This event is sold out. Please email human@unc.edu with your name and phone number to be added to the waitlist. featuring Lloyd Kramer, Professor of History and Director, Carolina Public Humanities In his classic essay The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge … Read more
featuring Hannelore Jarusch, Teaching Assistance Professor Emeritus, UNC Romance Studies Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders in Chapel Hill for a lunch where participants are … Read more
*Sold Out: To be added to the event waitlist, please email human@unc.edu with your name and phone number* featuring William Sturkey, Assistant Professor of History "In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably … Read more
In collaboration with the UNC General Alumni Association featuring Georg Vanberg, Professor of Political Science, Duke University Democracy is often associated with the idea that it serves to ensure that government reflects the “will of the people.” In this lecture, … Read more
Presented by André Keiji Kunigami, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Spanish and Portuguese This fall, take a cinematic trip around the world with Mornings at the Movies! Join our insightful Carolina foreign language scholars as they share their favorite films. All … Read more
featuring Christina Weiler, Teaching Assistant Professor of German Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders in Chapel Hill for a lunch where participants are encouraged to … Read more
The great fire in the famous Notre Dame Cathedral badly damaged a great Parisian monument, but it seemed to affect French national identity almost as profoundly as it damaged the church itself. How does the history of this iconic cathedral … Read more
*Sold Out: To be added to the event waitlist, please email human@unc.edu with your name and phone number* featuring William Sturkey, Assistant Professor of History "In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably … Read more
featuring Emma Monroy, Doctoral Candidate in French and Francophone Studies Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders in Chapel Hill for a lunch where participants are … Read more
In collaboration with the UNC General Alumni Association featuring Luc Bovens, Professor of Philosophy What is partisan gerrymandering? What are reasonable criteria in drawing up electoral maps? What does the Supreme Court decision in Rucho v. Common Cause mean for … Read more
featuring Joseph T. Glatthaar, Stephenson Distinguished Professor of History and Peace, War, and Defense Description coming soon. Cost: $25 per lecture; $60 for all three in the Warfare, Society, and the Military series. Recording from the event here
Carolina Public Humanities and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) are teaming up to bring you Humanities Hour at BackBar. Humanities Hour will feature the scholars who were or are UNC-CH Institute for the Arts and Humanities Faculty … Read more
featuring Gerald J. Postema, Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law Emeritus "'The Remains of the Day is a dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and … Read more
featuring Amy Chambless, Teaching Associate Professor of Italian 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 lunch where participants … Read more
In collaboration with the UNC General Alumni Association featuring Simone Gubler, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy All programs are held from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill. Advance registrants can take advantage of our special FLYLEAF … Read more
In collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South, the Chapel Hill Public Library, and Flyleaf Books Join two of Carolina’s engaging scholars at the Chapel Hill Public Library as they discuss “Life & Death in … Read more
In collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South and General Alumni Association This event will be held at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, 27514 From the Women’s Marches to … Read more
featuring Gerald J. Postema, Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law Emeritus "'The Remains of the Day is a dream of a book: a beguiling comedy of manners that evolves almost magically into a profound and … Read more
In collaboration with Robeson Community College featuring Gabriel Trop, Associate Professor of German Wednesday, October 2, 1st Lecture Session: 11:00am-12:30pm. Encore Lecture Session: 1:00pm-2:30pm at Robeson Community College, Lumberton Celebrate Oktoberfest with a discussion of Berlin! Professor Gabriel Trop will … Read more
In collaboration with Robeson Community College featuring Gabriel Trop, Associate Professor of German Wednesday, October 2, 1st Lecture Session: 11:00am-12:30pm. Encore Lecture Session: 1:00pm-2:30pm at Robeson Community College, Lumberton Celebrate Oktoberfest with a discussion of Berlin! Professor Gabriel Trop will … Read more
What do we learn when we exchange goods and ideas with other cultures? How does engagement with the wider world help us understand ourselves? This seminar explores connections among commerce, art, and culture in three eras. We’ll travel to early … Read more
