Week of Events
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
featuring Philip F. Gura, William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature The greatest unread novel in the English language —One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world...the greatest book of the sea ever … Read more
Doomed From the Start: Two Decades of Failed American Policy in Afghanistan
Doomed From the Start: Two Decades of Failed American Policy in Afghanistan
featuring David H. Schanzer, Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, and Director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security This hybrid lecture series will focus on the role of truth and … Read more
A Material Meditation on Home: The Sukkah as Jewish Vernacular Architecture
A Material Meditation on Home: The Sukkah as Jewish Vernacular Architecture
A virtual presentation, free and open to the public, by Dr. Gabrielle Berlinger (Department of American Studies, UNC Chapel Hill). How can an ancient religious ritual convey current social and political needs? For Dr. Gabrielle Berlinger (American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill), … Read more
Lunch with Friends & Strangers: Matt Andrews & Babe Ruth
Lunch with Friends & Strangers: Matt Andrews & Babe Ruth
Featuring Matt Andrews, Teaching Associate Professor of History and Babe Ruth Meet a friend and a stranger over lunch! Click in with Carolina Public Humanities’ Max Owre for Virtual Lunch With Friends and Strangers: Conversations With Faculty. Don’t miss this … Read more
The German Invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II
The German Invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II
A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Gerhard L. Weinberg In collaboration with the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies World War II was the most destructive conflict in world history, and the war in the Soviet Union was its … Read more