featuring Harry Cushman, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature   As the author of The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer is, next to Shakespeare, perhaps the most famous English poet, and has been called "The Father of English Poetry." — Westminster … Read more

featuring Jason Miller, Professor of English, NC State University   Poet Langston Hughes debuted his most famous anti-lynching poem in Chapel Hill during his 1931 visit to Orange County.  His appearance was so controversial that police were stationed outside the … Read more

featuring Francesca B. Tripodi, Assistant Professor, UNC School of Information and Library Science   Learn about the deeper contexts behind issues too often reduced to sound bites.   DETAILS Guests may attend Humanities in Action lectures IN PERSON or VIRTUALLY. … Read more

a special, one-man performance & presentation by Dr. Sonny Kelly! From the Revolutionary War to modern day military operations, Black North Carolinians have fought for freedom, both on and off the traditional battlefield. They have served the U.S. military with … Read more

featuring Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of African Studies at Northeastern University A Carolina Public Humanities Co-Sponsored Symposium   Private Spicely was a U.S. Army Soldier stationed at Camp Butner, North Carolina. In 1944, during … Read more

a DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR seminar featuring Gerhard L. Weinberg   One of our most popular speakers, Gerhard Weinberg, returns with more in-depth analysis of the world’s most devastating war. This fall, Dr. Weinberg will expand on themes he explored in his … Read more