Week of Events
Spanish Language Lunch
Spanish Language Lunch
Featuring Cristina Carrasco, Teaching Associate Professor of Spanish 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
Russia: Then & Now
Russia: Then & Now
In Collaboration with Wayne Community College What led to the collapse of the Romanov Dynasty after 300 years? Discover the social polarization that unfolded afterwards. What challenges does Russia face now? What roles do President Putin's policies and the Russian … Read more
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
featuring Gabriel Trop, Associate Professor of German "Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends … Read more
Representing the Sacred: World Religions and Artistic Expression
Representing the Sacred: World Religions and Artistic Expression
Religious imagery and iconography is as old as worship itself. This seminar will take an interdisciplinary and transcultural look at the roles art and architecture have played in religious practice over time and across the world. Jennifer Gates-Foster will explain … Read more