**This Language Lunch 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 Hill for a … Read more
Tuesdays, March 28 and April 4, 2017 with Lloyd Kramer, Faculty Director, Program in the Humanities and Professor of History
Peter A. Coclanis, Albert Ray Newsome Distinguished Professor of History; Director, Global Research Institute Myanmar, the former Burma, is the site of ethnic violence targeting the Muslim Rohingya people, who are regarded by some in the Buddhist majority as culturally … Read more
Carolina Public Humanities works to extend the resources of UNC-Chapel Hill to the community. Our mission involves offering public events that draw upon the humanities to nurture a deeper understanding of history and culture and contribute to the development of a more … Read more
Deborah M. Weissman, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law This talk will focus on how immigrant rights in the United States are dependent on place. Although federal immigration law, including deportation policies, applies uniformly to all fifty states … Read more
featuring James Clark More information and registration will be available by mid-April.
In collaboration with the North Carolina Museum of Art **Please note: This event will be held outside of Chapel Hill at the NC Museum of Art. See below for more information** This seminar will provide historical and cultural context for … Read more
Table Talk: Tea Time with My Fair Lady In Collaboration with the General Alumni Association and PlayMakers Repertory Company's production of My Fair Lady Join us for tea and scones with stimulating conversation guaranteed! This event at the Center for … Read more
Angela Stuesse, Assistant Professor of Anthropology How has Latino immigration transformed the rural South? In what ways has the presence of these newcomers complicated efforts to organize for workplace justice? Based on six years of engagement with a poultry workers’ center … Read more
Future Imperfect: What Science Fiction Film Tells Us About Now is a special lecture series at Chapel Hill Public Library held in partnership with the UNC Program in the Humanities as part of the NC Science Festival. Each event will … Read more
Tuesdays, April 18 and 25, 2017 Juan Carlos González Espitia, Associate Professor, Romance Studies
Join Lecturer in Portuguese, Frederico Castelloes at Top of the Hill’s Back Bar from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on April 19 for Humanities Happy Hour. During this free casual event, Dr. Castelloes will discuss what happened in Brazil after the Olympics. Come raise a glass … Read more
For those planning on attending the Adams Symposium on Friday, April 21st, please read the following information. Additional information about the program is below the memo: Dear Participants in the Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities, We are looking forward … Read more
Future Imperfect: What Science Fiction Film Tells Us About Now is a special lecture series at Chapel Hill Public Library held in partnership with the UNC Program in the Humanities as part of the NC Science Festival. Each event will … Read more
For those planning on attending the Adams Symposium on Saturday, April 22nd, please read the following information. Additional information about the program is below the memo: Dear Participants in the Saturday Portion of the Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities, … Read more
This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
In collaboration with UNC’s Center For Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies Historian Donald J. Raleigh will consider the background to and course of Russia’s February Revolution of 1917, which ended 300 years of Romanov rule, and the October Revolution, … Read more
This year’s annual Uhlman Seminar will focus on Jewish culture as revealed through entertainment: music, film, folklore, humor, and the storytelling components present in all of these arts. Ruth von Bernuth will open the seminar by establishing a foundation of … Read more
