Upcoming Events
Embodying the University’s commitment to extend Carolina resources to all citizens and community members across the state, Carolina Public Humanities offers engaging and innovative public seminars and lectures on a variety of topics and themes throughout the year. Our programs draw upon the humanities to nurture a deeper understanding of history and culture, enrich the life of the mind, and contribute to the development of a more humane world. To learn more about our upcoming programs, click the links for details.
March
- Humanities on the Road – US-China Climate Relations: Cooperative Pathways or Competitive Crossroads? | Monday, March 18 at 5:30pm | Wayne Community College in Goldsboro
- Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire | Wednesday, March 20 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
- The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, Plenary Power, and the U.S. Constitution | Wednesday, March 20 (4:30-6:00 pm)
- Biodiversity and the Written Word | Thursday, March 21 (12:30-2 pm )
- We Shall Overcome: The Music of Protest | Saturday Afternoon, March 23 (1:00-4:30 pm)
- Total Eclipse: An Astronomer’s Call to Worship | Saturday, March 23 (3:30 – 5:00pm) NEW!
- Minor Detail by Adania Shibli | Wednesday, March 27 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
- Robert Buxton – Translating Violin to Piano | Wednesday, March 27 (6:00-7:30 PM)
April
- The Lost Boy by Thomas Wolfe | Monday, April 1 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
- Palestine as Anti-Narrative: Adania Shibli in Conversation with Diya Abdo, Meta DuEwa Jones, and Mark Rifkin | Tuesday, April 2 (5:30 pm) NEW!
- An Update on the Central Asian “Stans” 30 Years After the USSR | Wednesday, April 3 (4:30-6:00 pm)
- Art in Moments of Transition | Saturday, April 6 (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
- Democracy without Shortcuts (excerpts) by Cristina Lafont | Tuesday, April 9 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
- Entanglement and Change: Reading the Biodiversity Landscape | Wednesday, April 10 (12:30-2 pm)
- Agri(cultures) of Disease: Fairtrade bananas, climate adaptation, and the future of food | Wednesday, April 10 (4:30-6:00 pm)
- Spring Salon: The Life and Music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George (1745-1799) | Friday, April 12 (5:30-8:30 pm)
- Fiddle Frenzy Pre-Concert Conversation | Sunday, April 14 ( 2:00-3:00pm)
- The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides | Tuesdays, April 16 and 23 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
- Eurovision Calling!: Pop Music and the Serious Politics of Europe | Wednesday, April 17 (4:30pm-6:00 pm)
- 2024 Adams Symposium: Building Democracies in Times of Populism and Polarization | Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20 (5:30-8:00pm & 9:00am-12:30pm)
- Sophia Enriquez – Latinx Appalachia | Wednesday, April 24 (6:00-7:30pm)
May
- “Tell Me a Riddle” and “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen | Wednesday, May 1 (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
- Noticing without Naming: Seeing with Fresh Eyes | Thursday, May 2 (12:30-2 pm)
- The Legacies and Significance of Brown v. Board of Education | Saturday, May 4 (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
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