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A Little More Than Kin, and Less Than Kind: Shakespeare’s Family Ties

Kenan Conference Center, Kenan-Flagler Business School Kenan Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join beloved Shakespeare expert Dr. Mary Floyd-Wilson for a day exploring the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of family life in the Bard’s plays. We’ll focus on two family stories: the tragedy of King Lear and the comedy As You Like … Read more

$30 – $80

Making Public Choices: Consequentialism and Its Critics

Featuring Gerard Rothfus, Teaching Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Core Faculty in UNC’s Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program Consequentialism offers a simple and intuitive logic for thinking about the merits of both individual actions and social policies. According to this logic, … Read more

$10

100 Years of Quantum Physics: The Science, Philosophy, and Fantasies of a New Paradigm for the Natural World

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center 250 E Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Presented as part of the 2025 North Carolina Science Festival. The humanities and sciences converge in this interdisciplinary seminar on the importance and impact of quantum physics, which celebrates its one-hundredth anniversary in 2025. Participants will be introduced to some … Read more

$30 – $55

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

Flyleaf Books

featuring Michael Keenan Gutierrez, Teaching Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature THIS READING GROUP IS SOLD OUT IN PERSON, LIMITED VIRTUAL SEATS STILL AVAILABLE   About the book from Professor Gutierrez: Not only is The Quiet American maybe the most perfectly … Read more

$25

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Flyleaf Books

featuring Melissa Faliveno, Assistant Professor & Margaret R. Shuping Fellow, Department of English and Comparative Literature About the book from Professor Faliveno: I chose Fun Home as a Great Book because it represents one of the many exciting and ever-evolving … Read more

$25

How to History

Courtyard Chapel Hill 100 Marriott Way, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Since 2023, Carolina Public Humanities has partnered with the NC Department of Natural and Cultural resources on the PUSH Project (Priority Updates at State Historic Sites) with the goal of expanding historical narratives at state sites. CPH recruited research fellows … Read more

$30 – $55