching Professor of English The celebrated, last major verse written by Nobel laureate T. S. Eliot. Considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work, Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision introduced in “The … Read more
