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Eurovision Calling!: Pop Music and the Serious Politics of Europe

Cape Fear Community College 411 N Front St, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

A Humanities on the Road lecture featuring Andrea Bohlman, Associate Professor of Music In this lively presentation, participants will learn about the deeper contexts behind a decades-old, iconic, international song competition and its significance in the world today. Whether you … Read more

A Few Things on the Minds of Military Voters

Flyleaf Books

Featuring Jay Price, Military and Veterans Affairs Reporter, WUNC North Carolina Public Radio Listen to Jay Price discuss the event with WCHL's Aaron Keck on "Oh, The Humanities" below:   The US is preparing to elect its next commander-in-chief, and … Read more

Post-Play Conversation: Copenhagen

Burning Coal Theatre Company 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC

in collaboration with Burning Coal Theatre Company This fall, Raleigh’s Burning Coal Theatre Company will present Michael Frayn’s award-winning play, Copenhagen, based on a real-life meeting between physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in 1941 and its implications for the … Read more

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How Baseball Became as American as Apple Pie

Wayne Community College 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC, United States

a Humanities on the Road lecture featuring Matt Andrews, Teaching Professor of History 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 in … Read more

Women’s Health Activism in America, Yesterday and Today

Flyleaf Books

Featuring Jillian M. Hinderliter, Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Moses M. and Hannah L. Malkin Fellow in Jewish History and Culture. From the 1970s classic Our Bodies, Ourselves to today’s post-Dobbs climate, this talk will trace women’s … Read more

America Divided: Lessons from Historical Elections

PlayMakers Repertory Company PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This year’s election seems unlike any other in U.S. history— and indeed, it is! It’s not, however, the first election that has divided America. This seminar will offer a glimpse into other moments in our nation’s past when elections polarized … Read more