Great Books Reading Group: Selected Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
Flyleaf Bookswith George Lensing, Mann Family Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus
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Spanish Language Lunch *Cancelled*
Weathervane Restaurant 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesSpanish Language Lunch on April 12 has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders at Weathervane restaurant in Chapel … Read more
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Flyleaf BooksTuesdays, February 7 and 14, 2017 with Danielle Christmas, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature
The 2016 Election and the Supreme Court
Flyleaf BooksMichael J. Gerhardt, Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor in Constitutional Law and Director, Program in Law and Government What does the election of Donald Trump as president mean for the Supreme Court? Who will be selected to fill the seat left … Read more
The Emergence and Enduring Influence of the Western “Isms”: Part I
Friday Center 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA 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 … Read more
What’s New in the Middle Ages?
Chapel Hill Campus Please Contact Carolina Public Humanities for exact locationThe Medieval period of European history has been mischaracterized as an age of little innovation, while scholars who study the period are often portrayed as antiquarians poring over old texts without recourse to new research methods, tools, and perspectives. This … Read more
Mapping Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Flyleaf BooksFeaturing Jessica Tanner, Assistant Professor of French In nineteenth-century Paris, administrators saw the regulation of prostitution as a means of imposing order in a rapidly evolving city. By plotting spaces from brothels to boulevards, novelists likewise turned to prostitution to make … Read more
Humanities Happy Hour: Humanitarian Aid in Haiti
Top of the Hill Back Bar 100 East Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Medical Director of the Internal Medicine Clinic, Elizabeth Greig at Top of the Hill’s Back Bar from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on February 15 for Humanities Happy Hour. During this free casual event, Dr. … Read more
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Rethinking Modernity: Europe and the World from the Renaissance to the Crisis of the 21st Century
Chapel Hill Campus Please Contact Carolina Public Humanities for exact locationMost narratives of Western history have long argued that Europeans and Americans achieved unprecedented human progress by creating the key institutions and values of modernity: global trading systems, democratic national states, advanced science and technology, religious tolerance, and the legal … Read more
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Flyleaf BooksTuesdays, February 21 and 28, 2017 with Jeff Spinner-Halev, Distinguished Professor of Political Science