A special two-part series with Lloyd S. Kramer, Professor of History and Faculty Director, Program in the Humanities Contemporary societies are deeply divided by political and cultural polarizations in which opposing ideologies or influential “isms” shape our emotionally-charged public conflicts … Read more
Part of Carteret County Community College's "Lecture & Lunch" series We're hitting the road with two of Carolina's finest professors for the United Kingdom: Then & Now. Join Associate Professor of Art, Dr. Tatiana String and visiting assisstant Professor of … Read more
**Please note: This event will be held outside of Chapel Hill at the Archie K. Davis Conference Center. See below for more information** Southern American culture has sometimes been portrayed as exceptionally coherent and enduring, but like all other societies, … Read more
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This event is sold out. Featuring William Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of History The 2016 American election was among the most contentious in modern American history, but how does it compare to other elections and how can … Read more
Niklaus Steiner, Director, Center for Global Initiatives What is the difference between “immigrants” and “refugees,” both subsets of “migrants?” This talk will explore these differences which have important ethical and practical implications for contemporary Europe as it contends with an … Read more
A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Gerhard L. Weinberg 2017 marks the one-hundredth anniversary of America’s entry in the greatest world conflict up that that point, World War I. Join distinguished scholar Gerhard Weinberg, whose Adventures in Ideas seminars on World … Read more
Tuesdays, March 7, 14, and 21, 2017 with Al Duncan, Assistant Professor of Classics
Rahsaan D. Maxwell, Associate Professor of Political Science The integration of Muslims is one of the most challenging issues in Europe today, with some skeptics proposing that Muslims’ conservative religious values and practices are incompatible with progressive and secular norms in … Read more
