Week of Events
Monday French Language Lunch
Monday French Language Lunch
featuring Jessica Tanner, Assistant Professor of French 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 are … Read more
Music and Politics in Contemporary Uganda
Music and Politics in Contemporary Uganda
featuring David Pier, Associate Professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies In 2018, the Ugandan government attracted international attention when it arrested and tortured Bobi Wine, a pop star turned insurgent Member of Parliament. This talk will provide background … Read more
Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances by Colette
Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances by Colette
featuring Jessica Tanner, Assistant Professor of French Meeting Dates: Wednesdays, March 6 and 13 "The paradoxes of great literature are those of human nature, and Colette is nothing if not human...Accessible and elusive; greedy and austere; courageous and timid; subversive and … Read more
In Focus: Iconic Images of the South
In Focus: Iconic Images of the South
In collaboration with Alamance Community College Jerry Cotten, North Carolina Collection photographic archivist (retired) Stephen Fletcher, North Carolina Collection photographic archivist Julie Trotter, Instructor, English Department, Alamance Community College Erik Perel, Department Head, Advertising and Graphic Design, Alamance Community College … Read more
What Made the Spartan Army Strong?
What Made the Spartan Army Strong?
featuring Richard J. A. Talbert, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of History While we wish for a world at peace, war—to-date at least—seems to be an enduring part of the human condition. With more than 50 conflicts currently being fought around … Read more
*Sold Out* Mapping the Mind at the Ackland: Artistic Explorations of the Brain in the Works of Virginia Woolf and Santiago Ramón y Cajal
*Sold Out* Mapping the Mind at the Ackland: Artistic Explorations of the Brain in the Works of Virginia Woolf and Santiago Ramón y Cajal
This event is sold out. Email human@unc.edu with your name, phone number, or email. Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum to explore the ways in which art can help us understand the complexity of the … Read more